HOP-ON Team

Cris Glazebrook is a health psychologist with a background in nursing who works in the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham. She is principal investigator for the HOP-ON project, with responsibility for coordinating the multidisciplinary research team and overseeing HOP-ON development, data collection and data analysis. She is also involved in a number of other research projects which aim to improve the wellbeing of children, including a large project to increase physical activity in primary school children.

Sarah Redsell is a health visitor and health psychologist who works in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at Anglia Ruskin University. She is also a parent of a child born pre-term. Sarah’s role in the project is to assist with the study design, development of the intervention, data analysis and interpretation.

Sam Johnson is a developmental psychologist based in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester. Sam’s research is focused on identifying and improving neuro-developmental, cognitive, and psychological outcomes in preterm children and other high risk populations. She has been involved in a number of studies investigating the effects of preterm birth on the developing child and has a great deal of experience in assessing the development of infants and young children. Building on her experience in neuro-developmental follow-up, Sam will be responsible for developing the outcome assessments that babies in the study will have when they are 12 months old.

Charlotte Beer is a part-time Research and Teaching Fellow based in the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham. Her post combines conducting Health Psychology related research and teaching pre-clinical medical students. Charlotte’s previous research has focused on exploring the quality of maternal infant interactions after a very premature birth. She hopes the HOP-ON project will help her extend this area of interest. Working in the HOP-ON team, Charlotte will assist with the randomisation of the study participants and the data analysis.

Helen Budge is Clinical Associate Professor and Reader in Neonatal Medicine at the University of Nottingham and Consultant Neonatologist in the Neonatal Service of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is Clinical Director of the Early Life Nutrition Research Unit at the University of Nottingham where she leads a research team working on understanding long term outcomes from fetal and neonatal experiences. In the HOP-ON team, Helen provides expertise on neonatal illnesses and their medical care. She is working with the other members of the HOP-ON team, on study design, recruitment of participants and their follow-up.

Sarah Westwater-Wood is a lecturer in Physiotherapy Education at the University of Nottingham and holds the University’s Dearing Award for outstanding quality and innovation in teaching. Sarah has over 10 years experience as a clinical physiotherapist specialising in children’s services and is currently undertaking her PhD focused on cerebral palsy. Bringing her experience as a pediatric physiotherapist to the HOP-ON project, Sarah will be responsible for helping develop the HOP-ON intervention and 12 month assessments.

Heather Wharrad is a Professor in E-Learning and Health Informatics at University of Nottingham. Heather is academic lead for the HELM (Health E-Learning and Media) group and the research group in Education and Technology for Health in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy. She has been principal investigator on many externally funded national and international projects on e-learning pedagogy, evaluation and research in health and has published widely in the fields of medical physiology, health informatics and e-learning. Bringing her expertise in e-learning to the project team, Heather will be involved in developing the HOP-ON intervention and evaluating its usefulness.

Anita Hughes is a psychology graduate who works as a research fellow in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham. Anita has an MSc in health services research and is a researcher and part-time PhD student on the HOP-ON project. Anita’s PhD will focus on developing the qualitative movement assessment that babies in the study will have when they are 12 months old.

Katy Allen is a Research Assistant for the HOP-ON project based in the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham. Katy is a psychology graduate and has experience working and conducting research with young children. Katy will be involved in developing the HOP-ON intervention, recruiting participants, entering data, conducting 12 month assessments and analysing data.