Research Subcommittee
Terms of Office for Chair and Committee Members
Work of the committee
Committee Chairship and Membership Terms of Office
Committee Terms of Reference
Dominic Furniss
Chair 2019 - 2022
Jeremy Rodrigues
Audit Committee Representative
Jeremy is a clinical academic consultant hand surgeon based at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury. His research interests focus on psychometrics and outcome measurement, and their application in clinical studies, health economic analysis, registries, and healthcare policy.
Adam Sierakowski
Committee Member 2019 - 2021
Ben Dean
Committee Member 2019 - 2021
Jagdeep Nanchahal
Committee Member 2020 - 2022
Nick Johnson
Committee Member 2020 - 2022
Jenny Lane
Committee Member September 2020 - September 2022
Roisin Dolan
Committee Member 2021 - 2023
Matt Gardiner
RCS Surgical Specialty Lead (Hands and Plastic Surgery) – by invitation
Matt is a consultant hand and plastic surgeon with an interest in surgical trials and thumb base osteoarthritis. He is the Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Specialty Lead for Hands and Plastic Surgery and co-founded and chairs the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network.
Alexia Karantana
BSSH Academic Post – by invitation
Donna Kennedy
BAHT Representative
Donna is a clinical academic hand therapist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Postdoctoral Fellow in the Pain Research Group, Imperial College London. She studied occupational therapy at Tufts University and completed an NIHR funded PhD at Imperial College. Her research focuses on evaluation, treatment, and outcome of painful conditions in the hand and upper limb. She has a particular interest in biomarkers used for patient stratification in clinical trials and the psychometric properties of assessment tools.
Robin Horton
PPI Representative
Retired IT Consultant, 4D relational database expert, large scale project manager for public and private sector, performance monitoring expert; Former Charity trustee; Former Chairperson of the Somerset Standards Committee; Former member of the British Computer Society; Former member of the Institute of Management Services; Member of the Somerset Constitution & Standards committee. Co-Opted member of Somerset County Council. Member of Neighbourhood Planning committee.
An interview with the Chair