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Meet the team

Senior Leadership Team

Programme Director

Dr Phil Waywell

Director (Deputy Chair)

Dr Ray Smith

Senior Responsible Officer (Chair)

Kate O’Sullivan

Associate Director

Dr Vishal Sharma

Associate Director

Labeeb Azim

Programme Manager

Johnny Chagger

Information Governance Lead

Lee Rickles

Technical Lead

John Birkinshaw

Data Lead

Dr Neville Young

Commercial Lead

Anjum Rajput

Finance Lead

Grace Mullins

PPIE Lead

Professor Tom Lawton

Professional Engagement Lead

Richard Chew

Communications Lead

Professor Andrew Clegg

Bradford Academic Representative

Dr Michael McCooe

Bradford NHS Representative

Professor Judith Cohen

Hull Academic Representative

Becky Bibby

Hull NHS Representative

Professor Suzanne Mason

Senior Research Lead/ Sheffield Academic Representative

Dr Kieran Baker

Sheffield NHS Representative

Professor Mark Mon-Williams

Leeds Academic Representative

Dan Gilpin

Leeds Interim NHS Representative

Core Team

Shahima Begum

Engagement and Communications Lead for Research

Nicola Drake

Communications and Training Coordinator

Chloe Parekh

Peer research assistant

Jabu Phiri

Community Engagement Officer

Dr Alice Cunnningham

Professional Engagement Officer

Emma Whiteman

Programme Coordinator

Dasha Zakharets

Communications and Engagement Project Officer