ARC West’s funding ended on 31 March 2026. This site is an archive and is no longer updated.
Staff
We had around 60 staff in ARC West. They were 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.
Bradley Barker-Jones
NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Intern
Dr Helen Baxter
Research Fellow in Knowledge Mobilisation and Implementation
Dr Sarah Bell
Senior Research Associate in Qualitative Research
Professor Yoav Ben-Shlomo
Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead
Dr Lucy Biddle
Co-Theme Lead, Mental Health
Katie Breheny
NIHR ARC Dementia Fellow
Dr Rowan Brockman
Senior Research Associate
Dr Vicky Carlisle
Senior Research Associate
Professor Jo Coast
Professor in the Economics of Health and Care
Lucy Condon
Public and Patient Involvement Facilitator
Pippa Craggs
Chief Operating Officer
Dr Mary Cramp
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Lead
Sarah Dawson
Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval
Professor Frank de Vocht
Applied Data Sciences Team Co-lead
Sarah Donald
Research Associate
Hannah Edwards
Senior Research Associate, Quantitative Research
Dr Emily Eyles
Research Fellow, Quantitative Research
Dr Hannah Family
Research Fellow (Qualitative and Behavioural Science)
Dr Michelle Farr
Senior Research Fellow, Qualitative Research
Dr Fiona Fox
Research Fellow in Qualitative Research
Dr Andy Gibson
Patient and Public Involvement Lead
Dr Elisabeth Grey
Research Fellow
Dr Brendan Hallam
Senior Research Associate
Dr Sarah Harding
Senior Research Associate
Dr China Harrison
Research Fellow
Professor Julian Higgins
Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead
Liz Hill
Research Portfolio Manager
Professor Will Hollingworth
Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead
Jialan Hong
Research Associate in Data and Quantitative Research
Professor Jeremy Horwood
Professor of Social Sciences and Health
Dr Sharea Ijaz
Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis
Professor Russ Jago
Co-Theme Lead, Public Health
Professor Andy Judge
Applied Informatics Theme Lead
Mari-Rose Kennedy
Senior Research Associate
Jon Kerslake
Project Support Officer
Dr Joanna Kesten
Senior Research Fellow, Qualitative Research
Professor Karen Luyt
Theme Lead, Healthier Childhoods
Professor John Macleod
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology and Primary Care
Dr Innocent Mahiya
Senior Research Associate
Dr Carmel McGrath
Senior research fellow in Public Involvement
Debbie McPhee
Information Officer
Jarka Meleszkiewicz
Communications Manager
Dr Paul Mitchell
Interim Health Economics Team Lead
Professor Paul Moran
Co-Theme Lead, Mental Health
Josie Morley
PhD student
Gareth Myring
Research Associate, Health Economics
Dr Julie Mytton
Training and Capacity Building Theme Co-Lead
Patrycja Nasiadka
NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Intern
Megan Pardoe
NIHR ARC Dementia Intern
Dr Rachel Perry
Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis
Professor Sabi Redwood
Director
Dr Jelena Savović
Associate Professor in Evidence Synthesis
Dr Anne Scott
Senior Research Associate
Lauren Scott
Senior Research Associate, Quantitative Research/Evidence Synthesis
Dr Carlos Sillero Rejon
Research Fellow, Health Economics
Vincent Singh
Senior Lecturer
Dr Caroline Skirrow
Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Applied Health Research
Dr Clare Thomas
Research Fellow
Professor Kate Tilling
Applied data science workstream lead
Zoe Trinder-Widdess
Head of Communications
Dr David Troy
Senior Research Associate
Professor Nicola Walsh
Theme Lead, Integrated and Optimal Care
Dr Isobel Ward
Applied Data Sciences Team Co-lead
Katie Warner
Project Support Officer
Dr Jessica Watson
GP and Doctoral Research Fellow
Olly Watson
Implementation Lead
Dr Helen Watts
Research Associate
Professor Sarah Weld
Theme Co-Lead
Dr Maggie Westby
Senior Research Associate
Dr Jessica Wheeler
Senior Research Associate in Qualitative Research
Elaine Willmore
PhD Student
Dr Rebecca Wilson
Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Research and Evidence Synthesis
Dr Natasha Woodstoke
Research Fellow – Families LivDem