These are the minutes of the Research Partnerships - Liver Disease Funding Committee meeting, of 19 October 2022. The venue was virtual, via Microsoft Teams
Present members
- Professor John Petrie (Chair)
- Professor Danny McAuley
- Professor Srinivasa Katikireddi
- Professor Kathryn Rowan
- Professor Catherine Hewitt
- Mr David Green (Public Committee Member)
- Mr Michael Molete (Public Committee Member)
Secretariat
- Claire Kidgell – Assistant Director Identification and Prioritisation
- Claire Gregory – Senior Research Manager Identification and Prioritisation
- Neil Henderson – Research Manager Identification and Prioritisation
- Brogan Ashley – Research Manager Applications and Funding
Apologies
Professor Kathy Rowan (10:50 – 12:00) – Commitment for another NIHR application.
Observers
None.
Quoracy information
- Voting members: 6 (Emergency Quoracy = 3 = 50%)
- Voting members present: 6 (100%)
22/72 NIHR Research Partnerships – Liver Disease
NIHR154192 - Improving access to liver disease research in underrepresented populations; a research partnership with Lincolnshire (Joanne Morling)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155041 - North of England Alcohol Team (NEAT) (Richard Parker)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Srinivasa Katikireddi
Decision: Fund
NIHR154359 - Improving Detection and Management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Creation of a Tees Valley Research Partnership Hub (Leah Avery)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155474 - Partnering to evaluate non-invasive screening strategies and development of a lifestyle service platform in a population at high risk for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) (Saima Ajaz)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR154191 - An Alcohol-Related liver disease Multi-Stakeholder Hub (ARMS-Hub) to enhance research activity in underserved communities in the UK (Ashwin Dhanda)
Chair: Danny McAuley
Conflicts: John Petrie
Decision: Fund
NIHR155462 - Scarborough and East Coast Liver Research Hub Project (SCALE-UP) (Robert Driver)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR154127 - Genetic Haemochromatosis Clinical Research Partnership Identification and treatment of iron overload prevents serious liver disease (Jeremy Shearman)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Danny McAuley
Decision: Decline
NIHR154865 - ICANEQUAL: Reducing inequalities for those at risk and those diagnosed with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) (Sara Maclennan)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155439 - North West England Research Partnership to Improve Early Detection of Liver Disease (Varinder Athwal)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155275 - Developing and building research capacity and capability in Clinical Research Network (CRN) Kent, Surrey & Sussex Hepatology – Inspiring the next generation of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partnerships (Aftab Ala)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155530 - The Midlands Liver Research Alliance - A partnership to optimise obesity-related liver disease research; targeting areas of high incidence and underserved communities. (Melanie Davies)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155496 - Building an integrated care model to tackle multimorbidity in people with mental health conditions: screening strategy and community-based management pathway for liver fibrosis and metabolic risk factors (Pinelopi Manousou)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR154876 - Liver Research Cymru (Andrew Yeoman)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155271 - DiGital inclusion: building partnErships To support patients with liver disease (GET-LIVER) (Samuel Orange)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155571 - DEvelopment of a network to ImproVe research capacity, capability and resilience through Integration of Scientific, community and clinical partnErships (DEVISE) (Paul Richardson)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155469 - A Multidisciplinary national research partnership for early diagnosis of liver disease in alcohol treatment programmes and the role of liver disease biomarker-based behavioural interventions in reducing alcohol-related harm. (Stephen Ryder)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Catherine Hewitt
Decision: Fund
NIHR155556 - Research Partnership on Caring for Cirrhosis Closer to Home (COACH) (Naaventhan Palaniyappan)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Srinivasa Katikireddi
Decision: Fund
NIHR154762 - PARTICIPATE-B – PARTICIPant led Access and Treatment Engagement in Chronic Hepatitis B (Ahmed Elsharkawy)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Srinivasa Katikireddi
Decision: Fund
NIHR154648 - Creating a HUll aNd UCL Liver ReseArch Partnership - UNRAP (Alastair O'Brien)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155539 - Research partnership on improving surgical outcomes: peri-operative care of patients with cirrhosis (Robert Scott)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155593 - Scottish Hepatology Access Research Partnership (SHARP) (Ruairi Lynch)
Chair: Danny McAuley
Conflicts: Srinivasa Katikireddi, John Petrie
Decision: Fund
NIHR155300 - Building a collaboration to deliver a high quality study to test a Liver Health Champions intervention in under-served populations living in deprived coastal areas (Julie Parkes)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Catherine Hewitt, Claire Kidgell
Decision: Fund
NIHR155210 - Addressing liver disease in persons living with multiple long term conditions (ALPINE) (Ian Rowe)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: None
Decision: Fund
NIHR155694 - Decompensated LIVER Cirrhosis Research Network (De-LIVER Network) (Gautam Mehta)
Chair: John Petrie
Conflicts: Claire Kidgell
Decision: Fund