HSDR Funding Committee members

The HSDR Funding Committee assesses Stage 1 and 2 proposals received through the commissioned and researcher-led workstreams.

At Stage 1, the committee considers applications primarily for need and importance, and at Stage 2 primarily for scientific quality and value for money. The committee is composed of experts from a range of disciplines relevant to health and social care delivery research, and public contributors.

Programme Director

• Professor Kathy Rowan - Director of Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) and Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Chair

• Professor Irene Higginson - Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, King's College London and Scientific Director, Cicely Saunders International

Deputy Chairs

• Professor Kam Bhui - Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Parveen Ali - Professor of Nursing and Gender Based Violence, Division of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield
• Professor Greg Irving -  Director of the Health Research Institute and Director of the Edge Hill Primary and Integrated Care (EPIC) Research Centre, Edge Hill University Medical School and GP and Consultant in Primary Care, St Helens Hospital

Members

• Professor David Abbott - Professor of Social Policy, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
• Ms Adine Adonis - Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Neurology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Dr Simon Bailey - Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, Centre for Health Services, University of Kent
• Dr Lucy Beishon, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Leicester
• Dr Cini Bhanu - GP Academic Clinical Lecturer, Islington Central Medical Centre & University College London
• Dr Jenni Burton - Clinical Lecturer Geriatric Medicine, University of Glasgow
• Dr Patrick Burch - GP and PhD Fellow, Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester
• Mr Mark Cadman - Public contributor with lived experience of stroke rehabilitation and third sector leadership.
• Dr Catriona Connell - Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling
• Dr Bethan Copsey - Senior Medical Statistician, Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds
• Dr Enya Daynes, Specialist Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Research Physiotherapist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Professor Katie Featherstone - Professor of Sociology and Medicine, University of West London and Director of the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory
• Dr John Ford - Senior Clinical Lecturer in Health Equity, Queen Mary University of London
• Professor Lorna Fraser - Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health, Cicely Saunders Institute and School of Life Sciences and Population Health, King's College London
• Dr Alexis Foster - Research Fellow, Health and Care Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield
• Dr Clarissa Giebel - Senior Research Fellow in Social Care, University of Liverpool
• Dr Beatriz Goulao - Research Fellow in Statistics, University of Aberdeen
• Mr Sebastian Hinde - Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
• Dr Lisa Hinton - Senior Researcher, Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
• Professor Roman Kislov - Professor of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Dr Dimitrios Koutoukidis - Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
• Mr Rashmi Kumar - Public Contributor
• Professor Jason Madan - Professor in Health Economics, University of Warwick
• Professor Graham Martin - Director of Research, The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute
• Professor Karen Mattick - Professor of Medical Education, Department of Health and Community Sciences, University of Exeter
• Professor Joanne McPeake - Professor of Nursing, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge
• Dr Jamie Miles - Clinical Research Fellow, Prehospital and Emergency Care, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
• Mrs Faaria Mohammed - Public contributor with experience in living with cancer; caring for older people with dementia and people with multiple long term conditions.
• Mr Michael Molete - Public Contributor
• Associate Professor Ruben Mujica Mota - Associate Professor of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds
• Professor Fliss Murtagh - Professor of Palliative Care, University of Hull
• Mr Rob Newton -  Associate Director (Medical Directorate), York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Mr Grant Nicholson - Head of Clinical Research Operations, Great Ormond Street Hospital
• Professor Alicia O’Cathain - Professor of Health Services Research, University of Sheffield
• Mr Gary Passaway - Managing Director - Haringey Division, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
• Professor Rupert Payne - Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Exeter
• Professor Andrew Price - Professor of Orthopaedics and Musculo-skeletal Science, University of Oxford & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Samuel Relton - Associate Professor of Health Data Science, University of Leeds
• Dr Michaela Rogers - Senior Lecturer in Social Work, The University of Sheffield
• Mrs Angela Ruddock - Public Contributor
• Dr Fiona Sampson - Senior Research Fellow, Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield
• Professor Katie Sheehan - Professor of Rehabilitiation, Queen Mary University of London
• Mr Alan Smith - Public Contributor
• Dr Rachel Spencer - Associate Clinical Professor in General Practice, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
• Professor Duncan Stewart - Professor of Applied Health Research, Centre for Primary Health and Social Care, London Metropolitan University 
• Dr Greig Taylor - NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle University
• Dr Linda Tinkler - Trust Lead for Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Research, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine - Associate Professor and Health Psychologist, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
• Dr Michael Twigg - Head of Research Design and Evaluation, NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and Associate Professor of Primary Care Pharmacy, University of East Anglia
• Associate Professor Mara Violato - Associate Professor and Senior Researcher, Health Economics Research Centre (HERC), University of Oxford  
• Professor Nicola Walsh - Professor of Knowledge Mobilisation and Musculoskeletal Health, University of the West of England
• Mrs Mariam Watling - Public Health Lead, Surrey County Council
• Dr Fiona Warren - Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, University of Exeter
• Dr Lucy Webb - Reader, School of Nursing & Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Mr Brad Willingham - Digital Transformation Lead, Community Health & Care Collaborative, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
• Dr Ge Yu - Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
• Dr Yin Zhou - GP and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London