Invention for Innovation – PDA Call 23 Stage 2 Minutes Committee A

Minutes of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme Committee A Meeting to discuss applications to Product Development Awards Call 23 Stage 2.

Date and Location

Meeting held on Tuesday 21 June 2022 at LGC Ltd, Grange House, 15 Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NL and via Zoom Virtual Meeting

In attendance

Funding Committee A members

Ms Emma Palmer Foster (Chair)
Professor Paul Sibbons (Deputy Chair)
Mr Ravi Chana (Virtual)
Ms Mary Anne Cordeiro
Ms Alice Evans (Virtual)
Professor Gail Hayward (Virtual)
Dr Eldrid Herrington
Professor David jayne (Virtual)
Mr Derek Jerome
Dr Thomas Keeble (Virtual)
Dr Zahid Latif (Virtual)
Professor James Moore (Virtual)
Dr Nick De Pennington (Virtual)
Dr Krishnan Ramdoo (Virtual)
Dr Matthew Reeves (Virtual)
Dr Julie Simmonds
Dr Andrew Sims (Virtual)
Dr Peter Watkinson (Virtual)
Mr Tim Wright

Secretariat

Professor Mike Lewis (Programme Director)
Mr Ben Patient (Director of Innovations)
Dr Ruth Nebauer (Assistant Director)
Mr Edwin Tucker
Dr Francesca Troiani
Dr Andrew Barber
Dr Xi Ye
Mrs Paula Milton

Apologies

Mrs Jacqueline Emkes

Operations Team

Mr Bryan Dar
Ms Harkerat Jandu
Mr Nick Dunmore 

Observers

Dr Roy Harris (Virtual)

Applications assessed at Stage 2

NIHR204187: Salivary uric acid monitoring for predicting disposition to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, using the Salurate self-test device (SALURATE).
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject

NIHR204159: Screening Microorganisms in Ascitic Fluid; Ascitic Bacteria Counting and Detection. A2D
Conflict Committee Member: Dr Roy Harris
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject

NIHR204173: Woubot - an Artificial Intelligence predictive system to produce personalised care recommendations for chronic lower limb wounds
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject

NIHR204157: A hand-held infrared probe for cancer diagnosis: Liverpool Diagnostic Infrared Wand (LDIR Wand)
Conflict Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support

NIHR204161: DEEPeR-HTN – Randomised Controlled Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Hypertension
Conflict Committee Member: Dr Eldrid Herrington, Dr Matthew Reeves
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject

NIHR204201: Minimal Motion System For MRI: MR-MinMo
Conflict Committee Member: Mr Krishan Ramdoo, Dr Matthew Reeves
Funding Committee recommendation: Support

NIHR204176: ChronReg: The development and evaluation study of a new digital biofeedback intervention for improving emotion self-regulation in young people with emotional disorders
Conflict Committee Member: Dr Eldrid Herrington
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject

NIHR204199: Foresight: Artificial Intelligence Platform for Dynamic, Real-Time Prediction and Prevention of Multi-Organ Failure in Intensive Care Units
Conflict Committee Member: Professor James Moore, Professor Paul Sibbons, Dr Matthew Reeves, Dr Peter Watkinson, Professor Gail Hayward, Dr Roy Harris
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject