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
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sarah Bailey | Senior Research Fellow | University of Exeter Medical School | Cancer diagnosis, primary care, electronic health records, dealing with large datasets. |
| Mr Simon Chilcott | Public Member | - | - |
| 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 Rachel Johnson | Associate Professor in Primary Care | University of Bristol | Experienced in a range of research methods: qualitative research, systematic review (qualitative and quantitative), questionnaire studies, implementation research, routine primary care data, randomised controlled trials. |
| Dr Antonieta Medina-Lara | Associate Professor in Health Economics | University of Exeter | Health Economics; economic evaluation; modelling, health outcome measures; wellbeing assessment |
| Dr Siobhan O'Dwyer | Senior Lecturer, Ageing and Family Care | University of Exeter | - |
| Mrs Carol-Ann Partridge | Public Member | - | - |
| Miss Shelley Potter | Associate Professor in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, | University of Bristol | Oncoplastic breast surgery; outcomes research, methodology, feasibility work |
| 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 | - | - |
| Dr Sarah Voss | Associate Professor in Emergency Care | UWE, Bristol | - |
| Dr Julia Wade | Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Health Science applied to randomised trials | University of Bristol | Qualitative health services research in Trials |
| Professor Tom Wainwright | Professor of Orthopaedics | Bournemouth University | Physiotherapist whose main research interests are to optimise surgical outcomes for hip and knee replacement the non-surgical management of hip and knee osteoarthritis enhanced recovery after surgery protocols |