Staff

We have around 60 staff in ARC West. They are based either in one of our four methodological teams of behavioural and qualitative science, applied data science, evidence and health economics, or in patient and public involvement, training and capacity building, or management and administration.

Dr Jonathan Banks

Research Fellow, Qualitative Research

Dr Helen Baxter

Research Fellow in Knowledge Mobilisation and Implementation

Dr Sarah Bell

Senior Research Associate in Qualitative Research

Mike Bell

Patient and Public Involvement Facilitator
  • Patient and public involvement

Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead

Dr Lucy Biddle

Co-Theme Lead, Mental Health

Dr Heather Brant

Senior Research Associate, Qualitative Research

Katie Breheny

NIHR ARC Dementia Fellow

Professor Jo Coast

Professor in the Economics of Health and Care

Lucy Condon

Project Support Administrator

Pippa Craggs

Chief Operating Officer
  • Management and administration

Dr Mary Cramp

Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Lead
  • Training and capacity building

Sarah Dawson

Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval

Professor Frank de Vocht

Applied Data Sciences Team Co-lead

Hannah Edwards

Senior Research Associate, Quantitative Research

Dr Martha Elwenspoek

Research Fellow in Test Evaluation

Dr Emily Eyles

Research Associate, Quantitative Research

Dr Michelle Farr

Research Fellow, Qualitative Research

Dr Fiona Fox

Research Associate in Qualitative Research

Dr Andy Gibson

Patient and Public Involvement Lead

Dr Rob Grieve

Training and Capacity Building Theme Co-Lead
  • Training and capacity building
  • Team Lead

Professor Julian Higgins

Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead

Liz Hill

Research Portfolio Manager
  • Management and administration

Professor Will Hollingworth

Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead

Professor Jeremy Horwood

Professor of Social Sciences and Health

Dr Sharea Ijaz

Senior Research Associate, Evidence Synthesis

Joni Jackson

Research Associate, Quantitative Research

Claire Kelly

NIHR SPHR/ARC West PhD Student

Jon Kerslake

Project Support Officer
  • Management and administration

Dr Joanna Kesten

Research Fellow, Qualitative Research

Professor Karen Luyt

Theme Lead, Healthier Childhoods

Professor John Macleod

Director
  • Management and administration

Dr Loubaba Mamluk

Senior Research Associate, Quantitative Research

Carmel McGrath

Research fellow in Public Involvement

Dr Hugh McLeod

Senior Lecturer in Health Economics

Debbie McPhee

Information Officer
  • Management and administration

Jarka Meleszkiewicz

Communications Executive

Tess Moore

Senior Research Associate, Evidence Synthesis

Professor Paul Moran

Co-Theme Lead, Mental Health

Nadine Murigu

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice

Gareth Myring

Research Associate, Health Economics

Dr Julie Mytton

Training and Capacity Building Theme Co-Lead
  • Training and capacity building

Aisling O'Rourke

Optimal Testing Programme Administrator

Professor Tim Peters

Applied data science workstream lead

Dr Christalla Pithara-McKeown

Senior Research Associate, Qualitative Research

Dr Theresa Redaniel

Team Lead and Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research and Epidemiology

Dr Jelena Savović

Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis

Lauren Scott

Senior Research Associate, Quantitative Research/Evidence Synthesis

Carlos Sillero Rejon

Research Associate, Health Economics

Dr Tracey Stone

Senior Research Associate, Qualitative Research

Professor Kate Tilling

Applied data science workstream lead

Zoe Trinder-Widdess

Head of Communications
  • Management and administration

Professor Nicola Walsh

Theme Lead, Integrated and Optimal Care

Dr Scott Walter

Senior Research Associate

Jazz Ward-James

Administrator for Public Involvement
  • Management and administration
  • Patient and public involvement

Katie Warner

Project Support Officer
  • Evaluation
  • Management and administration

Maggie Westby

Senior Research Associate

Elaine Willmore

PhD Student

Rebecca Wilson

Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Research and Evidence Synthesis

Dr Natasha Woodstoke

Research Fellow – Families LivDem

Professor Lucy Yardley

Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead