Mr Kevin Dunn BA (Hons), MBA

Mr Kevin Dunn

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Senior Research Programme Manager
Group Lead: Multi-Sector Networks

Contact details

Address
Research & Knowledge Transfer Office
College of Medicine and Health
Institute of Translational Medicine
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT

Kevin is a Senior Research Programme Manager within the College of Medicine and Health, where he provides strategic oversight of the HDR UK Midlands regional network and also the national TARGetAMR research network. Additionally, he leads the Multi-Sector Networks pillar, a group of research programme and project managers responsible for a diverse portfolio of health-related research programmes and networks.

Qualifications

  • Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education for Postgraduates (Certificate), University of Birmingham, 2019

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Wolverhampton, 2016

  • BA (Hons) Business Management, University of Wolverhampton, 2010

Biography

Kevin is a Senior Research Programme Manager within the Research Office at the College of Medicine and Health, where he leads the Multi-Sector Networks pillar, a team of research programme and project managers supporting a diverse portfolio of health-related research at the University of Birmingham. 

He also manages the HDR UK Midlands regional network, which advances health data science across the East and West Midlands by collaborating with academic, NHS, and health sector partners to tackle key health challenges and improve patient care, healthcare policy, and clinical practices. 

In addition, Kevin provides programme management support to the national TARGetAMR research network, a UK-based initiative tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through genomics by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across academia, healthcare, and policy sectors. 

Kevin’s career began in 1998 as an NHS Youth Trainee, gaining broad expertise in Health Informatics, Oncology, Research & Development, and Innovation Management. As one of the first recruits to the National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) in 2001, he designed an early regional database to track clinical trial recruitment. He holds a degree in Business Management and also has a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA). Driven by innovation, Kevin set up the UK’s first national cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) focused on Ewing’s Sarcomas and has served as Head of Research, Innovation, and Clinical Audit for a Specialist Orthopaedic Hospital. 

Kevin spent a lot of his career as a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) GCP Facilitator and taught Good Clinical Practice (GCP) across the region for healthcare professionals and academics involved in Clinical Research. In recognition for this, Kevin was invited to become a question setter and adjudicator for the Royal College of Physicians; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

Currently, Kevin teaches the Health Data Fundamentals module for the MSc Health Data Science programme at the University of Birmingham. 

Ambitious and visionary, Kevin is committed to transforming health and social care services for the benefit of patients and service users.

Teaching

Research

Research interests 

  • Health Data Research 
  • Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in Research
  • Organisational Behaviour 

Current projects

Other activities

Outside work, he supports his community by leading group walks with a local Ramblers charity and has previously chaired the New Cross Hospital Kidney Patients Association, a charity supporting patients with kidney failure. Passionate about music, he plays guitar, piano, and likes to sing, co-founding the ‘ROH House Band’ that raised money for charity. His interests also include photography, cooking, running, gardening, travelling and practising yoga.

Publications

Infrastructure and operating processes of PIONEER, the HDR-UK Data Hub in Acute Care and the workings of the Data Trust Committee: a protocol paper. Gallier S, Price G, Pandya Het al. BMJ Health & Care Informatics   2021; 28:e100294. doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2020-100294 

Perceptions of anonymised data use and awareness of the NHS data opt-out amongst patients, carers and healthcare staff. Catherine Atkin, Benjamin L Crosby, Kevin W Dunn, et al.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.12.20193276