Steering Committee

The Steering Committee directs the activity of the NIHR BioResource, providing strategic direction and ensuring operational delivery against set milestones. It reviews and prioritises the common and rare diseases for recruitment, the technology platforms and clinical phenotyping to be adopted, and the scientific merit of national recall studies. The Steering Committee provides regular reports to our Oversight Board.

Patient Representative - NIHR BioResource

Prof. Guruprasad Aithal

BioResource Lead - NIHR Nottingham BRC

Rare Disease Lead - NIHR Maudsley BRC, Neurology & Complex Disease Genetics - King's College London

Dr. Indi Banerjee

University of Manchester

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Southampton, Genomic Medicine - University of Southampton

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Birmingham BRC and CRF, Paediatrics and Child Health - University of Birmingham

Luke Barron

NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre Operations Manager

Hannah Bennett

DHSC

Dr. Julie Bieles

Oxford Health BRC- TRC Manager

Prof. Matthew Bown

BioResource Lead – NIHR Leicester BRC and CRF

Co-Chair and Chief Investigator - NIHR BioResource

Mental Health BioResource Lead – NIHR Maudsley BRC, Psychiatric Genetics - King's College London

IMID BioResource Co-Lead, Rheumatology Chair - The University of Manchester

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Central Manchester BRC and CRF, Senior Clinical Lecturer - The University of Manchester

IMID BioResource Co-Lead, Clinical Professor of Rheumatology - The University of Manchester

Co-Chair - NIHR BioResource, NIHR Cambridge BRC

Prof. Nichola Cooper

BioResource Lead - NIHR Imperial BRC

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Barts BRC, Cardiovascular Genomics - Queen Mary University London

BioResource Lead – NIHR Central Manchester BRC and CRF, Medical Genetics and Cancer Epidemiology - The University of Manchester

BioResource Lead – NIHR Southampton BRC and CRF, Paediatric Immunology - University of Southampton

Patient Representative - NIHR BioResource

Mattia Frontini

University of Exeter

Head of External Relations - NIHR Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI)

Public Health England

Prof. Henry Houlden

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR UCLH BRC

Director of Research - Genetic Alliance UK

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Birmingham BRC and CRF

IMID BioResource Co-Lead - NIHR Newcastle BRC and CRF, Clinical Rheumatology - Newcastle University

Anthony Khawaja

BioResource Lead – NIHR Moorfields BRC and CRF

Director - NIHR BioResource

Prof. Gerry McCann

BioResource Lead – NIHR Leicester BRC and CRF

Prof. Philip McGuire

Oxford Health BRC

Rare Disease Lead –NIHR Newcastle BRC and CRF, Senior Lecturer

NAFLD BioResource Lead NIHR Birmingham BRC and CRF, Experimental Hepatology - University of Birmingham

IBD BioResource Lead - NIHR Cambridge BRC, Consultant Gastroenterologist - Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Chrysia-Maria Pegasiou-Davies

Senior Research Manager - CCF

Associate Medical Director - NHS Blood and Transplant

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Leeds BRC, Clinical Associate Professor - University of Leeds

Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Exeter CRF, Cardiovascular Sciences - University of Exeter

NIHR BioResource – Operations Lead

Dr. Sara Trompeter

NIHR UCLH BRC and CRF

Prof. Arthur Tucker

BioResource Lead - NIHR Barts BRC

Dr. Laura Turner

Deputy Operational Lead at GOSH

Prof. Holm Uhlig

BioResource Lead - NIHR Oxford BRC

Prof. Thomas Voit

BioResource Lead - NIHR GOSH BRC

BioResource Lead – NIHR Moorfields BRC and CRF, Molecular Ophthalmology - UCL

Hannah Williams

NIHR BioResource - Research Studies Recall Manager

Dr. Horace Williams

BioResource Lead - NIHR Imperial BRC

Xi Ye

Experimental Medicine Programme Lead