Professor Kathy Rowan
(ICNARC, UK)

Director of Scientific & Strategic Development and Clinical Trials Unit Director ICNARC

Kathy is Director of Scientific & Strategic Development and Clinical Trials Unit Director at the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) and Professor (honorary) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

In 1994, following her PhD from the University of Oxford, Kathy founded ICNARC, a not-for-profit organisation in the UK, to facilitate improvements in the structure, process, outcomes and experiences of critical care - for patients and for those who care for them. ICNARC manages a broad programme of clinical audit and clinical/health services research, nationally and internationally.

The ICNARC database of over two million critical care admissions serves as a resource for multiple studies on the epidemiology of critical illness, including sepsis, and informs practice and policy on the provision, service delivery and organisation of critical care within the NHS.

In 2004, Kathy was awarded the Humphry Davy Medal by the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists as a mark of distinction for her significant contribution to critical care. Kathy has co-authored 200+ peer-reviewed papers and has won over £20m in research grants. Kathy is a member of the Council of the International Sepsis Forum and is a member of the External Scientific Advisory Panel for ARCS.