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 Christina Jones is Chair of the South East and Central Regional Advisory Committee.
Committee members
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Elizabeth Barley | Professor of mental health sciences and nursing | University of Surrey | Mental health nursing health psychology behaviour change public health |
| Ms Corina Cheeks | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller | Primary Care Research Centre | University of Southampton | Practising GP. Expertise in conducting large epidemiological studies using routinely collected primary care data. |
| Dr Lyn Ellett | Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology | University of Southampton | Mental Health, psychological therapies, schizophrenia, pilot/feasibility studies, clinical trials |
| Professor Chris Farmer | Consultant renal physician and clinical professor | Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent | Practicing renal physician with a special interest in renal transplantation, conducted clinical trials over the past 25 years in hypertension, renal transplantation and chronic kidney disease. Published many studies on renal epidemiology in chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury. Developed an applied expert systems in healthcare and the use of AI in predictive modelling |
| Dr Margaret Glogowska | Senior Health Services Researcher | University of Oxford | Qualitative and mixed methods research; evaluation of MedTech and in vitro diagnostics; infections; Speech and Language Therapy |
| Dr Rob Hallifax | Respiratory Consultant | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Respiratory Consultant with experience in designing and running multi-centre clinical trials, with training clinical trials methodology and knowledge of statistics and epidemiology |
| Dr Christopher Jones | Senior Research Fellow in Medical Statistics | Brighton and Sussex Medical School | |
| Dr Gurdeep Mannu | Clinical Lecturer in General Surgery | University of Oxford | Surgery, Cancer, Acute Care, Emergency Surgery, Medical Devices, Healthcare Technology |
| Dr Samuel Nyman | Reader in Health Psychology | University of Winchester | Applied health psychology with older people including people with dementia: falls prevention; physical activity promotion; behaviour change; randomised controlled trials including use of qualitative methods |
| Mr William Payne | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Euan Sadler | Associate Professor | University of Southampton | Qualitative research, systematic reviews, feasibility studies, secondary analysis (qualitative), development and evaluation of complex interventions, process evaluations, implementation science, co-production and stakeholder engagement. |
| Professor David Scott | Principal Research Fellow | University of Southampton | Health economist and medical statistician with over 20-years experience in health technology assessment field through a variety of academia and consultancy roles |
| Mrs Ketta Shimmin | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Beverly Shirkey | Senior Research Associate in Medical Statistics | University of Bristol | - |
| Dr David Stephensen | Deputy Director, Research and Innovation and Physiotherapist | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | Clinical trials, Secondary analysis, Qualitative research Blood, Musculoskeletal Neurological, Other |
| Dr Joanna Thorn | Senior Research Fellow | University of Bristol | Health economics, applied economic evaluation, resource-use measurement, clinical trials methodology |
| Dr Felicity Waite | Research Clinical Psychologist | University of Oxford | Clinical Psychology, psychosis, CBT |
| Associate Professor Malcolm West | Associate Professor in Colorectal Surgery and Prehabilitation | University of Southampton | Cancer, Oral and gastrointestinal |