The MODS Team
Professor David Ekers: Chief Investigator
Clinical Director for Research and Development, Honorary Visiting Professor, Nurse Consultant, and Mental Health Speciality Lead for Clinical Research Network North East North Cumbria.
“We regularly hear of the growing challenge to meet the needs of older adults with complex physical and psychological healthcare problems. This programme offers the opportunity to develop and test a practical, acceptable treatment that builds on what we have seen can work for depression in similar groups.”
"If we find our new treatment works and can be applied across NHS settings, this could be of substantial value in the coming years to patients and NHS providers alike."
Email: david.ekers@nhs.net Twitter: @DavidEkers
Professor Simon Gilbody: Chief Investigator
Director of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group, Hull York Medical School
“The MODS programme is an important next step for us as we research ways to help promote healthy ageing. The University has been at the forefront of research in this area and we anticipate this research programme will inform practice and policy for many years to come.”
"The strategic partnership with TEWV means we’re ideally placed to respond to this and other NHS challenges. This challenge on healthy ageing will only be solved by conducting rigorous research into what works and what is good value for money for the NHS. This is what York does well."
Email: simon.gilbody@york.ac.uk Twitter: @SimonGilbody
Dr Liz Littlewood: MODS Programme Manager
Research Fellow, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Liz is an experienced health services researcher with an interest in the development and evaluation of psychological interventions for common mental health problems. She has managed several large scale NIHR funded studies.
Email: liz.littlewood@york.ac.uk
Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham:
Professor of General Practice Research, School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University
GP Principal, The Chorlton Family Practice, Manchester
Carolyn is an academic GP with experience in qualitative research methods and process evaluation of mental health interventions in primary care, and is co-leading Workstreams 1 and 4.
Email: c.a.chew-graham@keele.ac.uk Twitter: @CizCG
Professor Dean McMillan:
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences and Hull York Medical School, University of York.
Dean is a Clinical Psychologist with specialist training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and is an experienced health services researcher. He is co-leading Workstream 1.
Email: dean.mcmillan@york.ac.uk
Della Bailey:
Research Fellow, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Della is a clinician and researcher with considerable experience of training and supporting people to deliver psychological interventions in clinical trials. She will be supervising the support workers in the MODS study.
Email: della.bailey@york.ac.uk
Suzanne Crosland:
Research Fellow, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Suzanne is a qualified mental health nurse with training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is an experienced health services researcher who will be supervising support workers in the MODS study.
Email: suzanne.crosland@york.ac.uk
Kate Bosanquet:
Research Fellow, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Kate is an expert in collaborative care research for older adults.
Email: kate.bosanquet@york.ac.uk
Lucy Atha:
Trial Coordinator York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Email: lucy.atha@york.ac.uk
Eloise Ryde:
Research Assistant, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Email: eloise.ryde@nhs.net Twitter: @Eloise_Ryde
Dr Gemma Traviss-Turner:
Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Leeds
Gemma is a lecturer in primary care with experience in randomised controlled trials of psychological interventions for older adults
Email: g.traviss@leeds.ac.uk
Leanne Shearsmith
Research Assistant, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds
Email: L.Shearsmith@leeds.ac.uk Twitter: @LShears_
Maddy Elliott
Data Administrator, York Trials Unit, University of York
Email: maddy.elliott@york.ac.uk
Professor Catherine Hewitt:
Co-Director, York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Catherine is an experienced health research statistician.
Email: catherine.hewitt@york.ac.uk
Dr Peter Coventry:
Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Peter is an expert in collaborative care and multi-morbidity. He is an experienced health care researcher and implementation scientist. He will co-lead Workstream 4.
Email: peter.coventry@york.ac.uk Twitter: @Peteyc73
Professor Karina Lovell:
Professor of Mental Health, Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester
Karina is an NIHR Senior Investigator with extensive experience in research into psychological interventions in healthcare and is an expert in effective PPI.
Dr Sarah Dexter Smith:
Director of People and Culture, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV)
Sarah is a consultant clinical psychologist specialising in work with older people. As Director of Therapies she is responsible for the Allied Health professions, Psychology Professions, Chaplaincy and Social Work in TEWV. She is also the organisation’s lead coach.
Email: sarah.dexter-smith@nhs.net
Professor Andrew Hill:
Professor of Medical Psychology, University of Leeds
Andrew is a health psychologist and experienced health care researcher.
Email: A.J.Hill@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Clegg:
Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, University of Leeds
Honorary Consultant Geriatrician at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Andrew is a consultant geriatrician and research and is an expert in frailty in older adults.
Email: andrew.clegg@bthft.nhs.net
Tom Gentry:
Head of Health Influencing, Age UK
Tom has experience in engagement with the public and health care sector.
Email: tom.gentry@ageuk.org.uk