Research Contact Details
Senior Team
Executive Lead, Research and Development – Fiona Reynolds
Director - Professor Jeremy Kirk (BWH)
Head of Research and Development – Liz Adey
R&D Delivery and Compliance Manager – Sarah Hadfield
Lead Research Nurse Manager – Jayne Groves
Deputy Director Research and Development (BCH) - Prasad Nagakumar
Director NIHR Clinical Research Facility (Paediatrics) - Jan Idkowiak
Director of Research and Development (BWH) - Shakila Thangaratinam
Director of Research and Development (FTB) - Rachel Upthegrove
Deputy Director of Research and Development (FTB) - Paul Patterson
Facilitation & Quality Assurance Team
QA Manager - Jackie Griffiths
QA Lead – Karen Davies
QA Lead - Davina Patel
Project Support Lead - Jessica Firkins
R&D Senior Facilitator – Daisy Byron
R&D Facilitator – Claire Manzotti
R&D Facilitator - Farah Ahmed
R&D Facilitator - Surbinder Hayer
R&D Facilitator – Tom Newman
R&D Data Manager – Ian Fitzgerald
Administration
R&D Administrator - Sophie Clayton
Finance Team
Commercial Finance Manager- Adam Wooldridge
Senior Management Accountant - Martin Richmond
Assistant Mangement Accountant - Marie Pitt
R& D Finance email address: bwc.researchfinance@nhs.net
Delivery Teams
Gynaecology
Lead Gynaecology Research Nurse – Clare McPake
Research Nurse – Faye Andrews
Research Nurse – Kirsty Parkes
Research Nurse – Fiona Beale
R&D Data Manager – Parminder Chana
Midwifery
Lead Research Midwife – Chloe O’Hara
Research Midwife – Phern Adams
Research Midwife – Sethenia Beckford
Research Midwife – Natalie Bayne
Research Midwife – Emily Pain
Research Midwife – Lauren Hatch
Research Midwife – Sunena Verma
Research Midwife – Nasayba Jamil
R&D Data Manager – Julie Lowe
Neonatal & Children
Lead Neonatal Research Nurse – Amy Woodhead
Neonatal Research Nurse – Heather Barrow
Neonatal Research Nurse – Efygenia Kotsia
Paediatric
Lead Paediatric Research Nurse - Tara Roome
Research Sister - Sarah Jordan
Research Sister – Sugrah Sultan
Research Sister - Ruth Howman
Research Sister - Monica Mitchell
Research Sister – Kate Hong
Research Sister - Kate Cotter
Clinical Research Practitioner - Neelam Khan
R&D Data Manager – George Preece
Genetics
Lead Genetics Study Coordinator - Jonathan Hoffman
Genetics Study Coordinator – Camilla Huber
Genetics Study Coordinator – Madhura Chandrashekara
Genetics Clinical Research Practitioner - Emma Douglas
R&D Data Manager - Carlos McFarlane
Nephrology Research Team
Nephrology Rare Diseases Research Coordinator – Sharon Parkes
Nephrology Rare Diseases Research Coordinator – Maria Kokocinska
Forward Thinking Birmingham
R&D FTB Mental Health Lead Co-ordinator - Amanda Cotterill
FTB Applied Research Practitioner – Colin Palmer
Research Associate - Youth Mental Health - Julie Kane
Assistant Research Psychologist - Mark Byrne
FTB Research Nurse - Jessica Lear
FTB Research Therapist - Eleanor Sinfield
R&D FTB Research Nurse - Gemma Grosvenor
Assistant Research Psychologist - Paul Hicks
Assistant Research Psychologist - Zara Sadiq
Assistant Research Psychologist - Hana Shah
Assistant Research Psychologist - Tyler Weetman
Support Departments
Pharmacy
Lead Pharmacist for Clinical Trials – Cherrelle Evans
Specialist Pharmacist for Clinical Trials, Women’s and Neonatal Services – Herminder Sohal
Specialist Pharmacist - Metabolic Disorders – Siema Akram
Lead Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Trials – Julie Williams
Chief Pharmacy Technician - Quality assurance and ATMP Services in Clinical Trials – Lucie Smith
Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician– Rumana Begum
Assistant Practitioner - Pharmacy Supervisor for Clinical Trials – Fatima Bibi
Specialist Assistant Technical Officer – Sanjeev Lal
Specialist Assistant Technical Officer – Pieter McGovern
Laboratories
Laboratory R&D Coordinator - Fionnuala Terry
Radiology
Research Lead Radiographer – Kerry Carter