Staff Profiles

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Dr Jean Adams
MRC Research Fellow and Lecturer in Public Health

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Prof. Ashley Adamson
Prof of Public Health Nutrition

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5276 

Ms Balsam Ahmad
Honorary Lecturer/Speciality Registrar in Public Health

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 4564 

Dr Seraphim Alvanides
Lecturer in Geography

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6358 

Ms Janice Armstrong
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7395 

Mr Nigel Armstrong
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3814 

Mrs Audrey Atkinson
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 1342 

Dr Rachel Baker
Lecturer (Health Economics)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5590 

Dr Stephen Ball
Honorary Clinical Research Associate

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Ms Claire Bamford
Senior Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7047 

Mrs Pat Barker
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7372 

Miss Jane Barnes
Trial Manager

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Telephone: 0191 241 8762 

Mrs Nermine Basta
Research Assistant

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Dr Laura Basterfield
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8896 

Dr Angela Bate
Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3813 

Dr Ruth Bell
Senior Lecturer/Honorary NHS Consultant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8753 

Mrs Sue Bell
Project Administrator

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8848 

Dr Thomas Berney
Honorary Research Associate

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Mrs Fiona Beyer
Information Scientist

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3803 

Miss Jolene Black
Receptionist

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3923 

Miss Karen Blakey
Research Assistant

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Prof. John Bond
Prof of Social Gerontology and Health Services Research

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6777 

Ms Lindsay Bramwell
Research Associate

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Telephone: + 44 (0)191 222 7187 

Miss Catherine Brennand
Assistant Trial Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7258 

Dr Katie Brittain
Lecturer in Social Gerontology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8738 

Mrs Margaret Brown
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8658 

Miss Nicola Brown
Research Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6746 

Mr Andrew Bryant
Research Assistant (Statistician)

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Dr Judith Bush
Public Health Tutor

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3410 

Dr Thomas Chadwick
Clinical Trials Statistician

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Telephone: +44(191) 222 5006 

Mr Fraser Chalmers
Computer Technician

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5004 

Prof. Susan Chilton
Professor of Economics

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6833 

Ms Susan Clarke
Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Interviewer

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Dr Emma Clavering
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 243 0777 

Miss Mary Clifford
Research Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7400 

Miss Steph Clutterbuck
Research Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3812 

Prof. Allan Colver
Donald Court Professor of Community Child Health

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 219 6672 

Mrs Eileen Coope
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8813 

Dr Lynne Corner
Years Ahead Coordinator

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 248 1309 

Dr Simon Court
Honorary Clinical Lecturer

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Ms Geraldine Crimmens
PA to Public Health Programme

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3936 

Prof. Julia Critchley
Professor

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5100 

Mr Vincent Deary
MRC Fellow

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Telephone: 0191 222 7249 

Dr Jan Deckers
Lecturer (Health Care Ethics)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7394 

Miss Jennifer Delve
Research Assistant (Packaging)

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Dr Mark Deverill
Principal Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7127 

Dr Claire Dickinson
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 2464525 

Dr Heather Dickinson
Reader in Epidemiology

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3699 

Mrs Jacqui Dobor
Project Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8597 

Prof. Cam Donaldson
Institute Director and Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5593 

Ms Julie Doughty
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7215 

Mrs Hilda Driscoll
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 2225062 

Miss Joanne Dryburgh
Administrative Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7647 

Mr Justin Durham
Walport clinical lecturer in Oral Surgery

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Telephone: 0191 2227828 

Prof. Martin Eccles
The William Leech Professor of Primary Care Research and Professor of Clinical Effectiveness

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8674 

Mrs Beth Edgar
Project Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6260 

Dr Janice Ellis
Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: 0191 222 8198 

Mrs Sharon Erb
Trial Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5364 

Mrs Gail Errington
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 246 4565 

Mrs Alison Etherington
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7382 

Dr Catherine Exley
Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology

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Telephone: 0191 222 7045 

Miss Cristina Fernandez-Garcia
Reseach Support Officer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8761 

Dr Tracy Finch
Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: 0191 222 7257 

Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson
Research Associate

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Telephone: 01912821382 

Dr Gerd Flodgren
Research Associate (Systematic Reviewer)

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Dr Darren Flynn
Senior Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5415 

Dr Emma Foster
NIHR Fellow

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7734 

Prof. Helen Foster
Prof of Paediatric Rheumatology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7541 

Miss Jessica Frary
Research Assistant (Nutrition)

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Ms Helen French
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8755 

Dr Svetlana Glinyanaya
Team Scientist

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5891 

Dr Teik Goh
Honorary Clinical Research Associate

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Mrs Dawn Greene
Assistant Trial Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7214 

