NIHR - Meet the Team
Creating Healthy Jobs project team
Professor Chris Warhurst
Principal Investigator
Chris Warhurst is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick in the UK. He is an internationally recognised expert in job quality and skills.
Chris Warhurst - Institute for Employment Research
Gill Dix
Deputy Principal Investigator and Work Package 6 lead
Gill is a public policy expert and former Head of Policy & Research at Acas, where she worked for over 20 years. Gill is the non-academic co-lead of the PPIE/ evidence translation work package.
Gill Dix - Institute for Employment Research
Gillian Connor
Communications and Engagement Consultant
Gillian has 20-plus years' experience in policy, external affairs and PR. She is currently the Communications and Influencing Lead on work and health at the Health Foundation, with specific remit for the high-profile Commission for Healthier Working Lives.
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Catherine Vassallo
Project Manager
Catherine is the Project Manager for the Creating Healthy Jobs project and is first point of contact for project enquiries.
Catherine Vassallo - Institute for Employment Research
Dr Lena Al-Khudairy
Work package 3 lead
Lena Al-Khudairy is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham.
She is also a Research fellow in Evidence Synthesis at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science (CEIS). Her Research interests are broadly in the areas of lifestyle factors and chronic conditions. Other areas of interest include diabetes and nutritional epidemiology. She studied Clinical Nutrition (BSc), Diabetes (MSc) and Health Sciences (PhD).Lena Al-Khudairy - University of Birmingham
Professor Kevin Daniels
Work package 2 lead
Kevin Daniels is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the University of East Anglia. Kevin has a particular interest in developing policy, standards and practices to promote workplace health, wellbeing and safety.
Kevin Daniels - University of East Anglia
Dr Sangwoo Lee
Work package 2,3,4
His research addresses social inequalities in work and education through data collection, management, and statistical analysis. He has extensive experience of working with large national and international datasets and applying advanced statistical techniques to education and labour market research. Recent projects.
Sangwoo Lee - Institute for Employment Research
Dr Katharina Sarter
Work package 2 and 3
Katharina Sarter is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick. Katharina’s main interests are in the field of public and social policy, sustainability, and digitalisation, with a view to employment and its regulation, public procurement as a policy tool, and comparative research.
Katharina Sarter - Institute for Employment Research
Dr Carla Toro
Work Package 4 lead
An Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School, Carla's research interests include furthering our understanding of mental wellbeing for different groups including those living with chronic illness, neurodiversity and work-related stres
Carla Toro - Warwick Medical School
Professor Jason Madan
Work Package 4 and Work Package 5 lead
Professor Jason Madan is a Professor in Health Economics at Warwick Medical School, and Director of Graduate Research Studies for the School. Jason has an extensive track record in leading health economic evaluations in mental health and in LMIC settings, and is the health economics lead for the NIHR Global Unit for Slum Health and the NIHR Global Group Health Group on Improving on Psychosis Outcomes (NIHR WIC).
Professor Sophie Staniszewska
Work Package 6 Co-lead
Sophie Staniszewska leads the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Patient Experiences Programme at the RCN Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick. Sophie is the academic co-Lead of the PPIE/Evidence translation work package.
Sophie Staniszewska - Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Professor Michael Tildesley
Work Package 5
Prof. Mike Tildesley is a Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the University of Warwick and the Director of the Mathematics for Real World Systems Centre for Doctoral Training
Mike Tildesley - School of Life Sciences
Professor Amy Grove
Work Package 6
Prof Grove is Director of the Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science at University of Birmingham. She is a leading methodologist, who evaluates innovation to directly impact health service design and delivery. Prof Grove will support The Creating Healthy Jobs Evidence Hub (WP3) and Work Package 6.
Amy Grove - University of Birmingham
Dr Sagar Jilka
Work Package 6
Dr Sagar Jilka is a Senior Research Fellow in the Mental Health & Wellbeing Unit in the Division of Health Sciences.
Sagar was previously the patient and public involvement coordinator at the Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (King’s College London), and prior to that worked as a football data scientist at a tech start up in London.
Professor Melanie Jones
Work Package 4
Melanie Jones if a Professor of Economics at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on labour market inequality, particularly the relationship between work and health.
Melanie Jones - Cardiff University
Yifan Wang
Research Finance Officer
Yifan manages the project budget and will be the first point of contact for all enquiries related to project Finance.
Yifan Wang - Institute for Employment Research
Lynne Marston
Project Management support and PA to Chris Warhurst
Lynne Marston is the point of contact for enquiries to the Principal Investigator, Chris Warhurst. Lynne will also provide project support by organising and servicing project meetings; research workshops and conferences.
Lynne Marston - Institute for Employment Research
Stef Poole
Project Management Support and Social Media management
Stef will provide Research Project support for the project, including managing the social media channels for the project; sourcing and recruiting participants for research interviews; project data record-keeping and servicing project meetings.