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A fairer start

We're working to narrow the outcome gap between children growing up in disadvantage and the national average.

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We're working to increase the average number of healthy years lived in the UK, while narrowing health inequalities.

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We're working to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low-carbon, productive economy by cutting UK household emissions, and reducing skills mismatches in the labour market.
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Health

We use bold ideas to create a health and care system that empowers people to lead healthier and more independent lives.

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People Powered Results

People Powered Results supports front-line staff to collaborate and rapidly experiment with new ways of working that achieve real results for people and communities.
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Team

Catherine Russell

Catherine Russell

Deputy Director, People Powered Results

Catherine's work focuses on People Powered Results - a partnership approach to complex service transformation in health and care settings.

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Charlene Stagon

Charlene Stagon

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Charlene is a Programme Manager for People Powered Results in Nesta's Health Lab.

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Elena Sabatini

Elena Sabatini

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Elena is a Programme Manager in the Health Lab at Nesta, her work focuses on People Powered Results.

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Haru Majengwa

Haru Majengwa

Researcher

At Nesta Challenges, Haru has worked on the Climate Smart City Challenge and researching a challenge focused on Canadian food resilience.

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Kate Simpson

Kate Simpson

Deputy Director, People Powered Results

Kate is one of the Deputy Directors for the People Powered Results team, leading the delivery of transformation programmes within highly complex systems.

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Kelly Evans

Kelly Evans

Executive Assistant to CPO and Chief Scientist, Central Programmes

Kelly is the PA to Vicki Sellick.

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Louise Endersby

Louise Endersby

Senior Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Louise will be leading the People Powered Results work across Greater Manchester.

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Nadeen Haidar

Nadeen Haidar

Programme Manager, People Power Results

Nadeen's main focus will be working within the People Powered Results team, supporting front-line health and social care teams to test out new methods to achieve rapid change.

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Naomi Davies

Naomi Davies

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Naomi was working in the People Powered Results team, supporting front-line health and social care teams to test out new methods to achieve rapid change.

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Robert Jamieson

Robert Jamieson

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Robert is a Senior Consultant for People Powered Results in Nesta's Health Lab.

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Rachael Glover

Rachael Glover

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Rachael is a Programme Manager in the Health Lab at Nesta, her work focuses on People Powered Results.

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Accelerating Ideas

Nesta and the National Lottery Community Fund supported eight innovations aiming to mobilise people and communities across the UK to address the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population.
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Team

Annie Finnis

Annie Finnis

Director of Operations and Impact, Health Lab

Annie was Director of Operations and Impact in the Health Lab at Nesta.

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Tara Hackett

Tara Hackett

Mission Manager - A Healthy Life mission

Assistant Programme Manager, Nesta Health Lab

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Sophie Kendall

Sophie Kendall

Programme Manager, Social Health

Sophie was a Programme Manager in the Health Lab.

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Chris Norris

Chris Norris

Senior Programme Manager, Innovation Programmes

Chris Norris is a Senior Programme Manager working on the Accelerating Ideas programme.

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Amy Solder

Amy Solder

Head of Adult Skills Innovation, Innovation Programmes

Amy works in the Education team.

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Alice Clay

Alice Clay

Programme Manager, Health Lab

Alice focused on Digital Health projects, new technologies, and ways we can create and use data to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing.

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Katy Rutherford

Katy Rutherford

Head of Programmes and Impact

Katy was Head of Programmes and Impact in Nesta's Health Lab.

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Jullie Tran Graham

Jullie Tran Graham

Programme Manager

Jullie worked with a number of health and ageing projects funded through the Accelerating Ideas programme, focusing on social innovations that make it possible for people to be more involved in their health. She has a particular interest in knowledge, learning and impact management - encouraging projects to understand all the information and practices they may need to support their improvement and growth.   ​Jullie joined Nesta in February 2015 and has worked on a number of major people powered health programmes. Previous work includes the Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund and Helping in Hospitals. ​

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Annette Holman

Annette Holman

Programme Manager, Government Innovation Team

Annette worked in the Government Innovation Team at Nesta focusing on social action priorities, specifically on the Connected Communites and Second Half Fund.

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Reimagining Help

Nesta, Macmillan Cancer Support, the British Heart Foundation and the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change are working together to reimagine the way help is given across our health and wellbeing systems.
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Esther Flanagan

Esther Flanagan

Senior Programme Manager, Social Health

Esther is a clinical psychologist with an interest in organisational wellbeing and inclusion, digital mental health, behaviour change and coproduction.

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Tara Hackett

Tara Hackett

Mission Manager - A Healthy Life mission

Assistant Programme Manager, Nesta Health Lab

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Arts and Health

There is good evidence that the arts can support people to live healthy lives.
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Mapping Health Innovation

We are building an open, online tool to explore the global research, startup and social health innovation landscape.
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Team

Halima Khan

Halima Khan

Executive Director, Health, People and Impact

Halima was the Executive Director of the Health, People and Impact. She led Nesta’s work in health and also oversaw people (human resources) and impact for the organisation.

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Christina Cornwell

Christina Cornwell

Interim Executive Director for Health

Christina led Nesta’s work helping to develop and grow innovations that create new relationships, networks and technologies that improve health and well being.

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Sinead Mac Manus

Sinead Mac Manus

Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health

Sinead was a Senior Programme Manager for Digital Health in the Health Lab.

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Chantale Tippett

Chantale Tippett

Engagement and Inclusive Impact Lead, Data Analytics Practice

Chantale is Senior Lead of Engagement and Inclusive Impact in Nesta’s Data Analytics Practice.

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Juan Mateos-Garcia

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Director of Data Analytics Practice

Juan Mateos-Garcia is Director of Data Analytics at Nesta.

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Soraya Rusmaully

Soraya Rusmaully

Project Manager, Innovation Mapping

Soraya is a Project Manager working on the European Commission Horizon 2020 project, EURITO.

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Russell Winch

Russell Winch

Junior Data Engineer, Innovation Mapping

Russ was a Junior Data Engineer in the Innovation Mapping Team and worked on the development of data products and the implementation of a data production system.

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Konstantinos Stathoulopoulos

Konstantinos Stathoulopoulos

Principal Researcher, Innovation Mapping

Konstantinos worked as a Principal Researcher on Nesta's Research Analysis and Policy team.

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George Richardson

George Richardson

Head of Data Science, Data Analytics Practice

George is Head of Data Science in Nesta’s Data Analytics Practice.

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Alex Bishop

Alex Bishop

Principal Researcher, Data Analytics Practice

Alex was building Data Science tools and libraries to increase the reproducibility, efficiency, and scalability of our Data Science work.

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Adeola Otubusen

Adeola Otubusen

Junior Data Scientist, Data Analytics Practice

Adeola is a Junior Data Scientist in the Innovation Mapping team.

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Luca Bonavita

Luca Bonavita

Head of Data Viz and Product Development, Data Analytics

Luca is the Head of Data Viz and Product Development for Nesta's Data Analytics team, focusing on the technical means to make data exploration intuitive and natural.

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Healthier Lives Data Fund

The Healthier Lives Data Fund will support innovative digital technologies that make data available and useful to citizens, helping them lead healthier and more independent lives.
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Team

Sinead Mac Manus

Sinead Mac Manus

Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health

Sinead was a Senior Programme Manager for Digital Health in the Health Lab.

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Christina Cornwell

Christina Cornwell

Interim Executive Director for Health

Christina led Nesta’s work helping to develop and grow innovations that create new relationships, networks and technologies that improve health and well being.

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Kyle Usher

Kyle Usher

Mission Manager (Scotland), Innovation Programmes

Kyle is Nesta’s Mission Manager for Scotland working on the A Sustainable Future mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh.

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Alice Clay

Alice Clay

Programme Manager, Health Lab

Alice focused on Digital Health projects, new technologies, and ways we can create and use data to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing.

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Data Dialogues

Our work with Scottish citizens to develop a deeper understanding of their opinions and ideas for the use and sharing of health and care data
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Team

Sinead Mac Manus

Sinead Mac Manus

Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health

Sinead was a Senior Programme Manager for Digital Health in the Health Lab.

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Alice Clay

Alice Clay

Programme Manager, Health Lab

Alice focused on Digital Health projects, new technologies, and ways we can create and use data to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing.

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Kyle Usher

Kyle Usher

Mission Manager (Scotland), Innovation Programmes

Kyle is Nesta’s Mission Manager for Scotland working on the A Sustainable Future mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh.

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Frances Bain

Frances Bain

Mission Manager (Scotland) - A Healthy Life

Frances is Nesta’s Mission Manager for Scotland working on the A Healthy Life mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh.

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Social Movements for Health

The Social Movements for Health Programme will support up to seven emerging social movements to grow their influence and impact on health and care.
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Team

Damian Hebron

Damian Hebron

Programme Manager, Social Health

Damian worked on Social Movements in Health as well as Nesta's Arts and Health work.

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Sally Zlotowitz

Sally Zlotowitz

Programme Manager, Social Health

Sally was a Programme Manager in the Social Health team of Nesta and worked on Social Movements in Health and Good Help.

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Jacqueline del Castillo

Jacqueline del Castillo

Senior Programme Manager

Jacqueline worked in Nesta's Health Lab on initiatives that empower people and communities to improve their own health and the systems which shape it.

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Christina Cornwell

Christina Cornwell

Interim Executive Director for Health

Christina led Nesta’s work helping to develop and grow innovations that create new relationships, networks and technologies that improve health and well being.

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