Research for Patient Benefit - East of England Regional Advisory Committee

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 Tracey Sach is Chair of the East of England Regional Advisory Committee.

Committee members

Name	Position	Organisation	Expertise
Mrs Abigail Dennington-Price	Public Member	-	-
Professor Morag Farquhar	Professor of Palliative Care Research	University of East Anglia	Palliative care research, breathlessness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), informal carers, MRC framework for complex interventions, mixed methods, qualitative methods, supportive care
Professor Christina Jerosch-Herold	Professor of Rehabilitation Research	University of East Anglia	Applied health research on rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb including observational studies and clinical trials
Dr Julia Jones	Reader in Patient experience and public involvement	University of Hertfordshire	Patient and public involvement, mental health research, mixed method designs and qualitative methods, co-production
Dr Jacqueline Mitton	Public Member	-	-
Mrs Tracy Pellatt-Higgins	Senior Statistician and Research Fellow	University of Kent	Medical Statistics, Stochastic simulation, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic modelling, model based meta-analysis, non-linear mixed effects modelling
Professor Gavin Pettigrew	Professor in clinical and experimental transplantation. Honorary consultant	University of Cambridge	clinical and experimental transplant research
Professor Carl Philpott	Professor of Rhinology & Olfactology/Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon & Rhinologist	University of East Anglia	-
Dr Wendi Qian	Senior Statistician	University of Cambridge	Statistics
Dr Peter Richmond	Public Member	-	-
Dr Murray Smith	Senior Research Fellow in Econometrics and Health Economics	University of Lincoln	Econometrics including microeconometric modelling, health informatics, health economic modelling, mathematical statistics and computer algebra
Dr Toby Smith	Associate Professor in Physiotherapy	University of East Anglia	Rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders in the elderly, particularly those with multiple morbidites including trauma and cancer and reconstructive surgery
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith	General Practitioner and Clinical Senior Research Associate	University of Cambridge	Systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis of quantitative/qualitative literature, evidence-based practice, mixed methods, epidemiology, intervention studies, controlled trials, various health care areas including older people’s health