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9 Diagnostics advisory committee members and NICE project team
9 Diagnostics advisory committee members and NICE project team
Diagnostics advisory committee
The diagnostics advisory committee is an independent committee consisting of 22 standing members and additional specialist members. A list of the committee members who participated in this assessment appears below.
Standing committee members
Professor Adrian Newland
Chair, Diagnostics Advisory Committee
Dr Mark Kroese
Vice Chair, Diagnostics Advisory Committee and Consultant in Public Health Medicine, PHG Foundation, Cambridge and UK Genetic Testing Network
Professor Ron Akehurst
Professor in Health Economics, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield
Professor Paul Collinson
Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Biomarkers, St George's Hospital
Dr Sue Crawford
General Practitioner (GP) Principal, Chillington Health Centre
Professor Ian A Cree
Senior Clinical Advisor, NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton
Professor Erika Denton
National Clinical Director for Diagnostics, NHS England, Honorary Professor of Radiology, University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Dr Steve Edwards
Head of Health Technology Assessment, BMJ Evidence Centre
Mr David Evans
Lay Member, Safety Engineer and Occupational Hygienist
Dr Simon Fleming
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Professor Chris Hyde
Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG)
Professor Noor Kalsheker
Professor of Clinical Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Mr Matthew Lowry
Director of Finance and Infrastructure, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Michael Messenger
Deputy Director and Scientific Manager NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co‑operative, Leeds
Dr Peter Naylor
General Practitioner (GP), Chair Wirral Health Commissioning Consortia
Dr Dermot Neely
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Richard Nicholas
Consultant Neurologist; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals
Dr Gail Norbury
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Guys Hospital
Dr Diego Ossa
Director of Market Access Europe, Novartis Molecular Diagnostics
Professor Mark Sculpher
Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Dr Steve Thomas
Consultant Vascular and Cardiac Radiologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
Mr Paul Weinberger
CEO, DiaSolve Ltd, London
Mr Christopher Wiltsher
Lay Member
Specialist committee members
Dr. Seema Agarwal
Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Mr Simon Davidson
Clinical Scientist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Laura Green
Consultant Haematologist, Barts Health NHS Trust and NHSBT
Dr. Sarah Haynes
Autologous Transfusion Co‑ordinator, University Hospital of South Manchester
Dr. Niall O'Keeffe
Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospital Trust
NICE project team
Each diagnostics assessment is assigned to a team consisting of a technical analyst (who acts as the topic lead), a technical adviser and a project manager.
Farouk Saeed
Topic Lead
Dr Sarah Byron
Technical Adviser
Robert Fernley
Project Manager