2. Executive directors
Tim JonesChief Innovation Officer
After graduating from University College Cardiff with a joint honours degree in History and Economics, Tim joined the District Management Training scheme at City and Hackney Health Authority based at [...]
4. Executive Team
Dhiraj TripathiConsultant Hepatologist and Deputy Clinical Director of Research
Dhiraj Tripathi is a Consultant Hepatologist at UHB and Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham. He is Deputy Clinical Director of Research for UHB. He plays a key role in managing the large [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 4672 |
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| Email: | Dhiraj.Tripathi@uhb.nhs.uk |
Hilary FanningDirector of Research, Development and Innovation
Hilary is Director of Research, Development and Innovation at UHB, where she manages the Trust’s research funding portfolio and oversees a department of approximately 150 research directorate staff. [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 3697 |
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| Email: | Hilary.Fanning@uhb.nhs.uk |
Joanne PlumbDeputy Director of Research
After completing her nurse training in Manchester, Jo specialised as an ITU nurse at Harefield Hospital where she developed her career in transplantation and research. Jo then joined UHB in 1991 and [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 3702 |
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| Email: | Joanne.Plumb@uhb.nhs.uk |
Vicky MarshmentDeputy Director of Innovation
Vicky has worked at UHB since 2017, spending the first two years working with partners across the health and social care system delivering more integrated services for patients. In early 2020 she took [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 3691 |
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| Email: | Vicky.Marshment@uhb.nhs.uk |
Clinical staff
Amy BamfordLead Research Nurse
Amy Bamford completed her nurse training in 2000. She worked in various acute hospital trusts until she joined UHB in 2004 as a trauma sister. In 2009 Amy began her research career working in burns [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 8226 |
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| Email: | Amy.Bamford@uhb.nhs.uk |
Mary BellamyLead Research Nurse
Mary started at UHB in 2012, having previously worked at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and HM Prison Service.
She has diverse experience in [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 424 1515 |
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| Email: | Mary.Bellamy@uhb.nhs.uk |
Rachel HornabrookLead Research Nurse
Rachel trained as a general nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the early 80’s, moving to Birmingham in 1988. After working in theatres and neurology, she moved into neurology research in 1992. During [...]
| Telephone: | 0121 371 4821 |
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| Email: | Rachel.Hornabrook@uhb.nhs.uk |
Management staff
Sarah PountainSenior Research Manager
Sarah gained her PhD in 2006 from the University of Nottingham. Following this she undertook a post-doctoral position at Keele University, researching cancer gene regulation and working with the clinical [...]
| Sites: | Good Hope Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital |
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| Telephone: | 0121 424 3631 |
| Email: | Sarah.Pountain@uhb.nhs.uk |