Co-Directors
Professor Kamlesh Khunti
Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine, University of Leicester
Professor Sam Seidu
Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine, University of Leicester
Theme Leads
Professor Elizabeth Orton
Theme Lead for Building Community Resilience and Enabling Independence theme
Professor of Public Health, Director of Lifespan and Population Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Professor Laura Gray
Theme Lead for Data2Health theme
Professor of Medical Statistics and co-Leads the Biostatistics Research Group, University of Leicester
Professor Manish Pareek
Theme Lead for Ethnicity and Health Inequalities theme
Clinical Professor in Infectious Diseases, University of Leicester
Professor Gregory Maniatopoulos
Theme Lead for Translating and Implementing Sustainable Service Improvement theme
Professor of Healthcare Management, University of Leicester
Core Team
Donna Richardson
Assistant Director
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Professor Marion Walker
Collaboration Lead
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Carol Akroyd
Senior Programme Manager
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Emma Rowley
Knowledge mobilisation and Academic Career Development Lead
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Kevin Quigley
Performance and Impact Lead
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Kiran Johal
Communications Manager
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Michelle Brown
Events and Engagement Manager
NIHR ARC East Midlands
Dr Sophie Leonardi
Operations Manager
The Centre for Ethnic Health Research
Barbara Czyznikowska
Community Engagement and Inclusion Manager
The Centre for Ethnic Health Research