Kate Greenwood
Senior Improvement Delivery Manager
Health Research Authority
Speaker Bio:
Kate is Senior Improvement Delivery Manager at the Health Authority, working to shape the environment for research through work taken forward by the Government and partners in response to the Lord O’Shaughnessy report on clinical trials. Kate has been working in NHS R&D at both operational and strategic level since late 1999 and has a broad historical knowledge of research management in the NHS. Previous roles include manager of a Professional research network, The NHS R&D Forum, and 15 years as Research Manager at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust leading the R&D office and Sponsorship functions. Kate currently co-leads work to improve the set-up of studies at site and chairs the HRA study set up advisory board. Kate also co-led the People-Centred Clinical Research project, and supports the development of guidance for inclusion and diversity plans.