NIHR Research for Patient Benefit is a national funding programme that funds research on a regional level through eight Regional Advisory Committees. Each region has a local committee chair and members, and patient or public members.
Regional chair
Professor Katherine Berry is Chair of the North West Regional Advisory Committee for NIHR Research for Patient Benefit.
Committee members
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Katherine Berry | Professor of Clinical Psychology | University of Manchester | A health service researcher and clinical psychologist. She specialises in severe mental health problems with a focus developing and evaluating more accessible psychological therapies |
| Professor Iain Bruce | Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist and Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology | Royal Manchester Children's Hospital | Paediatric Otolaryngology, Sleep Disordered Breathing, Childhood Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implantation, Bone Conduction Implants |
| Dr Lesley-Anne Carter | Lecturer in Biostatistics | University of Manchester | Statistician with expertise in research methodology, clinical trials and intensive longitudinal designs. Interest in mental health |
| Professor Suresh Chhetri | Consultant Neurologist | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Neurology, Motor Neuron Disease, end of life care in neurodegenerative conditions |
| Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons | Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Technology | Liverpool John Moores University | Mixed methods evaluation of innovative care delivery models, particularly those embedding technology-enabled capacity building |
| Dr Sonia Gran | Associate Professor of Medical Statistics | University of Nottingham | Conducting large observational studies using routinely collected electronic health data, particularly in the areas of rare skin diseases and skin cancer |
| Dr Alys Griffiths | Senior Research Fellow | University of Sheffield | Mixed-methods independent research in social care, with a focus on older people's care, dementia and long-term care.I have expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research and also teach qualitative and quantitative research methods to doctoral level students |
| Dr Ferhana Hashem | Reader in Health Services Research | University of Kent | Qualitative methods Rare and life-limiting conditions Respiratory health Palliative and end-of-life care |
| Mr Alan Holcroft | Public Member | - | - |
| Mrs Glenys Hunt | Public Member | - | - |
| Professor Gregory Lip | Price Evans Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine | University of Liverpool | Atrial fibrillation, thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, hypertension, heart failure |
| Dr Samuel Merriel | GP and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer | University of Manchester | Primary care cancer diagnosis and implementing and evaluating new diagnostic tests |
| Dr Matthew Parkes | Lecturer in Clinical Trial Statistics | University of Oxford | Chronic disease clinical trials methodology, statistics, musculoskeletal clinical trials, and outcomes research |
| Dr Stephen Preece | Senior Research Fellow | University of Salford | - |
| Mr John Roberts | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Eduard Shantsila | Senior Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care and Mental Health | University of Liverpool | Research focuses on cardiovascular health in general practice (hypertension, atrial fibrillation, heart failure), ageing and multi-morbidity, using RCT, observational and translational studies. |
| Mr Steve Telford | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Laura Ternent | Senior Lecturer & Deputy Director RDS NENC | Newcastle University | Health economics. Economic Evaluation |