The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) have published a list of over 500 women who are pushing the boundaries of innovation in their sectors to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026.

The #NorthInnovationWomen campaign provides an informal and supportive platform for women to be acknowledged and celebrated.

The social media campaign relies on social media users to suggest women they want to see included in the list – there are no strict criteria or voting systems. This year’s list features hundreds of women who are achieving great things and inspiring those around them across the North of England, as recommended by our LinkedIn, BlueSky and X followers.

The International Women’s Day 2026 was #GivetoGain. In recognition, there was a particular call out to recognise those women giving back to their communities and industries, supporting opportunities and development for women, and working to forge gender equality, either through their research or by example.   

For this year’s campaign, we spotlighted some of the#NorthInnovationWomen working across our member organisations in a series of interviews. They discussed what has inspired them to work in their fields, how they got there, and why it is important for the voices of women to be heard in spaces of science and innovation.

Hannah Davies, NHSA Chief Executive, said: “Receiving over 500 entries is an incredible response and a real testament to the passion, talent and dedication of women across the North. As we mark International Women’s Day, it’s inspiring to see so many voices coming forward to share their work, experiences and achievements. Celebrating these contributions is an important reminder of the impact women are making in their workplaces and communities every day.”

All #NorthInnovationWomen who have been named on our list can download the graphic below to share on their social media channels:

*NOTE: Names and job information listed below have been taken from social media bios and/or from details included in the post of the person making the recommendation.

* If we have missing any of your #NorthInnovationWomen off the list, please do get in touch and we will update the list. You can email charlotte.thompson@thenhsa.co.uk

The NHSA are proud to present #NorthInnovationWomen 2026

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Abigail Harrison / Chief Digital, Infrastructure and Improvement Officer / Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Abigail Marlew

Abigail Morris / Lecturer in Health Research and Deputy Director of Education / Lancaster University

Adele Fielding / University of York

Adrienne Robinson / Community Mental Health Development Worker / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Ai Lyn Tan / Associate Professor & Consultant Rheumatologist  / University of Leeds / Director of Research and Innovation / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dr Aileen Jones / Pro-Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Partnerships / Liverpool John Moores University

Aimee Cawley / Partner (Patient Attorney & UPC Representative) – Chemistry & Materials – North West England / Marks & Clerk LLP

Aisha Purvis / Founder / SenSmart

Alessandra Mondin / Gateshead Digital Inclusion in Health and Social Care Project Manager / Connected Voice

Alex Beardsley / FinTech Founder / Debeo

Alex Cousins / Managing Director / Alex Cousins Consulting

Alex Hernandez / Senior Programme Evaluation Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Alex Pilkington / Senior Innovation & Growth Specialist / RTC North

Alexandra Fairman / MND Project Manager / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Alexis Darby / Head of Public Affairs / NHSA

Aliah Sagar / Health Economist / LYVA Labs

Alice Butler / Lead Digital Midwife / Gateshead Health NHS FT

Alice Lamb / Head of Investment Services / Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Alice Larkin / Co-Director of Sustainable Futures and Professor / The University of Manchester

Alison Bray / Lead Healthcare Scientist – Medical Device Development / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Alison Gardiner / Founder / Born Digital Health / Co-Founder and CEO / Sleepstation

Alison Machin / Professor of Nursing and Interprofessional Education and Head of School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences / Northumbria University

Alison Mythen / Event Coordinator / Health Innovation North West Coast

Alison Walshe / Assistant Chief Executive / Mersey Care NHS FT

Allison Haynes / Executive Assistant, Corporate Business Manager and HR Lead / Health Innovation North West Coast

Amanda Andrews / Senior Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Amanda Bailey / Director / North East Child Poverty Commission

Amanda Seims / Evaluation Fellow / Lancaster University

Dr Amanda Thornton / Exec Director / Health Innovation North West Coast

Amber Drinkwater / Human Factors Consultant / Amentum

Amelia Lake / Deputy Director of Fuse, Centre for Translational Research in Public Health / Teesside University

