Our teams
Our Director Professor Alison Richardson is Clinical Professor of Cancer Nursing and End of Life Care at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.


Ageing & Dementia - Professor Helen Roberts

Healthy Communities - Professor Julie Parkes

Long Term Conditions - Professor Mari-Carmen Portillo

Workforce & Health Systems - Professor Peter Griffiths
Our Board
The NIHR ARC Wessex Board steers us through our five year programme of applied health research. Our approach is to work in close partnership with our member organisations, ensuring representation across Wessex.
Central team
ARC Wessex is coordinated by a central team bringing together researchers from 26 member organisations from across the region.
Chief Operating Officer - Richard Trowbridge
Senior Programme Manager - Kate Rodger
Programme Manager - Nick Sandison
Communications and Partnership Manager - Jamie Stevenson
Lead for Implementation - Dr David Kryl - Academic Health Science Network Wessex and Director of the Wessex Centre for Implementation Science
Senior research and implementation fellow - Dr Michelle Myall
Health Scientist - Dr Melinda Taylor
Lead for Training - Professor Catherine Bowen - University of Southampton
Lead for Patient and Public Involvement - Dr Caroline Barker - University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. (Meet the PPI team)
Senior Statistician - Dr David Culliford
Contact the central team via arcwessex@soton.ac.uk

Richard Trowbridge

Kate Rodger

Jamie Stevenson

Dr David Kryl

Professor Catherine Bowen

Dr Caroline Barker