Professor Elizabeth Sapey
Lead for acute care theme
Liz is a Professor of Acute and Respiratory Medicine at the University of Birmingham and an Acute and Respiratory Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She is also the Managing Director of Birmingham’s NIHR Clinical Research. Liz is also the founder and Director of PIONEER, the HDRUK Data Hub in acute care, linking highly granular electronic health data from national primary, ambulance, and secondary care settings.
Dr Suzy Gallier
Deputy lead for acute care theme
Suzy is Head of Informatics Research & Commercial Development at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She has over 25 years’ experience of working in both public and private sector healthcare roles, including 10 years as a Director of Operations. This has enabled her to gain a broad understanding of the healthcare environment.
Professor Alice Turner
Collaborator
Alice is an integral part of quality and safety at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT) and research at the University of Birmingham (UOB) as Institute Director of Research Knowledge and Transfer. Both UHBFT and UOB have a long, well established relationship, facilitated by their close proximity, aligned goals for delivering impactful clinical outcomes as well as numerous shared appointments.
Dr Punith Kempegowda
Collaborator
Punith is an Assistant Professor and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Birmingham, as well as a Consultant in Reproductive Endocrinology and Acute Diabetes at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. His work spans clinical care, research, and medical education, with a focus on translating the latest scientific advances into real-world solutions that improve patient outcomes.
Punith leads several collaborative programmes, including SIMBA, a platform for simulation-based medical learning; CoMICs, which produces short, evidence-based educational videos; DEKODE, a multicentre, cloud-based quality improvement initiative for diabetes emergencies; and PCOS SEVa, which seeks to improve models of care in PCOS.
Professor Alastair Denniston
Collaborator
Alastair has expertise in computational science and use of multiple analytical techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing and neural network analysis. He is also actively involved in technology policy
initiatives at national and global level which enables us to research regulatory dimensions of adopting new analytical techniques, which could impact upon organisations’ willingness to adopt them, even if aiding safety.
Professor Simon Ball
Collaborator
Simon has been Clinical Service Lead in Nephrology, an Associate Medical Director and Director of Digital Healthcare. He is involved in the curation and analysis of high value health data assets. In 2018 he became Health Data Research UK Research Director in the Midlands.