Offices of the Nuffield Professor of Medicine

Offices of the Nuffield Professor of Medicine

The Nuffield Professor has a small team of specialist staff dedicated to specific functional areas, known as NDM Strategic. These staff are led by Darren Nash, Associate Head of Department (Academic Support & Finance).

The primary aim of these posts is to assist Head of Units, senior academics and local administrators with work related to large and complex projects, strategic initiatives, or backfilling senior administrative posts as required.

These posts also provide a buffer to strategic and operational changes generated from outside the Department, ranging from the implementation of new finance systems, to external funder related negotiations and horizon scanning for risks and opportunities related to their specialist areas.

The NDM Strategic team underpin the primary administration provided directly within the six main geographic based administration centres of the Department.

NDM Strategic Team

Darren Nash, Associate Head of Department 

Ed Gibbs, Director of Finance and Operations

Bron Marguerie de Rotrou, Director of Finance and Operations

Elena McPhilbin, NDM Head of Human Resources

Samantha Branch, NDM Head of Finance

Karen Valentine, NDM Head of Operations and Improvement

Gem Brown, NDM Head of Grant Management

Sarah Hoosdally, NDM Head of Research Delivery

Marin Hirschfeld, NDM Head of Communications

Erica Ballabio, NDM Contracts Manager

Kathryn Smith, PA to Head of Department

Unit Administration

Please see either the Institutes, Centres & Units or the Research Buildings pages for explanations of abbreviations used.