Co-Investigators and Collaborators
Chérie Armour:
Professor Chérie Armour is a Professor of Psychology and Research Director of the School of Psychology at Queens University Belfast. She is the head of the Research Centre for Stress, Trauma and Related Conditions (STARC). Chérie is a leading expert in veteran health and well-being in Northern Ireland, having led on the NI Veterans Health and Wellbeing Study, which led to significant changes in the way in which military veterans in NI are recognised and supported, and the UK Veterans Family Study. Chérie is also a leading expert in psychological trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She is the immediate past-President of the UK Psychological Trauma Society.
Francesca Fiorentino:
Dr. Francesca Fiorentino obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Clinical Operational Research Unit at University College London (UK) and as a Clinical Trial’s Senior Statistician for 10 years at Imperial College London (UK). She joined King’s College London as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Trials Statistics within the Nightingale-Saunders Clinical Trials & Epidemiology Unit (King’s CTU). This unit specialises in trials of complex interventions. She has extensive experience in the design and data analysis of clinical trials, from complex behavioural interventions in surgery to biomarker enriched designs in liver disease, multi-arms multi-stage design in intervention for prostate cancer and cancer prevention studies.
Victoria Pile:
Dr. Victoria Pile is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Kings’ College London. Her programme of clinical research focuses on developing effective psychological interventions that are easily accessible and grounded in cognitive science. These interventions are co-designed with people with lived experience and practitioners. She has been awarded a series of clinical fellowships from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and currently holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. She primarily contributes to the mechanisms stream of the trial.
Alie Salford:
Alie Salford is a Registered Nurse and Highly Specialist Psychological Practitioner. She works as the Program Lead for Head Start Psychological Therapies at Walking With The Wounded and is passionate about ensuring our Armed Forces Community receives high-quality, evidence-based, timely support that meets their needs and preferences. In addition, she works part-time clinically in the NHS Trusted Relationships Project which aims to improve support for young people experiencing extra-familial abuse and/or exploitation. She also sits on several committees relevant to this work including the VAPC in Northwest England; the Royal College of Psychiatrists Quality Network for Veterans Mental Health (QNVMH): and the Contact Research Advisory Group for Military Mental Health.
Alex Wright-Hughes:
Alex Wright-Hughes is a Principal Statistician at the Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds. With over 15 years of experience, she plays a leading role in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised controlled trials, particularly those involving complex interventions. Her work is focused on the evaluation of behavioural interventions in mental health and self-harm, but also spans a wide range of clinical areas including stroke, rehabilitation, palliative care, and gastroenterology. Her methodological interests centre on enhancing trial design and delivery through the use of routine electronic health data, novel and efficient trial designs, conducting individual patient data meta-analyses, and evaluating therapist effects within behavioural interventions.
Gillian Cameron:
Gillian Cameron is the Digital Development Lead within the Insights, Engagement and Innovation team in Inspire. She completed two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Inspire and Ulster University in 2018, graded Outstanding. Gillian is focused on using technology for mental health, and applying research to industry, by creating bespoke wellbeing platforms for populations including employees, students, emergency services and elite sports. Skilled in web development, data analytics and research, this has led her to study for an Industrial PhD in Computing with Ulster University, supported by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Gillian has worked with the PETT team to develop the web pages for the FIRST PETT study.