The remit of the Selection Committees is to support the development of the NIHR Research Professorships and Global Research Professorships, assess applications, interview candidates and make funding recommendations based on quality.
Applications are assessed by our Selection Committee. Membership is reviewed regularly and adjusted in response to need. If you would like to register your interest to join this committee, please complete the expression of interest form.
The International Expert Review Selection Committee is composed of the members listed below.
NIHR Research Professorships
International Expert Review Research Professorship Selection Sub-Committee Membership 2022
- Professor Richard McManus (Chair), Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford
- Professor Louise Kenny (Deputy Chair), Executive Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Professor Kerry Hood (Deputy Chair), Director, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Wales
- Professor Nadine Foster, Director - Research & Education STARS, University of Queensland, Australia
- Professor Stephen Keevil, Consultant Physicist, Head of Magnetic Resonance Physics and Research and Development Lead for Imaging at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Medical Physics at King’s College London. Director of KiTEC (King's Technology Evaluation Centre)
- Professor Matthew Griffin, Professor of Transplant Biology, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
- Professor Jacques Galipeau, Don and Marilyn Anderson Professor in Oncology, Associate Dean for Therapeutics Development, Director, Program for Advanced Cell Therapy, University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA
- Professor Martin Knapp, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Professor Karen Luker, Queen’s Nursing Institute Professor of Community, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
- Professor Clare Wilkinson, Professor of General Practice, Bangor University
NIHR Global Research Professorships
International Expert Review Global Research Professorship Selection Sub-Committee Membership 2022
- Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (Chair), Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University College London
- Professor Address Malata, Vice Chancellor of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Malawi
- Professor Robert Heyderman, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London
- Professor Malabika Sarkar, Professor & Associate Dean of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh
- Professor Bruce Hollingsworth, Professor of Health Economics, Lancaster University
- Professor Oye Gureje, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Professor Prabhat Jha, Professor in Disease Control, University of Toronto, Canada
- Professor Richard Adanu, Professor of Women’s Reproductive Health, University of Ghana
- Professor Alastair Leyland, Professor of Population Health Statistics, University of Glasgow
- Professor Tazeen H. Jafar, Professor Health Services & Systems Research, Duke University, USA
- Professor Naomi Levitt, Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Professor Jonathan Ball, Professor of Molecular Virology, University of Nottingham