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.

Steering Committee

  • Nikki Adams

    Nikki Adams

    Patient Representative - NIHR BioResource

  • Prof. Guruprasad Aithal

    Prof. Guruprasad Aithal

    BioResource Lead - NIHR Nottingham BRC

  • Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi

    Prof. Ammar Al-Chalabi

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

  • Dr. Indi Banerjee

    Dr. Indi Banerjee

    University of Manchester

  • Prof. Diana Baralle

    Prof. Diana Baralle

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

  • Prof. Timothy Barrett

    Prof. Timothy Barrett

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

  • Luke Barron

    Luke Barron

    NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre Operations Manager

  • Hannah Bennett

    Hannah Bennett

    DHSC

  • Dr. Julie Bieles

    Dr. Julie Bieles

    Oxford Health BRC- TRC Manager

  • Prof. Matthew Bown

    Prof. Matthew Bown

    BioResource Lead – NIHR Leicester BRC and CRF

  • Prof. John Bradley

    Prof. John Bradley

    Co-Chair and Chief Investigator - NIHR BioResource

  • Prof. Gerome Breen

    Prof. Gerome Breen

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

  • Prof. Ian Bruce

    Prof. Ian Bruce

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

  • Dr. Tracey Briggs

    Dr. Tracey Briggs

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

  • Prof. Maya Buch

    Prof. Maya Buch

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

  • Prof. Patrick Chinnery

    Prof. Patrick Chinnery

    Co-Chair - NIHR BioResource, NIHR Cambridge BRC

  • Prof. Nichola Cooper

    Prof. Nichola Cooper

    BioResource Lead - NIHR Imperial BRC

  • Prof. Panos Deloukas

    Prof. Panos Deloukas

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

  • Prof. Gareth Evans

    Prof. Gareth Evans

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

  • Prof. Saul Faust

    Prof. Saul Faust

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

  • Rosanna Fennessy

    Rosanna Fennessy

    Patient Representative - NIHR BioResource

  • Mattia Frontini

    Mattia Frontini

    University of Exeter

  • Dr. Matthew Hallsworth

    Dr. Matthew Hallsworth

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

  • Steven Hardy

    Steven Hardy

    Public Health England

  • Prof. Henry Houlden

    Prof. Henry Houlden

    Rare Disease Lead – NIHR UCLH BRC

  • Dr. Amy Hunter

    Dr. Amy Hunter

    Director of Research - Genetic Alliance UK

  • Dr. Jan Idkowiak

    Dr. Jan Idkowiak

    Rare Disease Lead – NIHR Birmingham BRC and CRF

  • Prof. John Isaacs

    Prof. John Isaacs

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

  • Anthony Khawaja

    Anthony Khawaja

    BioResource Lead – NIHR Moorfields BRC and CRF

  • Prof. Nathalie Kingston

    Prof. Nathalie Kingston

    Director - NIHR BioResource

  • Prof. Gerry McCann

    Prof. Gerry McCann

    BioResource Lead – NIHR Leicester BRC and CRF

  • Prof. Philip McGuire

    Prof. Philip McGuire

    Oxford Health BRC

  • Dr. Christopher Morris

    Dr. Christopher Morris

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

  • Prof. Philip Newsome

    Prof. Philip Newsome

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

  • Prof. Miles Parkes

    Prof. Miles Parkes

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

  • Chrysia-Maria Pegasiou-Davies

    Chrysia-Maria Pegasiou-Davies

    Senior Research Manager - CCF

  • Prof. David Roberts

    Prof. David Roberts

    Associate Medical Director - NHS Blood and Transplant

  • Dr. Sinisa Savic

    Dr. Sinisa Savic

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

  • Prof. Angela Shore

    Prof. Angela Shore

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

  • Hannah Stark

    Hannah Stark

    NIHR BioResource – Operations Lead

  • Dr. Sara Trompeter

    Dr. Sara Trompeter

    NIHR UCLH BRC and CRF

  • Prof. Arthur Tucker

    Prof. Arthur Tucker

    BioResource Lead - NIHR Barts BRC

  • Dr. Laura Turner

    Dr. Laura Turner

    Deputy Operational Lead at GOSH

  • Prof. Holm Uhlig

    Prof. Holm Uhlig

    BioResource Lead - NIHR Oxford BRC

  • Prof. Thomas Voit

    Prof. Thomas Voit

    BioResource Lead - NIHR GOSH BRC

  • Prof. Andrew Webster

    Prof. Andrew Webster

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

  • Prof. Horace Williams

    Prof. Horace Williams

    BioResource Lead - NIHR Imperial BRC

  • Xi Ye

    Xi Ye

    Experimental Medicine Programme Lead