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Wendy Tindale

NIHR Strategy and Engagement Board Member

Professor Wendy Tindale is the Director of the HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) network. She is a member of the NIHR Strategy and Engagement Board.

She is a Medical Physicist by background and is Scientific and Innovation Director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

She holds a Chair at the University of Sheffield and has a national role as Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) ‘Devices for Dignity’ HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Long-Term Conditions – a catalyst for development of innovative medical devices, healthcare technologies and technology-dependent interventions. Through this, she has combined clinical academic excellence with business opportunities through commercial translation of innovative medical technologies and has worked with both public and private sectors to facilitate successful collaborations. Focusing on the needs of the individual, through co-production, is at the heart of her collaborations.

She leads the national network of 14 NIHR HRCs across the country.

Wendy has contributed to multiple national and international committees, including Royal College Working Parties and Government advisory bodies. She is Chair of the SBRI Healthcare panel and has worked with NICE, MRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK and NIHR to advise on strategy, medtech funding and national adoption.

She holds a Beacon Award for outstanding contribution to healthcare and an Inspirational Women award for outstanding leadership. She received an OBE for Services to Healthcare in 2014 and was England’s Healthcare Scientist of the Year in 2016, receiving a lifetime achievement award in 2022.

Within the NHS, she leads a large Clinical Directorate supporting broad scientific services and innovative practices spanning imaging, clinical engineering and medical physics disciplines.