Supported by an independent team, our influential leadership board works together across our five partners, utilising their local, national and international influence to expand the region’s capacity for health and care innovation, improved training and cross-sector research.
Chair: Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery
Board members:
- Professor Astrid Schloerscheidt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University
- Mr Grant Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Meghana Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Gavin Screaton, Head of Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford
- Professor Gary Ford CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley
- Dr Nick Broughton, Chief Executive, BOB ICB
- Director: Professor Keith Channon
The following attend all board meetings:
- Professor Richard Hobbs CBE, Director of the NIHR Oxford and Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration
- Professor Helen McShane, Director of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
- Professor Paul Carding, Director of OxInMAHR, Oxford Brookes University
- Professor Rachel Upthegrove, Director, NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
- Chief Operating Officer: Dr Sara Ward
- Board Secretary and Senior Programme Manager: Megan Turmezei
Former Chair to 31 March 2024: Professor Sir John Bell CH GBE, President of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford and Global Co-CEO