People

Dr Anna Lavis

Research Fellow

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Anna Lavis is a Medical Anthropologist whose work focuses on individuals’ lived experiences and subjectivities of mental illness and distress.

She conducts applied qualitative research into first-episode psychosis (FEP). To this there are two central strands:
1) The SUPEREDEN Study: Exploring the experiences of young people with FEP treated through English ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3140

Email a.c.lavis@bham.ac.uk

Professor Helen Lester

Professor of Primary Care

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Helen Lester is a Professor of Primary Care.

Helen has published over 100 research papers in scientific journals as well as books and book chapters in the fields of primary care mental health, early intervention and quality improvement. Helen co-edited the BMA primary care book of the year (2010) on Primary Care Mental Health. She has received major grants from the NIHR, HTA and the ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2684

Email h.e.lester@bham.ac.uk

Dr Amanda Lewis

Dr Amanda Lewis

NIHR NSPCR Research Fellow

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Amanda Lewis is an NIHR/NSPCR Research Fellow within the Primary Care Clincial Sciences Department at the University of Birmingham.

Her main research area is weight (obesity) management in Primary Care. She is involved with projects surrounding weight gain during pregnancy, the comparison of differing weight loss programmes and the effectiveness of brief GP interventions for weight ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4405

Email a.lewis.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Lim Choi Keung

Dr Sarah Lim Choi Keung

Research Fellow

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Sarah Lim Choi Keung is a computer science and biomedical informatics researcher within the Primary Care Clinical Research and Trials Unit. She is also affiliated to the eHealth Research Group in the School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Sarah is currently working in the area of clinical research informatics, supporting patient cohort ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4702

Email s.n.limchoikeung@bham.ac.uk

Dr Antje Lindenmeyer

Dr Antje Lindenmeyer

Lecturer

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Antje Lindenmeyer is a Lecturer in Qualitative Methods at the Department of Primary Care Clinical Sciences.

Antje’s background is in social sciences and she has wide ranging, interdisciplinary research and teaching interests. Currently, she is focusing on narratives of health and illness especially in relation to the experience of living with chronic illness and collective ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 5390

Email a.lindenmeyer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nicola Lindson-Hawley

Dr Nicola Lindson-Hawley

Research Fellow

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Nicola Lindson-Hawley is currently managing a large-scale multi-centre randomised controlled trial, being led by the University of Birmingham, investigating the efficacy of four weeks of nicotine patch preloading in smokers who want to quit, funded by the NIHR HTA. This work follows on from her PhD research which investigated new approaches to smoking cessation: smoking reduction and ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2657

Email n.l.lindson@bham.ac.uk

Dr Deborah Lycett

Dr Deborah Lycett

NIHR-SPCR fellow and Consultant Dietitian

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Deborah Lycett is a NIHR School for Primary Care Research Fellow and consultant dietitian working in Behavioural Medicine.

Her main area of research is in smoking cessation related weight gain and its impact on type two diabetes. She is chief investigator on randomised controlled trials exploring effective dietary management of this weight gain within primary care. She is ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3765

Email d.lycett@bham.ac.uk