Hannah Sowery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hannah Sowery - Research Assistant Hannah Sowery is a Research Assistant working on the RAPID Trial, and is involved in liaison with clinical teams, recruitment, and assessment of trial participants. Hannah previously worked on the Culturally Adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) trial at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust before she began working on the RAPID trial in April 2022. Hannah is originally from Liverpool and obtained a first-class Psychology degree from The University...
Emily Jones
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Emily Jones - Research Assistant Emily Jones is a Research Assistant and joined the Psychosis Research Unit in August 2021. Emily currently works on the Let’s Talk trial, which aims to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of the ‘Let’s Talk’ peer-delivered intervention with people who experience psychosis. In this role, Emily works with GMMH services to gain referrals to the study and conducts assessments...
Dagmar Makara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dagmar Makara - Research Assistant Dagmar Makara is a Research Assistant who works on numerous projects within PRU including designing studies, systematic reviews, data entry, transcribing and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative work. He is also a member of SURG (the Service-User Reference Group) as well as Rapid SURG and the GMMH Research PPI group. Dagmar has been working for 10 years in Bolton with various charities, including Vision, Headspace Bolton...
Dr Samantha Bowe
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Samantha Bowe is the Clinical Assistant Director at the Psychosis Research Unit (PRU) and a Clinical Psychologist. She is also a joint Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) Training Programme Lead at the Psychological Therapies Training Centre (PTTC) at GMMH NHS Trust. In her role at PRU, Samantha works across research trials providing clinical leadership, psychological therapies to research participants, clinical supervision and training to PRU research trial therapists. She manages...
Leah Orme
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leah Orme - Research Assistant Leah is a Research Assistant working at PRU on research that focuses on the impact of adverse life experiences and severe mental health problems. She is currently involved with two projects funded by the NIHR looking at the feasibility and efficacy of trauma-focused therapies for people with psychosis STAR and individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis (RESTART). Leah gained her undergraduate degree reading Psychological and Behavioural Sciences...
Vicky Brooks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vicky Brooks - Reasearch Clinical Psychologist Vicky Brooks is a Cognitive Behaviour therapist specialising in CBT for psychosis. Having trained as a mental health nurse in 1996, Vicky worked in acute inpatient settings, A & E Liaison and as a care coordinator in community mental health teams and an early intervention in psychosis team. Vicky completed the postgraduate diploma in CBT in 2008 and has since worked as a therapist within an...
Ann Parks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ann Parkes - Administrator In April 2013 Ann joined PRU and the number of trials carried out here have rapidly expanded since she joined the team. Ann has been involved in developing our admin systems as the unit has grown. She is one of two PRU administrators and provides confidential secretarial and administrative support for the various research projects within PRU. She is the first point of contact for enquiries. Administration in...
Claudia Goncalves
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Claudia Goncalves - Research Assistant Cláudia Gonçalves is a Research Assistant working across multiple studies in the Psychosis Research Unit (PRU). She is currently part of the Let’s Talk study, where she is involved in liaison with clinical teams as well as the recruitment and assessment of participants. Additionally, she is working on the write-up of research papers for publication and helping with the set-up of the RAPID trial, which starts...
Peter Panayi
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Peter Panayi - Assistant Psychologist Peter Panayi is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at The University of Manchester. His research focuses on the impact of complex trauma (difficult life experiences that are prolonged or repeated) among people with psychosis. He is based within the Complex Trauma & Resilience Research Unit. Alongside his PhD, Peter is supporting the STAR Trial at PRU with participant recruitment and assessments, and training and supervising...
Dr Lydia Pearson
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr Lydia Pearson - Research Associate / Trial Manager Lydia Pearson first started working for the Psychosis Research Unit as a research assistant and has contributed to a number of National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded trials. These include the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) funded feasibility bipolar trials: Thinking Effectively About Mood Swings TEAMS and the Bipolar At Risk Trial (BART). These mood disorder focused trials led Lydia to...