Professor Jane Nixon is the Institute Director at the University of Leeds Institute of Health Sciences School of Medicine. As a teaching hospital Board member, Jane is the nominated Non-Executive from the University of Leeds.
In 2016, Professor Nixon was appointed as a National Institute for Health and Care Research Senior Investigator, an appointment which was renewed in 2020, and she was awarded an MBE in 2017 for services to health research. Professor Nixon’s current research focuses on the design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve the delivery of health services and assess their impact on health.
During her successful career, Professor Nixon has led the development of an internationally renowned portfolio of skin and wounds research, supported the development of clinical trials capacity and played a major national role in NHS research capacity development to support wounds research. During that time, she received around £42m in major grants, research and infrastructure awards and her research work has influenced guidelines internationally.
She is a member of the Workforce, Research & Innovation and DIT Committees of the Board.