Team for NIHR Clinical Research Network: North Thames
29 April 2014
Details of the new NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN): North Thames management and clinical team have been announced.
The team will be led by UCL's Professor Lyn Chitty, Clinical Director and Dr James Lyddiard, Chief Operating Officer. Further appointments of UCL and UCLH staff include Dr Rebecca Kristeleit, Dr Rakesh Popat, Dr Martin Forster, Dr Ruheena Mendes, Dr Marie Scully, Professor David Isenberg, Professor Anne Schilder, Dr Stuart Bloom and Dr Rowland Illing.
The NIHR CRN: North Thames is hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust and aims to help increase opportunities for patients to take part in clinical research by ensuring that studies are carried out efficiently. The NIHR CRN: North Thames also supports the Government's strategy for UK life sciences by improving the environment for commercial contract clinical research in the NHS in the North Thames area.
See below a list of recently announced appointments
Lyn Chitty | Clinical Director |
James Lyddiard | Chief Operating Officer |
John Sheedy | Head of Finance and Information |
Alastair Nicholson | Head of RM&G |
Masuma Harrison | Industry Operations Manager |
Thorsten Hagemann | Clinical Research Lead |
Peter Szlosarek | Upper & lower GI, melanoma |
Tom Powles | Urology, prostate, bladder , testis, renal |
Martin Forster and Ruheena Mendes | Brain, head, neck, lung, radiotherapy |
Dr Rebecca Kristeleit | Gynae, sarcoma, teenage, psychosocial |
Dr Rakesh Popat | Haematology and lymphoma |
David Wheeler | Clinical Research Lead & Renal |
Colin Johnston | Diabetes; Metabolic & Endocrine Disorders |
William Van't Hoff | Clinical Research Lead & Children |
Dan Hart and Marie Scully | Haematology |
Lynis Lewis | Mental Health |
Joanne Rodda | Dementia - lead for RAFT |
Lynis Lewis and David Isenberg | Clinical Research Lead |
Baskar Dasgupta and David Kelly | Musculoskeletal |
Mehul Mathukia | Primary care & ageing |
Anthony Bewley | Dermatology |
Margaret Johnson and Mahreen Ameen | Clinical Research Lead & infectious diseases |
Praveen Patel | Opthalmology |
Anne Schilder | ENT |
William Rosenberg and Aileen Marshall | Hepatology |
John Prowle | Anaesthesia, pain and critical care |
Stuart Bloom | Gastroenterology |
Tim Harris | Injuries and emergencies |
Rowland Illing | Interventional radiology |