Research and innovation

The city of Oxford is host to the oldest university in the English-speaking world with an international reputation for research and innovation. It is thought to be about 920 years old!

Nursing research at Oxford is hosted within the Oxford Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR), which is an exciting joint collaboration between Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Oxford and Health Education England Thames Valley.

Leadership team

The Trust's Nursing and Midwifery Research and Innovation Leadership Team aims to support nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to develop their careers in research.

Professor Helen Walthall
Director of Nursing and Midwifery Research and Innovation
Dr Louise Strickland
Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery Research and Innovation
Dr Sarah Vollam
NMAHP Research Lead, Medicine, Rehabilitation and Cardiac Division
Dr Clair Merriman
NMAHP Research Lead, Surgery, Women's and Oncology Division
Dr Sheera Sutherland
NMAHP Research Lead, Clinical Support Services and Corporate Divisions
Dr Louise Stayt
NMAHP Research Lead, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Trauma, Specialist Surgery, Children's and Neonates Division
Sandie Wellman
Lead for NMAHP Clinical Research Delivery