Amy Barnes / University of York

Amy Brown / Academy Manager / Newcastle Health Research Partnership

Amy Farrington / Head of Business Incubation / Science and Technology Facilities council (STFC)

Dr Amy Finlay / Postdoctoral Researcher / University of Liverpool

Amy Gadoud / Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine / Lancaster University

Anastasia Topalidou / Associate Professor in Perinatal Biomechanics and Health Technologies / University of Lancashire

Andrea Burrows / Public Health Researcher / Teesside University

Andrea French / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Andrea Winders / Head of Inward Investment / Life Sciences and Healthcare MIDAS

Angel Yiangou

Angela Bate / Professor of Health Economics / Northumbria University

Angela Burt

Angela Davidson / Founder and CEO / Tinkle Guard

Angela Kenny / Vice President of Sales – Chronic Care / Coloplast UK

Angelika Strohmayer / Associate Professor in Design / Northumbria University

Anjali Roberts / Strategic Partnerships Director / Deepbridge Capital

Anna Barker / Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology / University of Leeds

Anna Dixon MP / Member of Parliament for Shipley

Anna Head / Early Career Researcher / University of Liverpool

Anna Heyes / Business Director / Tangerine

Anna Tyler / Programme Manager / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Anne Raffle / Chair / The Elders Council of Newcastle Limited

Anne Richardson / Technical Support Officer / Storm Tempest

Anne-Maree Keenan / Chair of Applied Health Research / University of Leeds

Anne-Marie Cole / Clinical Lead for Respiratory / NHS England Northeast and Yorkshire

Anne-Marie Nugnes / Manager of Creative Manchester / The University of Manchester

Annemarie Naylor MBE / Director of HealthTech and Innovation Growth / University of Liverpool

Ashley Mewes / Assistant Rewards and Benefits Manager / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Audrey Barton / Communications Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Ayesha Marshall / Patient Safety Lead Nurse / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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Barbara Bechter / Professor in Human Resource Management and Co-Director, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing / Durham University

Barbara Cooper / North Cumbria NHS FT

Barabara Hanratty

Beth Halliday / Speech and Language Therapist / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Bethany Ainsley / Founder and CEO / OptiMe

Beverley Riley / Business Development and Innovation Manager / Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Blanca Tardajos Ayllon / BRC Project Coordinator / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

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Cara Afzal / Programme Director / Health Innovation Manchester

Carly Walter / CEO / MAGI

Carol Holland / Chair in Ageing at the Centre for Ageing Research / Lancaster University

Caroline Tweedie / MacMillan Lead Cancer Nurse / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Caroline Rudland / Lead Clinical Scientist / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Caroline Swarbrick / Senior Lecturer / Lancaster University

Carolyn Horrocks / Head of MedTech & Bioscience Enterprise / University of Liverpool

Catherine Walshe / Professor of Palliative Care / Lancaster University / Editor in Chief / Palliative Medicine

Cathy Montgomery / Head of Institute for Health Research, Professor of Psychopharmacology and Health Inequalities / Liverpool John Moores University

Ceu Mateus / Professor of Health Economics / Lancaster University

Charlotte Baker / Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies and Faculty Associate Dean for Engagement / Lancaster University

Charlotte Clarke / Executive Dean / Durham University

Charlotte Corke / Innovation Partner / LYVA Labs

Charlotte Fox / Trustee and Board Member / Back on the Map / Business Innovation Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Charlotte Hall / Senior Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Charlotte Kirton / Digital Midwife

Charlotte Thompson / Communications Manager / NHSA

Charlotte Woolley / Healthier Futures Research Fellow / The University of Manchester

Chi Onwurah MP / Member of Parliament for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and West and Chair of the Science Select Committee

Chloe French / Research Assistant in Nutritional Research / The University of Manchester

Christine Cornforth / Managing Director / Liverpool Health Partners

Claire Hodgson / Associate Director of Operations / Health Innovation North West Coast

