The PETAL Team
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Chief Investigator (CI)
Prof Angela Hassiotis – Professor in intellectual disability in the Division of Psychiatry at UCL and honorary consultant Psychiatrist at the Camden Learning Disability Service
Co-Chief Investigator
Dr Afia Ali – Senior Clinical Lecturer in intellectual disability at the Division of Psychiatry at UCL and an honorary consultant psychiatrist at the Waltham Forest community learning disability team
Co-investigators
Prof Sally-Ann Cooper – Professor in Intellectual Disabilities and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist (University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Prof Umesh Chauhan – Professor in Primary Care Medicine at University of Central Lancashire
Mrs Vivien Cooper OBE – Chair of The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
Prof Richard Hastings – Professor of Psychology and Education and Cerebra Chair of Family Research in the Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research at the University of Warwick
Miss Rachael Hunter – Principal Research Associate in Primary Care & Population Health at UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health
Prof Andrew Jahoda – Professor of Learning Disabilities at the University of Glasgow
Dr Louise Marston – Programme lead statistician and also a member of the PRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit
Prof Craig Melville – Professor in Intellectual Disabilities Psychiatry at the University of Glasgow
Dr Penny Rapaport – Clinical psychologist and senior research fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at UCL
Prof Laurence Taggart – Reader in Nursing at Ulster University
Dr Liz Steed – Health Psychologist at Queen Mary, University of London
Prof Andre Strydom – Professor of Intellectual Disability Psychiatry
Research Programme Manager
Dr Emese Csipke - emese.csipke@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Royston – r.royston@ucl.ac.uk
Trial Manager
Ms Rebecca Griffiths - rebecca.griffiths@ucl.ac.uk
Research Assistants and Associates
England
Ms Elizaveta Dimitrova - elizaveta.dimitrova.22@ucl.ac.uk
Northern Ireland
Dr Peter Mulhall - p.mulhall@ulster.ac.uk
Dr Gary McDermott - g.mcdermott@ulster.ac.uk
Former team members
Ms Sarah Ashley
Dr Farah Elahi
Ms Maria Lahab
Ms Leila Hamza
Mr Stephen Naughton
Dr Nancy Kouroupa
Ms Tamara Ondruskova
Dr Amanda Gillooly
Ms Bori Vegh
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Trial Manager
Rebecca Griffiths
Email: rebecca.griffiths@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7504 4186
Programme Manager
Dr Emese Csipke
Email: emese.csipke@ucl.ac.uk