Director / Assistant Director
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Professor Tony Morrison – Director
Director
Tony Morrison is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester and is also Associate Director for Clinical Research at Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust.
Dr Melissa Pyle
Assistant Director
Melissa Pyle is currently the assistant director (research) at the Psychosis Research Unit and an Honorary Research Associate at Manchester University.
Staff
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Alissa Miners
Research Assistant
Alissa started her current role at PRU in January 2018. She splits her time between two research projects: ‘Talking with Voices’, and ‘PIERS’.
Ann Parkes
PRU Administrator
In April 2013 Ann Parkes 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
Carl Bateson
WebMaster & Trial Review Pannel
Carl Bateson has many years of experience of the mental health sector, including working to facilitate help and entertainment planning at psychiatric inpatient wards at Trafford General Hospital,
Dr David Shiers
Honorary Research Consultant
David Shiers a former GP in Leek, North Staffordshire, became involved in the early intervention reform of the mid 90s after his daughter’s experience of a severe psychotic illness in her adolescence...
Dr Eleanor Longden
Postdoctoral Service User Research Manager
Dr Eleanor Longden is the Postdoctoral Service User Research Manager at PRU and the current chair of its Service User Reference Group (SURG).
Emma Izon
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Emma Izon is an Assistant Research Psychologist working primarily on the IFCBT Trial. This randomised control trial is looking at combined individual and family therapy in comparison to the usual treatment...
Emmeline Joyce
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Emmeline Joyce is an assistant psychologist/research assistant on the Bipolar At Risk Trial (BART). BART is a pilot randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy...
Dr Heather Law
Research Trial Manager
Heather Law studied for a degree in psychology at The University of Manchester before moving to work at Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in 2007.
Jonothan Orson
Trial Therapist
Jonothan is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and joined the Psychosis Research Unit in 2018. Jonothan currently works as a Research Care Coordinator on the iATTp trial (Investigation into Attention Training Technique for Psychosis)...
Heather Peel
Service User Researcher
Heather Peel started working for PRU in May 2016 as a Service User Researcher conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews for the Method of Levels (MOL), a feasibility randomised control trial.
Karmen Au-Yeung
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Karmen Au-Yeung is an Assistant Psychologist working on the PRODIGY (Prevention of Long Term Social Disability Amongst Young People with Emerging Psychological Difficulties) trial.
Dr Liz Murphy
Research Clinical Psychologist
Liz Murphy is a research clinical psychologist at The Psychosis Research Unit (PRU). Her role is to provide cognitive therapy to people who are participating in research trials.
Lydia Pearson
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Lydia Pearson is an Assistant Research Psychologist working on the Bipolar At Risk Trial: BART. Lydia has been involved with this trial since it started in April 2015, supporting with duties that include the...
Dr Natasha Holden
Clinical Psychologist
Natasha Holden is a Clinical Psychologist. Her main role within PRU is to deliver structured interventions CBT to clients with varying presentations including individuals with psychosis not currently taking any medication...
Nikki Dehmahdi
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Nikki Dehmahdi is an Assistant Research Psychologist who will be working across a number of trials at PRU. At present she is assisting with the IF CBT trial which is a feasibility study investigating whether combined...
Professor Paul French
Honorary Research Consultant
Paul French is currently the Clinical Lead for Early Intervention in Psychosis services across Greater Manchester, Mental Health Clinical Lead for Greater Manchester and East Cheshire Strategic Clinical Network...
Professor Peter Haddad
Consultant Psychiatrist
Peter Haddad is a Consultant in Community Psychiatry at The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is also an Honorary Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester.
Dr Rory Byrne
Postdoctoral User-Researcher
Rory Byrne is a postdoctoral user-researcher at The Psychosis Research Unit (PRU), currently involved as a co-applicant with the following ongoing clinical trials: FOCUS, COMPARE, PRODIGY, BART, and IFCBT.
Sophie Faulkner
Trial Therapist
Sophie is a therapist on the iATTp (investigation of Attention Training Technique for people with psychosis) trial, under the supervision of Dr Sophie Parker (PRU) and Professor Adrian Wells (UoM).
Dr Sophie Parker
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Sophie Parker is a Clinical Psychologist working at the Psychosis Research Unit (PRU) at Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Sophie completed an undergraduate psychology degree...
Verity Smith
Assistant Psychologist (Research)
Verity Smith is an Assistant Research Psychologist working on MAPS (Managing Adolescent first episode Psychosis: a feasibility Study). This trial is investigating treatment options for young people (aged 14-18) who...
Wendy Jones
Service User Researcher
Following her A-levels, Wendy studied Pharmacology and Physiology (with Industrial Experience) at The University of Manchester. On her placement year she developed a keen interest in the causes...