Meet our team

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Organisational Structure

Our organisational structure provides accountability, ensuring the programme delivers against an agreed strategy.

Leadership Team

The Leadership Team takes primary responsibility for development and implementation of strategy, the overall management and delivery of research of CHORAL, including overall management of risk. It reports to the Steering Group and is chaired by the CHORAL Director.

CHORAL Director, MRG Lead - Transforming Outcomes Through Data Linkage
Dr. Bernadette Dondo
Senior Research Statistician/Epidemiologist
Carole_Burnett
Theme Lead - Future Leaders in Child Health Research
Chris_Brown
Senior Project Manager
Jon-Dorling
CHORAL Clinical Chair
Jonathan_Darling
Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health and Medical Education and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician
Linda_Roberts
Project Assistant
Mark_Mon-Williams
MRG Lead - Improving Childhood Wellbeing
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MRG Lead - Children's Cancer Translational Research
CHORAL Deputy Director, MRG Lead - Transforming Outcomes Through Data Linkage
Simon_Pini
MRG Lead - Future Leaders in Child Health Research
Steph_Roberts
Research Programme Manager
Sue_Burchill
MRG Lead - Children's Cancer Translational Research

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is responsible for implementing the strategy and all day-to-day management and delivery of CHORAL work programmes across the research themes. The Executive Committee meets on a quarterly basis, providing support to the Leadership Team on all aspects of CHORAL work.

Professor of Cognitive Development, University of Leeds
Head of External Comms and Campaigns, University of Leeds
Professor of Applied Health Research, University of Leeds
Clinical Director of Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor of Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Research, University of Leeds
Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Clinical Academic Senior Research Nurse
Head of School of Psychology, University of Leeds
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PR & Media Manager, Leeds Hospitals Charity
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Associate Medical Director Children’s Services and Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor and Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, University of Leeds
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Lead Nurse for Research, Children and Young People, Leeds Children's Hospital
Data Collection & Clinical Coordinator
richard bayliss
MRG Lead - Children's Cancer Translational Research
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Acting Lead Nurse Research

Steering Group

A strategic advisory group that advises the CHORAL Leadership Team and provides guidance on strategic direction and content of CHORAL priorities within both National and International context. Members comprise senior leaders from the University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds City Council.

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Associate Medical Director Research, University of Leeds
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Clinical Director, Leeds Children's Hospital
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Head of Healthcare Professionals Academic Development, LTHT
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Operations Director, FMH, University of Leeds
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Associate Director, Data Core, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Stanford
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Chief Officer/Consultant in Public Health, Leeds City Council
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Head of Nursing, Leeds Children's Hospital
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Chief Medical Officer, LTHT
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Youth Voice
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Medical Lead, West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT)
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Youth Voice

External Strategic Advisory Board

The External Strategic Advisory Board (ESAB) offer strategic advice and support to the CHORAL programme. As an externally facing group, the ESAB reviews and provides advice on the activities of CHORAL.

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Executive Chair, Centre for Young Lives
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Consultant Neonatologist, Former RCPCH President
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Professor of Liver Immunology, Newcastle University
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Chair of the Data Improvement Across Government (DIAG)
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Group Leader, Molenaar Group, Princess Maxima Center, The Netherlands
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CHAIR, Director of Research & Innovation, Alder Hey Children's Hospital
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Department for Education
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Nuffield Professor of Child Health at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London and Co-Director of the Children's Policy Reserach Unit