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Meet the team

The TACK research team

The TACK research team is made up of psychiatrists, researchers, psychologists, and researchers from across the UK.

But the core team that deal with the day-to-day management of the project is based at the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry (a joint venture between East London NHS Foundation Trust and QMUL). 

Core Team

  • The Chief Investigator of TACK is Dr Victoria Bird, a Professor at the Unit of Social & Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London.
  • The co-Chief Investigator is Prof. Stefan Priebe, head of the Unit of Social & Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London.
  • The Programme Manager is Dr Philip McNamee and the two research assistants are Lauren Jerome and Aleksandra Matanov.

Co-applicants

The co-applicants on TACK helped to formalise the original research idea and provide guidance and support for the ongoing project. 

  • Prof. Jonathan Warren (East London NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Dr Susan Collinson
  • Dr Andrew Molodynski (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Dr Raj Choudhury (2gether NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Mrs Sally Kerry (Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Mary University London)
  • Prof. Anita Patel (Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Queen Mary University London)
  • Prof. John Geddes (Oxford University)
  • Prof. Rosemarie McCabe (University of Exeter)
  • Prof. Stephen Pilling (UCL)
  • Prof. Tim Kendall

Other Collaborators

More information on all of the researchers working on TACK can be found on the Research Sites pages.