Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP) Co-Principal Investigator Professor Richard Martin has been appointed as a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. The investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR research community.  

On hearing of his award, Professor Richard Martin said, “It's a great honour to receive this award, the result of working in an amazingly supportive, collaborative and intellectually generous academic community in Bristol."   

Professor Martin’s appointment follows an open competition in which just 31 researchers in the UK have been newly appointed as NIHR Senior Investigators this year. They are joined by 15 current or previous holders of the award who have been reappointed as Senior Investigators for a second term, bringing the total number of appointments for 2021 to just 46. 

NIHR Senior Investigator status is awarded according to the quality and volume of internationally excellent research, its relevance to patients and the public and its impact on improvements in healthcare and public health. The award of Senior Investigator status also reflects high quality research leadership, the engagement of patients and the public, as well as the engagement of healthcare policy makers and planners with their research.