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He is an experienced clinical academic whose research focus has been on multimorbidity and comorbidity, and he was the first UK academic to develop these concepts from 2001. He has led the development of programmes which have included ageing and multimorbidity research. He is a Chair of the NIHR Advanced Fellowship panel, member of the MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship panel, and a NIHR mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Suzanne Richards<\/strong> specialises in developing, optimising and\u00a0evaluating the quality and effectiveness of complex interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of older people in primary and acute care settings. She has worked on intervention design and testing across a diverse range applied health and social care settings. As the establishing director of the Leeds Unit for Complex Intervention Development, Sue brings expertise in the design &amp; evaluation of complex interventions, clinical trials, process evaluation, qualitative methods, mixed method research and systematic reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Karen Mattick<\/strong> is an internationally recognised expert in the education of health professionals and associated research into the healthcare workforce.\u00a0 Professor Mattick leads the\u00a0Health Professions Education &amp; Wellbeing research group\u00a0at Exeter, which exists to support the local and national implementation of the\u00a0NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, with its three priority areas \u201cTrain, Retain and Reform\u201d. \u00a0She brings experience in wide ranging methodologies including realist reviews and evaluations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miss Beccy Summers<\/strong> brings research expertise on exploring key healthcare stakeholder perspectives on value in patient education and activation programmes. 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