Mrs Marion Hancock
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8754 

Mr Richard Hardy
Computing Officer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 1362 

Miss Gillian Hawdon
Research Nurse (Alcohol Hlth Worker)

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Mr Adrian Hawkins
Research Assistant (Nutrition)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7734 

Dr Louise Hayes
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 2225711 

Dr Benjamin Heaven
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3808 

Mrs Emma Heenan
Project Secretary

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Telephone: 0191 222 6776 

Mrs Denise Heighton
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8673 

Miss Katherine Hendry
Project Secretary

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Miss Lorna Heppenstall
Deputy Institute Manager

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Telephone: + 44 (0)191 222 8256 

Dr Susan Hodgson
Lecturer (Environmental Epidemiology)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3823 

Mr Richard Holmes
NIHR Fellow / Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health

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Telephone: 0191 222 8242 

Mrs Alison Hossack
Research Assistant

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Ms Denise Howel
Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: 0191 222 7381/7245 

Ms Susan Hrisos
Research Associate

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Telephone: + 44 (0)191 222 6774 

Mrs Katherine Jackson
Research Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7894 

Dr Deborah James
Lecturer in Speech & Language Pathology

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Telephone: 0191 222 5250 

Dr Peter James
Research Associate

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Ms Gabie Jarvey
Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Interviewer

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Dr Helen Jarvis
Senior Lecturer in Social Geography

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6959 

Dr Neil Jenkings
Senior Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3806 

Dr Nicholas Jepson
Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant

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Telephone: 0191 222 7829 

Mrs Mary Johnson
Co-ordinator (Daslne)

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Telephone: 0191 282 1400 

Dr Angela Jones
Research Associate

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Mrs Deborah Jones
Personal Assistant

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Prof. Michael Jones-Lee
Emeritus Professor

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6549 

Miss Caroline Joyce
Research Assistant

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Prof. Eileen Kaner
Prof of Public Health (Research)

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Dr Lesley Kay
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Dr Meng Khaw
Honorary Clinical Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8753 

Mrs Katharine Kirton
Clerical Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 202 3051 

Dr Thomas Klee
Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7452 

Mrs Kirsty Laing
National Institute for Health Research Training Fellow

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Dr Amelia Lake
Research Fellow

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3828 

Mrs Joanne Lally
MRC Research Fellow

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Dr Emily Lancsar
Lecturer in Economics

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8646 

Prof. Ann Le Couteur
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 2821398/2821384 

Mrs Janet Lecouturier
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5629 

Miss Janice Legge
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6780 

Dr Mabel Lie
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5874 

Mrs Teresa Lisle
Personal Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8751 

Dr Katie Lock
Lecturer in Public Health Research (Evaluation of Complex Interventions)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 246 4566 

Mrs Diane Macdonald
Project Secretary

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Mrs Joan MacKintosh
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8661 

Dr Helen Mason
Research Associate

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Mrs Angela Mattison
Project Secretary

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Prof. Carl May
Professor of Medical Sociology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5591 

Mrs Christine May
Trial Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 4157 

Dr Paul McArdle
Consultant/Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 219 6475 

Ms Sara McCafferty
Research Assistant

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Telephone: 0191 222 3824 

Prof. Elaine McColl
Director, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7260 

Prof. Helen McConachie
Prof of Child Clin Psych

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 1396 / 219 6420 

Mrs Margaret McDermott
CFAS Interviewer

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Mrs Ruth McGovern
Research Nurse (Alcohol Health Worker)

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Mrs Astrid McIntyre
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8492 

Dr Janice McLaughlin
Executive Director, PEALS

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7511 

Mr Peter McMeekin
Research Associate (Health Economics)

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Dr Richard McNally
Reader in Epidemiology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 2821356 

Dr Hugh Metcalf
Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8648 

Prof. Nick Miller
Prof of Motor Speech Disorders

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5603 

Dr Suzanne Moffatt
Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5005 

Prof. Paula Moynihan
Prof of Nutrition & Oral Health

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Telephone: 0191 222 8241 

Dr Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Senior Research Associate/SIPS North East Area Co-ordinator

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8500 

Ms Emma Noble
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 2464564 

Ms Lynne Oliver
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7821 

Miss Claire Oyston
Assistant Trial Manager

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Mrs Gillian Paczynski
Institute Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7207 

Dr Kathryn Parkinson
Senior Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3830 

Miss Jo Patterson
Research Associate (Speech & Language)

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Telephone: +44 191 222 7249 

Dr Mark Pearce
Senior Lecturer (Lifecourse Epidemiology)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 2821355 

