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Meet the team

Core Team


Prof Tom Clutton-Brock MBE

NIHR HRC-DDR Director

Olivia Brookes

Programme Manager

Marie Allitt

Public Involvement Officer

Conor Jones

Project Research Officer

Carlos Lee

Project Research Co-ordinator

Deb Milligan

Deputy Programme Manager

Hannah Rooney

Public Involvement Lead

Amy Smith

Portfolio Manager

Charlotte Whitehouse

Project Research Officer

Theme Leads


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)