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6 Diagnostics Advisory Committee members and NICE project team
6 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
Dr Phil Chambers
Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds
Dr Sue Crawford
GP Principal, Chillington Health Centre
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
Dr Simon Fleming
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Mr John Hitchman
Lay member
Professor Chris Hyde
Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG)
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
GP, Chair Wirral Health Commissioning Consortia
Dr Dermot Neely
Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust
Ms Gail Norbury
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Simon Richards
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, EME, Alere Inc
Dr Deirdre Ryan
Consultant Cellular Pathologist, Royal London Hospital
Professor Mark Sculpher
Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Dr Steve Thomas
Consultant Vascular and Cardiac Radiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
Mr Paul Weinberger
Chief Executive Officer, DiaSolve Ltd, London
Professor Anthony Wierzbicki
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine/Chemical Pathology, St Thomas' Hospital
Specialist Committee members
Dr Andrew Bentley
Consultant in Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester
Ms Julie Crawford
Lay member
Dr Jim Gray
Consultant Microbiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital
Dr Bob Phillips
Senior Clinical Academic and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Cassie Pope
Consultant Clinical Scientist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Suman Shrestha
Advanced Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Frimley Park Hospital NHS 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.
Rebecca Albrow
Topic lead
Sarah Byron
Technical adviser
Robert Fernley
Project manager