Local organizing Committee (LOC)

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) provide regional support in the delivery of all aspects of the HTAi Annual Meeting. The LOC is an annually selected standing committee.

Co-Chairs

  • Meindert Boysen, Director, Centre for Health Evaluation, NICE (UK)
  • Edward Clifton, Unit Head, Scottish Health Technologies Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (UK)

Members

  • Prof Amanda Adler, Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Health Policy, OCDEM (UK)
  • Mark Chapman, Director, Health Economics & Commissioning, Medtronic Ltd. (UK)

  • Prof. Rachel Elliott, Professor of Health Economics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (UK)

  • Karen Facey, Honorary Research Fellow, Edinburgh University (UK)

  • Helen Knight, Programme Director, Technology Appraisals, NICE (UK)

  • Anne Lee, Chief Pharmacist, Scottish Medicines Consortium (UK)

  • Dr Susan Myles, Director, Health Technology Wales (UK)

  • Prof Katherine Payne, Professor of Health Economics, University of Manchester (UK)

  • Karen Samuels, Head of Patient Access to Medicines, All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (UK)

  • Prof. Ken Stein, Programme Director, National Institute for Health Research (UK)

  • Prof. Mike Trenell, Director, NIHR Innovation Observatory (UK)

  • Prof. Allan Wailoo, Professor of Health Economics, School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield University (UK)

  • Prof. Olivia Wu, Professor of Health Technology Assessment / Director of HEHTA Research Unit, University of Glasgow (UK)