OXFORD AHSN CLINICAL INNOVATION ADOPTION - Key Persons


Alison Gowdy

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
Alison has over 15 years' experience in the NHS working in senior acute operational roles. She has extensive experience liaising with clinical teams and commissioners, working across organisations to improve patient pathways and in delivering change management programmes.

Ferdinand Manansala

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
Ferdinand supports the Clinical Innovation Adoption team and has over ten years experience working within the administrative and management setting. He has been working in the NHS since 2010 working within acute, community and mental health settings. Outside of work, Ferdinand is a big fan of basketball.

Hannah Oatley

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
Hannah has extensive experience of the NHS acute sector, having worked for many years in both operational and strategic management roles at acute trusts. With a background in biochemistry she has a keen interest in how life sciences research can translate to innovations in clinical care.

Helen Norman

Helen previously worked as an Analyst at the OUH, reporting both internally and externally. She specialised in Theatres, Cancer & Hospital Episode Statistics. This was a technical role where she gained extensive experience in relational databases, gaining advanced knowledge of MS Access and SQL Server, as well as acquiring skills in business intelligence packages such as SSRS. Her current role is similar but is a project-based role, assisting others by providing meaningful insights through data analysis. Her role includes interrogating datasets using SQL, producing metrics and charting data.

James Rose

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
James has been working in the life science sector for ten years in roles in both R&D and market access. James has worked in discovery and development roles and has a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Nottingham in which he investigated the barriers to adoption and reimbursement of biologic therapies. James has been leading on several projects to support the uptake of innovative drugs, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics in the NHS.

Matt Williams

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member
Matt is digital health engagement manager working on the Sleepio project. He has over 20 years' experience working within the mental health, education and voluntary sectors. Matt was previously the Oxford AHSN Early Intervention in Psychosis Clinical Network Manager. In his spare time, he is a Samaritans volunteer and passionate about music and the arts.

Matthew Epton

Matthew has over ten years' experience working in the NHS in Primary Care Operational Management, Strategic Management, and most recently Primary Care Commissioning roles. He also has experience in Adult Social Care Business Support and Performance Management. Matthew has an academic research background and has a D.Phil. from Oxford University, Medical Sciences Division.

Neil Dardis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Samantha Collins

Samantha joined Oxford AHSN in July 2019 to provide programme support to the CIA team. Prior to joining Oxford AHSN she worked in incident reporting, governance and risk management within a NHS Trust.

Seema Gadhia

Seema is the Pharmacy Lead for Clinical Innovation Adoption. Seema has substantial experience of working in community pharmacy; hospital pharmacy; Mental Health Trusts; Primary Care Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups. She has also worked as a clinical advisor for Pharmacy Management. Her particular area of expertise is service improvement and has strategically led and delivered a number of change and improvement projects.

Tracey Marriott

Job Titles:
  • Director of Clinical Innovation Adoption
Tracey Marriott, Director of Clinical Innovation Adoption, is an MBA qualified commercial and transformational change professional with over 15 years' experience within the private and public health sector. She has extensive experience of delivering complex programmes regionally, nationally and across Europe (budget values up to £1.6billion). Tracey manages the Clinical Innovation Adoption team and works closely with the Oxford AHSN Strategic and Industry Partnership team to support the NHS and industry with adoption of innovation.