Claire Lewis / Co-Founder and Director / Baltic Ventures

Claire O’Donnell / Research Development and Faulty Partnership Manager / Lancaster University

Claire O’Malley / Research Associate / Teesside University

Claire Robinson / Founder / FemTech North

Claire Smith / Senior Business Change Manager / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Clare Bambra / Professor of Public Health / Newcastle University / Academic Co-Director / Health Equity North

Claudia Fryer Russel / Commercial Education and Training Manager / University of Liverpool

Dr Coleen Mercer-Quinn / Psychologist and Director / REFLECT

Constance Smith / Deputy Director of Creative Manchester and Senior Lecturer / The University of Manchester

Corinne Johnson

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Daisy Priest / Research Project Manager / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Davara Bennett / Early Career Researcher / University of Liverpool

Dawn Harrison / Service Manager / Changing Lives

Dawn Lockey / Advanced Clinical Practitioner / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Dawn Smiles / Founder and Commercial Director / MedTec Consulting Ltd.

Debbie Parkinson / Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead / Health Innovation North West Coast

Debbie Rigby / Communications Officer / Health Innovation North West Coast

Deborah Yates

Debra Jones

Denise Harris / Co-Founder & CCO / Sum Vivas

Denise Roods / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Didar Karadag / Postdoctoral Research Associate / Lancaster University

Dionne Simpson

Divya Dinraj

Dorothy Monekosso / Professor of Computer Science / Aston University / Visiting Professsor / Durham University

Dunni Elizabeth Braimah / Founder and CEO / Shiftra UK

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El Davies / Director of Communications and Public Affairs / Liverpool Health Partners

Elaine Loukes / Investor in Residence / University of Liverpool

Eleanor S. /Research Associate: Pal-Cycles, EU-COPD & In-Touch / Lancaster University

Elaine Unegbu

Dr Eleni Asimakopoulou / Lecturer in Fire Engineering / University of Lancashire

Elizabeth Crawford / Senior Business Development Manager / iiCON

Elle Bickle / Research Project Manager / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Eman Zied Abozied / Postdoctoral Researcher / Newcastle University

Emily Coyle

Emily Robson / Assistant Chief Executive / Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

Emily Whales / Programme Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Emily Wood / Senior Research Fellow / University of Sheffield

Emma Abbasi / Founder / Dearbump

Emma Barron / Head of Partnerships and Business Development / Teesside University

Emma Batey / Business Development Manager / Northumbria University

Emma Belilios / EAG Business Manager and Project Coordinator / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Emma Boyland / Professor of Food Marketing and Child Health / University of Liverpool

Emma Fairbanks / Research Fellow / The University of Manchester

Emma Fargher / Academic Career Development Coordinator and UK PD-CSG Coordinator / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Emma Hughes / Founder and Managing Director / Chase Innovation Partners

Emma Nolan / Head of the Enterprise Team / University of Liverpool

Emma Quinn / PhD Candidate / Northumbria University

Emma Richardson / Programme Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Enitan Carrol / Chair in Paediatric Infection / University of Liverpool

Erika Rushton / Creative Economist

Eva Quinn / Associate Psychologist / REFLECT

Eve Holt / Head of Policy and Implementation / GMCA

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Fatima Khan-Shah / Inclusivity Champion / West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

Fi Lobban / Lancaster University

Fiona Ashcroft / CEO / Alder Hey Children’s Charity

Fiona Redding / Co-Founder / Shine Coaching

Fiona Thistlethwaite / Medical Oncology Consultant / Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Frankie H. / Client Director & Growth Lead / Tangerine

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Gayle Thompson

Gemma Barnacle / Business Development Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Gemma Bromfield / HR Consultant / Go Beyond HR

Gemma Byrne / Senior Programme Manager – Transformation / Health Innovation North West Coast

Gemma Coupe / Manager – Health and Care Evaluation Facility / Lancaster University

Gemma Spiers / Principal Research Associate / Newcastle University

Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld / Associate Professor of Digital Health and Health Psychologist / Northumbria University

