About us
EPICare is a joint collaboration between NHS and academic partners
It is led by Professor Rachel Upthegrove (University of Oxford) and Professor James B. Kirkbride (University College London)
The Team
Professor Rachel Upthegrove
University of Oxford Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC)
Professor James Kirkbride
Professor of Psychiatric and Social Epidemiology; Joint Head of Research Department of Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research in the Division of Psychiatry
Dr Sian Lowri Griffiths
Assistant Professor at the Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham; Co-lead for the Children and Young People's Theme of the Mental Health Mission
Melanie Lafanechere
Programme Manager for EPICare
Dr Pauline Whelan
Senior Research Fellow, Digital Health, University of Manchester; Academic & Technical Lead, Digital Health Software Team
Dr Charlie Stockton Powdrell
Information Systems Programme Manager and Operational Lead for the Digital Health Software and Platforms team, University of Manchester
Niyah Campbell
Senior Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement Lead at Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham
Dr Sophie Allan
Clinical Psychologist and lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia
Dr Ben Perry
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Birmingham, and Consultant Psychiatrist in the Birmingham Early Intervention Services.
Professor Sonia Johnson
Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry and is Director of Education in the Division of Psychiatry, UCL; Director of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit.
Professor Justin Waring
Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities; Professor of Sociology, Loughborough University
Professor Richard Drake
Professor of Clinical Adult Psychiatry at the Division of Psychology & Mental Health, The University of Manchester
Professor John Ainsworth
Professor of Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences, University of Manchester
Dr Mohammad Zia Ul Haq Katshu
Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Nottingham University. Consultant Psychiatrist, Nottingham Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Sarah Sullivan
Associate Professor in Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Bristol
Professor Gianluca Baio
Professor of Statistics and Health Economics, Department of Statistical Science, University College London.
Alam Sanaullah
Senior Technical Project Manager, Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences, University of Manchester
Adedimeji Sebiotimo
Software Engineer, Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences, University of Manchester
Clement Chinaza Owuamalam
Senior Information Analyst, Applied Information, Digital Data Technology Service, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Michael Naylor-Eade
Senior Information Analyst, Nottinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Graham Murray
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge; Consultant Psychiatrist in the Cambridge Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (CAMEO) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust
