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 four Deputy Directors, one at each 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 my role as Programme Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Course 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
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.
Directors of Training
Dr Elena Nixon
Assistant Professor of Applied Neuropsychology at University of Nottingham
Director of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Widening Participation (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.
DTP Manager
