Sheila is an Emeritus Professor of Tissue Engineering at the University of Sheffield with expertise in tissue engineering of skin, oral mucosa, urethra and cornea with a strong focus on translating research to the clinic. She has published 590 peer-reviewed articles with over 10,000 citations and has an h-index of 61. 

She received the UK Society of Biomaterials President’s Medal for her contributions to biomaterials in both the UK and overseas in September 2014 and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Chapman Medal for Biomedical Materials and Biomaterials Innovation in 2018.

Chris is an Emeritus Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, an Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield, and a Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. He is particularly interested in the functional reconstruction of the lower urinary tract and the underlying pharmacological control mechanisms, and provided an NHS tertiary service in lower urinary tract reconstructive surgery.

BAUS awarded him the St Peter’s medal in 2011, SUFU awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, the International Continence Society made him the inaugural member of their Hall of Fame in 2020, and CAU awarded him the Shlomo Raz medal in 2022. 

Anthony is a research scientist with significant expertise in wound healing strategies and tissue repair.  This includes the development of tissue-engineered material and wound healing devices for in vitro experimentation and translating these to the clinic, particularly for urological reconstruction and plastic surgery.

He has a BSc in Biomedical Technology from Sheffield Hallam University and a PhD in physiology from The Physiological Laboratory from the University of Liverpool.

Anthony is leading the work on material development for manufacturing upscaling.