Contact R&D

Our address is:

R&D Office
E Level, Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research 
Laboratory and Pathology block, mailpoint 138
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton SO16 6YD

Telephone: 023 8079 5044

Email: RDoffice@uhs.nhs.uk|

Research and development team 

Director of R&D, Christine McGrath|: 023 8079 4752

Associate medical director for R&D, Professor Cliff Shearman|: 023 8079 8801

Acting head of R&D, Heidi Nield|: 023 8079 6083

PA/executive secretary, Janene Hegarty|: 023 8079 4519

Commercial research manager, Heidi Nield|: 023 8079 6083

R&D senior finance manager, Melissa Grout|: 023 8079 5354

Research governance and QA manager, Mikayala King|: 023 8079 8689

R&D finance manager, Michelle Cawte|: 023 8079 5146

Information manager, Robert Nield|: 023 8079 5044

Research facilitator (division A and C), Penny Silsbury|: 023 8079 4901

Research facilitator (divison B and D), Hope Howard|: 023 8079 4862

Research governance officer (divison A), Sharon Atwill|: 023 8079 5078

Research governance officer (divison C and D), Danny Pratt|: 023 8079 4901

Research governance officer (divison B), Claire Backhouse|: 023 8079 4901

Research governance office assistant, Anna Tilbury|: 023 8079 5044 

R&D administrator, Leila Harvey|: 023 8079 5314

R&D finance administrator, Chris Ashmore|: 023 8079 4245

R&D Communications Manager, Chris Stock|: 023 8079 5199

Useful contact details for other departments related to R&D

University Research Governance Office

George Thomas Building 37
Room 4055
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
Telephone: 023 8059 8849
rgoinfo@soton.ac.uk|

NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility

C Level, West Wing, MP 218
Southampton General Hospital
Telephone: 023 8079 4989 
www.som.soton.ac.uk/research/sites/wtcrf/|

RDS (Research Design Service) South Central

Level C, South Academic Block, MP 805
Southampton General Hospital
Telephone: 023 8079 4778
www.rds-sc.org|