List of Fellows

The mental health fellowship programme was run over three years, from 2016 to 2018, and has involved 59 fellows. A list of fellows and links to their reports published to date can be found below.
Charlie Morley – ‘Beyond mindfulness: Best practice for Veterans with PTSD’ Karen Triesman – ‘Becoming a Trauma-informed organisation: Practices and PrinciplesAllison O’Kelly – ‘Improving dementia services for people who are LGBTLuke Skelton – ‘Health care homes: A brighter future for mental health?Marcus Gardiner – ‘Transforming workplace mental health using innovative ideas and digital technologyLaura Beswick – ‘Introducing mental health and wellbeing in University curricula’ Alex Holmes – ‘How happy are we?’ Angela El-Zeind – ‘Using comedy improvisation to treat Anxiety and Social Phobias’ Patrick Vernon – ‘Black heritage & mental well-being’ Cheryl-lee Brown – ‘Co-productive use of trauma informed practice in the early yearsSabrina Kamayah – ‘Mental Health and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups’ Natalia Clifford – ‘Parenting in the digital age: Family approaches to digital resilience’ Shane Ryan – ‘Future men’ Sarah Bates – ‘Implementing national frameworks for suicide support and innovative community care’ Clare Canning – ‘Sacred wounds: Innovative uses of Mindfulness to treat self-harm’ Martin Lally – ‘Peer support in modern-day policing’ Debbie Frances – ‘Identifying successful early-intervention initiatives promoting mental wellbeing in young people’ Tod Sullivan – ‘Introducing a Trauma Informed approach to Mental Health in Lowestoft’ Lucy Duggan – ‘Exploring eco-therapeutic approaches to community mental health promotion and preventionHayley Thompson – ‘Veteran Community Mental Health: Family models of support’
Jacqui Jobson – ‘LGBTQ mental health: exploring advocacy approaches to health inequalitiesDr Kat Taylor – ‘Arts in healthcare pioneers: informing and supporting the Greater Manchester devolutionDan Trevor – ‘Mindfulness interventions for children and young people in school and family settingsDr Ajay Thapar – ‘Improving the management of sleep problemsPam Schweitzer – ‘Reminiscence arts: improving social cohesion and increasing communication in JapanErin Hope – ‘Shaping cancer bereavement care: developing a framework for action’ Rebecca Cotton – ‘Mental health and digital technologyRosie Tressler – ‘Exploring preventative mental health interventions for university students’ Martin Malcolm – ‘Tackling social isolation and loneliness in rural communities’ Amy Wolstenholme – ‘High impact high-cost patients: delivery principles and economic evaluation’ Angela Samata – ‘Welcoming the outside in bringing outsider art into the mainstreamNiki Powers – ‘Improving services for teenagers affected by trauma and disrupted attachmentCaroline Hearst – ‘Peer provision and partnership in supporting autistic adults’ Rebecca Amissah – ‘Art and music to support Mental Health in the communitySophie Hodge – ‘Approaches to treating first episode psychosis’ Barbara Bloomfield – ‘Relationship help for adult couples and families with autism or Asperger’s’ Rebecca Moore – ‘Innovative practice in psychological birth trauma: bringing knowledge to the UK’
Geraldine O’Hare – ‘Investment in treatment to reduce re-offendingSarah Amani – ‘Improving the Mental Health of Young People in Transition’ Alison O’Connor – ‘Can theatre help transform trauma for veterans and families?Daniel Johnson – ‘Identifying a best-fit model of care for traumatised childrenErica McInnes – ‘UK model of African Centred Psychotherapy for well-being’ Jan Killeen – ‘Best practice in supported decision-making for adults with incapacityAgnes Houston – ‘Dementia and Sensory ChallengesSimon Edwards – ‘An international perspective of PTSD: root causes and treatmentAnnette Hargreaves – ‘Adult and Child Mental Health in Child DevelopmentOlivia Richards – ‘The Story Project: supporting young peoples’ mental health through literacyAdele Owen – ‘Mental health, policing, peer support’ Jennifer Chigwende – ‘Improving Black and Ethnic Minority Mental Health Care’ Sarah Maxwell – ‘How to work with teenagers presenting with emerging personality disordersSara Preston – ‘Eating Disorders: breaking the silence and combating stigma together’ Amanda Wood – ‘Improve psychological support for military families, in particular childrenDominic Kelly – ‘Surviving in Prison Work: Prison Staff Wellness ProgrammesShirley Smith – ‘Specialist support for persons bereaved by suicide’ David Humphreys – ‘Improving family member involvement in Community Mental Health TreatmentPatricia Jarrett – ‘Reducing stigma in perinatal Mental Health’ Lou Boyd – ‘Supporting children and families through parental substance misuse treatment journeys’