Staff by Role

Director Of Institute

Professor Eileen Kaner
Institute Director

Institute Manager

Gillian Paczynski
Institute Manager

Deputy Institute Manager

Liz Huston
Deputy Institute Manager

Academic Staff

Dr Jean Adams
Senior lecturer in Public Health

Professor Ashley Adamson
Prof of Public Health Nutrition

Dr Vera Araujo-Soares
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology

Dr Angela Bate
Senior Research Associate

Dr Ruth Bell
Senior Lecturer/Honorary NHS Consultant

Professor John Bond
Strategic Research Advisor

Dr Katie Brittain
Lecturer in Social Gerontology

Dr Heather Brown
Lecturer (Health Economics)

Professor Susan Chilton
Professor of Economics

Professor Allan Colver
Strategic Research Advisor

Dr Mark Deverill
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics

Dr Claire Dickinson
Research Associate

Dr Heather Dickinson
Strategic Research Advisor

Dr Rachel Duncan
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ageing Research in Primary Care

Dr Justin Durham
Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant Oral Surgeon and NIHR Clinician Scientist

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

Dr Janice Ellis
Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Catherine Exley
Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology

Dr Tracy Finch
Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Health Care

Dr Emma Foster
Lecturer

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

Dr David Hamilton
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Nicola Heslehurst
Lecturer/NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Susan Hodgson
Visiting Lecturer

Denise Howel
Senior Lecturer

Dr Nick Jepson

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Emeritus Professor Michael Jones-Lee
Emeritus Professor

Professor Eileen Kaner
Institute Director

Professor Ann Le Couteur
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor Elaine McColl
Director, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

Professor Helen McConachie
Strategic Research Advisor

Dr Jill McKay
Lecturer in Molecular Epidemiology

Professor Janice McLaughlin
Executive Director, PEALS

Dr Richard McNally
Reader in Epidemiology

Dr Hugh Metcalf
Senior Lecturer

Professor Nick Miller
Prof of Motor Speech Disorders

Dr Suzanne Moffatt
Senior Lecturer

Professor Paula Moynihan
Prof of Nutrition & Oral Health

Dr Colin Muirhead
Lecturer in Medical Statistics

Dr Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Lecturer in Public Health Research

Dr Mark Pearce
Reader in Lifecourse Epidemiology

Professor Peter Phillimore
Prof of Social Anthropology

Professor Tanja Pless-Mulloli
Prof of Environ Epidemiology

Professor Judith Rankin
Prof Maternal & Perinatal Epidemiology

Professor Louise Robinson
Professor of Primary Care and Ageing

Professor Stephen Rushton
Prof of Biological Modelling

Rebecca Say
NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Falko Sniehotta
Reader in Health Psychology

Dr Eugene Sobngwi
Senior Lecturer

Dr Sarah Sowden
Academic Clinical Lecturer / Specialty Registrar in Public Health

Professor James Steele CBE
Head of School and Professor of Oral Health Services Research

Dr Blossom Stephan
Lecturer

Dr Deborah Stocken
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Trials and Biostatistics & Deputy Director Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

Dr Laura Ternent
Lecturer in Health Economics

Professor J Mark Thomason
Professor of Prosthodontics & Oral Rehabilitation

Professor Richard Thomson
Professor of Epidemiology & Public Hlth

Professor Luke Vale
Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics, Deputy Director

Professor Angus Walls
Professor of Restorative Dentistry

Dr Zoe Weir
Hon Lecturer/Speciality Registrar in Public Health

Professor Martin White
Professor of Public Health

Dr John Whitworth
Clinical Consultant/Senior Lecturer

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

Research Staff

Balsam Ahmad
Research Associate

Dr Bronia Arnott
Senior Research Associate

Claire Bamford
Senior Research Associate

Jane Barnes
Trial Manager

Nermine Basta
Research Assistant

Kate Best
Research Assistant (Epidemiology) & PhD student

Fiona Beyer
Research Associate

Karen Blakey
Research Assistant

Lindsay Bramwell
Research Associate

Catherine Brennand
Trial Manager

Morven Brown
Research Assistant

Andrew Bryant
Research Assistant (Statistician)

Dr Thomas Chadwick
Clinical Trials Statistician

Laura Cutler
Research Assistant

Jennifer Delve
Research Assistant

Dr Julie Dickinson
Research Associate

Dr Stephan Dombrowski
Research Associate

Julie Doughty
Research Associate

Sharon Erb
Trial Manager

Dr Darren Flynn
Senior Research Associate

Dr Paul Gellert
Research Associate

Dr Grant Gibson
Research Associate

Dr Emma Giles
Research Associate

Melissa Girling
Research Associate

Dr Svetlana Glinyanaya
Team Scientist

Magdalena Glod
Research Assistant

Louis Goffe
Research Assistant

Erin Graybill
Research Assistant (Health Economics)

Dawn Greene
Assistant Trial Manager

Ruth Hart
Research Associate

Dr Louise Hayes
Research Associate

Dr Ben Heaven
Research Associate (Social Science)

