Bedford-Luton-Milton Keynes Academic Innovation Group (BLMKAIG)

BLMKAIG is a collaborative of research active hospital clinicians, university academics and regional medical research groups. We meet regularly to share ideas and facilitate healthcare research projects, funding, design and implementation. The group is hosted at Milton Keynes University Hospital. For information on joining meetings contact the chair.

Chair: Prof. Oli Pearce, Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) (Oliver.Pearce@mkuh.nhs.uk)

Deputy Chairs: Prof. Blaine Price, Dr Daniel Gooch, Dr Duncan Banks (The Open University

Members:
Crad Allerton, Patient Representative
Prof Hongbo Du, Professor in Computing (University of Buckingham)
Dr Mohamed Bennasar (The Open University)
Apostolos Fakis, Head of Data Management (Derby Clinical Trials Unit)
Jenny Norman, Advisor/ Innnovation Lead (Health Innovation East)
Prof. Mark Jolly (Cranfield University)
Teresa Smith, Senior Innovation Advisor (Medilink Midlands)
Soma Hajdu, Research Governance Officer (MKUH)
Jo Turner, Academic Research Coordinator (MKUH)