Steering Group

The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Steering Group works as a wider advisory body to the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Director. Its main purpose is to support existing and facilitate new interdisciplinary collaborations and communities in health research. All six faculties of the University of Bristol are represented on the Group.

Name	Role on the Steering Group	Position
Rachael Gooberman-Hill	Director, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute – Steering Group Chair
Nina Couzin	Manager, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute
Patrick Kehoe	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences - Faculty Research Director	Gestetner Professor of Translational Dementia Research, Bristol Medical School (THS)
Tim Peters	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences	Professor of Primary Care Health Services Research, Bristol Dental School
Richard Martin	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences	Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Deputy Head of Bristol Medical School & Interim Head of Population Health Sciences
Matthew Hickman	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences	Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology & Interim Head of Bristol Medical School
Kate Tilling	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences	Professor of Medical Statistics, Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Nic Timpson	Representative of Faculty of Health Sciences	Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Alastair Poole	Representative of Faculty of Life Sciences - Interim Faculty Research Director	Professor of Pharmacology and Cell Biology, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Anne Ridley	Representative of Faculty of Life Sciences - Incoming Faculty Research Director	Professor of Cell Biology, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Craig Butts	Representative of Faculty of Science - Faculty Research Director	Professor of Structural and Mechanistic Chemistry, School of Chemistry
Adrian Mulholland	Representative of Faculty of Science	Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry
Ian Craddock	Representative of Faculty of Engineering - Faculty Research Director	Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Lucia Marucci	Representative of Faculty of Engineering	Associate Professor in Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Engineering Mathematics
Patrick Capps	Representative of Social Sciences and Law - Faculty Research Director	Professor of International Law, University of Bristol Law School
Sheelagh McGuinness	Representative of Social Sciences and Law	Professor of Law, University of Bristol Law School
Lucy Series	Representative of Social Sciences and Law (shared) - joint lead of SSL Health and Wellbeing Faculty Research Group	Lecturer in Law, School for Policy Studies
Nick Townsend	Representative of Social Sciences and Law (shared) - joint lead of SSL Health and Wellbeing Faculty Research Group	Professor in Public Health and Nutrition, School for Policy Studies
Tuomas Tahko	Representative of Faculty of Arts - Faculty Research Director	Professor of Metaphysics of Science, Department of Philosophy
Havi Carel	Representative of Faculty of Arts	Professor of Philosophy, School of Arts
Paul Chadderton	Lead of Bristol Neuroscience Research Network	Associate Professor in Neurophysiology, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Emma Vincent	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Cancer Health Research Network	Senior Lecturer in Molecular Metabolism, Bristol Medical School
Rebecca Richmond	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Cancer Health Research Network	Senior Research Fellow, Bristol Medical School
Helen Winter	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Cancer Health Research Network	Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Bristol Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Julia Colston	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Infection and Immunity Health Research Network	Consultant in Infection
Ed Moran	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Infection and Immunity Health Research Network	Consultant in Infectious Disease
Borko Amulic	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Infection and Immunity Health Research Network	Senior Research Fellow, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Luca Shytaj	Co-lead of the University of Bristol's Infection and Immunity Health Research Network	Lecturer, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Ellen Brooks-Pollock	Representative of the Population Health Sciences Specialist Research Institute	Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling, Director of Population Health Sciences Institute
Imre Berger	Representative of the BioDesign Specialist Research Institute (BrisSynBio)	Professor of Biochemistry, School of Biochemistry
Fergus Caskey	Director of Research, North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Bristol and NHS Trusts
Rachael Allbless	Joint COO, Bristol Health Partners
Oliver Watson	Joint COO, Bristol Health Partners
Hazel Phillips	Chief Operating Officer, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Jen Jennings	Representative of Division of Research, Enterprise and Innovation	Associate Director of Research Development, Division of Research, Enterprise and Innovation
Lilliana Buonasorte	Representative of the postgraduate research community at the University of Bristol	Graduate Teacher Level 2, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Martha Lavelle	Representative of the postgraduate research community at the University of Bristol	Translational Health Sciences (PhD), Bristol Medical School
Jocelyn Egginton	Executive Assistant, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute - Steering Group secretary

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