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Joint Research and Enterprise Services supports, manages and facilitates research and enterprise across St George’s, University of London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We support academics and clinicians at St George’s University and Trust with the full range of research and enterprise activities, providing a professional and joined-up service in areas including grant applications, clinical trials, intellectual property, consultancy and research finance.

We work with our research funders and collaborators in industry, charities, government and other sectors to facilitate access to St George’s expertise in research and enterprise.

Teams and contact details

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Research Funding

The Research Funding team supports research funding opportunities, grant applications and the financial management of awarded research grants and contracts.

Email the team at research@sgul.ac.uk.

Details of Research Funding Team
 Position Name Contact detailsAreas covered Contact for...
Head of Research Funding Louise Phillips Email All Overall research funding and finance issues.
Research Funding Manager (Pre-Award) Adam Bales  Email All Overall pre-award queries relating to grant applications and award set up for both St George's University and Trust.
Research Funding Officers (Pre-Award)  Yemi Adebiyi Email

Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Cardiology CAG, Chest Medicine, Diabetes, Emergency Department, Gastroenterology, Gum, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Renal Medicine, Rheumatology, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Population Health Research Institute and Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education.

Grant application costing, advice and support for both St George's, University of London and St George's Trust.
Oliver Palmer Email

Pain Management, Critical Care, Dermatology and Lymphoedema, Fetal Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, General Surgery, Genetics, Haematology, Hepatology, Oncological Medicine, Stroke, Urology, Infection and Immunity Research Institute.

Research Funding Manager (Post award)

(St George's, University of London)

Charlotte Grady

 Email  All Overall post award queries relating to financial management of research grants for St George's, University of London.
Research Funding Officers (Post award)  Tej Daswani Email Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Population Health Research Institute, and Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education Financial management of grants, including invoicing, staff appointments and financial statements for St George's, University of London held grants.
Estela Papagianni   Email Infection and Immunity Research Institute
Interim R&D Finance Manager (St George's Trust) from Sept 2023 - March 2024  Ling Ha    Email All Finance management queries for St George’s Trust and Clinical Research Network finance. 
R&D Assistant Finance and Research Projects Manager  Adil Malik Email

Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology and CAG, Chest Medicine, Diabetes, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Renal Medicine, Rheumatology, Trauma and  Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery, Metabolic, Endocrine and Diabetes, Ageing, Respiratory Disorders, Injuries and Emergencies, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, Non-Malignant Haematology.

Support for St George’s Trust-managed research grants and central funds
Vacant   

 

Critical Care, Dermatology and Lymphoedema, Fetal Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Hepatology, Infection, Stroke, Clinical Genetics,  Reproductive Health and Childbirth, Oncology, Stroke.
Aisha Gardee Email

 

Pain Management, Emergency Department, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Genetics, Gum, Haematology, Oncological Medicine, Radiology, Urology. 
Research Strategy and Development Manager Craig Wheway Email All

Advice on St George’s-wide research opportunities.

Open access and bridging funding. 

Research Funding Manager (EU Funding) Jane Boland Email All European Commission grant applications and post award management.
Research Governance and Delivery

The Research Governance and Delivery team supports clinical research initiation, research governance, research integrity and St George’s research ethics committee.

Email the team at:

  • researchgovernance@sgul.ac.uk for generic clinical research queries including commercially sponsored trials
  • sponsor@sgul.ac.uk for any St George’s sponsored regulated drug and or device trials and or international (non-UK) clinical research
  • researchamendments@sgul.ac.uk for any post-approval amendments to clinical research studies hosted at St Georges
  • sgulREC@sgul.ac.uk for any internal SGUL projects which do not require national/external ethics approval, and any SGUL student research.
Research Governance and Delivery Team details
 PositionName  Contact details Areas covered Contact for...
Head of Research Governance and Delivery Subhir Bedi Email All Overall clinical research governance, ethics, legislative and delivery oversight for St George’s University and St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Authorised clinical trials contract signatory.
Clinical Research Development and Delivery Manager

Vacant (Maternity Leave)

 
All Advice on clinical trials horizon scanning, NIHR regional Clinical Research Network funding, clinical research performance, set up and delivery at St Georges.
Deputy Research Development and Delivery Manager Deidre Callahan Email Oncology Management of clinical research study set up and feasibility
Research Governance and Facilitation Officers   Lauren Thomson  Email
  •  Critical Care and Anaesthesia
  • Gastro
  • Hepatology
  • Cardiology
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes and M&E
  • Dermatology
  • Respiratory
  • Surgery including vascular surgery and ENT.
   

