NIHR Birmingham Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Directors
Dr Dhruv ParkehManaging Director of NIHR Clinical Research Facility Birmingham (Adults CRF)
Dr Dhruv Parekh is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Respiratory Medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and an Associate Professor in Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine [...]
Dr Jan Idkowiak (Research)Programme Director of NIHR Birmingham Clinical Research Facility (Children’s CRF)
Jan is Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, based at the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and at the Department of Endocrinology at the Birmingham Children’s [...]
Professor Lorraine Harper (Research)Managing Director of NIHR Birmingham Clinical Research Facility (Adults CRF)
Lorraine Harper is Professor of Nephrology within the Institute of Applied Health Research, at the University of Birmingham. She is a strong advocate for academic training, helping to develop the integrated [...]
Last reviewed: 03 September 2026