Prioritisation Group (PG)
Research priorities decided by the expert advisory panels are finally agreed by the Prioritisation Group. The group is also responsible for making ultimate funding decisions based on the recommendations it receives from the Commissioning Boards.
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Membership 2011
Chair
Professor Tom Walley*, Director, HTA programme & Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool
Deputy Chair
Professor Hywel Williams, Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham
Professor Sallie Lamb, Director, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick
Representatives from NETSCC, HTA
Miss Kerrie Bayliss, Programme Manager
Dr Bob Coates, Consultant advisor, NETSCC, HTA
Dr Andrew Cook, Consultant advisor, NETSCC, HTA
Dr Peter Davidson, Director of Science Support, NETSCC, HTA
Miss Rebecca Hamer, Programme Manager
Dr Nick Hicks, Director of NHS Support, NETSCC, HTA
Ms Susan Hird, Consultant Advisor, NETSCC, HTA
Dr Ruairidh Milne, Director of Strategy and Development, NETSCC, HTA
Professor James Raftery, Chair of NETSCC and Director of the Wessex Institute
Dr Vaughan Thomas, Consultant advisor, NETSCC, HTA
Ms Gill Wheedon, Senior Programme Manager
Members
Professor Imti Choonara, Professor in Child Health, Academic Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham
Ms Susan Hird, Consultant Advisor, External Devices and Physical Therapies Panel
Professor Jonathan Michaels, Consultant Surgeon/Professor of Vascular Surgery Sheffield Vascular Institute, University of Sheffield
Dr John Pounsford, Consultant Physician, Directorate of Medical Services, North Bristol NHS Trust
Professor Margaret Thorogood, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Warwick Medical School
Professor Lindsay Wilson Turnbull, Scientific Director of the Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations and YCR Professor of Radiology, Hull Royal Infirmary
Professor Scott Weich, Professor of Psychiatry, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick
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