Who's Who?
Dr Claire Packer – Director
Email: c.packer@bham.ac.uk
Claire Packer is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine and has been Director of the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre since 1998.
Professor Andrew Stevens – Professor of Public Health
Email: a.j.stevens@bham.ac.uk
Andrew Stevens is Professor of Public Health and has been Director of the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre since 1998. Andrew inputs to strategic development and the research programme.
Dr Derek Ward – Deputy Director & Medical Advisor
Email: d.j.ward@bham.ac.uk
Derek Ward is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health and has been Deputy Director of the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre since joining in January 2010. Derek leads the NHSC Drugs Team and acts as a Medical Adviser with a focus on pharmaceutical technologies.
Dr Ali Cook – Associate Director
Email: a.m.cook@bham.ac.uk
Ali Cook has been at the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre since 2001 and is head of the MedTech team.
Dr Sue Simpson – Associate Director
Email: s.l.simpson.20@bham.ac.uk
Sue Simpson is an Associate Director in the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre responsible for the work of the research and reviews team. She has published a number of papers in the field of early awareness and alert systems and contributed to workshops on the subject.
Sue is also the network co-ordinator for EuroScan – the International Information Network on New and Emerging Health Technologies a collaborative network of member agencies for the exchange of information on important emerging new drugs, devices, procedures, programmes, and settings in health care.
Dr Kristina Routh – MedTech Medical Advisor
Email: k.routh@bham.ac.uk
Kristina Routh is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine and has been the Medical Advisor for MedTech (medical devices, procedures and diagnostic tests) at the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre since joining in January 2011.
Mr Matt Phillips – Project Manager
Email: m.phillips.1@bham.ac.uk
Mrs Karen Jones – Administrative Assistant
Ms Jane Tavener – Administrative Assistant
Dr Lina Martino – Research Fellow
Email: o.i.martino@bham.ac.uk
Ms Janette Fulton – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: j.fulton@bham.ac.uk
Mr Matt Fung – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: m.fung@bham.ac.uk
Ms Luan Linden-Phillips – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: l.p.linden@bham.ac.uk
Mrs Kathryn Miles – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: K.Miles@bham.ac.uk
Mrs Joanna Smith – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: j.l.j.smith@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sara Trevitt – Senior Horizon Analyst
Email: s.trevitt@bham.ac.uk