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Liver Specialists

  • Prof Stephen Ryder

    Professor of Hepatology, University of Nottingham

    Professor Stephen Ryder has been working in the NHS since 1985 and is currently Clinical Director of Research & Innovation at NUH, Professor of Medicine at the University of Nottingham and Consultant Hepatologist.

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  • Prof William Rosenberg

    Professor of Hepatology at UCL, National Specialty Lead for the Hepatology at NIHR Clinical Research Network

    Prof William Rosenberg holds the Peter Scheuer Chair of Liver Diseases at the Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, University College London.

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  • Prof Guruprasad Aithal

    Professor of Hepatology, University of Nottingham

    Professor Guruprasad P. Aithal graduated with MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MD (Internal Medicine) from Bangalore Medical College, Bengaluru, India and completed his specialist training in Gastroenterology in the Northern Deanery, UK.

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  • Prof Neil Guha

    Professor of Hepatology, University of Nottingham

    Neil Guha is a Professor of Hepatology at the University of Nottingham. He trained at Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals and began his postgraduate career in hepatology at St. Mary's Hospital, London.

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  • Dr Mohsen Subhani

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Nottingham

    Mohsen Subhani is a clinical research fellow and a liver disease specialist at NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre.

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Mental Health and Behavioural Specialists

  • Prof Julia Sinclair

    Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, University of Southampton

    Professor Sinclair was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry in 2007.

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  • Prof Ivo Vlaev

    Professor of Behavioural Science, University of Warwick

    Ivo Vlaev is a Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.

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  • Dr Katy Jones

    Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham

    Dr Katy Jones is a Psychologist with over 18 years of experience understanding addictive behaviour and behaviour change, intervention, and decision-making across several clinical settings, and the lifespan.

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  • Dr Stefan Rennick Egglestone

    Mental Health Researcher NIMH, University of Nottingham

    Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone is a mental health researcher, working in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham, and based in the Nottingham Institute of Mental Health.

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  • Usman Talat

    Lecturer in Management and Organisational Studies, University of Manchester

    Because of the research methods that he employs Usman moves fluently across a huge range of extremely varied research subjects.

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  • Dr Prun Bijral

    Medical Director of Change Grow Live (CGL)

    Dr Prun Bijral has held a medical leadership role at Change Grow Live since 2011, becoming Executive Medical Director in 2015.

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  • Apollos Clifton-Brown

    Director of Health and Social Care at Framework Housing Association

    Apollos Clifton-Brown oversees the social aspects of supporting the care of people with substance misuse and has an understanding of the challenges patients with alcohol misuse face in daily life.

  • Zoe Welch

    Head of Research at Change Grow Live

    Zoe has over 18 years’ experience as a field researcher and manager based within substance use services.

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Public Health, Statistics and General Practice

  • Dr Jo Morling

    Public Health Researcher, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham

    Jo Morling is a Public Health doctor and researcher. She has worked in improving early access to liver disease testing for nearly 10 years.

  • Dr Stephen Willott

    GP, National chair for the RCGPs

    Dr Willott has an MBBS (1998 Nottingham) BMedSci, DCH, DRCOG and is a fully qualified GP (MRCGP). As well as a full general practice service, he has a particular interest in heart disease and is a specialist in substance misuse.

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  • Kirsty Sprange

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Trials at the University of Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU)

    Kirsty has over 15 years' experience working in research including design and delivery of randomised controlled trials, feasibility and pilot studies as well as qualitative methodology including interviews, focus groups, fidelity assessment and process evaluation.

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  • Prof Julie Parkes

    Head of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Professor of Public Health within Medicine at the University of Southampton

    Julie is doubly qualified as a GP and in Public Health. She qualified from Oxford in 1982 having done her pre-clinical studies in Cambridge.

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  • Dr Doyo Gragn Enki

    Senior statistician, University of Nottingham

    Dr Doyo Gragn Enki has an extensive experience in research, consultancy, and teaching. Doyo has interest in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised clinical trials and observational studies.

Patients and Public Involvement

  • Clare Hutton

    Member of Public

    Hi, I’m Clare. I am a Co-Applicant of Patient & Public Involvement. I have been fortunate enough to have participated in a number of projects here at Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre.

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  • Tracey Jackson

    Member of Public

    Tracey was one of the first participants to take part in the KLIFAD study in 2014. Tracey states that having the Fibro scan gave her the information and motivation she needed to change her drinking behaviour. She has now been abstinent for over 9 years.

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  • Matt Hutton

    Member of Public

    Hi, my name is Matt and I'm a husband and a carer of my wife. I began involvement with the PPI as support for my wife who has cirrhosis but over time have been able to add opinions and thoughts from the point of view of a close loved one/family member of someone suffering addiction.

  • Justin Greenwood

    Member of Public

    My Name is Justin, I am originally Bedford area and have now moved to Ireland. I have lived experience of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related liver disease.

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  • Andrew Wragg

    PPI Coordinator

    Andy joined the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in the summer of 2012.

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  • Melinda King

    PPI Coordinator ProActive

    Melinda is based at the University of Southampton, and supports PPI for the KLIFAD Study alongside coordinating PPI for the national ProACTIVE study into hospital based alcohol care teams.

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  • Kate Frost

    Head of Patient and Public Involvement in Research

    Kate is responsible for the overall approach to Patient and Public Involvement for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust research, the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre and NIHR Nottingham Clinical Research Facility.

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PhD Students

  • Dr Adina Olaru

    Hepatology Clinical Research Fellow, University of Nottingham