Project Team

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.