Jeffrey Faint

Jeff is a Project Research Officer for the NIHR HRC-DDR, providing support to industry, academic and clinical researchers to develop and evaluate innovative health technologies. This includes supporting the submission of high-quality grant applications, project management, and the set-up and delivery of health technology research studies.

Jeff graduated from Aston University with a degree in Applied and Human Biology. Jeff worked in several medical research departments at the University of Birmingham where he gained a PhD in Immunology. Jeff moved to a commercial in vitro diagnostics company to investigate novel uses of the company assays through collaborative projects with national and international collaborators. This was followed by a move to the NIHR funded Horizon Scanning Research and Intelligence Centre at Birmingham University reporting on the development of novel and emerging medical healthcare technologies to NICE and NHS commissioning bodies.