Prof David Brettle
Quality Coordination Centre Theme Lead
NPIC Quality Coordination Centre Team
Prof. David Brettle is the Chief Scientific Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the Quality Theme Lead for NPIC, and an honorary professor at the University of Salford. Prior to this he was the Head of Medical Physics and Engineering at Leeds Teaching Hospitals for 11 years. During this time, he completed a term as President of the institute of Physics in Engineering and Medicine. In 2022 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England.
His current role includes the professional lead for the Healthcare Scientists in Leeds; research into image quality and the development of quality tools in digital pathology at NPIC; and leading on innovation and technology for the two new hospitals being built in Leeds.
His background is in radiology physics and his digital imaging experience spans over 30 years. Early work included developing some of the first digital mammograms and algorithms. From this work themes around image probity, digital display, imaging system evaluation and psychophysics have been developed and are re-applied in digital pathology through his role in NPIC.