Dr Susan Myles
Assessment Group Chair

Health Technology Wales Director, Assessment Group Chair

Close Biography of Health Technology Wales Director, Assessment Group Chair Dr Susan Myles
Assessment Group Chair Susan has been engaged in applied health technology assessment for 25 years. Before joining Health Technology Wales, she led the development and work of the Scottish Health Technologies Group. Susan has received scholarships from the Department of Health and Medical Research Council, and is a previous recipient of a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy. She holds qualifications in Economics (BA), Health Economics (MSc & PhD) and Epidemiology (PgDip).

Diane Seddon

Reader in Social Care, Bangor University

Close Biography of Reader in Social Care, Bangor University Diane Seddon Diane has lead in developing a successful social care research programme, attracting research grants totalling over £7 million. She has an established reputation for completing policy relevant research that has impact, including reviews of national policy implementation such as the National Carers Strategy in Wales for the Welsh Government. Diane contributes to the development and delivery of Welsh Government’s Research Infrastructure Support System and leads initiatives to better integrate research, policy and practice.

Dr Eleanor Johnson

Senior Research Lead, Social Care Wales

Close Biography of Senior Research Lead, Social Care Wales Dr Eleanor Johnson Eleanor is a former care worker and social care researcher who is passionate about evidence based social care practice. In her current role as Senior Research Lead at Social Care Wales, Eleanor oversees the creation and communication of evidence summaries and topic content for The Insight Collective website. This provides social care workers with the evidence and support they need to make a positive difference to social care in Wales.

Dr Julia Platts

Consultant in Diabetes and Medicine, Cardiff and Vale UHB

Close Biography of Consultant in Diabetes and Medicine, Cardiff and Vale UHB Dr Julia Platts

Julie Hepburn

Close Biography of Julie Hepburn

Mark Briggs

Assistant Director of Innovation Cardiff and Vale University Health Board & Adoption Ambassador for Precision Medicine Life Sciences Hub Wales

Close Biography of Assistant Director of Innovation Cardiff and Vale University Health Board & Adoption Ambassador for Precision Medicine Life Sciences Hub Wales Mark Briggs Mark is the Assistant Director for Innovation for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the Precision Medicine Ambassador for the Life Sciences Hub Wales. Prior to this he was Co-Director Midland-Wales Advanced Therapies Treatment Centre, Programme Lead for Advanced Therapies Wales, Head of Cell and Gene Therapy for the Welsh Blood Service and Head of Strategy for Research, Development and Innovation Velindre University NHS Trust having previously spent more than 20 years within R&D in the commercial Life Sciences industry.

Megan Dale

Principal Health Economist, CEDAR

Close Biography of Principal Health Economist, CEDAR Megan Dale

Professor Peter Groves

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Health Technology Wales Chair

Close Biography of Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Health Technology Wales Chair Professor Peter Groves Peter is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the University Hospital of Wales. He is also Chair of the MHRA Devices Expert Advisory Committee and the NICE Medical Technologies Advisory Committee, and has a great interest in the regulation and health technology assessment of innovative medical devices in the context of the UK NHS. Peter is committed to teaching and research, and has published widely on the scientific basis for medical technology development and utilisation.

Dr Rachel Gemine

Assistant Director of Evidence, Evaluation and Effectiveness, NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee

Close Biography of Assistant Director of Evidence, Evaluation and Effectiveness, NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee Dr Rachel Gemine Dr Rachel Gemine is Assistant Director of Evidence, Evaluation and Effectiveness at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee; Honorary Senior Lecturer at Swansea University and Associate Editor at BMJ Leader. Rachel has over 15-years’ experience in R&I and has collaborated on bids totalling over £20million. Rachel is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research, innovation pathways and use of data in R&I. Rachel also has an interest in leadership and management.

Ruth Lewis

Senior Lecturer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research (NWCPCR), Bangor University

Close Biography of Senior Lecturer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research (NWCPCR), Bangor University Ruth Lewis Ruth is a senior lecturer at the North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research (NWCPCR), Bangor University. She is also a member of the PRIME Centre Wales (the Wales Centre for Primary and Emergency Care Research) and the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Ruth has over 20 years’ experience as a systematic review methodologist. She has worked on a variety of review types covering a wide range of therapeutic indications and interventions for both technology appraisals and clinical guidelines. Prior to her research career, she worked in the NHS as an allied health professional and in clinical audit. She has a PhD in Health economics.

Sarah Peddle

Public Partner

Close Biography of Public Partner Sarah Peddle Sarah joined the Involving People Network (IPN) – now public involvement community – in May 2017. She is also a member of the Public Involvement Delivery Board, a PRIME SUPER group and Consumer Panel for Data Linkage (SAIL) member. More recently, Sarah was appointed as a Theme Research Partner with the Wales Cancer Research Centre. Sarah is fully committed to supporting public involvement in research looks forward to contributing to Health Technology Wales' work.

Tomos Rodrigues

Research and Development Officer, Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL)

Close Biography of Research and Development Officer, Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) Tomos Rodrigues Tomos is an experienced scientist and leads health technology assessment (HTA) projects for the NHS Wales Evidence-Based Procurement Board (EBPB). He is a scientific advisor to NHS Wales and industry regarding health technologies. Tomos also specialises in improvement methodologies using statistical approaches and modelling as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Previously he conducted genetics research using bioinformatics and molecular methods. Tomos holds an MBioChem from the University of Oxford.