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David is Bowel Cancer UK & RCS Engl. Professor of Surgery at the University of Leeds and Hon. Consultant Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. His clinical interests include robotic and minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer and pelvic floor dysfunction. His research interests include the development of new surgical technologies and devices to improve outcomes in colorectal disease. In 2012 he was awarded an NIHR Research Professorship to accelerate research and implementation of new technologies into clinical practice. He is currently an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is Chief Investigator for several NIHR portfolio clinical trials. He has previously served on the EME/NIHR Prioritisation and Strategy Groups, the Doctoral Research Fellowship Committee, and the Clinician Scientist Awards Panel. He is currently a member of the NIHR Advanced Fellowship Panel and the NIHR i4i Programmes. He is Clinical Director of the NIHR MedTech Co-operative in Surgical Technologies, a national network of clinicians, academics, patient & public representatives, and commercial partners to develop novel solutions to unmet surgical need. His position as Clinical Director for the NIHT Global health Research Group affords him the opportunity to apply his expertise in the clinical translation of surgical technologies to the context of low resource countries.