Research for Patient Benefit - East Midlands Regional Advisory Committee

Published: 1 January 2019
Version: VJan 2025 - January 2025
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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

Dr Paul Leighton is Chair of the East Midlands Regional Advisory Committee.

Committee members

Name	Position	Organisation	Expertise
Professor Abhishek Abhishek	Professor of Rheumatology and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist	University of Nottingham	Rheumatology Epidemiology Clinical Trials
Dr Ajanta Biswas	Public Member	-	-
Dr Janet Bouttell	Health Economist	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	A health economist who uses techniques of health technology assessment to advise on the potential value of a technology before or during development
Professor Jane Brown	Professor of Health Care Professions	Nottingham Trent University	Mental Health, Clinical trials, Health services research, Qualitative research
Mr Paul Caulfield	Public Member	-	-
Dr Apostolos Fakis	Head of Medical Statistics and Data Management and Honorary Assistant Professor	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and University of Nottingham	Reviewer of NIHR programs & journals, and co-applicant / trial statistician on funded clinical trials. Chartered medical statistician and methodologist, with expertise in planning, analysing and reporting clinical trials including , parallel and cross-over RCTs, longitudinal, case-control, cohort, diagnostic, cross-sectional, feasibility / pilot, and systematic literature reviews
Dr Louise Jackson	Lecturer in Health Economics	University of Birmingham	Health economics, Health services research Renal and urogenital, Reproductive health and childbirth, Infection
Professor Samantha Johnson	Professor of Child Development	Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester	Developmental psychologist with experience in developmental follow-up, longitudinal birth cohort studies and clinical trials of obstetric and neonatal interventions
Dr Yasuhiro Kotera	Associate Professor in Mental Health	University of Nottingham	Research focuses on mental health and culture. I research about how people feel well (personal recovery) and how that is different across cultures
Dr Eva Krockow	Lecturer in Psychology	University of Leicester	-
Dr Claire Lawson	Associate Professor	University of Leicester	Epidemiology, large population based databases (CPRD), cardiovascular disease, heart failure, outcomes
Professor Dileep Lobo	Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery	University of Nottingham & Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Surgical nutrition and metabolism, Fluid and electrolyte balance, Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic cancer, Laparoscopic surgery, Inflammation, Pancreatic surgery, Emergency surgery
Dr Jatinder Minhas	NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar	University of Leicester	Care of older people and patients with complex health needs. Research in the haemodynamic changes associated with acute stroke, stroke in the older person and acute care for patients with intracerebral haemorrhage
Ms Rachel Neilan	Public Member	-	-
Professor Shalini Ojha	Clinical Associate Professor in Neonatal Medicine	University of Nottingham	Neonatal Medicine Nutrition Clinical trials Systematic review Growth in early life Long term effects of early life nutrition
Dr Christopher Partlett	Assistant Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials	University of Nottingham	Medical Statistician with specific expertise in trials methodology and late-phase pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trials
Professor Catherine Sackley	Professor of Rehabilitation	University of Nottingham	Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Randomised Controlled Trials, Evaluation of complex interventions, Cohort Studies, Pilot and feasibility trials, Systematic reviews, Global Health evaluations, Health economics Health services research, Musculoskeletal Neurological
Professor Kapil Sayal	Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	University of Nottingham	-
Dr Samuel Seidu	Clinical Lecturer General Practice Partner	University of Leicester	General Practice, Secondary analysis, Health services research, Cardiovascular, Metabolic and endocrine
Dr Wendy Wood	Director, Brighton & Sussex Clinical Trials Unit	University of Brighton	Clinical trials, CTIMPs, paediatric research, trial management and delivery