Kirsty MacLeod, Senior Qualitative Research and Evaluation Officer

Kirsty’s role within the NIHR PHIRST EMPower Team is to support the delivery of the NIHR PHIRST evaluations with a focus…

Hazel Banks, University of Exeter, Research Associate, 

Hazel is a researcher within the PHIRST EMPower Team, based at the University of Exeter.

She brings experience from both administrative and clinical roles…

Raj Hazzard, PHIRST EMPower Senior Researcher 

Raj works for a mental health charity focused on bringing lived experience of mental health issues into all aspects of research.

Raj has experience of…

Mrs Alison Hurst (known as Ali), PHIRST EMPower Data, Governance and Ethics Manager

Ali’s main role within NIHR PHIRST EMPower is to establish the necessary ethical and regulatory systems for…

Tanya Mackay, PHIRST EMPower Lived Experience Lead 

Tanya’s role within NIHR PHIRST EMPower involves providing support and advice to embed meaningful patient and public involvement and peer research methods.

Tanya is…

Dr Vanessa Pinfold, PHIRST EMPower Co-Lead 

Vanessa is a co-Lead of the NIHR PHIRST EMPower Team alongside the leads based at the University of Exeter.

She is the co-founder and research…

Professor Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, PHIRST EMPower Public Health Professional Lead

Tanya is part of NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

She is an Associate Professor in Child Public Mental Health at the University of Exeter.

She…

Dr Michelle Tester-Jones, PHIRST EMPower Senior Evaluator

Michelle is one of the leads within NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

Michelle is an environmental psychologist and lecturer in public involvement and public health.

She works…

Professor Katrina Wyatt, PHIRST EMPower Co-Lead

Katrina is one of the Leads of NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

She is also Professor of Relational Health at Exeter Medical School and Public Health theme…

Dr Jo Thompson Coon, PHIRST-EMPower Evidence Synthesis Lead

Jo is the Evidence Synthesis Lead for NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

She is Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Health Policy at the University of…

Dr Jenny Lloyd, PHIRST EMPower Qualitative Research Lead

Jenny’s role in NIHR PHIRST EMPower is to provide expertise in research design, logic model development and the collection and analysis of…

Professor GJ Melendez-Torres, PHIRST EMPower Co-Lead

GJ is one of the Leads of NIHR PHIRST EMPower.

He is a clinical and social epidemiologist and leads the School for Public Health Environments…