3 December 2024 In-person, BMA House, London Driving real-world impact from health research

Charitini Stavropoulou

Dr Stavropoulou is a health services researcher with a background in health economics and policy and an interest in research and innovation. In her capacity as the Co-Director of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR) she does research on the challenges of spreading innovation in healthcare to understand what hinders innovation from reaching out …

Harry Scarbrough

Harry Scarbrough is a Professor in Information Systems and Management, and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR). He joined Bayes Business School in 2014. Previous appointments include Associate Dean for Research at Warwick Business School. Harry’s research interests span the fields of organization studies, innovation and information systems through a focus on …

Catriona Crombie

Dr Catriona Crombie is an expert in translational medicine, specifically moving research out of universities and into the commercial environment. She has worked for over 15 years in research funding in the state and charity sectors. Previously at LifeArc Catriona worked as Director in Technology Transfer, with responsibility for grant funding to academics and translational …

Shanti Raman

Shanti Raman is a Consultant Paediatrician, with sub-specialty training in Community Child Health, epidemiology and public health. She is the Director of Community Paediatrics – South Western Sydney, where she is responsible for clinical services in Child Development and Child Protection across the region, providing academic leadership and directing research and training. Her research and …

Ashley McKimm

Ashley McKimm is Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Innovations – a peer reviewed online journal focused on novel technologies, emerging digital health and pioneering medical devices. The journal champions high-quality original research, systemic and narrative reviews as well as early-stage innovation reports that are designed to accelerate transferable lessons from new health solutions. Along with a rich …

Nonhlanhla Mkumbuzi

Nonhlanhla (Noe) Mkumbuzi is a sports physiotherapist and has a Ph.D. in Exercise Science. In her clinical career, she has served Zimbabwe’s national men’s, women’s and youth rugby, netball, football, and Olympic teams. She also has teaching experience from institutions in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Anglophone Southern Africa, and the United Kingdom. Currently, she splits her …

Jocalyn Clark

Dr Jocalyn Clark was appointed International Editor of The BMJ in August 2022, re-joining the journal 20 years after starting her editorial career at BMJ. Previously she was an Executive Editor of The Lancet (2016-2022); Executive Editor at icddr,b in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2013-16); and Senior Editor at PLOS Medicine (2006-13). She is an adjunct professor …

Eric Thomas

Eric J. Thomas, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Healthcare Quality at the McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He also directs the UT Houston-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety. Since 1992 he has conducted research on patient safety and his …

Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber, Editor in Chief, is a Professor and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine and practicing clinician at the University of California, San Francisco. She has practiced emergency medicine in both community and teaching hospital settings and previously served as Medical Director of the UCSF Emergency Department, Her primary research focus is health care delivery, …