The University of Sheffield
School of Health and Related Research

Research Committee

The Research Committee was established in 1995 and the current Chair is Steve Goodacre.

The Research Committee makes recommendations for action through the Executive Group and the main duties of the committee include identifying future areas of research, proposing and developing policies to implement the Research Strategy Document, assisting the School´s Ethics Committee and a range of other activities including monitoring the availability of suitable fellowships and studentships.

The current Research Committee membership, including deputy leads, where appropriate, is as follows:

Steve Goodacre (Chair)


John Brazier (Director of Research, ScHARR)

Ravi Maheswaran (Deputy Director of Research, ScHARR)

Andrew Booth (Director of Information, ScHARR)

Mari Bullock (Research Administrator, ScHARR)

Jill Carlton (Postgraduate Research Committee, ScHARR)

Jonathan Boote (PPI Lead, ScHARR)

Michelle Holdsworth (EU Lead, ScHARR)

Padam Simkhada (Global Health Lead, ScHARR)

Steven Julious   Mike Campbell (DTS)

Jim Chilcott   Suzy Paisley (HEDS)

Gail Mountain   Dave Saxon (HSR)

Michelle Holdsworth    Clare Relton (Public Health)

Jennifer Burr    Richard Cooper (Ethics Committee)


Marc Chattle (Secretary)



ScHARR staff members can access the minutes from ScHARR Research Committee meetings via the Staff Only Research Committee web-page, which can be found by following the link below:

Staff Only web-page

This web-page is only available to ScHARR staff members, but, if you are a ScHARR staff member, you will be asked for your user-name and password to access this page.