Partnership team
Our team consists of expert clinicians, academics and educationalists involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of health and care services.


Professor Sarah Voss
Professor of Emergency Care, University of the West of England

Professor Nicola Walsh
Professor of Knowledge Mobilisation and Musculoskeletal Health, University of the West of England

Professor Uduak Archibong MBE
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), University of Bradford

Dr Rachel Arnold
Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), University of Bath

Dr Zahid Asghar
Associate Professor and Director of the Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit, University of Lincoln

Dr Sarah Black
Head of Research, Audit and Quality Improvement, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Jonathan Benger CBE
Professor of Emergency Care, University of the West of England and Deputy Chief Executive, Chief Medical Officer, Interim Director of the Centre for Guidelines, NICE

Dr Matthew Booker
Associate Professor in Urgent Care and Primary Care, Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol and Deputy Medical Director, South Western Ambulance Service NHS FT

Dr Michael Clark
Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr Alison Cooper
Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre, Cardiff University

Professor Vari Drennan MBE
Professor of Health Care & Policy Research, Kingston University

Professor Adrian Edwards
Professor of General Practice and Co-Director of the Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University

Professor Heather Gage
Professor of Health Economics, University of Surrey

Dr Andy Gibson
Associate Professor in Patient and Public Involvement, University of the West of England

Dr Mary Halter
Associate Professor Emergency Cardiovascular and Critical Care Research, Kingston University

Dr Justin Jagosh
Director for the Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis (CARES) and Visiting Professor, University of the West of England

Dr Amy Manley
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership

Dr Lee Moore
Senior Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath

Professor Niro Siriwardena
Emeritus Professor, University of Lincoln

Professor Christos Vasilakis
Professor of Management Science, University of Bath

Professor Sir Steve West CBE
Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive Officer, University of the West of England

Dr Scott Watkins
Project Manager for SURGE, University of the West of England

Dr Anna Blackwell
Research Fellow for SURGE, University of the West of England

Dr Bethan Jones
Research Fellow for SURGE, University of the West of England

Miss Emily Phillpotts
Research Associate for SURGE, University of the West of England