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Our people

Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Directors and Board members are listed first. Scroll down or click through to the next pages for other members of our team. Alternatively, you can refine your search by using the specialties listed below.

Marianna Lepetyukh

Marianna joined in 2017. She leads on the Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopy workstreams. Marianna has over 15 years’ experience in commercial and business development in both multinational companies and the NHS, with expertise in delivering income and business generation projects, strategic business planning and business modelling.

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption

Tara Gradwell

Tara joined in September 2018 and provides programme support to the Corporate and Patient Safety Collaborative (Maternity Network) and additional administration support across the teams. She has worked in the NHS for 11 years, supporting maternity and clinical governance teams.

Specialties: Programme Office

Ania Scigala-Ali

Ania joined the Patient Safety team in October 2024. She has a background in clinical and organisational psychology, research and quality improvement. She is an International Coaching Federation-accredited coach and project manager. Ania has held various front-facing and leadership roles within the NHS and third sector. She is particularly interested in co-design, culture and behaviour […]

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement

Lucy Walters

LUCY IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE. Lucy joined in January 2021. She is responsible for managing events and communications for the Community Involvement and Workforce Innovation team both within and outside the organisation. She has over ten years’ experience in events and project management within corporate and academic fundraising settings. Lucy has a degree in […]

Specialties: Community Involvement Workforce Innovation

Eleanor Kilsby

Eleanor joined in September 2021 to lead on reporting and programme management. Eleanor is an MBA qualified, experienced PMO and Programme Manager, who has specialised in financial analysis and management reporting in both public and private sectors for the last 12 years.

Specialties: Programme Office

Hayley Trueman

Hayley joined in 2021. She is a mental health nurse with experience in acute inpatient care and treatment-resistant depression before becoming a safety and quality improvement lead across mental health and community health services. Hayley is a graduate of the Oxford AHSN Masters programme in partnership with the University of Oxford.

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement Mental Health

Jonathan Vollam

Jon is the senior programme manager for deterioration within the patient safety team. He has 30 years’ experience in healthcare spanning Royal Air Force, Defence Medical Services, and the NHS.  An intensive care nurse by background, Jon’s professional interests include patient safety, transfer medicine, and human factors.

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement
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Krishana Parthipan

Krishana joined the organisation in 2024. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics and Master’s degree in Health Economics from the University of East Anglia. She has experience working as a research consultant at a health economics consultancy conducting research and building health economic models.

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Rayan Alteyeb

Rayan joined the organisation in 2024. She has over five years experience in research, health economics, impact investment and supporting innovators with economic evaluations and to secure funding. Rayan was previously a health economics consultant with UNAIDS, where she contributed to evaluations of HIV interventions. She holds a medical degree with dual masters degrees in […]

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships

Barbara Lozito

Barbara’s background is in evaluation, service design and complex system transformation in public health. As a lead methodologist and senior programme evaluation manager, Barbara advises and manages research design and evaluation work across our projects while coordinating training on research methods with and across teams. Barbara’s role is to ensure that the Oxford HIN is […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption