Our staff

Anne is Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Annette is a social scientist evaluating the impact of research on policy and practice. She has expertise in service improvement research, patient involvement in research and in patient experience research. Annette is Deputy Chair of the UK Implementation Society. Until January 2019 she edited the leading journal in the field: Evidence & Policy and recently contributed to a special issue of the journal Research Evaluation on research impact assessment.

Dr Kathleen Oare Lindell, PhD, RN, ATSF, FAAN is Associate Professor of Nursing and the Mary Swain Endowed Chair in Palliative Care Health. Dr Lindell is a graduate of the St. Francis General Hospital Professional School of Nursing (Diploma RN), and the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing [BSN, MSN (Pulmonary Specialty), and PhD].

Dr Lindell was a Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist at the PENN Lung Center and participated in development of evidence-based programs to advance health of patients with lung disease. She also directed patient support and education at the University of Pittsburgh Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at UPMC becoming the first nurse on the faculty at the PITT School of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing.

Her path of research is directed toward improving the quality of life for patients with advanced lung disease, specifically Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and their family caregivers. This research focus developed from experience working to improve support available to patients with IPF and their caregivers, assuring patients and caregivers are aware of the most recent education available to improve their knowledge, and engaging in advocacy efforts to increase awareness of this disease. As a result of this work, she developed a nurse-led palliative care intervention entitled “A Program of SUPPORT?” for patients with advanced lung disease. Her research funding focuses on palliative care knowledge and preparedness in patients with advanced lung disease and their family caregivers. This work resulted in 37 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Lindell is actively involved in the American Thoracic Society and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF), having served on both of their Board of Directors. At present, she is a member of the PFF Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee.

Dr Maddocks is a Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research and specialist physiotherapist at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London. His research interests span palliative care, rehabilitation, muscle related disorders, and functional assessment. He chairs the London hub of the Council for Allied Health Professions research, and the Advanced disease and End of Life Care subgroup of the National Cancer Research Institute Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical Studies Group.

Jill is Professor of Social Work, Director of the NIHR Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London. In January 2019 Jill became Director of the new NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit. Jill’s areas of research interest span health and wellbeing of older people with frailty, dementia and who are part of hard to reach groups. She works with the Department of Health and Social Care on several subjects and closely with several social care employers to link research and practice. Other areas of research include child safeguarding, gambling and homelessness. She is a Trustee of the Centre for Policy on Ageing and of the Orders of St John Care Trust. In addition she is a NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Internationally she is the SR Nathan Professor of Social Work at the National University of Singapore and holds visiting chairs at Ulster University and the University of Melbourne.

Alicia is Professor of Health Services Research at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield. She is Director of the Medical Care Research Unit, which focuses on the development and evaluation of complex interventions and services in healthcare, social care and third sector organisations. Her work has focused on helping to develop interventions and evaluate them, leading the qualitative research and process evaluations. She also uses mixed methods to understand service users' experiences of care, and is currently exploring how best to help patients to manage minor health problems. Professor O’Cathain has written extensively on methodology (how best to undertake mixed methods research, more recently on qualitative methods with randomised controlled trials, and how to develop complex interventions).

Lesley Turner has a background in Law having practiced for a number of years as a Defendant Clinical Negligence Litigator and Head of Facilities at the International Law Firm DAC Beachcroft LLP. In 2005 she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and underwent a radical mastectomy with axillary clearance.

Lesley has been a member of the National Cancer Research Institute’s Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical Studies Group, and sits as a lay member of the NCRI Breast Clinical Studies Sub Group working on symptom management issues. She is also an active member of the NCRI Consumer Forum, and Independent Cancer Patients’ Voice.

She is a Member of Breast Cancer Now’s Tissue Bank Advisory Council, and a Member of the Breast Cancer Now’s Catalyst Grant Committee which has funded 17 studies to date worth a total value of approximately £5.8 million.

She is also a Co-Applicant on a number of funded trials and a member of numerous Trial Steering Committees.