Meet our People
Sian Taylor-Phillips
| Professor Sian Taylor Phillips Professor in Public Health Co-director of Warwick Screening and WaMB-ESG. Sian is a Professor of Population Health at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, specialising in evaluation of medical tests and screening programmes. I lead Warwick Screening, a team of researchers who synthesise evidence for national policy-makers, and deliver primary research across several screening programmes. In addition, I am a member of the UK National Screening Committee and provide expertise to help shape the committee’s recommendations to the four UK governments. |
Dr Chris Stinton
| Associate Professor Chris is Lead of WaMB-ESG and Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School. He specialises in health screening and evidence synthesis, with particular interests in test accuracy, human factors in screening, and the ethics of screening. He is co-lead for Warwick University’s Health Screening Module (a collaboration between Warwick Screening and the UK National Screening Committee) and teaches the ethics of health screening. He has conducted reviews for the UK National Screening Committee, the World Health Organisation, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. He is a member of the UK National Screening Committee’s Adults Reference Group.
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Dr Karoline Freeman
Associate Professor
Karoline is an Associate Professor in quantitative analysis of breast cancer screening. Her current research focuses on evidence synthesis in health screening using systematic review methodology, observational data and trials to inform national policy advisors on test use and changes to screening programmes.
Karoline is a member of the NHS Research Innovation and Development Advisory Committee and the UK NSC Breast Working Group.
Karoline is module co-lead on the master level Health Screening module and supervises PhD students in beast screening research and MPH students undertaking their final year projects.
Hannah Williams
Screening WaMB-ESG
Programme Manager and Project Manager
Hannah Williams is the project manager for WaMB-ESG. She has managed a number of projects within Warwick Screening and experience working as a researcher in the field of health screening.
Yemisi Takwoingi
Professor of Test Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis and Head of Department of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK
A biostatistician/methodologist on diagnostic research spanning early phase evaluation, clinical studies, and evidence synthesis to inform guideline development. Yemisi co-convenes the Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group, serves on the Cochrane Editorial Board, and is an editor of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. She leads capacity development for the NIHR West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) and the Warwick-Birmingham-Manchester Screening
(WaMB-ESG) ESG.
Julia Geppert
Research Fellow
Julia is a systematic reviewer with particular interest in the evaluation of screening tests and programmes. She contributes to evidence reviews for the UK National Screening Committee, Cochrane, Cancer Research UK and NICE since 2014.
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Catherine Mitchell
Research Fellow
Catherine has over 12 years’ experience conducting systematic literature reviews (SLRs) across a wide range of therapeutic areas, including diabetes, cardiology, oncology, rare diseases, and more. She has led clinical, epidemiology, economic, QoL, and pre-clinical reviews to support HTA submissions, regulatory filings, and publications. Catherine holds a PhD from University College London, a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of Edinburgh, and completed postdoctoral research at Columbia University in New York
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Eileen Taylor
Project Officer
Eileen is Project Officer within the
WaMB-ESG and Screening team. She has been at the University of Warwick for over 20 years having worked within Education and over 10 years of experience across various research teams.
Felicity Boardman
Professor
Felicity is a professor of social science in medicine. Her work focuses on the social and ethical implications of screening programmes, with a particular interest in genomic technologies and rare disease.
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Academic profile: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/staff/fboardman
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-boardman-011b72346/
Jac Dinnes
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Jac Dinnes is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham. She is a methodologist with a large and sustained portfolio of systematic reviews and publications from methodological projects related to the evaluation of diagnostic tests. She is a deputy theme lead for the Data, Diagnostics and Decision Tools theme at the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Centre and a project lead for the NIHR West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (WM-ESG) and Warwick-Birmingham - Manchester Screening Evidence Synthesis Group (WaMB-ESG).
Sophie Staniszewska
Professor
Sophie is the lead for PPIE for the NIHR West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group, PPIE advisor to the NIHR Screening ESG, PPIE co-lead For the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration in Coventry and PPIE research lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands. Until recently Sophie was PPIE lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Gastrointestinal Research, the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Genomics and Enabling Data.
Pooja Kumar
Research Associate
Pooja is a Research Associate within the WaMB-ESG
team, contributing to multiple reviews for the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC). She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Audiology and completed her Master’s in Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, and is expanding her expertise in research to support high-quality policy-relevant work.
Amy Gamble
Research Fellow
Amy is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham with a background in systematic reviewing. I am currently working on evidence synthesis projects for the NIHR Warwick-Birmingham -Manchester Screening ESG to support UK screening policy.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amy-gamble-338931196
Matthew Randell
Matthew is a research assistant working part-time with Warwick Screening and WaMB-ESG. His role includes systematic reviewing, ethics, and supporting public & patient involvement & engagement.
Alongside this, Matthew is nearing completion of his PhD in the social and ethical implications of paediatric screening for type 1 diabetes. His broader research interests include screening for future disease that cannot yet be prevented, and how ethical analysis is operationalised in policy making.
Samantha Johnson
Research and Academic Support Librarian
Sam is the Information Specialist for WaMB-ESG. She has 20 years’ experience of working with various researchers and students at Warwick, providing support and training in developing and running systematic literature searches, reference management and research support. She splits this role with being one of the Research and Academic Support Librarians for the Medical School, School of Life Sciences and Psychology.
Amy Grove
Psychologist and Professor of Implementation Science
Amy is a Psychologist and Professor of Implementation Science. As a leading methodologist, she evaluates health technology and innovation to directly impact health service design and delivery.
Dr Corinna Clark
Assistant Professor
Corinna is a reviewer and the PPIE lead for the WaMB-ESG. She is an experienced mixed methodologist with a background in epidemiology. She has research interests in the social and ethical implications of using genetic technologies in healthcare, particularly in relation to screening, and the practice and implementation of public, patient and community involvement and engagement.
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Professor Aileen Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Public Health & Health Services Research, University of Warwick
Professor Aileen Clarke provides quality assurance support for WaMB-ESG. An internationally recognised public health academic and clinician, she has over 30 years' experience in evidence synthesis, screening, health services research and implementation science. Alongside her role at Warwick, she is Clinical Professor at the University of Birmingham and holds honorary research positions within the University of Oxford.
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Dr Stuart Wright
Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics and Principal Investigator in the Manchester Breast Centre
Dr Stuart Wright is a Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics and Principal Investigator in the Manchester Breast Centre. Stuart's main research interest relates to the economics of cancer, with a particular focus on the cost-effectiveness of cancer screening programmes. He is involved in a range of model-based cost-effectiveness evaluations, particularly around interventions to improved detection of cancers that primarily affect women (breast, cervical, and endometrial cancer). He is also interested in understanding public preferences for changes to cancer screening programmes to help improve service design to increase uptake. Stuart is also a member of the Adult Reference Group of the National Screening Committee.
Professor Katherine Payne
Professor of Health Economics, based in the Manchester Centre for Health Economics, The University of Manchester.
Katherine is a Professor of Health Economics, based in the Manchester Centre for Health Economics, The University of Manchester. Katherine is a NIHR Senior Investigator.
Katherine has applied and methodological research experience in the economic evaluation (using RCT and decision-analytic models) and valuation (using discrete choice experiments and contingent valuation) of health care interventions and specifically precision medicine, genomics and screening. She is a (co-opted) member of the UK National Screening Committee.
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