Testimonials

Professor Terry M Jones
Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and Director of Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, University of Liverpool

Forming the Northern Head and Neck Alliance under the auspice of the NHSA, has been an extremely positive experience. It has served to drive forward meaningful collaboration between colleagues across the North of England and the UK. With the support of the enthusiastic and capable NHSA core staff, the NHNA facilitates the expansion of coherent, impactful head and neck cancer research designed to improve the health outcomes of patients.

Mel Barsky
Director, Business Development, Centre For Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)

“The NHSA has been a leader in international collaboration searching for and developing innovations for older adults and their caregivers. We would like to thank NHSA for their thought leadership in sharing best practices in the UK to export to Canada and globally."

Professor Mimoun Azzouz
Chair of Translational Neuroscience, Director of Research & Innovation, SITraN, University of Sheffield

“It has been a great opportunity and pleasure to work with the NHSA team, who have facilitated the development of a northern network of experts in Advanced Therapies in our first year of collaboration."

Professor Carol Holland
Professor in Ageing, Lancaster University

"The NHSA has worked with us to initiate vital links to businesses, county council and NHS partners that have been essential and instrumental in getting some large research bids off the ground and to submission.”

Professor Clare Bambra
Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University

"The NHSA have raised the profile of northern research and have been instrumental in gaining additional funding into tackling health inequalities.”

Professor Chris Day CBE
Vice Chancellor and President, Newcastle University

"The success of the NHSA in bringing the partners in the North together to provide a coherent offering to industry and the Government has been nothing short of extraordinary."

Professor Sir Ian Greer
President and Vice-Chancellor, Queens University Belfast

"The NHSA has already proven that it is capable of working across city boundaries for health and wealth benefit."

Roger Hubbard
Chief Executive Officer, MPLN Inc.

"As a US company planning to open a branch in the North, we've found the NHSA to be very helpful, introducing us to individuals for collaboration and facilitating connections that would've been difficult to accomplish on our own."

George Freeman
MP, Former Minister of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation)

"The Northern Health Science Alliance’s successful representation of the North’s top institutions, facilities and researchers has drawn in industry and expertise to create a Northern Powerhouse in health science."