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 Rebecca Kearney is Chair of the West Midlands Regional Advisory Committee.
Committee members
|
Name |
Position |
Organisation |
Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dr Opeyemi Babatunde |
Research Associate: Systematic Reviews |
Keele University |
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, clinical studies and randomised controlled trials |
|
Dr Srikanth Bellary |
Reader |
Aston University |
Research interests include epidemiology of type 2 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and ageing, diabetic kidney disease and new therapies for type 2 diabetes |
|
Professor Matthew Brookes |
Professor of Gastroenterology |
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
Gastroenterologist with an expertise in colorectal cancer, cell biology, endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease and anaemia |
|
Professor Julie Bruce |
Professor |
University of Warwick |
Experienced in clinical trials and surgical epidemiology with main interests in surgical and patient-reported outcomes |
|
Dr Blagojevic-Bucknall |
Senior Lecturer in Statistics |
Keele University |
Statistical modelling, Electronic health records, Prediction modelling, Survival analysis, Propensity scores, Treatment-Outcome research, Primary care health research |
|
Dr Claire Burton |
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care |
Keele University |
GP with experience in primary care health research, electronic health record research, systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, musculoskeletal pain and community health |
|
Dr Keith Couper |
Assistant professor in emergency and critical care |
University of Warwick |
Clinical background in critical care nursing and research interests include health services research including clinical trials, cardiac arrest, critical care, emergency care, resuscitation |
|
Dr Sarah Damery |
Research Fellow |
University of Birmingham |
The organisation and delivery of services to optimise the management of long term conditions and multimorbidity within health and social care settings |
|
Mrs Caroline Dean |
Public Member |
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Professor Thomas Dietrich |
Professor of oral surgery |
University of Birmingham |
Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Trials in Oral Health research, particular wrt Periodontology and Oral Surgery and the link between oral diseases and systemic health outcomes |
|
Mr Adrian Gardner |
Consultant Spine Surgeon |
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Consultant Spine Surgeon with orthopaedic background at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, specialising in both adult and paediatric spinal deformity |
|
Dr Francis Gilchrist |
Senior Lecturer and Consultant |
Keele University |
Cystic fibrosis, paediatric asthma and paediatric flexible bronchoscopy |
|
Dr Susan Hunter |
Senior Lecturer |
Keele University |
Evaluating complex therapeutic interventions for neurological patients, particularly on interventions for the hemiplegic upper limb, life after stroke, and psychosocial effects of upper limb dysfunction |
|
Dr Katie Newby |
Associate Professor |
University of Hertfordshire |
Research interests include development and evaluation of digital health behaviour change interventions, sexual health and infectious disease. Psychology background with skills in systematic reviews, meta-analysis, qualitative and quantitative research |
| Dr Jason Schaub | Lecturer in Social Work and Social Care |
University of Birmingham |
Clinical trials,Secondary analysis,Qualitative research,Behavioural |
|
Dr Alice Sitch |
Lecturer in Biostatistics |
University of Birmingham |
Statistician, research focus is test evaluation, specifically the use of tests to monitor progressive and recurrent disease and studies of biological variability |
|
Ms Helen Weatherly |
Reader |
University of York |
Health economist for economic evaluations of social care interventions, including the design, conduct and analysis of these applied economic evaluations, and related methodological research |
|
Dr Simon White |
Reader in Pharmacy Practice |
Keele University |
Qualitative and consensus research methodologies, health services research, polypharmacy and medicines optimisation |