Key people

Professor Julie Parkes BM, BCh, DRCOG, MRCGP, MPH, PhD, MFPHM

Professor Julie Parkes is Head of the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education and Professor of Public Health within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Professor Hazel Everitt MBChB, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRCGP

As a GP and clinical academic, Professor Hazel Everitt leads research studies in primary care providing high quality evidence to help better manage common long term conditions that can have a significant impact on people’s lives, such as irritable bowel syndrome. Her research interests include: improving communication in health care consultations, supporting patients to self-manage conditions, developing internet based support tools, and improving the translation of research evidence into clinical practice.

She also is co-author of the Oxford Handbook of General Practice. A handbook that aims to provide a concise synthesis of the best evidence, guidelines and sources of further information, to help GPs manage the broad range of conditions seen in primary care.

Professor Nick Francis PhD, MD, BA, PGD (Epidemiology), MRCGP

Professor Francis is a Professor of Primary Care Research in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education.

Professor Tony Kendrick BSc MD FRCGP FRCPsych (Hon) FHEA

Professor Tony Kendrick is Professor of Primary Care within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Professor Geraldine Leydon BA, MA, PhD, Dip. PH

Geraldine Leydon is Professor in Primary within Medicine at the University of Southampton. She trained in Medical Sociology at Lancaster University (BA), Goldsmiths College, London (MA), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD, Dip.PH). She has specialised in leading qualitative studies and teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students qualitative methods in health.

Professor Paul Little CBE MBBS, BA, MD, DLSHTM, MRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci

Professor Paul Little is Professor of Primary Care Research within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Professor Michael Moore BM, BS, MRCP, FRCGP

Professor Michael Moore is Professor of Primary Health Care Research within Medicine at the University of Southampton. He is an academic GP with more than 30 years' experience in a Salisbury practice.

Professor Paul Roderick MBBS, MD, Msc, FFPH, FRCP

Paul is a public health clinical academic with diverse research interests spanning clinical epidemiology, health services research and public health. He is best known for his research on the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease.

Professor Mike Thomas MB, BS, MRCP, FRCP, PhD

Prof. Thomas is Professor of Primary Care Research at the University of Southampton, UK, and leads the community-based respiratory research programme. He is the Chief Investigator of several current and past research programmes in asthma and COPD. By background he is a GP with additional training and expertise in respiratory medicine.

Professor Lucy Yardley BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol

Professor Lucy Yardley is Professor of Health Psychology at University of Southampton and University of Bristol.

Dr Felicity Bishop MSc, PhD

Dr Felicity Bishop is a health psychologist leading an interdisciplinary programme of mixed methods research around complementary therapies and placebo effects in health care within Psychology at the University of Southampton.

Dr Simon DS Fraser BM. MSc, DM, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP. Dip, FHEA, MFPH, FFPH

As a public health doctor building on my past experience as a GP, my research aims to understand and address the determinants, burden, inequalities, and adverse outcomes associated with chronic disease. I have a particular interest in kidney disease.

Dr Adam Geraghty BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, FHEA.

Dr Adam Geraghty is an Associate Professor and Research Psychologist in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine. His research involves the application of psychological science to challenging issues in primary care. Dr Geraghty has led projects to support patients in self-managing problems such as back pain, severe emotional distress and chronic dizziness. He is interested in how digital interventions can be used to deliver and increase access to treatment, and also how they can help researchers understand why interventions work (e.g. mechanisms). Dr Geraghty draws on a diverse range of approaches including randomised controlled trials, cross sectional studies, systematic reviews and qualitative methods to address questions with the aim of improving the health of patients. He is registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) as a Chartered Psychologist and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Miriam Santer MBBChir, MRCGP, PhD

Dr Miriam Santer is Associate Professor in Primary Care Research within Medicine at the University of Southampton and a GP at Denmark Road Medical Centre in Bournemouth.

Dr Beth Stuart BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

Dr Beth Stuart is an Associate Professor within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller MRCGP, PhD, FHEA

Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care research within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton and a GP.

Dr Mark Lown BEng, PhD, MBBS, MRCGP

Dr Mark Lown is a Clinical Lecturer within Medicine at the University of Southampton and a GP at Highfield Health in Southampton.

Dr Leanne Morrison Bsc, Msc, PhD

Dr Leanne Morrison is a Lecturer in Health Psychology within the Centre for Community and Clinical Applications of Health Psychology, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences and the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine.

Dr Ingrid Muller BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsycol

Dr Ingrid Muller is a Health Psychologist and Lecturer in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine.

Dr Dave Newell BSc, PhD, PGDip

Dr Dave Newell is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education at the University of Southampton and Director of Research at AECC University College in Bournemouth. Splitting his time between these two posts, his primary role at Southampton is the exploration of delivery of MSK services that interface between primary care and community based settings.

Dr Merlin L Willcox

Dr Merlin Willcox is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education. He has worked as a GP in the NHS since 2003 and currently works in a practice in Oxford as well as in the Out of Hours service. His research interests include global health, clinical trials of herbal medicines, and improving care for vulnerable people.