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 8120 5314
• Email: ResearchManagement@uhs.nhs.uk 
  

Research and development team 

• Director of R&D, Christine McGrath: 023 8120 4752
• Associate medical director for R&D, Prof Saul Faust: 023 8120 6883
• Deputy director of R&D, Karen Underwood: 023 8120 3598
• R&D senior finance manager, Susan Keenan: 023 8120 5131
• Research governance and QA manager, Mikayala King: 023 8120 8689
• Senior research contracts manager, Olivia Chalwin: 023 8120 5961
• Research contracts manager, Maria Ceron Cervantes: 023 8120 5961
• PA for director of R&D, Louise Ward: 023 8120 4519
• R&D administrator, Leanne Cousins: 023 8120 8215

Division A

Surgery, cancer care, critical care and theatres

• Divisional research manager, Hope Howard: 023 8120 5044
• Divisional research facilitator - Kristine Cristie: 023 8120 8689
  
• Research coordinator, Lauren Smith: 023 8120 5078
• Senior management accountant, Prince Chibwana: 023 8120 8689
• Finance assistant, Darren Russell: 023 8120 8743
• Administrator, Rebekha Bailey: 023 8120 6715

Division B

Emergency medicine, medicine for older people, ophthalmology, pathology and specialist medicine

• Divisional research manager, Shauna Marshall: 023 8120 4901
• Divisional research facilitator, Emma Perry: 023 8120 5424
• Research coordinator, Taru Jussila-Knappett: 023 8120 4245
• Senior management accountant, Sultan Hajamaideen: 023 8120 4754
• Administrator, Val O'Neill: 023 8120 3920

Division C

Women and newborn, child health and support services

• Divisional research manager, Natasha Chigbo: 023 8120 5369
• Divisional research facilitator, Chloe Cox: 023 8120 4245
• Research coordinator, Katie Benjamin: 023 8120 4245
• Senior management accountant, Alan Geal: 023 8120 5146
• Finance assistant, Kani De Mel: 023 8120 6715
• Administrator, Val O'Neill: 023 8120 3920 

Division D

Cardiovascular and thoracic, neurosciences, radiology, trauma and orthopaedics

• Divisional research manager, Viki Rumble: 023 8120 5424
• Divisional research facilitator, Claire Ayling: 023 8120 8678
• Research coordinator, Taru Jussila-Knappett: 023 8120 4545
• Senior management accountant, Emily Kong: 023 8120 4754
• Finance assistant, Robin Rose: 023 8120 6715
• Administrator, Brad Harrison: 023 8120 8980

Sponsorship team

If you would like UHS to sponsor your research then please contact the team at: sponsor@uhs.nhs.uk

Communications team

• R&D communications manager, Chris Stock: 023 8120 3487
• R&D communications manager, Katherine Gildea: 023 8120 6241
• R&D communications officer, Alice Pengelly, Anuchana Patise : 023 8120 6241

Useful contact details for other departments

NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility

C Level
West Wing
MP 218
Southampton General Hospital

Telephone: 023 8120 4989 

www.som.soton.ac.uk/research/sites/wtcrf/

University research governance office

Research and Innovation Services
University of Southampton
George Thomas Building 37,Room 4079
University Road
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Telephone: 023 8059 5058

rgoinfo@soton.ac.uk

RDS (research design service) South Central

Level C
South Academic Block
MP 805
Southampton General Hospital

Telephone: 023 8120 4778