Meet our core team
Professor Richard Lilford
Co-Director of the Midlands PSRC
Richard is the Co-Director of the Midlands PSRC, based at the University of Birmingham.
Richard has extensive experience in Patient Safety research. From 2001-2010, he led the successful UK Department of Health’s Patient Safety Research Programme (PSRP) which funded major studies such as the PINCER trial to reduce medication errors in primary care, use of simulation to reduce neo-natal birth injury, and studies of how the social and physical environment can threaten patient safety in the operating theatre and delivery room.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/applied-health/lilford-richard.aspx
Professor Alice Turner
Co-Director of the Midlands PSRC
Alice is the Co-Director of the Midlands PSRC, based at the University of Birmingham.
Alice is the Associate Medical Director for Quality and Safety at UHBFT, where she contributes to a range of safety work (leadership and expertise section and care bundles case study). Her research background (e.g. clinical trials, epidemiology) makes her an advocate for use of data to drive change, while her leadership experience in safety has equipped her with an understanding of why practice does not correspond to evidence.
Jo Sartori
Senior Programme Manager
Jo is an experienced programme manager with a speciality in research development and international stakeholder relations and engagement.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/applied-health/sartori-jo.aspx
Sopna Choudhury
Programme Manager
Sopna is a programme manager with extensive experience of working with different stakeholders in the NHS, health care settings, non-government and voluntary organisations, industry and Universities, as well as patient and community groups.
Dr Justin Aunger
Research Fellow
Professor Russell Mannion
Collaborator
Professor Justin Waring
Justin is an international expert in organisational perspectives on learning and safety, who has critically appraised data-driven safety interventions. Justin’s research interests are on the evolving structure of healthcare systems and how various factors, such as professional practices, cultures, and identities, influence the design, implementation, and integration of improvement interventions within these systems. Justin is also interested in the application of social theory to diverse social, cultural, and organizational settings to analyze and enhance the theoretical foundation of improvement initiatives.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/waring-justin.aspx
Dr Magdalena Skrybant
Patient and Public Involvement lead
Magdalena is Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead for NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands (ARC WM) and our Midlands PSRC. Magdalena’s role ensures that there is meaningful involvement with patients and the public in applied health research.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/applied-health/skrybant-magdalena.aspx
Yemisi Takwoingi is a biostatistician and Professor of Test Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis in the Institute of Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham. She is also Deputy Director of the Institute. Yemisi is passionate about ‘People and Culture’ and leads on this for the Institute. She leads the new NIHR Race Equity and Diversity in Careers Incubator to support the careers of racially minoritised health and care researchers, a priority area for the NIHR and many funders in the UK