Dr Katherine Boylan

Dr Katherine Boylan

Director of Innovation, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Boylan has significant experience in industry engagement, programme management and securing external grant funding across the academic- NHS interface.

Dr Katherine Boylan is Director of Innovation for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), a position she has held since April 2020. This role involves overseeing innovation activities within MFT, part of the wider research and innovation function.

The Innovation Team in MFT supports: intellectual property and commercialisation management; adoption of novel technologies within the Trust; strategic partnerships (with commercial organisations and other leading clinical/academic centres); a portfolio of strategic programmes (including the Diagnostic and Technology Accelerator and Clinical Data Science Unit) and the interaction with the co-located companies across the Citylabs innovation district.

Prior to this position, Katherine worked in the University of Manchester for a number of years, most recently as Operations Director for the Medical Research Council funded Molecular Pathology Node, and the Trust-funded Diagnostics and Technology Accelerator. Katherine’s academic background is cancer genetics (PhD, University of Dundee) and molecular biology (BSc, University of Sheffield).