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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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Catherine Russell

Catherine Russell

Head of Development, 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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Daniel Farag

Daniel Farag

Director, Health Lab, People Powered Results

Daniel leads our work on People Powered Results.

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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

Team Coordinator, People Powered Results

Haru is a Team Coordinator.

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Kate Howard

Kate Howard

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

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

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Kate Simpson

Kate Simpson

Head of Delivery and Operations

Kate is Head of Delivery and Operations in the People Powered Results team, leading on the delivery of transformation programmes within highly complex systems.

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Kelly Evans

Kelly Evans

Executive Assistant to CPO and Chief Scientist, A Healthy Life mission

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 will be 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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Polly Redfern

Polly Redfern

Design and Content Editor, People Power Results

Polly is a Design and Content Editor. She supports her colleagues on work with front-line health and social care teams who want to test out new methods to improve health outcomes.

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Robert Jamieson

Robert Jamieson

Programme Manager, People Powered Results

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

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Rachael Glover

Rachael Glover

Programme Manager, Health Lab

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

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Sophie Mckechnie

Sophie Mckechnie

Senior Programme Manager, People Powered Results

Sophie is a Senior Programme Manager in the People Powered Results team in Nesta’s Health Lab.

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Accelerating Ideas

We’re working with Big Lottery Fund to support eight highly promising ageing innovations to increase their reach and impact to many more people across the UK.
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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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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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Rosie Dow

Rosie Dow

Programme Manager (Arts and Health) – Y Lab

Rosie works on Y Lab's Arts and Health programme with a focus on how arts interventions can play a more prominent role in the health and wellbeing of people in Wales.

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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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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

Chantale is a Principal Researcher of Innovation Systems in the Innovation Mapping team.

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Juan Mateos-Garcia

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Director of Analytics

Juan leads a team of data scientists, developers, visualisers and innovation experts who use new datasets, analytics methods and visualisation tools to inform innovation policy.

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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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Joel Klinger

Joel Klinger

Data Engineering Senior Lead, Data Analytics

Joel is Nesta’s Data Engineering Senior Lead

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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

George uses data science and machine learning on new data sources to research the possibilities for creating maps of the innovation landscape.

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Alex Bishop

Alex Bishop

Principal Researcher, Data Analytics

Alex is a Principal Researcher in Data Science for innovation mapping working in the Innovation Mapping team.

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Adeola Otubusen

Adeola Otubusen

Junior Data Scientist, Innovation Mapping

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

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Luca Bonavita

Luca Bonavita

Senior Data Visualisation and Product Development Lead

Luca is the Senior Data Visualisation and Product Development Lead 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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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

Programme Manager (Scotland), Innovation Programmes

Kyle is Programme Manager for the Scotland team based in Edinburgh.

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Alice Clay

Alice Clay

Assistant Programme Manager, Health Lab

Alice will be focussing 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

Working with 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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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

Assistant Programme Manager, Health Lab

Alice will be focussing 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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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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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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