Meet the board
The Health Innovation Partnership is co-chaired by the Dr. Janet Lippett, Chief Medical Officer at the Royal Berkshire and the University of Reading Research Dean for Health, Professor. Carol Wagstaff. They are supported by various stakeholders across our organisations to make the board, that governs the Collaboration Innovation Fund and the Recognition of Excellence Scheme.
Dr. Janet Lippett
Chief Medical Officer
& Co-Chair (RBFT)
Prof. Carol Wagstaff
Research Dean for Agriculture,
Food & Health & Co-Chair (UoR)
Jessica McKean
Strategic Partnerships
Manager (RBFT & UoR)
Sohail Akhtar
Health Innovation Partnership
Facilitator (RBFT & UoR)
Rebecca Cullen
Associate Director of Strategy & Performance (RBFT)
Prof. Atul Kapila
Director of Research
and Innovation (RBFT)
Prof. Daniel Grant
Teaching and Learning
Dean (UoR)
Dr. Jill Ablett
Director of Medical Education
(RBFT)
Magda Kosmopoulou
Business Development Manager,
Knowledge Transfer Centre (UoR)
Prof. Phil Dash
Head of Biological
Sciences (UoR)
Elizabeth Flannery
Director of Nursing –
Care Group Board (RBFT)
If you’d like to find out contact details for any of our board members, please get in touch