John Hill
Research Associate

Jenni Hislop
Research Associate

Dr Nicola Hobbs
Research Associate (Health Psychology)

Caroline Hodgson
Trial Manager

Nicola Howe
Research Assistant

Susan Hrisos
Senior Research Associate

Katherine Jackson
NIHR Training Fellow

Dr Peter James
Research Associate

Melinda Jeffels
Trial Manager

Dr Angela Jones
Research Associate

Caroline Joyce

Dr Kerry Joyce
Senior Research Associate

Kirsty Laing
Research Assistant

Dr Joanne Lally
Research Associate

Jan Lecouturier

Dr Richard Lee
Research Associate

Jessica Lowry
Research Assistant

Joan MacKintosh
Research Associate

Dr Gregory Maniatopoulos

Kay Mann
Research Assistant

Sara McCafferty
Research Assistant

Hannah Merrick
Research Assistant

Dr Papreen Nahar
Research Associate

Dr James Newham
Research Associate

Emma Noble
Research Associate

Amy O'Donnell
Research Assistant

Dr Stephanie O'Neil
Research Associate

Kerry-Ann Oliver
Assistant Trial Manager

Dr Inalegwu Oono
Research Assistant

Claire Oyston
Trial Manager

Mark Palmer
Trial Manager

Jennie Parker
Assistant Trial Manager

Dr Kathryn Parkinson
Senior Research Associate

Fiona Pearson
RA (Public Health)

Linda Penn
Research Associate

Dr Lindsay Pennington
Principal Research Associate

Marie Poole
Junior Research Associate

Dr Justin Presseau
Lecturer in Health Psychology

Dr Tim Rapley
Lecturer

Dr Judy Richards
Research Associate

Shannon Robalino
Information Specialist

Sheila Robson
Research Associate

Dr Ella Roelant
Research Associate (Statistician)

Dr Nicolette Rousseau
Research Facilitator

Vicky Ryan
RA (Statistician)

Dr Jane Salotti
Research Associate

Dr Jing Shen
Research Associate (Health Economics)

Dr Mark Shirley
Research Associate

Emma Simpson
Research Assistant

Chris Speed
Senior Trial Manager

Suzanne Spence
Research Assistant

Elaine Stamp
Research Associate (Statistician)

Dr Nick Steen
Principal Research Associate

Lynne Stobbart
Senior Research Associate and Shared Decision Making Facilitator

Peter Tennant
Research Associate (Epidemiology)

Dr Catherine Watson
Trial Manager

Gillian Watson
Trial Manager

Rose Watson
Research Assistant

Dr Sarah Wigham
Research Associate

Professor John Wildman
Professor of Health Economics

Jennifer Wilkinson
Senior Trials Manager

Dr Graeme Wilson
Senior Research Associate

Ruth Wood
Research Associate

Dr Shahaduz Zaman
Senior Research Associate

Dr Iryna Ziabreva
Trial Manager

Technical Staff

Fraser Chalmers
Computer Technician

Juliet Schick
I.T. Support

Mark Warwick
Computer Technician

Clerical Staff

Audrey Atkinson
Secretary

Sue Bell
PA to Professor Ashley Adamson

Sarah Beverley
Project Secretary

Margaret Brown
Secretary

Joanne Dryburgh
Administrative Secretary

Beth Edgar
Project Secretary

Alison Etherington
Personal Assistant to Prof Martin White, Dr Suzanne Moffatt and Dr Jean Adams

Cristina Fernandez-Garcia
RDS & CTU Admin Co-ordinator & PhD Student in Bioethics

Marion Hancock
Administrative Secretary

Emma Heenan
Institute Secretary & PA to the Management Team

Denise Heighton
Secretary

Mary Johnson
Co-ordinator (Daslne)

Katharine Kirton
Clerical Assistant

Janice Legge
Personal Assistant to Health Economics Research Group

Terry Lisle
Administrator

Angela Mattison
Administrative Secretary

Beverley May
Project Secretary

Katie McGown
Deputy Institute Manager

Astrid McIntyre
Secretary

Lavinia Miceli
Project Secretary

Dr Jennifer Mills-Ball
Project Secretary

Anosua Mitra
Project Secretary

Alison Mulvenna
Project Secretary

Sarah Nolan
Programme Administrator

Shelley O'Rourke
Project Secretary

Karen Patterson
Project Secretary

Ann Payne
Project Secretary

Pauline Potts
Database Officer

Parveen Rasul
Clerical Assistant

Laura Ritson
Fuse Administrator

Rachael Taylor
Secretary

Emma Thompson
Research Secretary

Anita Tibbs
Personal Assistant

Jane Tilbrook
Administrative Secretary

Clare Vint
Clerical Assistant

Pauline Winship
Administrative Secretary

Cheryl Wiscombe
Secretary

Naomi Woodward
Research Support Coordinator

Wayne Younger
Finance Coordinator