Commissioning Board Members
Chair:
Professor Kieran Walshe, NIHR SDO Programme Director, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Manchester Business School.
Deputy Chair:
Dr David Steel, Formerly Chief Executive, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
Members:
| Professor Davina Allen | Director of Research in Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff |
| Professor Paul Anand | Professor of Economics Department, Decision Sciences & Philosophy, Open University |
| Professor Ewan Ferlie | Professor and Head of Department of Management, Kings College London |
| Professor Claire Goodman | Professor of Health Care Research, University of Herfordshire |
| Professor Rod Green | Professor of Management, University of Bath |
| Dr Ian Greener | Reader in Applied Social Sciences, Durham University |
| Ms Denise Howel | Senior Lecturer in Epidemiological Statistics, University of Newcastle |
| Professor David Hunter | Professor of Health Policy and Management, Durham University |
| Professor Russell Mannion | Professor of Health Systems, University of Birmingham |
| Professor Nicholas Mays | Head of Health Services Research Unit and Professor of Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Professor Lorna McKee, | Director of Delivery of Care Programme, University of Aberdeen and Chair of SDO Studies Panel |
| Professor Hugh McKenna CBE | Dean of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster |
| Professor John Ovretveit | Director of Research, Karolinska Institute |
| Professor Fiona Ross | Dean of Health & Social Care Sciences, Kingston University & St Georges, University of London |
| Mr Hugh Ross | Director of Programme Management Unit, NHS Wales Health Strategy Unit and Chair of the NHS Evaluations Panel |
| Dr Joanne Rycroft-Malone | Professor of Health Services & Implementation Research, Bangor University Fron Heulog |
| Professsor Catherine Sackley | Professor of Physiotherapy Research, University of Birmingham |
| Dr David Steel | Formerly Chief Executive, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland and Chair of the Priority Areas Panel |
| Dr Reg Walker | Director, Elliott Walker Consultancy |
| Professor Anne Williams | Professor of Nursing Research & RCN Chair, University of Wales Cardiff |
| Dr Sharon Williams | Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff University |
| Dr Tracey Young | Lecturer in Medical Statistics & Health Economics, University of Sheffield |



