Website of the Department of Health

Chairman

Professor Jeremy Grimshaw, Programme Director
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen

Members

Dr David Armstrong, Reader in Medical Sociology
Department of Surgery, William Harvey Hospital

Ms Phyl, Buccanan Trustee
Breast Feeding Network

Dr Nicky Cullum, Research Fellow
Department of Health Studies, University of York

Professor Sandra Dawson, Director
The Judge Institute of Management Studies, Cambridge University

Professor Daniel Deykin, Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine

Professor Martin Eccles, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness
Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Dr Ruth Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health

Ms Jenny Griffiths, Chief Executive
West Surrey Health Authority

Professor Mark Haggard, Director
Medical Research Council
Institute of Hearing Research

Dr Anthony Hopkins, Director (until December 1995)
Royal College of Physicians Research Unit

Professor Richard Lilford, Regional Director of Research and Development (until June 1997)
NHS Executive West Midlands Regional Office

Mr Ian MacPherson, Chairman
Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals
Trust Head Office

Professor Charles Normand, Head of Department
Department of Public Health and Policy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Professor Maggie Pearson, Regional Director
Research and Development
NHS Executive North West Regional Office

Professor David Sackett, Director (until may 1999)
NHS R&D Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford

Professor Trevor Sheldon, Director
York Health Policy Group, University of York

Dr Jane Wadsworth, Senior Lecturer (until June 1996)
Medical Statistics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

Professor Michael West, Deputy Director
Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield

Observers

Dr Joan Box
Research Management Group (RMG), Medical Research Council

Professor Sally C Davies, Director of R&D (from April 1997)
NHS Executive London Regional Office

[Professor Andy Haines
(until April 1997) Programme Director of R&D,
at the former NHS Executive North Thames Regional Office]

Mrs Ros Goldstraw
(from September 1996) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

[Mr Paul Rouse
(until September 1996) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)]

Mrs Jenny Griffin, Branch Head
Centrally Commissioned Projects
R&D Division, Department of Health

Mr David Pink
(from March 1997) Clinical Effectiveness Branch, NHS Executive Headquarters

[Dr Tom Mann
(from April 1996 - March 1997) Clinical Effectiveness Branch, NHS Executive Headquarters]

[Mr Patrick Spellman
(until March 1996) Clinical Effectiveness Branch, NHS Executive Headquarters]

Mr Peter Richardson, Deputy Director
R&D, NHS Executive, London Regional Office

Secretary

Dr Janet Wisely, Programme Manager
National R&D Commissioning Unit (London)