Leadership Team
Programme Director
Professor Dorothee Auer
Professor of Neuroimaging and Head of the Division of Radiological & Imaging Sciences at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Deputy Directors
The Director is supported by three Deputy Directors, one at each partner university. The Deputy Directors deputise for the Director in their absence.
Professor Matthew Broome
Academic psychiatrist and Director of the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham. He is a leader in the field of early psychosis and in the philosophy and ethics of mental health.
Professor Noelle Robertson
A registered Clinical and Health Psychologist, practising in the NHS as a consultant in a physical health speciality, in addition to their role as Research Director at the University of Leicester.
Dr Vivek Furtado
Associate Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Warwick and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist to an enhanced rehabilitation medium secure service in the West Midlands.
Assistant Deputy Directors
Professor Patricia Lockwood
Professor of Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham
Dr Michelle O’Reilly
Associate Professor of Communication in Mental Health at University of Leicester
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Coordinators
The PPI coordinators provide training for PPI members, coordinate PPI across the various projects, and manage the PPI newsletter and database.
Director of Training
Dr Elena Nixon
Assistant Professor of Applied Neuropsychology
at University of Nottingham
Director of EDI&WP
Ms Stacy Johnson MBE
Ms Johnson is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham a nurse by training, and has a wealth of experience in improving EDI in academic and healthcare settings. She is on the Chief Nursing Officer’s BAME Advisory Group.
The EDI&WP Director supports the DTP Executive in monitoring and analysing EDI data, offering sector-wide best practice guidance to improve EDI culture; supports scholars’ WP activities, and is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the EDI, bullying and harassment policy.
Programme Manager
Based at the University of Nottingham, our Programme Manager is responsible for the development and delivery of recruitment, student and executive support.