Support in expression of interest/feasibility/study set up for all clinical studies sponsored outside St George’s (commercial and other Trust/university sponsored) and non-interventional clinical studies sponsored by St George’s – including costing and negotiation of clinical trial contracts and associated confidentiality agreements.

Advice and guidance on clinical research management issues and practice.  
Frankie Temple-Brown   Email
  • Neurology (including neurosurgery)
  • Renal
  • Rheumatology
  • T&O
  • Genetics.
Sam Hollingworth Email
  •  Infection (including Covid-19)
  • Children (including all PIDRG studies)
  • Reproductive health and childbirth,
  • Haematology
  • A&E
  • Public health and ageing
  • Health services research
  • Primary care.
Assistant Research Governance and Facilitation Officer Alisa Azhar   Email
Assistant Research Governance and Facilitation Officer Vacant   
  •  Critical Care and Anaesthesia
  • Gastro
  • Hepatology
  • Cardiology
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes and M&E
  • Dermatology
  • Respiratory
  • Surgery including vascular surgery and ENT.
Research Development and Governance Manager Georgia Bullock Email All  

Support with protocol development, sponsorship and set up for interventional clinical trials led by St George’s.


Study management of St George’s-sponsored interventional clinical trials.

Named Clinical Trials Archivist for St George's Clinical Research.
Clinical Research Associate  

Shivani Patel 

Email All Study management and oversight of St George’s University-led international (non-UK) research.

Melissa Gunc 

Email
Clare Thornbury Email
Research Performance and Information Officer

Sukhdeep Dhesi 

  All NIHR recruitment and systems & clinical research performance data.
Research Ethics and Integrity Officer Chantelle Simpson Email All  St George’s University (internal) Research Ethics Committee submission and review. 

St George’s University student study sponsorship review.
Audit Officer Stefanie Chan Email All Clinical research auditing.
Enterprise and Innovation

The Enterprise and Innovation team supports industry-funded research projects, intellectual property identification and licensing, spin-out companies and consultancy.

Email the team at enterprise@sgul.ac.uk

Position

Name

Contact details

Contact for…

Head of Enterprise, Innovation and Contracts 

Ambalika Batra

Email

Point of contact for external organisation, industry engagement/business development (staff and students), work placements/industry experience (staff and students) entrepreneurship/business ideas (staff and students), intellectual property queries and advice, industry contracts, external facilities and equipment use.

Senior Enterprise & Innovation Manager

Howard Duffy

Email

Industry Partnership Management, technology commercialisation, start-up support and student enterprise, external funding and business development.

Senior IP Commercialisation  Manager

Khalid Shukri 

 Email

Enterprise programmes, industry engagement/business development (staff and students), intellectual property management, new ideas, inventions, technologies, patenting and technology transfer/commercialisation, external  fundraising, pathways to impact and impact statements and consultancy.

Enterprise & Intellectual Property Officer

Beth Richards

Email

General enterprise and innovation queries, confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs/NDAs), material transfer agreements, consultancy, enterprise programmes and intellectual property administration.

Contracts

The Research and Enterprise Contracts team supports the drafting, negotiation, amendment, and execution of contracts in JRES.

Contact the contracts team for any queries or support you may need at contracts@sgul.ac.uk.


Position

Name

Contact details

Contact for...

Contracts Manager 

Christine Danquah

Email

All contracts advice, support and negotiation, including contracts relating to research, clinical trials, commercialisation, and other research/enterprise services.

Contracts Officer

Gabriel Chin

Email

Confidentiality Agreement, Material Transfer Agreements, Data Transfer Agreements, amendments to contracts.

Stanislavs Vasiljevs

Email

Management

 

Position

Name

Contact details

Areas covered

Contact for…

Director, Joint Research and Enterprise Services

Mark Cranmer

Email
02087254376

All

Strategic issues, research and enterprise.

Operations Officer

Vehisshia Cooper (Maternity Cover)

Email

02087254077

All

Administration, Procedural and Policy queries, Communications, Web issues, Requisitions.

TACRI Manager

Ganga Gopinathan

 Email

All

Contact for the Translational and Clinical Research Institute (TACRI), a joint virtual institute between St. George’s NHS Foundation Trust and SGUL to support clinical research and researchers across both organisations.

View our organisation chart here.

 

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