who we are

The INCLUDE project was led by the NIHR Clinical Research Network in collaboration with the INCLUDE Steering Committee:

The NIHR-INCLUDE project finished at the end of 2021, but the INCLUDE project membership details are below.

Members:

  • Prof Lynn Rochester – NIHR-INCLUDE Project Lead and Steering Group Chair, NIHR CRN and Newcastle University

  • Dr Gary Nestor – Assistant National Specialty Cluster Lead, NIHR CRN Cluster E

  • Dr Shamaila Anwar - Project Manager, NIHR CRN Cluster E

  • Lesley Gibson - NIHR-INCLUDE Project Coordinator, NIHR CRN Cluster E

  • Dr Camille Carroll – National Specialty Lead Neurodegeneration, NIHR CRN and Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Plymouth University

  • Theo Christie – Business Development Manager, NIHR CRN

  • Prof Paul Dark – National Specialty Lead Critical Care, Chair in Critical Care Medicine, Manchester University

  • Prof Alistair Hall – Clinical Director, CRN Yorkshire and Humber

  • Prof Helen Hancock – Co. Director, Research Design Service, North East

  • Dr Jennifer Harris – Head of Research Policy, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

  • Dr Joanna Knee – Head of Research Operations, NIHR CRN

  • Prof Eamonn Maher – National Specialty Lead Genetics, NIHR CRN and Professor of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University of Cambridge

  • Dr Rebecca Maier – Deputy Lead, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

  • Prof John O’Brien – National Specialty Lead Dementias, NIHR CRN and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

  • Laurie Oliva – NIHR-INCLUDE Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead, and Head of Public Engagement and Involvement, NIHR CRN

  • Prof Sue Pavitt – National Specialty Lead Oral and Dental Health and Professor of Translational & Applied Health Research, University of Leeds

  • Prof James Wason – Professor of Biostatistics, Population Health Sciences Institute Biostatistics Research Group, Newcastle University

  • Prof Jane West – Director of Public Health Research, Bradford Institute for Health Research

  • Prof Miles Witham – National Specialty Lead Ageing, NIHR CRN and Professor of Trials for Older People, Newcastle University

Past Members

  • Ella Anderson - NIHR-INCLUDE Project Coordinator

  • Kim Down - Cluster E Manager, NIHR CRN

  • Shanin Butt - PPIE Member and Patient Research Ambassador

  • Prof Lynne Corner – NIHR-INCLUDE Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead, VOICE Lead, Director of Engagement for FMS Newcastle University

  • Professor Gail Mountain – Professor of Applied Dementia Research, Bradford University

  • Gareth Powell - Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service, NIHR CRN

  • Amanda Tortice – Chief Operating Officer, NIHR CRN Yorkshire and Humber

  • Ellie-Rose White - Patient Research Ambassador