Meet the Team

Dr Neville Young joined Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber in June 2016. He has a real interest and track record in supporting the delivery of high-quality research and innovation, in particular in helping create the evidence need to drive the adoption at scale of well evidenced health technology. Neville has a leadership role within the network, liaising on the NIHR on their i4i program, with the NHSX AI lab, SBRI funding, the National Innovator Accelerator program (NIA), with NICE and with the several trade associations such as BIVDA and the ABHI. He also has an interest in international activity, promoting export opportunities for UK based innovators and creating a safe landing space for international companies.

Dr Young has worked as an academic researcher, a drug trial manager, a consultant, as a director for a health tech start up and is focused on helping to identify and support the “pull” from the healthcare systems for innovative health technologies.

He completed his doctorate in Molecular Embryology from King’s College London, before working at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and then the Institute of Molecular Bio-Sciences in Queensland, Australia before returning to the UK and working in research development, HealthTech innovation and at the health innovation network

Tim leads on the Propel Healthtech  accelerator start-up programme and our International Boot Camp programme. He is responsible for the content, delivery and development of the programmes. The propel International boot Camp has now been delivered to Nordic, Indian, US and Canadian innovators.

Tim plays a key role in the Enterprise and Innovation team at Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber with the remit of supporting HealthTech innovators with their journey into the NHS.

Before joining the organisation, Tim worked for over twenty years in the Primary Care Digital Healthcare sector, with experience of implementing primary care clinical systems across the Yorkshire, North East & Scotland region. With a wide range of experience in Product Development, Growth and Strategy, which has included leading on the development of the UK’s first GP Online booking and medication request app. As well as growing the number of active users of the product to over five million patient users.