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
Professor Robert Hinchliffe is Chair of the South West Regional Advisory Committee.
Committee members
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Name |
Position |
Organisation |
Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dr Rebecca Abbott |
Senior Research Fellow |
University of Exeter |
Systematic review methodology; Health services research; Children's Health and Wellbeing |
|
Ms Ailsa Cameron |
Senior Lecturer |
University of Bristol |
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Associate Professor Edward Carlton |
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (Royal College of Emergency Medicine) and Consultant in Emergency Medicine |
North Bristol NHS Trust |
Clinical emergency medicine, cardiology and acute care, research in novel diagnostic technologies and pragmatic early intervention clinical trials |
|
Dr Ashwin Dhanda |
Consultant Hepatologist and Honorary Associate Professor |
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust |
Alcohol related liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, alcohol dependence, liver immunology |
|
Dr Sean Ewings |
Senior medical statistician |
University of Southampton |
Statistical methods, primarily trials and diagnostic studies |
|
Professor Jenny Freeman |
Professor in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, School of Health Professions |
University of Plymouth |
Clinical trials investigating the process and outcomes of rehabilitation interventions; laboratory based studies exploring underlying mechanisms of disability; the evaluation of outcome measures |
|
Professor William Henley |
Professor of Medical Statistics |
University of Exeter |
Worked as an applied statistician for over 20 years. Research interests include: Analysis of longitudinal, multilevel and survival data, Design and analysis of cohort and other epidemiological studies, Epidemiology of ageing, disability and chronic disease, Statistical methods in bioinformatics |
|
Dr Elsa Marques |
Health Economist |
University of Bristol |
Designing and conducting economic evaluations within trials and economic decision models in a myriad of clinical areas and settings |
|
Dr Antonieta Medina-Lara |
Associate Professor in Health Economics |
University of Exeter |
Health Economics; economic evaluation; modelling, health outcome measures; wellbeing assessment |
|
Mrs Carol-Ann Partridge |
Public Member |
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Dr Susie Pearce |
Associate Professor of Nursing (research) |
University of Plymouth |
Clinical academic with a background in nursing and applied health research. expertise in qualitative and mixed method research |
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Mr Philip Ruthen |
Public Member |
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- |
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Dr Jenny Scott |
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice |
University of Bath |
Substance misuse, harm reduction, pharmacy practice. Non-medical prescribing |
|
Mrs Hilary Shergold |
Public Member |
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