Alex Wilkinson

Alex has taken up a part-time 12 month secondment as the Insigneo Commercial Manager and is part of a wider commercialisation community supporting the development of the Institute’s intellectual property (IP).

Alex’s role is to aid Insigneo to achieve wider reach and rapid clinical translation of technologies through developing members’ research into commercially attractive products.

Alex joined the University of Sheffield in 2015 having spent the previous decade in Contract Research Organisations managing delivery of drug and medical device trials for industry working on Phases I-III.

Within Sheffield Alex supported the development and delivery of translational grants as project manager and has been part of the NIHR Research Design Services providing advice on the development of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics.