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Our staff

Our department is made up of evidence synthesis researchers and health economists, together with our administrative, honorary and visiting staff.

Find contact details below for all our staff and explore their research interests.

Kadiri Abioye

Research Project Coordinator

Vanda Castle

Departmental Research Support Manager

Lindsay Clark

Research Support and Finance Administrator

Dr Diarmuid Coughlan

Research Fellow in Health Economics

Research interests:

  • Evidence generation plans for HTA
  • Causal inference / Trial emulation methodology

Professor Sofia Dias

Professor in Health Technology Assessment

Dr Kerry Dwan

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Helen Fulbright

Research Fellow in Information Science / Information Specialist

Helen Gray

Research Support and Finance Administrator

Melissa Harden

Senior Information Specialist

Dr Yiwen (Eva) Liu

Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Evidence synthesis in mental health
  • Health and healthcare inequalities
  • Knowledge mobilisation and public involvement
  • Evidence mapping
  • Methods evaluation

Professor Bill McGuire

Professor Emeritus of Child Health

Jess Morgan

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Sarah Nevitt

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Statistical analysis
  • Evidence synthesis
  • Health technology assessment
  • Network meta-analysis
  • Individual patient meta-analysis

Professor Bob Phillips

Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis; Director, Candlelighters Supportive Care Research Centre; Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Oncology

Susan Sutton

Database Coordinator & Administrative Assistant

Dr Noortje Uphoff

Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Appraisal of health technologies
  • Inequalities in mental health treatment
  • Evidence synthesis of psychological therapies
  • Overviews of systematic reviews

Chris Watts

Online Learning Fellow

Research interests:

  • Mechanisms for digital learning and engagement
  • Knowledge mobilisation tools and impact for evidence synthesis