The Research Team

Professor Jeremy Parr

Dr Marc Woodbury-Smith

Professor Helen McConachie

Dr Alex Petrou

  • Research Associate for the Adult Autism Spectrum Cohort-UK project and the Autism Spectrum Database-UK project
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 282 1380

Deborah Garland

  • ASD Family Support Manager
  • National Autistic Society North East Resource Centre
  • Email:
  • Telephone: 0191 2296 020

Jahnese Hamilton

  • Clinical Studies Officer, NIHR Portfolio Research Delivery Team (Mental Health), Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tom Berney

  • Developmental Psychiatrist

Joan Mackintosh

Richard Hardy

  • IT and Database Support

Colin Wilson

  • Project Consultant

Chris Mitchell

  • Project Consultant

The Goth (James Mason)

  • Project Consultant

Professor Ann Le Couteur

  • Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor David Burn

  • Director, Institute of Ageing and Health and Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

Professor Anya Hurlbert

  • Professor of Visual Neuroscience

Professor Tracy Finch

  • Professor of Healthcare & Implementation Science, Northumbria University

Professor Jacqui Rodgers

  • Chair in Psychology & Mental Health

Professor Elaine McColl

  • Professor of Health Services Research

Professor Patrick Chinnery

  • Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Elizabeta Mukaetova - Ladinska

  • Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Ageing and Health, and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Robert Barber

  • Consultant Old-Age Psychiatrist

Dr Barry Ingham

  • Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ian James

  • Head of Newcastle Psychology and Challenging Behaviour Teams

Dr Mark Pearce

  • Reader in Lifecourse Epidemiology

Dr Blossom Stephan

  • Lecturer in Epidemiology

Dr John Paul Taylor

  • Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry

Professor Luke Vale

  • Director, National Institute of Health Research North East Research Design Service

Professor Louise Robinson

  • Professor of Primary Care and Ageing. Royal College of GP's National Champion for Ageing and Older People

Deb Jones

  • Research Administrator

Carla Black

  • Autism Research Programme Administrator