Meet the Network

The people working on this project are from across the UK and Ireland. They were drawn together by Professor Martine Smith (Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland) and Dr Lindsay Pennington (Newcastle University, UK) from a variety of organisations and backgrounds. You can find out more about our brilliant team by clicking on their name. 

Professor Martine Smith

Dr Lindsay Pennington

Dr Yvonne Lynch

Louisa Reeves

Professor Wendy Best

  • Professor, researcher and supervisor
  • Email:
  • Communicative Participation Network member and co-investigator

Professor Julie Dockrell

Dr Duana Quigley

  • Practice Education Coordinator/Clinical Lecturer
  • Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Email:
  • Twitter: @dawquigley
  • Communicative Participation Network member and co-investigator

Lana McCarthy

Dr Helen Stringer

  • Senior Lecturer and Consultant Speech and Language Therapist
  • School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
  • Email:
  • Twitter: @DrHelenSLT
  • Communicative Participation Network member and co-investigator