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Lesley Hutchins

Research Commercialisation Manager

lhutchins@bournemouth.ac.uk
(01202) 961044
Available via Teams
Studland House – S801

The overarching role of the Research Commercialisation Manager is the exploitation of BU’s research IP for commercialisation and societal benefit. On a daily basis, this means managing BU’s portfolio of IP disclosures, prioritising projects for institutional support that are suitable for commercialisation, managing central processes for commercialisation and leading internal engagement for IP.

As well as my role as Commercialisation Manager, I also have overall responsibility for the research governance team at BU.

As Research Commercialisation Manager at BU, I will draw upon my extensive career experience in bringing products to global markets, financing start-ups in different countries, intellectual property management, licensing and partnering to successfully commercialise prospects in the BU research pipeline. I am an entrepreneur by nature and enjoy exploring the commercial or social enterprise opportunity for any potential offering. I have taken more than a dozen medical devices from bench to market launch in the EU, USA and SEA, and guiding many of these products through CE marking and 510K approval. I am very keen to apply this know-how and work with our local hospital partners to ensure that the BU innovation pipeline evolves into products or treatments that enhance healthcare.

Outside of work, fitness and sport have always been a big part of my life; having represented Great Britain in judo before going to university and again, in the last 4 years, at the World Veteran Judo Championships (veteran categories start when you are 30+ in Judo!), where I won silver and bronze medals in consecutive years for Team GB. Also enjoying the outdoors, I am very pleased to have landed in Dorset and be able to take advantage of the wonderful coastline and countryside the county has to offer

Juan Campos-Perez

Clinical Research Coordinator

jcamposperez@bournemouth.ac.uk
Available via Teams
Studland House – S801

My current role at BU RDS involves supporting the development of activities related to clinical research and laying out the quality assurance processes and standards, as required, for enabling the growth of the areas of strategic priority for the University.

I am also responsible for managing and providing advice for researchers applying for external approvals via IRAS. If you have a question about applying to the NHS (including BU Sponsorship), please get in touch.

My background is in laboratory research, having obtained a PhD in Immunology from the University of Aberdeen. After completing my PhD, I took several laboratory-based roles, predominantly in the fields of immunology and cell biology. Of note, two of these roles were conducted within the pharmaceutical industry.

The first role was with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) where I led a study which used an innovative experimental design to replicate the hypoxic conditions seen in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The purpose of the study was to identify biomarkers of inflammation in human airways.

The second industry-based role was with GenVax Ltd, a University of Southampton spin-off enterprise which was created to commercialise the University’s proprietary vaccine technology. The role involved confirming the efficacy of the company’s pre-clinical vaccine portfolio, identifying which vaccines would be more suitable for use in clinical trials and making any necessary modifications to render each vaccine suitable for their use in humans. Furthermore, my day-to-day work required access to the Biobank at the University of Southampton and training on the Human Tissue Act was a requirement.

It was during the latter role that I developed an interest in clinical trials, which led to a six-year spell in NHS R&D (Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth). During this time, I was responsible for the Hospital’s “home-grown” research, therefore gaining expertise in research governance and quality assurance, management of drug trials, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), human tissue standards, MHRA inspections and trials involving non-CE marked medical devices.

Outside of work, I enjoy occasional bouts of fitness (such as running around the block, walking my dog or kicking a football around the park), socialising, travel and tropical aquaria.

Sarah Bell

Research Governance Adviser

sarah.bell@bournemouth.ac.uk
Available via Teams
Studland House – S801

I am the Research Governance Adviser based within Research Development & Support. I have the responsibility of managing the ethics review process for both academic research and postgraduate research (high risk) and research governance, such as monitoring. If you have a question about how to apply for a formal ethics review or research governance, please get in touch.

I manage the Online Ethics Checklist (OEC) and the OEC Admin System (system for the review of ethics checklists).

To keep up to date on research governance, ethics and integrity visit the Research Governance, Research Ethics & Integrity website.