Ashley Price is a consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine at Newcastle Hospitals and an honorary clinical lecturer at Newcastle University. He has extensive clinical experience in Infection and Infection Control and was previously Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Newcastle Hospitals.

Since 2018 Ashley has led the infection theme within the centre. This builds on the close relationship we established with Ashley during our time as the NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative (DEC) Newcastle and NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (MIC). Ashley has extensive experience as chief and principal investigator on several clinical studies.

He has strengthened his national clinical research links through his role as medical lead for COVID-19 vaccine in the North East and North Cumbria, the lead for Infection within the NIHR Clinical Research Network for North East and Cumbria and co-lead of the analytical performance workstream within the COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR).

Ashley is also Leading the NIHR Commercial Research Delivery Centre in Newcastle.