People

Name	Email	Faculty	School	Job title	Areas of expertise
Dr Michael A. Finn	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science	Lecturer in History of Science	History of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Self-help, Museums and Mental Health
Dr Anastasiia Akulich	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Research Fellow in Global Health History	History of Social Medicine, Polio Vaccinations, Missionaries
Dr Sonja Andrew	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Design	Associate Professor	Participatory Arts Approaches for Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing, Textile Installations for Communication on Health and Wellbeing,  Fashion Design for an Ageing Population.
Sarah L Astill	[email protected]	Faculty of Biological Sciences	School of Biomedical Sciences	Professor of Motor Control	Ageing, Motor Control and Rehabilitation, Physical Activity
Dr. Maryam Ba-Break	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	School of Medicine	Lecturer in Global and International Public Health	Health Systems in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings, Adolescent Health and Behaviour Change (including Mental Health and Smoking Prevention), Maternal, Reproductive, and Child Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Dr Amisha Desai	[email protected]	Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences	School of Mechanical Engineering	Research Fellow	Biotribology and Tissue Engineering, Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Female Health and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Dr Paige E. Davis	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	School of Psychology	Lecturer in Developmental Psychology	Arts Prescribing in Healthcare, Child Development, Imagination and Creativity and its impact on Mental Health
Dr Marek Eby	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Research Fellow in Global Health History	History of Medicine and Public Health; Infectious-Disease Epidemics and Epidemic Control; State-Socialist Health Systems
Dr Campbell Edinborough	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Performance and Cultural Industries	Associate Professor in Creative Practice	Arts and Culture in Promoting Physical Activity, Politics of Creative Health, Intersecting Histories of Dance, Physical Education and Health
Dr Matthew Elliott	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Performance and Cultural Industries	Lecturer in Applied Performance and Global Challenges	Global Mental Health, Masculinity and Mental Health, Decolonising Health Systems
Yang Feng	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies	Postgraduate Researcher	Digital Participatory Art; Sci-Art Collaborations; Anthropocentrism and Non-Anthropocentrism
Dr Cristina Harney	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	School of Languages, Cultures & Societies	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Postgraduate Researcher	Youth Mental Health Research, Interdisciplinary Working, Arts-Based Interventions
Dr Lou Harvey	[email protected]	Faculty of Social Sciences	School of Education	Associate Professor in Education	Wellbeing, Neurodiversity, Arts-Based Research
Rebecca Hawkins	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine	Lecturer in Qualitative Health Research	Social and Health Equity, Ageing, Multiple Long-Term Conditions and Frailty, Inclusive Research Practice
Dr Jessica Johansson	[email protected]	Clinical Trials Research Unit	Leeds Institute for Health Sciences - RECREATE, Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research	Senior Research Fellow	Stroke, Psychological Adjustment to Illness and Long-Term Conditions, Carers
Maria Kapsali	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Performance and Cultural Industries	Associate Professor in Physical Performance	Ageing, Chronic Pain, Movement Practices/Sound and Movement Interaction
Dr Amy M. Russell	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	School of Medicine	Associate Professor of Health Inequalities	Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities, Co-production
Gracie Marsh	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Fine Art History of Art and Cultural Studies	Practice-led PhD Student and Poet	Crip Poetics, Disability, Life-limiting Illness
Dr Iona McCleery	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Associate Professor in Medieval History and Director of Medieval Studies	Premodern History of Medicine, Medicine and Religion, History of Food and Nutrition
Dr Maroula Perisanidi	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Lecturer in Medieval History and Lead in 'Health Histories'	Premodern Disability, Premodern Neurodivergence, Voice, Speech and Communication
Dr Kimberly Petersen	[email protected]	Faculty of Social Sciences	School of Education	Lecturer in the Psychology of Childhood and Education	Child/Adolescent Wellbeing, Loneliness, School-Based Interventions
Dr Joanna Phillips	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Research and Impact Development Officer	History of Health
Dr Lucy Prodgers	[email protected]	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine	Lecturer in Psychological and Social Medicine	Long-term Health conditions/chronic illness, Fatigue and energy-limiting conditions, Narrative and Qualitative Health Research
Dr Katherine (Kat) Rawling	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of History	Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century British History and Deputy Director of Research and Innovation (DDoRI)	Social History of Modern Medicine, Medical Photography, History of Mental Health
Professor James Stark	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science	Professor of Medical Humanities, Head of the Faculty Graduate School and Deputy Pro-Dean for Research & Innovation	Microbes and Infectious Disease, Ageing, Medical Technology
Aylwyn Walsh	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Performance and Cultural Industries	Professor of Performance and Social Change	Creative Arts and Mental Health, Play and Wellbeing, Lived Experience
Dr Jacki Willson	[email protected]	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures	School of Performance and Cultural Industries	Associate Professor in Performance and Gender	Miscarriage and Emotional care, Trauma-informed Research, Safer Inclusive Spaces and Wellbeing