The CHBH Team
The Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) is a vibrant neuroscientific community, which comprises a large interdisciplinary group of principal investigators, supported by dedicated post-doctoral researchers, research assistants, PhD, Masters and Undergraduate students as well as a committed team of technical and operational staff. Individual Principal Investigator profiles can be founded ordered by their related research area on the CHBH Research Themes pages.
Organisation
The management of the CHBH is the responsibility of two academic Co-Directors and a number of key committees made up of both academic and professional services staff: the Management Committee, Operations Committee, Strategy Committee and Health and Safety Committee. More information on the Co-Directors and each Committee can be found listed below.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at our Centre and working with our colleagues across the University of Birmingham to grow and develop actions that address implicit bias and improve our workplace culture for the benefit of the research community and the scientific enterprise itself. The CHBH shares these goals with the ALBA network towards diversity and equity in brain sciences and is a signatory of the ALBA declaration on Equity and Inclusion."
Management Committee
Management Committee
The Management Committee is responsible for the short- and medium-term oversight of the Centre. Its members represent a broad range of expertise tied to the facilities the Centre supports. The Management Committee is responsible for budgetary oversight of the CHBH.
- Prof Andrew Bagshaw - Co-Director / Chair of the Management Committee
- Prof Clare Anderson - Sleep Lead
- Dr Magda Chechlacz - Education (MSc) Lead
- Dr Clayton Hickey - MRI Lead
- Dr Arkady Konovalov - Project Coordinator
- Dr Katja Kornysheva - Co-Director
- Dr Anna Kowalczyk - OPM Lead
- Dr Patricia Lockwood – Behavioural Lead and CHBH General User Representative
- Emma Turner - Operations Manager
- Rickson Mesquita- NIRS Lead
- Dr Tom Marshall - Brain Stimulation Lead
- Dr Romy Froemer- EEG Lead
- Dr Hyojin Park - MEG Lead
- Dr Oscar Ferrante - ECR Representative
- Dr Andrew Quinn - High Performance Computing Lead
- Caroline Ratcliffe - Operations Administrator / Secretary of the Management Committee
- Robyn Reeve - Deputy Head of Infrastructure and Facilities
- Charnjit Sidhu - IT Lead
Operations Committee
Operations Committee
The Operations Committee oversees the technical and operational administration of the Centre to ensure a robust and efficient environment that facilitates members' research and teaching.
- Emma Turner - Operations Manager
- Cris Dela Cruz - Research Support Technician
- Dagmar Fraser - MR Research Support Technician
- Caroline Ratcliffe - Operations Administrator / Secretary of the Operations Committee
- Nina Salman - Chief Radiographer
- Charnjit Sidhu - Computing Lead
- Dr Martin Wilson - MR Physicist
- Jonathan Winter - MEG Support Officer
Strategy Committee
Strategy Committee
The Strategy Committee leads on the longer-term strategy of the Centre. The membership of the Committee comprises interdisciplinary faculty staff from multiple Colleges and Schools across the University.
- Dr Matthew Apps - CHBH strategy day, DTP applications.
- Dr Romy Froemer - CHBH training and skill showcasing
- Dr Anna Kowalczyk - Collaborations and funding calls with EPS/Physics
- Professor Patricia Lockwood - Anniversary Fellow recruitment, DTP applications
- Dr Sam Lucas - Collaborations and funding calls with SportExR
- Dr Tom Marshall - EDI initiatives
- Dr Barbara Pomiechowska - International visibility and paediatric neuroimaging.
- Dr Katrien Segaert - Older adult and patient outreach
Co-Directors
- Dr Katja Kornysheva - Chair of the Strategy Committee
- Prof Andrew Bagshaw
Advisory members of the CHBH Strategy Committee:
- Professor Suzanne Higgs, Head of School of Psychology
- Professor Sarah Aldred, Head of School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Science
- Professor Aad van Moorsel, Head of School of Computer Science
- Professor Theodoros Arvanitis, Head of Department of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering
Health and Safety Committee
Health and Safety Committee
The CHBH Health and Safety Committee reports into both the School of Psychology's Health and Safety Committee and the College of Life and Environmental Sciences Health and Safety Committee. Its laboratory remit is focused on CHBH-exclusive modalities MRI, MEG, OPM, Sleep and fNIRS (EEG, Brain Stimulation and Behavioural modality matters are under the responsibility of the School of Psychology's Health and Safety Committee), and general health and safety matters within the Centre itself.
- Nina Salman - Chair of the CHBH Health and Safety Committee / CHBH Health and Safety Representative / School of Psychology Fire Safety Coordinator
- Prof Andrew Bagshaw - Co-Director of the CHBH
- Denise Clissett - School of Psychology Health & Safety Representative
- Dominic Hickey - College of Life and Environmental Sciences Health and Safety Manager
- Dr Anna Kowalczyk - Laser Safety Representative
- Emma Turner - Operations Manager
- Caroline Ratcliffe - Operations Administrator / Secretary of the Health and Safety Committee
- Alison Sidebotham - College of Life and Environmental Sciences Health and Safety Assistant
- Dr Martin Wilson - MRI Physicist
- All CHBH modalities Leads (listed in the CHBH Management Committee above) are invited to H&S Committee meetings, but attendance is not mandatory.