Dan Clark
Dan Clark, Professor of Clinical Engineering, University of Nottingham; Head of Clinical Engineering, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS; UK Advisory Council Member, Global Clinical Engineering Alliance (GCEA)
Director, NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Rehabilitation (RehabHRC)
Director, Healthcare Technologies, University of Nottingham
Professor of Clinical Engineering, University of Nottingham,
Director, Centre for Healthcare Equipment And Technology Adoption (CHEATA)
Strategic committee member: Global Clinical Engineering Alliance
Chair, Health Technology Foundation
Dan has nearly forty years’ experience as a clinical engineer covering all aspects of health technology management, innovation and assessment. He leads a medical devices research unit plus a healthcare technology evaluation and adoption service (CHEATA). He is the Co-director of the Centre for Healthcare Technologies, a collaborative venture between Nottingham University and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust specialising in the acceleration of new technology into healthcare. For 10 years he was a member of NICE’s Medical Technology Advisory Committee and until recently was the Vice President – International for IPEM. He is currently, the Co-Director of the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Rehabilitation, supporting the creation, development and adoption of new technologies for rehabilitation.
Dan was awarded the DHSC Chief Scientific Officer’s Innovation through Partnership award for his work supporting the MedTech industry and the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his leading role the field of Clinical Engineering. Dan was awarded an OBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list for services to Clinical Engineering, particularly during the time of covid.