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 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 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
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 Nicola Heslehurst
Lecturer/NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Denise Howel
Senior Lecturer

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

Dr Richard McNally
Reader in Epidemiology

Dr Suzanne Moffatt
Senior Lecturer

Dr Colin Muirhead
Lecturer in Medical Statistics

Dr Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Lecturer in Public Health Research

Dr Joanne Patterson
Associate Researcher

Dr Mark Pearce
Reader in Lifecourse Epidemiology

Dr Lindsay Pennington
Senior Lecturer

Dr Justin Presseau
Lecturer in Health Psychology

Professor Judith Rankin
Prof Maternal & Perinatal Epidemiology

Dr Tim Rapley
Lecturer

Professor Louise Robinson
Professor of Primary Care and Ageing

Dr Falko Sniehotta
Reader in Health Psychology

Dr Eugene Sobngwi
Senior Lecturer

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 Martin White
Professor of Public Health

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

Dr Laura Basterfield
Newcastle Biomedicine Faculty Research Fellow

Dr Angela Bate
Senior Research Associate

Ruth Bescoby
Trial Manager

Kate Best
Research Assistant (Epidemiology) & PhD student

Fiona Beyer
Research Associate

Karen Blakey
Research Assistant

Lindsay Bramwell
Research Associate

Matthew Breckons
Research Assistant

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

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Dr Stephan Dombrowski
Research Associate

Julie Doughty
Research Associate

Sharon Erb
Trial Manager

Angela Findley
Trials 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

Eduardo Gonzalo Almorox
NIHR Internal Research Fellow (Training)

Erin Graybill
Research Assistant (Health Economics)

Dawn Greene
Assistant Trial Manager

Joel Halligan
Research Assistant

Richard Hardy
Computing Officer

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

Tara Homer
Research Assistant

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

Dr Kerry Joyce
Senior Research Associate

Kirsty Laing
Research Assistant

Dr Joanne Lally
Research Associate

Jan Lecouturier

Dr Richard Lee
Research Associate

Dr Danna-Mechelle Lewis
Research Associate

Jessica Lowry
Research Assistant

Joan MacKintosh
Research Associate

Valentina Mamasoula
Research Assistant

Dr Gregory Maniatopoulos
Senior Research Associate

Kay Mann
Research Assistant/Staff PhD (Epidemiology)

Sara McCafferty
Research Assistant

Ruth McGovern
Research Nurse (Alcohol Health Worker)

Dr Peter McMeekin
Senior Research Associate (Health Economics)

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

Dr Joanne Patterson
Associate Researcher

Fiona Pearson
RA (Public Health)

Linda Penn
Research Associate

Dr Lindsay Pennington
Senior Lecturer

Marie Poole
Junior Research Associate

Dr Justin Presseau
Lecturer in Health Psychology

Dr Gary Pritchard
Research Associate

Jessica Qian
Trial Manager

Dr Tim Rapley
Lecturer

Dr Judy Richards
Research Associate

Shannon Robalino
Information Specialist

Sheila Robson
Research Associate

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)

Susan Tremble
Trials Manager

Dr Catherine Watson
Trial Manager

Gillian Watson
Trial Manager

Rose Watson
Research Assistant

Dr Sarah Wigham
Research Associate

Dr 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

Janice Armstrong
Personal Assistant

Audrey Atkinson
Secretary

Sue Bell
PA to Professor Ashley Adamson and PH&AHI Administrator

Sarah Beverley
Project Secretary

Margaret Brown
Secretary

Liam Dale
Project Secretary

Niesha Doyle
Secretary

Joanne Dryburgh
Administrative Secretary

Beth Edgar
Administrative Secretary

Alison Etherington
PA to Prof Richard Thomson & Dr Cath Exley

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

Janice Fuller
Project Secretary

Marion Hancock
Administrative Secretary

Emma Heenan
Institute Secretary & PA to the Management Team

Denise Heighton
Secretary

Liz Huston
Deputy Institute Manager

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 (Acting)

Astrid McIntyre
Secretary

Lavinia Miceli
Project Secretary

Dr Jennifer Mills-Ball
Project Secretary

Anosua Mitra
Personal Assistant

Alison Mulvenna
Project Secretary

Sarah Nolan
Programme Administrator

Shelley O'Rourke
Project Secretary

Gillian Paczynski
Institute Manager

Karen Patterson
Project Secretary

Ann Payne
Project Secretary

Pauline Potts
Database Officer

Parveen Rasul
Clerical Assistant

Laura Ritson
Fuse Administrator

Alexandra Smith
Project Secretary

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

Wayne Younger
Finance Coordinator

Honorary And Associate Staff

Dr Thomas Berney
Associate Clinical Lecturer

Dr Simon Court
Associate Clinical Lecturer

Nicholas Embleton
Consultant in Neonatal Medicine, Associate Clinical Lecturer

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

Dr Zoe Weir
Hon Lecturer/Speciality Registrar in Public Health

Guests And Visiting Staff

Dr Laura Basterfield
Newcastle Biomedicine Faculty Research Fellow

Dr Susan Hodgson
Visiting Lecturer

Dr Helen Mason
Visiting Lecturer