About us

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 details	Areas covered	Contact for...
Head of Research Funding	Brad Robinson (Maternity Cover) Louise Phillips (NHS)	Email 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.
Research Funding Officers (Pre-Award)	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)	John Burkhill	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.
Research Funding Officers (Post award)	Estela Papagianni	Email	Infection and Immunity Research Institute
R&D Finance Manager (St George's Trust)	Lewis Russell	Email	All	Central Funds across all specialities CRN/RDN Funding NIHR Funding including CRF, Capital & Infrastructure Awards Research Management Strategic Funding TACRI Management
R&D Assistant Finance and Research Projects Manager	Adil Malik	Email	Blood Pressure Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Chest Medicine Diabetes Neurology Neurosurgery Renal Medicine Renal Surgery Trauma & Orthopaedics Vascular Surgery	Support for St George’s Trust-managed research grants and central funds
	Hodhayfa Fattouche (Maternity Cover)	Email	Critical Care Fetal Medicine Obstetrics & Gynaecology Hepatology Infection Paediatrics – NICU Paediatrics – PICU Paediatrics – CNPI Pathology Radiology Stroke
	Aisha Gardee	Email	Anaesthetics Emergency A&E Dermatology & Lymphoedema Gastroenterology General Surgery & Audiology Genetics GenitoUrinary Medicine Haematology Oncological Medicine Pain Management Rheumatology Urology
Research Development and Compliance Manager	Betty Woessner	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:

Generic JRES Email: researchgovernance@sgul.ac.uk

Research Amendments: researchamendments@sgul.ac.uk

Position	Name	Email	Speciality	Roles & Responsibilities
Head of Research Governance and Delivery	Subhir Bedi	Email	All	Overall clinical research governance, ethics, legislative and delivery oversight for City and St George’s University of London and St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Authorised clinical trials contract signatory.
Research Delivery and Development Manager	Kate Chapman	Email	All	Advice on clinical trials horizon scanning, NIHR regional Research Delivery Network funding, clinical research performance, set up and delivery at St Georges. Management of clinical research study set up and feasibility.
Deputy Research Delivery and Development Manager	Vacant			Management of clinical research study set up and feasibility.
Research Governance and Facilitation Officers	Alisa Azhar	Email	Children (including PIDRG Studies) Infection (including Covid-19 and all vaccine trials) Reproductive health & Childbirth / Maternity Primary Care Public Health & Aging Health Services Research	Support with pre-award SoECAT validations for non-CTIMPs Support with National Contract Value Review for commercial research. Support in expression of interest/feasibility and 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.
	Ghazal Ebrat	Email	A&E Neurology (including Neurosurgery) Critical Care Respiratory
	Frankie Temple-Brown	Email	Cardiology Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Hepatology Renal
	Kavetta Arulanantham	Email	Trauma & Orthopaedics Oncology (Solid, Haem and Palliative) Radiology Stroke
Assistant Research Governance and Facilitation Officers	Lauren Dowdie	Email	Diabetes/ Metabolic & Endocrinology Clinical Genetics Rheumatology Anaesthetics and acute pain management
Assistant Research Governance and Facilitation Officers	Bisola Kareen	Email	Haematology Dermatology ENT/Audiology Surgery (including Vascular and ENT)
Senior Information and Performance Manager	Conor Ryan	Email	All	NIHR recruitment and systems & clinical research performance data.
Reseach 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 Associates	Shivani Patel	Email	All	Study management and oversight of St George’s University-led international (non-UK) research.
	Melissa Gunc	Email
	Vacant
Research Ethics and Integrity Officer	Marc Moyce	Email	All	St George’s University (internal) Research Ethics Committee submission and review. St George’s University student study sponsorship review.

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	Rebecca Paulraj	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.
Contracts Officer	Stanislavs Vasiljevs	Email

Management

Position	Name	Contact details	Areas covered	Contact for…
Director of Research and Innovation Services	Mark Cranmer	Email 02087254376	All	Strategic issues, research and enterprise.
Operations Officer	Patrycja Rzepka	Email	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.

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