Ian Lewis Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the strategic development, coordination and implementation activities of the Transformative Technologies sector within the Research Strategy and Programmes (RSP) domain of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).As a part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), BBSRC invests over £500m per year to build and support a vibrant, dynamic and inclusive community which delivers ground-breaking discoveries and develops bio-based solutions that contribute to tackling global challenges, such as sustainable food production, climate change, and healthy ageing. The Transformative Technologies (TT) sector team manages BBSRC’s strategic development and investments to support developments in tools, technologies and approaches that enable researchers to push the boundaries of scientific discovery and increase the impact of their research.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for implementing the NCRI’s strategy and overseeing the strategic initiatives that enable the NCRI to accelerate cancer research. This includes:• Engagement with the NCRI Partner organisations and other key stakeholders• Identifying gaps and opportunities in cancer research and developing collaborations or programmes of work to address them• Managing existing NCRI initiatives such as the Cellular Molecular Pathology (CM-Path) initiative and the Living With and Beyond Cancer Priority Setting Partnership• Managing the Cancer Research Database which collates the research funding data for all of the NCRI partner organisationsAs a member of the Senior Management Team I shared responsibility for setting and monitoring budgets, supporting colleagues across all teams to achieve our collective objectives and work closely with the Trustee Board to ensure robust governance.

London, United Kingdom

I provided leadership and strategic input into the activities of the NCRI’s Clinical Research Groups (CRGs), a central component of the cancer research framework in the UK which develops and maintains a balanced portfolio of high quality clinical cancer research.My team was responsible for delivery of all of the activities of the NCRI CRGs, currently including Clinical Studies Groups (CSGs), the Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research (CTRad) Working Group and the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) Group. I was also responsible for oversight of all patient involvement in NCRI activities via the NCRI Consumer Forum.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Responsible for the development and implementation of the charity's research strategy, health and wellbeing activities and the development of evidence based policies which informed our campaigns, services and key messages.

Welsh School Of Pharmacy, Cardiff University

Biochemistry, Phd Cancer Research

Activities and Societies: Physics and Astronomy RFC Thesis Title-The expression and role of Protein Kinase C isoforms in tamoxifen.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Physics and Astronomy RFC

Education record

Activities and Societies: Head Boy (1996/7)