Georgia Jamieson / Public Affairs Manager / Stephenson-Mohi Group

Dr Genevieve Stone / Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Health / Edge Hill University

Gillian Murray / Deputy Principal (Enterprise and Business) / Heriot-Watt University

Gilian Vance / Consultant Paediatrician / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Glenda Devlin / Founder Director / Peggi

Grace E. / PPIE Officer / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Grace Murray / Digital Midwife / NHS Teesside

Greta Defeyter OBE / Dean of Social Mobility Policy Engagement, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Director of the Health Living Lab / Northumbria University

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Hannah Baron / Manager of Sustainable Futures / The University of Manchester

Hannah Davies / CEO / NHSA / Executive Director / Health Equity North

Hannah Fairbrother / Professor of Public Health / University of Sheffield

Hannah Jarvis / Lecturer in Biomechanics / Lancaster University

Hannah Randles / Investment Manager / Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Hannah Roden / Digital Innovation Officer / Leeds City Council

Hannah Spooner / Project Support Officer / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Hannah Thomas / Innovation Lead – Health Technologies / Innovate UK

Hannah Wade / Managing Director / CPI Enterprises

Heather Brown / Professor of Health Inequalities / Lancaster University

Helen Cole / Executive Lead for Health Technologies and Evaluation / NHSA

Helen Cross / Creative Industries Lead / Liverpool City Region

Helen Griffith / Highly Specialist Physiotherapist / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Helen Heap / Non Executive Director and Social Investor

Helen Holmes / Co-Director of Sustainable Futures and Senior Lecturer at the Sustainable Consumption Institute / The University of Manchester

Dr Helen Moore / Associate Professor / Teesside University

Helen Nuttall / Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience / Lancaster University

Helen Oldham / Co-Founder / Lifted Ventures

Helen Williams / Event Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Heulwen Sheldrick / Speech and Language Therapist / Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Holly Brown / Programme Manager / LYVA Labs

Holly-Ann Jardin / Project Manager / Newcastle Health Research Partnership

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Ike Cooke / Commercial Growth / LYVA Labs

Ilaria Bellantuono / Professor of Musculoskeletal Ageing / University of Sheffield

Ingeborg Welters / Reader / The University of Liverpool

Işil Valentina Mirzanli / Commercial Partnerships Manager / Manchester University NHS FT

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Dr Jackie Grey / Founder / Carents Room

Jackie Parry / Professor / Lancaster University

Jacky Smith / Professor of Respiratory Medicine / The University of Manchester

Jacqui Cooper / Chief Nursing Information Officer / Health Innovation Manchester

Jade Thai / Senior Research Lead / Mersey Care NHS FT

Jane Greenaway / Associate Director / Tees Valley Research Alliance

Jane Hunter / Partnership Development Officer, Health Innovation Campus / Lancaster University

Jane McDermott / Healthy Ageing Policy Research Unit / The University of Manchester

Janet Hemingway / Founding Director / iiCON: Infection Innovation Consortium

Janine Bickerstaff / Research Policy Impact Manager / Lancaster University

Jemma Kerns / Senior Lecturer / Lancaster University

Jen Fenner / Co-Founder and Managing Director / DefProc Engineering

Jen Kohan / Head of Engagement / Health Innovation North West Coast

Jen Melling / Operations Manager – Health Partnerships Team / Lancaster University

Jennet Beesley / Founder and Director / Daresbury Proteins Ltd.

Jenni West / Associate Director of Digital Transformation / Innovation North West Coast

Jennifer Connolly / Lead Public Health / North East Combined Authority

Jennifer Crooks / Network Operations Director / CRDC UK

Jennifer Van dear Merwe / Executive Director / Kindred-LCR

Jennine Jonczyk / Programme Lead / Internet of Caring Things

Jessica Jackson / Business Development Manager / PXN Group

Jessica Weymouth / Head of Research Commercialisation / Lancaster University

Jo Humphrey / Head of Faculty Operations – Faculty of Health and Medicine / Lancaster University

Jo Keen / Sector Specialist, Investment Zone Growth and Sector Development / SYMCA

Jo Knight / Professor in Applied Data Science / Lancaster University

Dr Jo Leek / Senior Investment Manager / Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Jo Noble / Directorate Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jo Parkington / Founder / EricaAi

Jo Rycroft-Malone OBE / Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Medicine / Lancaster University

Joanna Lant / Founder and CEO / Lant Medical

Joanna McCallum / Associate Director Service Improvement / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Joanna Wiecek / CEO and Founder / GutSeeHealth

Joanna Wylie / Lead Midwife / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Joanne Canning / Quality, Assurance and Improvement Manager / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Joanne Evans / Honorary Professor / University of Exeter

Joanne Gray / Professor in Health Economics / Northumbria University

Joanne Phoenix / Managing Director / JOANNE PHOENIX ASSOCIATES

Jordan Dargue / Co-Founder / Lifted Ventures

Jordan Duffy / MRes Psychology student / Northumbria University

Judith Johnson / Reader / The University of Manchester / Director / Manchester Catalys

Judith McMinn / Founder and CEO / Rezon

Julia Newton / Medical Director / Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria

Julia Wood / Specialist Quality Improvement Advisor / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Dr Julie Abayomi / Associate Head of Medicine and Nutrition / Edge Hill University

Julie Elliott / Chair / The Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Julie Marsh / Head of Communications – Commercial and Special Projects / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Julie Potts / Director / JP Furnishing Ltd

Julija Simpson / Postdoctoral Research Associate in Health Inequalities / Newcastle University

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Kady Calpin-Latif / Digital Midwife / County Durham and Darlington NHS FT

Kamrun (Kama) Nahur

Karen Bloor / Professor of Health Economics and Policy / University of York

Karen Hough / Communications Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Karen Parker / Marketing and Brand Expert / Origin Marketing Consultancy

Dr Karen Marshall / Senior Nurse and Creator / Breathe Tec

Karen Vella / Education, Learning, and Staff Development Director / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Kate Black / Senior Associate / DLA Piper

Kate Hutt / Digital Midwife / North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT

Kate McDermott / Programme and Operations Management / LYVA Labs

Kate Pickett / Professor of Epidemiology / University of York / Academic Co-Director / Health Equity North

Kate Reed / Research Explorer / The University of Manchester

Kate Slade / Psychology Lecturer / Lancaster University

Katharina Janke / Lecturer / Lancaster University

Dr Kath Mackay / Chief Scientific Officer / Bruntwood SciTech

Katherine Berzins / Clinical Research Associate

Katherine Birch / Director of the Alder Hey Academy / Aldey Hey Children’s NHS FT

Katherine Boylan / Deputy Managing Director for Research Innovation / Manchester University NHS FT

Kathryn Brennan / Marketing and Communications Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Katie Staniforth / BRC Project Coordinator / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Katie Trace / Strategic Account Manager / Novartis

Katy Minko / Innovation Office / University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Kay Brydon / Transformation and Optimisation Lead specialising in Change and Benefits / North East Commissioning Support

Kayleigh Jackson / Big Science Market Lead / CRADLE Robotics and AI

Kayleigh Walker / Critical Care Nurse / University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Kelly Ashcroft / Project Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Kerrie Davies MBE / Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head of HCAI group Laboratory / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Kerry Brennan-Trovey / Early Career Researcher / University of Liverpool

Kim Kelthie / Lead Healthcare Scientist / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Kim McGuinness / North East Mayor

Kimberley Novis / Clinical Scientist (Audiology) / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Kimmie Hyrich / Clinical Professor/ The University of Manchester

Kirstie Taylor / Director of Marketing and Communications / Executive Lead for Women’s Health, Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

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Laura Boland / Head of Evaluation and Insights / Health Innovation North West Coast

Laura Dawson / Healthier Futures / The University of Manchester

Laura Hinton / Site Head / Gentronix

Laura Mott / Business Engagement Manager – Strategic Partnerships / The University of Manchester

