Staff

Dr Jonathan Mathers

Research Fellow

Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jonathan is a Research Fellow in the School of Health & Population Sciences.  He has expertise in mixed-method and theory-based approaches to policy evaluation and implementation, especially of complex and/or contextually specific interventions.  He has conducted evaluations of complex policy interventions, including projects that have examined the expansion of undergraduate ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6024

Email j.m.mathers@bham.ac.uk

Dr Helen McAteer

Dr Helen McAteer

Senior Research Facilitator

Helen McAteer is Senior Research facilitator to the School of Health and Population Sciences. This post is a senior administrative post within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences Research and Knowledge Transfer Office, specifically occupying a core role within the Research Development Team.

Helen is responsible for providing research support to academic staff within the ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6976

Email h.l.mcateer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lorraine McFarland

Research Fellow

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Lorraine is a Research Fellow working on an NIHR funded study, ExPeKT: to explore the knowledge and barriers to venous thromboembolism  prevention.

 

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7482

Email l.a.mcfarland@bham.ac.uk

Dr Hugh McLeod

Dr Hugh McLeod

Research Fellow

Hugh has published research across a range of fields, including health reform policies, payment incentives, commissioning, service redesign, and quality improvement programmes and methods. He has received major grants from funding bodies including the NIHR. 

Hugh leads the ‘Policy and Economics of Healthcare Delivery’ module of the MSc in Health ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7620

Email h.s.t.mcleod@bham.ac.uk

Mrs Angela Meadows

Systematic Reviewer

Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Angela Meadows is a systematic reviewer on the Evidence Synthesis Team within the Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 

Angela joined the University of Birmingham in July 2010 and has contributed to a number of health technology assessments, scoping reports, and regional reports for Specialised Commissioning. Previous therapy areas have ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8749

Email a.meadows@bham.ac.uk

Mrs Razia Meer-Baloch

Quality Assurance Manager

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Razia is currently employed by the University of Birmingham as Quality Assurance Manager in the department of Primary Care and General Practice.

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3351

Email r.meerbaloch@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ruth Mellor

Dr Ruth Mellor

Project Manager and Qualitative Research Fellow for Stroke and TIA

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Ruth Mellor is the Project Manager and Qualitative Research Fellow, on the Birmingham and Black Country Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) theme 7 (Stroke and TIA).

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8578

Email r.mellor@bham.ac.uk

Mrs Kathryn Miles

Senior Analyst

Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Kathryn Miles is a Senior Analyst with a particular interest in pharmaceuticals at the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre. She currently jointly leads engagement with pharmaceutical companies to identify significant developments likely to have an impact on the NHS in the next three years.

As part of her pharmaceutical work, Kathryn carried out research into emerging ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8028

Email k.miles@bham.ac.uk

Mr Paul Mitchell

Mr Paul Mitchell

Doctoral Researcher

Health Economics

PhD title: Modelling with the ICECAP capability index: an exploration in the NICE public health context.

Supervisors: Prof. Joanna Coast, Prof. Tracy Roberts and Dr. Pelham Barton

Paul’s PhD is exploring the implementation of the ICECAP capability index, a simple, self-report 5 part quality of life questionnaire, into economic evaluations and ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8176

Email pxm902@bham.ac.uk

Mr Nuredin Mohammed

Doctoral Researcher

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

PhD title: The Delta Study: A reanalysis of time series studies of air pollution and acute health effects

Supervisors: Prof. Jon Ayres (UoB), Dr. Hubert Lam (UoB) and Dr. Richard Atkinson(SGUL)

This multidisciplinary study which is based on existing time series data and methods looks into the applicability and modelling of alternative exposure metrics for the study of ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3151

Email nim007@bham.ac.uk