
Dr Laura Kudrna
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor in Health Research Methods, University of Birmingham

Professor Richard Lilford
Director of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Centre West Midlands (ARC WM), University of Birmingham

Professor Amelia Lake
Co-Investigator, Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Teesside University

Professor Karla Hemming
Co-Investigator, Professor of Biostatistics, University of Birmingham

Dr Austen El-Osta
Co-Investigator, Director, Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) & Primary Care Research Manager, School of Public Health, Imperial College London

Claire O’Malley
Co-Investigator, Research Assistant, Imperial College London

Dr Frances Hillier-Brown
Co-Investigator, Lecturer, Public Health Nutrition, Newcastle University

Joey Askew
Co-Investigator, Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire

Miranda Scambler
Co-Investigator, Public Health Research and Analysis Specialist, East Sussex County Council

Dr Magdalena Skrybant
Co-Investigator, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead

Tom Lingard
Programme Manager

Professor Katherine Brown
Co-Investigator, Professor of Behaviour Change in Health, Professor of Behaviour Change in Health

Professor Antonieta Medina-Lara
Professor of Public Health Economics, University of Exeter

Nigel Lloyd
Co-Investigator, Senior Research Fellow, Health Intervention Responsiveness Studies Team (PHIRST), University of Hertfordshire

Dr Charlotte Rothwell
Co-Investigator, Senior Research Associate, Prevention, Early Intervention and Behaviour Change North East and North Cumbria ARC, Newcastle University

Dr Daniel Derbyshire
Co-Investigator, Public Health Economist and Research Fellow, University of Exeter

Matt Ellis
Co-Investigator, Workplace Health Lead, East Sussex County Council, Key Delivery Partner

David Bharier
Deputy Director, Economics & Insights, British Chambers of Commerce, Delivery Partner

Shilpa Pius
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer

Bianca Ungureanu
Research Assistant
Advisory group
The advisory board includes the Department for Work and Pensions, Society of Occupational Medicine, Health Foundation, Royal Society for Public Health, Centre for Evidence and Implementation, Mindkind Projects, IPSOS UK, and University academics. The study’s local government group is led by East Sussex County Council and includes a range of regions across the UK. We have a group of public contributors with lived experience of workplace ill health who shape the project.