Laura Smith / Non Exec Director / Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Laura Stephenson / Digital Midwife / North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT

Lauren Bennett

Dr Lauren Haworth / Research Associate / University of Lancashire

Lauren Peate / Improvement Manager – Patient Safety and Care Improvement / Health Innovation North West Coast

Lauren Tough / Strategic Development Director / NIHR RDN / Co-Chair / Newcastle Hospitals Women’s Network

Laurie Davies

Layla McMullen

Leanne Maitland / Project Support Officer / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Leigh Trimble / CEO /Red Balloons

Lesley Dunleavy

Lian Rose Frankland / Co-Founder / Shine Coaching

Lily Mott / Community Engagement and Insight Officer / Action Together

Linda Vernon / Tourism Officer / North Eastern Wheatbelt Travel Association

Lindsay Sharples / Associate Director – Innovation Partnerships / Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Lindsey Roome / Senior Programme Manager – Coaching Academy / Health Innovation North West Coast

Lisa Ashby-Dowling /

Lisa Ashmore / Lancaster University

Lisa Farrell / Business Development Manager / National Robotarium

Lisa Fitzgerald / Quality Improvement Lead / Health Innovation North West Coast

Lisa Manley / Founder and Owner / Audio Fit by Lisa

Lisa McGarrigle

Lisa Miles / Operational Director / NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre

Liz Ashall-Payne / Founder / ORCHA

Liz Dawson / Director of Communications / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Liz Pryde / Head of Operations / NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Long-Term Conditions – Devices for Dignity

Lorna Green / CEO / LYVA Labs

Lottie King / Founder & CEO / Leo’s Neonatal / Program Director / NICU Neuroscience

Louise Connell / Professor of Allied Health Rehabilitation / Lancaster University

Louise Kenny / Executive Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences / University of Liverpool

Louise Robson / Chair / Health Innovation North West Coast

Louise Thompson / Founder and CEO / Myfolks

Dr Louise Wood CBE / Independent Adviser, Chair, and Non Executive Director / Moorfields Eye Charity, Association of Medical Research Charities, NHSA

Dr Lynn Greenhalgh / Director of Strategy for Research, Innovation and Precision Medicine / Liverpool Adult Acute and Specialist Providers

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Mandy French / Lecturer in Palliative Care / Lancaster University

Magan Johansen / Executive Assistant / NHSA

Mandy Armstrong / Lead Nurse – Quality Improvement / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Mandy Dixon / Lead Executive for Corporate Engagement and Cluster Development / NHSA

Margaret Charnley / Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Food / Liverpool Hope University

Dr Meghana Nedella / PROBr

Mandy Mitchinson / Head of Digital Infrastructure / NHS North East and North Cumbria Care Board

Mandy Townsend / Associate Director / Health Innovation North West

Mandy Whalley / Founder and Director / Empowerment Passport Ltd

Margarita Perez-Casal / Deputy Managing Director / Liverpool Health Partners

Maria Day / Director of Transformation, System Recovery Programme / ICB, North East North Cumbria

Maria Jose Lopez Martinez / Critical Care Nurse / University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Maria Paz Munoz / Senior Lecturer in Synthetic Chemistry / Lancaster University

Maria Piacentini / Associate Dean Research, Lancaster University Management School / Lancaster University

Marina Anderson / Head of Lancaster Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology / Lancaster University

Mayflor Bernal / Lead Nurse – Patient Safety / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Megan Sanchez / Digital Marketing Executive / LYVA Labs

Melanie Bambra / Associate Director of PMO / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Melanie Johnson / Director of Nursing and Patient Experience / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Melanie Shield / Senior Commercial Business Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Mhairi Spurr / Operations Manager / Diagnostics North East

Michelle Addison / Associate Professor of Criminology / Durham University

Michelle Coleiro / Head of Programmes / Health Innovation North West Coast

Michelle Dixon / Commercial Business Management / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Michelle King / Academic Career Development Coordinator / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Michelle Stamp / Senior HR Business Partner / WuXi Biologics

Michelle Swainson / Lecturer in Physiology / Lancaster University / Advisory Board Member / Active Cumbria

Michelle Waugh / Innovation Project Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Minna Ell / Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Mohaddeseh Ziyachi / Assistant Professor (Research) in Sociology / Durham University

Molly Bridgewood / Project Manager for CVD / Health Innovation North West Coast

Molly Jowsey / Co-Founder and CEO / Revela

Monique Lhussier / Director of the Centre for Health and Social Equity / Northumbria University

Morag Maskey / Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer / XR Therapeutics

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Nada Reza / MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow / University of Liverpool

Nailah Alam / UXUI Lead / XR Therapeutics

Nancy Preston / Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care / Lancaster University

Nasima Akhter / Associate Professor / Teesside University

Natalie Bennett / Research Fellow / The University of Manchester

Natalie Bush / Co-Founder and CEO / Circadacare

Dr Natalie Kenny / CEO / BioGrad Group

Natalie Latham / Senior Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Natalie Miller / Head of Consultancy / Lancaster University

Natalie Niven / Project Manager / LYVA Labs

Natalie Yeowart / Head of Corporate Risk and Assurance / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Nicola Calder / Food Active Programme Lead / Health Equalities Group

Nichola Taylor / Head of Corporate Affairs / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Nicki Allen / Founder / Haptiv8

Nicky Cullum / Professor and Director of Healthier Futures / The University of Manchester / Director / NIHR ARC-GM

Nicola Hutchinson / Chief Executive Officer / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Nicola Mallinson

Noura Al Moubayed / Professor of Computer Science / Durham University

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Odette Dewhurst / Senior Research Development Manager / Lancaster University

Olivia Adelphus / BioResource Nurse / NIHR Sheffield BRC

Oluwaseun Esan / Lecturer in Public Health / University of Liverpool

Omobolanle Olagunju / Evaluation Assistant Project Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

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Pamela Shaw / Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuroscience Institute / University of Sheffield

Dr Paula Holland / Senior Lecturer in Public Health / Lancaster University

Paula Jordan / High Specialist Physiotherapist / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Penny Day / COO / XR Therapeutics

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Qian Xiong / Research Associate

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Rachael Baker / Managing Director / JJ Smith & Co

Rachael Barham / Digital Transformation Programme Manager / The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT

Rachel Brown / Senior Bid Development Manager / Newcastle University

Rachel Crossdale / Research Assocaite / University of Sheffield

Rachel Lawless / Business Growth Manager / LYVA Labs

Rachel Macdonald

Rachel O’Neill

Rania Maklad / CEO / Ocuwell

Rasmita Rawal

Rebeca Garcia / Co-Founder and CEO / @IamWendi.ai

Rebecca Hanna / Programme Manager – Innovation / North East and North Cumbria

Rebecca Johnson / Head of Operations / Stephen-Mohl Group

Rebecca L. / Founder and CEO / TOU

Rebecca Robson / HR Operations Director / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Rebecca Wardle / Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Rhiannon Bearne / Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director / North East Chamber of Commerce

Rhiannon Clarke / Senior Programme Manager / Health Innovation North West Coast

Rosina Read / Communications and Public Affairs Officer / NHSA

Rukun Khalaf / Early Career Researcher / University of Liverpool

Dr Ruth Boocock / Associate Professor / Teesside University

Ruth Boston / Head of Communications / NHSA

Ruth Harris / Senior Programme Manager / Innovation Agency

Ruth Roberts / Founder / ApconiX

Dr Ruth Speare / Consultant in Public Health / South Yorkshire Combined Authority

Ruth Wildhart / Regional Partnerships & Development Lead – Liverpool City Region / IN4 Group

Ruth Wood / Chief Executive Officer / Mersey Maritime

Ruth Yedu / MND Project Coordinator / NIHR Sheffield BRC

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Sally Bloor / Head of Marketing / Sciontec Liverpool / Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

