People
Research Group leads
Dr Tracey Bowden
Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Care and Adult Nursing
Dr Tracey Bowden, a Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Care and Adult Nursing, joined the Nursing Department at City, University of London in 2005 from full-time NHS practice. She is an early career researcher, having been awarded her PhD in 2023. Alongside her Senior Lecturer post, Tracey is the Deputy Programme Director for the Advanced Clinical Practice programme and apprenticeship programme.
Dr Duncan Smith
Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice
Dr Duncan Smith joined the Department of Nursing at City, University of London in 2014 from full time practice in the NHS. Duncan is interested in implementation science, behaviour change, and the use of theory to design interventions targeting healthcare practitioners. He is also interested in clinical-academic careers and building research capacity amongst nurses and AHPs.
People from City St George’s
Professor Leanne Aitken
Vice-President (Research)
Professor Leanne Aitken is a critical care nurse (Australia) who joined City, University of London as a Professor of Critical Care in 2013.
Professor Aitken's current research focuses on interventions that can be delivered during and after critical illness or injury to improve recovery after time in the intensive care unit, decision-making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues.
Professor Lars E. Eriksson
Professor in Nursing
Prof. Lars E. Eriksson is a Registered Nurse with a PhD in Nursing and an MSc in Chemistry who joined City, University of London in 2013.
His research focus is on biobehavioral/translational nursing aspects on health and quality of life of people living with long-lasting conditions.
Dr Jessie Cooper
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jessie Cooper is a medical sociologist with expertise in ethnographic and narrative approaches to studies of medical/health professional practice and health inequalities.
Her main areas of research are:
- The social practices and politics of organ donation and transplantation.
- Critical approaches to the study of science, technology and medicine.
- A broad range of work around health inequalities, which includes her PhD research and supervising doctoral projects on inequalities in gastrointestinal infections and head and neck cancer.
Athanasia Niarrou
Athanasia Niarrou joined City, University of London in December 2021 as a Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice. She has a strong background and passion for advanced clinical practice, leadership, and critical care, and brings a wealth of expertise to her role.
Julie Robinson
Lecturer in Critical care
Julie Robinson joined the School of Health and Psychological Sciences in 2021 as a Critical Care lecturer. She also works clinically as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner within Critical Care Outreach. Her background and interests lie within acute and critical care. Additionally, she assists as an Advanced Life Support Instructor.
Peachiammal Subramanian
Honorary Lecturer
External members
Dr Laura María Alberto
Dr Laura María Alberto is Associate Researcher, National Scientific and Technical Research Council – Argentina (CONICET), Institute for Research in Medicine and Health Sciences (IIMCS), Universidad del Salvador, Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Professor, School of Nursing, Universidad del Salvador, Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Laura is an aboriginal critical care nurse researcher from Argentina. Her research interests include critical care practice, the early recognition of sepsis and recovery from sepsis. Laura has served in different roles in the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN) since 2003.
She led the formation of the Latin American Federation of Intensive Care Nurses in 2006, today a strong federation, part of the WFCCN family.
Raine Astin-Chamberlain
HARP PhD Fellow (Queen Mary University of London) and Senior Emergency Department Research Nurse (Barts Health NHS Trust)
My PhD is aiming to understand the potential health inequalities where risks of injury, access to treatment, experience of care and quality of life during recovery may differ according to the diverse characteristics of our patients after major trauma.
Dr Jody Ede
Dr Lydia Emerson
Dr Lydia Emerson is a Senior Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University, specialising in clinical trials methodology and process evaluations for complex critical care trials.
Awarded a prestigious MRC PhD fellowship at Queen's University Belfast, she developed framework guidance for process evaluations in critical care. Lydia is highly experienced in designing and conducting process evaluations in intensive care and large UK-wide trials.
Matthew Ibrahim
Dr Katerina Iliopoulou
"I have 25 years experience as a critical care nurse, during which I have developed a strong commitment to multidisciplinary collaboration and interprofessional teamwork in acute care settings. I am past Chair of the N&AHPs within the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and I am an active member of the European Implementation Collaborative.
"My research interests are centred on implementation science and behavioural strategies aimed at integrating evidence into practice, particularly concerning Infection Control and Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship. I focus on mixed-method methodologies, emphasising quantitative research through large-scale surveys, the development of psychometric scales, and the adoption of semi-structured interviews."
Professor Heather Jarman
Professor Heather Jarman is Group Director Health and Care Professional Research at St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group, and Professor of Emergency Care in the School of Health & Medical Sciences. She is clinical research lead for the Emergency Department at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London and has 30 years' experience in emergency nursing.
Heather is co-chair of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Emergency Care Incubator and Specialty Lead for Trauma and Emergency Care studies in the NIHR South London Regional Research Delivery Network. Her research interests are diverse but include low level carbon monoxide exposure and the impact of frailty on major trauma patients. She holds a number of grants as Chief Investigator and is an experienced Principal Investigator on clinical trials.
Devi Kandel
Dr Jackie McRae
Amy Silver
Dr Tim Stephens
Natasha Trenchard
Natasha Trenchard -Turner, Consultant Nurse in Critical Care, SGH (MA, PG Diploma, BSc)
"I am the new Consultant Nurse for the Adult Critical Care units at St George’s Hospital. This role encompasses the four pillars of advanced practice and I view research as central to it. I hope to promote and produce more empirical nurse-led research within our department. I have an interest in qualitative methodologies, having done an illuminative evaluation for my Master’s dissertation."
Misha Denise Virtudazo
Dr Samford Wong
Dr Samford Wong is a Clinical Academic and practicing dietitian. Dr Wong spends approximately 20% of his time on research and 80% on clinical duties. His research are related to spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, management of malnutrition and it’s complications in people with disability. Over the years, he led the validation and implementation of the Spinal Nutrition Screening Tool (SNST), a disease specific nutrition screening tool, in SCI centres.
He established new service such as dietetic-led weight management service. Dr Wong currently chaired the Nutrition Specialist Interest Group at the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and is Committee Member for ISCoS Scientific and Research Committee. Dr Wong was principal / chief investigator on 7 research projects in the last 15 years. He published 29 articles in peer-reviewed journals and act as a referee to a number of scientific journals in his field of research. A list of publication can be found via this link Wong S Stoke Mandeville Spinal - Search Results - PubMed (nih.gov)