Staff Profile

Kirsti is an analyst at the NIHR Innovation Observatory, working across several programmes and supporting various different projects. Kirsti graduated from De Montfort University in 2017 after completing a BSC in Midwifery. Her role includes writing technology briefings for NICE, and working on a variety of horizon scanning projects for our stakeholders. Kirsti has a particular interest in digital health technologies and research into women's health.

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The NIHR Innovation Observatory is a world leading health and care innovation scanning centre providing data-driven insights to foster innovation and equitable access to high quality care. We aim to transform health systems and improve population health by providing advanced data-driven insights that foster innovation and equitable access to high quality care. At the core of our work is the development of data-driven methods to identify, capture and synthesise intelligence on new health innovations. We develop and share cutting edge methods in horizon scanning, building capacity in the systems across the public, voluntary and industry sectors. 

We deliver essential intelligence and insights about medicines and MedTech innovation to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the NIHR, the UK Health Security Agency, the Department for Health and Social Care and industry - allowing these organisations to prepare for policies, regulation and frontline delivery for new, emerging and disruptive technologies.