PHR Programme Prioritisation Committee members

The PHR Prioritisation Committee advises on the identification and prioritisation of research topics and Stage 1 proposals based on public health importance.

Programme Director

• Professor Brian Ferguson, Director, NIHR Public Health Research Programme (Committee Chair)

Members

• Mr Victor Agbontean - Public Committee Member
• Dr Jo Bibby - Director of Health, Health Foundation
• Dr Julie Bishop - Director of Health Improvement, Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Dr Adam Briggs - Deputy Director of Public Health, Oxfordshire County Council
• Ms Rachel Clark - Head of Evidence and Evaluation, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
• Professor Alisha Davies - Head of Research & Evaluation, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales NHS Trust
• Miss Hannah Drew - Public Committee Member
• Professor Mark Gamsu, Professor of Local Democracy and Health, Leeds Beckett University
• Dr Susan Hampshaw - Head of Public Health, Doncaster Council
• Ms Emily Humphreys - Associate Director Public Health, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• Professor Gerry McCartney - Professor of Wellbeing Economy, University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
• Dr Susanna Mills - Public Health Registrar and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle University
• Ms Nikki Morris - CEO, Deafblind UK
• Dr Kay Nolan - Associate Director (Surveillance), Centre for Guidelines, NICE
• Miss Philippa Osei - Public Committee Member
• Mr David Pye - Programme Manager Research, Local Government Association
• Dr Garth Reid - Public Health Consultant, Public Health Scotland
• Mr Nigel Riglar - Director of Environment and Community Services, South Gloucestershire Council
• Miss Emily Slade - Public Committee Member
• Ms Joanne Smithson - Senior Manager, North Yorkshire Council
• Mr Paul Southon - Member, Citizens Advice Birmingham
• Mrs Jean Spencer - Public Committee Member
• Miss Samantha Start - Public Health Lead, Sunderland City Council
• Ms Humera Sultan - Consultant in Public Health, Birmingham City Council
• Mr Michael Thomas-Sam - Strategic Business Adviser Social Care, Kent County Council
• Dr Rachel Thompson - Specialty Registrar & Honorary Lecturer, University of Glasgow
• Mr John Wilderspin - Chair of Solent Mind
• Mr Philip Williams - Public Health Registrar, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust