Position: Director of Enterprise and Innovation, Yorkshire and Humber AHSN
Location: York, UK

Dr Neville Young joined the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network in June 2016. He has a real interest and track record in supporting the delivery of high-quality research and innovation in the United Kingdom. Neville is an NIHR reviewer and sits on the AAC rapid uptake product industry liaison group.

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 Kings 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 the AHSN network.