Meet the team

Core Team

NIHR HRC-DDR Director

Olivia Brookes

Programme Manager

Newton Chagoma

Health Economist

Jeffrey Faint

Project Research Officer

Deborah Milligan

Deputy Programme Manager

Hannah Rooney

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager (NIHR HRC-DDR)

Portfolio Manager (NIHR HRC-DDR)

Charlotte Whitehouse

Project Research Officer

Prof Theo Arvanitis Theme: Digital and Data

Theme LeadHead of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering (University of Birmingham)

Prof Simon Bach Theme: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Theme Lead, Professor of Colorectal Surgery Director (Royal College Surgeons (Eng) Robotic and Digital Surgery initiative)

Prof Alastair Denniston Theme: Regulations

Theme Lead, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Honorary Professor, specialising in AI and Digital Health Technologies, (University of Birmingham)

Dr Jonathan Gregory Theme: Digital and Data

Co-theme Lead, Honorary Research Fellow (Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London)

Prof Liam Grover Theme: Medical Devices

Theme Lead, Director of the Healthcare Technologies Institute (University of Birmingham)

Fran Ives Theme: Human Factors and Usability Testing

Co-Theme Lead, Chartered Human Factors Specialist (Health Innovation West Midlands)

Prof Richard Lilford Theme: Health Economics and Value Proposition

Theme Lead, Professor of Public Health & NIHR ARC-WM Director (University of Birmingham)

Prof Samia Nefti-Meziani Theme: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Co-Theme Lead, Director of the Birmingham Robotics Institute (University of Birmingham)

Prof Tracy Roberts Theme: Health Economics and Value Proposition

Co-Theme Lead, Professor of Health Economics (University of Birmingham)