Research Associates

There were 12 research associates / assistants (RAs) on the Programme.  8 of these worked on the longitudinal study, conducting annual visits with young people with complex health needs to find out about their experiences of transition.  They were based at sites across England and Northern Ireland.

* Longitudinal Study‌

Shaunak Deshpande  (North East)

  • Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
  • Transition RA for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Tees Esk and Wear Valley (TEWV)
  • Also Transition RA for diabetes in Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne

Guiomar Garcia Jalon (Belfast)

  • Queens University Belfast
  • Transition RA for cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland

Sarah Balne (Wexham Park and Frimley)

  • Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Transition RA for diabetes in Wexham

Kate Hardenberg  (Bath)

  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS  Foundation Trust
  • Transition RA for diabetes in Bath

Hannah Merrick (North East)

  • Newcastle University
  • Transition RA for cerebral palsy in North East England
  • Also Transition RA for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

Holly Roper (Norfolk)

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust
  • Transition RA for diabetes in Norfolk

 

* Young People's Experiences of Transition (YETI) study

Michaela Fay

  • Newcastle University

 Rose Watson

  • Newcastle University

 

* Health Economics (including Q Sort Study)

Jennifer Hislop

  • Newcastle University

 

* Commissioning Research

Gregory Maniatopoulos

  • Newcastle University