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 Jayne Brown | Professor of Health Care Professions | Nottingham Trent University | Mental Health, Clinical Trias, Health services research, Qualitative research |
| Mr Paul Caulfield | Public Member | - | - |
| Professor Tim Coleman | Professor in Primary Care | University of Nottingham | Expertise in general practice/primary care |
| 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 | Expert reviewer of NIHR programs & journals, and co-applicant / trial statistician on funded clinical trials. Experienced 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 | 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 | Expertise in the care of older people and patients with complex health needs. Specifically, I research 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 | Physioterapy 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 |