Sally Burton / Lead Matron – Community Services Division / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Sally Thompson-Taylor / Teaching Associate / Lancaster University / Olympic Weightlifting Head Coach and Coach / Fylde Coast Weighlifting and CrossFit Blackpool

Sam Gould

Samantha Perona / CEO / Spotlight Pathway

Samira Saberian / Early Career Researcher / University of Liverpool

Sara Elgott / Managing Director / OpalMedica

Sarah Allinson / Professor / Lancaster University

Sarah Barton Townsend / Manager of Digital Futures / The University of Manchester

Sarah Black / Communications and Even Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Sarah Brearley / Professor of Palliative Care, Associate Dean / Lancaster University

Sarah Greenhalgh / C-Founder and Managing Director / Kerato

Sarah Hill / Programme Manager / NHSA

Sarah Kemp / Pro Vice Chancellor (Engagement) / Lancaster University

Sarah Lawrence / Publications and Heritage Programmes Manager / Equal Arts

Sarah Leo

Sarah Marie Hall / Professor / The University of Manchester

Sarah Mulholland / Deputy Chief Executive/ The Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Dr Sarah Powell / Senior Lecturer / Lancaster Medical School

Sarah Rees / Head of Stakeholder Relations / Lancaster University

Sarah Rendall / Programme Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Sarah Rodgerson / Operations Manager / XR Therapeutics

Sarah Tooze / Faculty Engagement and Partnership Manager / Lancaster University

Serena Salvi / Research Associate / Lancaster University

Dr Shadi Farhangrazi / Co-Founder and CEO / SM Discovery Group

Sharon Brown / Innovation Portfolio Manager / South Tees Hospitals NHS FT

Sharon Walker

Shakila Thangaratinam / Dean of the Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences / University of Liverpool

Sharon Brown / Innovation Portfolio Manager / South Tees Hospitals NHS FT

Sheila Payne / Professor Emeritus / International Observatory on End of Life Care

Sonia Dalkin / Professor in Applied Health and Social Care / Northumbria University

Sonia Townend / Head of Digital Systems / Ways to Wellness

Soo Downe / Professor / University of Lancashire

Sophie Duke / Business Administrator / LYVA Labs

Sophie Johnson / Business Growth & Commercialisation Manager / LYVA Labs

Sorrel Burden / Senior Clinical Lecturer in Dietetics / The University of Manchester

Stavroula Leka / Professor of Organisations, Work and Health / Lancaster University

Stella Simbo / Newcastle Digital Inclusion in Health and Social Care Project Manager

Stephanie Clay / Inpatient Therapy Lead / University Hospitals of Liverpool Group

Sue Renwick / Senior Innovation Manager / Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance

Susan Riley

Susan Saul /Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for Prehabilitation /Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Suzanne Vernazza / Founding Director / Know Your Floor

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Dr Tallie Bush / Lead / Circadacare

Tine Buffel / Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology / The University of Manchester

Tracy Brabin / Mayor of West Yorkshire

Tracy Marshall / Programme Manager / Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria

Trudi Waldram / Innovation Engagement Manager / Innovate Lancashire

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Valli Rajagopal / Director / Affotek

Vanessa Davey / Social Care Research Fellow, PHSI / Newcastle University

Verity Mather / Quality Improvement Lead – Patient Safety and Care Improvement / Health Innovation North West Coast

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Vicki O’Kelly / Director of the Sir Peter Rigby Centre for Enterprise / University of Liverpool

Vicky Cowens / Clinical Team Manager, CBT and EMDR Therapist / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Vicky Hincks / Invest & Internationalisation – Health and Life Sciences / Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Victoria Burnip / Managing Director / Cognitive Health Tech Ltd.

Vikki Rand / Director of the National Horizons Centre / Teesside University

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Wendy Baird / Professor of Health Services Research / University of Sheffield

Wendy Tindale OBE / Director of Innovation / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

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Yan Cunningham / Advanced Clinical Practitioner / South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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Zandra Moore MBE / Founder and CEO / Zygens

Dr Zoe Hewitt / Co-Founder, CEO and LEad QMS Specialist / Regen CTC