Mrs Linda Penn
RA

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3809 

Dr Lindsay Pennington
Principal Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 282 1360 

Dr Mark Pennington
Research Associate

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Telephone: 222 3544 

Prof. Peter Phillimore
Prof of Social Anthropology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7920 

Miss Elizabeth Phinn
Research Assistant

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Prof. Tanja Pless-Mulloli
Professor of Environmental Epidemiology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7211 

Mrs Marie Poole
Junior Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7215 

Mrs Pauline Potts
Database Officer

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8979 

Dr Judith Rankin
Reader in Maternal & Perinatal Epidem

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5267 

Dr Tim Rapley
Staff Scientist

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5665 

Ms Parveen Rasul
Clerical Assistant

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Mrs Laura Ritson
Administrator

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7296 

Prof. Louise Robinson
Clinical Prof/Consultant

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Telephone: 0191 222 7013 

Mrs Sheila Robson
Research Assoc (Spch & Lang Therapist)

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Ms Nicolette Rousseau
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7162 

Prof. Stephen Rushton
Prof of Biological Modelling

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Telephone: 0191 246 4836 

Ms Vicky Ryan
RA (Statistician)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3676 

Mrs Jane Salotti
Research Associate

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Ms Juliet Schick
I.T. Support

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5004 

Dr Aditya Sharma
Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Miss Caroline Shaw
Research Assistant (Nutrition)

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Dr Mark Shirley
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 246 4840 

Dr Eugene Sobngwi
Senior Lecturer (Epidemiology)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8897 

Mrs Eleni Sofianopoulou
Research Assistant

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Mr Chris Speed
Senior Trial Manager

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6054 

Ms Suzanne Spence
Research Assistant

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Ms Elaine Stamp
Research Associate (Statistician)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5006 

Prof. James Steele
Head of School and Professor of Oral Health Services Research

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Telephone: 0191 222 8199 

Dr Nick Steen
Principal Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6488 

Miss Nicola Stelling
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5276 

Dr Julia Stickland
Trial Manager

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Ms Lynne Stobbart
Department of Health Research Capacity Development Research Fellow

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Telephone: 0191 222 5513 

Dr Katherine Stothard
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 222 7252 

Ms Kathryn Temple
Research Assistant

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Telephone: 0191 282 1380 

Mr Peter Tennant
Research Assistant (Biostatistics/Epidemiology)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 1345 

Prof. J Mark Thomason
Professor of Prosthodontics & Oral Rehabilitation

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Telephone: 0191 222 8189 

Prof. Richard Thomson
Professor of Epidemiology & Public Hlth

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8760 

Mrs Anita Tibbs
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3463 

Mrs Jane Tilbrook
Administrative Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7963 

Miss Rachel Tyrrell
Research Associate

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Telephone: 0191 222 7187 

Prof. Nigel Unwin
Professor of Epidemiology

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6686 

Mr Christopher Vernazza
Clinical Fellow

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8396 

Miss Clare Vint
Project Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3804 

Prof. Janet Walker
Strategic Research Adviser

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7644 

Prof. Richard Walker
Honorary Clinical Professor

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Prof. Angus Walls
Professor of Restorative Dentistry

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7823 

Dr Martin Ward Platt
Honorary Clinical Reader in Neonatal and Paediatric Medicine

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 5197 

Mr Mark Warwick
Computer Technician

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 3801 

Dr Tony Waterston
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Dr Catherine Watson
Trial Manager

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Telephone: 0191 222 7968 

Miss Gillian Watson
Assistant Trial Manager

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Dr Zoe Weir
Hon Lecturer/Speciality Registrar in Public Health

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7187 

Prof. Martin White
Professor of Public Health

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 6275 

Dr Paula Whitty
Senior Lecturer in Medical Care Epidemiology

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Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3804 

Dr John Whitworth
Clinical Consultant/Senior Lecturer

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Telephone: + 44 (0) 191 222 7825 

Dr John Wildman
Reader in Health Economics

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8645 

Dr Graeme Wilson
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5695 

Prof. Janet Wilson
Prof.of Otolaryngology,Head & Neck Surg.

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Telephone: (44) 191 223 1086 

Mrs Katharine Wilton
Research Nurse

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Mrs Pauline Winship

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5276 

Miss Cheryl Wiscombe
Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7046 

Mrs Ruth Wood
Research Associate

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7252 

Ms Naomi Woodward
PA to Professor Richard Thomson and Programme Secretary

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Telephone: +44 (0)222 6905 

Mr Wayne Younger
Finance Assistant

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7446 

Dr Shahaduz Zaman
Senior Research Associate

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