Advisory Board
The purpose of the Advisory Board is to assist the Director and staff of CRD in achieving goals and objectives by providing feedback and advice from a range of healthcare specialty and stakeholder perspectives.
The Advisory Board will primarily advise and support CRD in the development and delivery of its core work programme which is funded through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Specifically, this covers producing the three CRD databases (DARE, NHS EED and HTA) as well as dissemination and training activities. The Board may also be invited to comment on activity that, whilst central to CRD’s role as a national centre, is funded outside of the core contract. This includes undertaking and disseminating systematic reviews and researching and developing the methods underpinning systematic reviews and the effective transfer of health research knowledge.Objectives
To assist the Director and staff of CRD by advising on strategic goals and development
To provide formal linkages between CRD, the NHS, NIHR, the UK Cochrane Centre and NICE including NHS Evidence, and to facilitate interaction and communication with these organisations
To help ensure that CRD core activity both reflects and informs NIHR strategy
To help ensure that CRD databases and activities meet the needs and expectations of the NHS and other stakeholders
To advise on database development and on production targets and performance
To receive and provide feedback on CRD’s annual report
To consider an annual operational plan and advise on priority settingMembership
Professor Paul Garner (Chair)
Head of International Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dr Phil Alderson
Associate Director, NICE
Dr Peter Brambleby
Joint Director of Public Health, NHS Croydon & London Borough of Croydon
Mr Andrew Booth
Director of Information, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Mr Martin Burton
Director, UKCC
Professor Mike Clarke
Director, All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research
Ms Ruth Holt
Chief Nurse, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Alexia Tonnel
Interim Programme Director: Specialist Collections, NHS Evidence
Professor Mike Kelly
Director of Public Health Excellence, NICE
Professor John Local
PVC Research, University of York
Professor Helen Roberts
Professor of Child Health, University of London
Dr Liz Scott
Medical Director, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust
Mr Ron Stamp
Advisor, NIHR Systematic Reviews Infrastructure
Professor Alex Sutton
Professor of Biostatistics, University of Leicester
Professor Luke Vale
Professor of Health Economics University of Newcastle