Informatics Team

The informatics team is based in Manchester.

Professor Carole Goble, School of Computing Science, University of Manchester

Dr Iain Buchan, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Public Health Informatics, Manchester Medical School

Professor Norman Paton, School of Computing Science, University of Manchester

Mr John Ainsworth, PsyGrid Informatics Manager

Dr Amanda Lamb, PsyGrid Project Manager

Dr Rob Harper, Software Engineer

Ms Lucy Bridges, Software Engineer

Ms Pauline Whelan, Software Engineer

Mr Bill Vance, Software Engineer

Mr Alan Williams, Software Engineer

Clinical Team

PsyGrid is running through the eight regional hubs of the MHRN. The PsyGrid Clinical Team is based across these hubs. Each hub has a Principal Investigator and a PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer. The MHRN Hub Co-ordinators and MHRN Clinical Studies Officers work alongside the PsyGrid Clinical Team. 

North West

PsyGrid Chief Investigator: 

Professor Shôn Lewis, Professor of Adult Psychiatry, University of  Manchester

PsyGrid Clinical Project Manager:

Helen Roberts

MHRN Hub Coordinator: 

Moira Winters

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer :

Anita Davies, Background in Nursing

MHRN Clinical Studies Officer:                

None as yet

South London

Prinicipal Investigator:

Prof Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London; Consultant Psychiatrist.

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Elizabeth Hutt

Psygrid Clinical Research Officer   

Jana Kramolisova-Advani (on maternity leave), Background in Psychology

Clinical Studies Officers:           

Teuta Rexhepi-Johansson (Full Time), Background in Psychology

Thandiwe Mtendera Background in Nursing

East Anglia

 Prinicipal Investigator:

Proffessor Peter Jones, Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge; Consultant Psychiatrist, MHRN  East Anglia Hub Lead

Dr Jesus Perez, Consultant Psychiatrist, Peterborough

MHRN Hub Coordinator :

Dr. Marijcke Veltman

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer:

Susannah Redhead, Background in Psychology

MHRN Clinical Studies Officers:

Jessica Nagar (Peterborough), Background in Psychology

Lindsay Weetman (Peterborough), Background in Nursing

Freya Mellor (Great Yarmouth), Background in Psychology

The East Anglia Hub also benefits from the assistance of three Assistant Psychologists and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in implementing PsyGrid through the Norwich Early Interventions team.

East Midlands

Principal Investigator:

Proffessor Peter Liddle , Professor of Psychiatry, University of Nottingham; Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Peter Elwood, Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis, Lincolnshire

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Ann Priddey

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer:

David Trevor, Background in Mental Health Nursing

MHRN Clinical Studies Officer:

Florence Grindlay, Background in Psychology and Sociology

 Heart of England

Principal Investigator:

Professor Max Birchwood, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Birmingham; Director (Early Intervention Services and R&D)

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Rupert Waddington

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer:

Kelly Panter, Background – Psychology

The Heart of England Hub also benefits from the assistance of five Assistant Psychologists in implementing PsyGrid through the Birmingham’s Early Interventions Services.

North East

Principal Investigator:

Paul Mackin

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Simon Douglas

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer:

Suzanne Humphrey, Background in Nursing

MHRN Clinical Studies Officer:

Anna Massey, Background in Psychology

Assistant Psychologist:

Sylvia Ruttledge

North London

 Principal Investigator:

Proffessor Thomas Barnes, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Imperial College London

MHRN Deputy Lead, North-West London MHRN Hub

PsyGrid Clinical Research Officer:

Dr Sasha Gold, Background in Psychology

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Sandra O’Sullivan

MHRN Clinical Studies Officers:                 

Jo Hart 

Kofi Kramo

South West

Principal Investigator:

Prof Glynn Harrison, Norah Cooke Hurle Professor of Mental Health, Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol

MHRN Hub Coordinator:

Chantal Bougeard

 Project Manager: 

Sarah Sullivan, Background in Psychology

Psygrid Clinical Research Officer:           

Alison Noble, Background in

MHRN Clinical Studies Officer:     

Clare Sandham, Background in Psychology