Dr Deon Louw
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deon’s interest in improving mental healthcare systems stems from clinical experience, as well as his role on several organisations with a strategic, educational, and advocacy focus. As a member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Mental Health Subcommittee, he has raised the profile of research. He represents RCEM on the Royal College of Psychiatry Faculty of Liaison Psychiatrists, as well as the Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network, and contributed to a mental health sprint with the Urgent and Emergency Care directorate of the Department of Health and Social Care. Deon has recognised the gap in research in this area and decided to join forces with like-minded colleagues as a founding member of EMRC.
Dr Lisa Schölin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Edinburgh
Lisa Schölin is a public health researcher based in the Medical School at University of Edinburgh. With an interest in toxic substances, mental health and suicide prevention, and health policy she has worked both as an academic researcher, and for the World Health Organization and Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. Her current work focuses on emergency care for substance use and mental health issues, and she also works as a researcher with the Scottish Ambulance Service on these topics. She is the co-convenor of the Drugs Research Network for Scotland (DRNS) and chairs the Acute Responses to emergency Mental Health and Substance use (ARMHS) Research Network, which she set up. Lisa is a mixed methods researcher but has a particular interest in qualitative methods to explore experiences of both people with lived experience and staff working within acute care settings.
Dr Rajendra Raman
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
NHS Fife
Raju is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine working in NHS Fife.
He is the Chief Investigator on the RCEM-funded UPDATE-ED study, a prospective observational study aiming to quantify and describe mental health related presentations to UK Emergency Departments. Raju believes that significant improvements in ED mental healthcare are possible in spite of current pressures on the healthcare system. Indeed, he believes that with the right collaborations in place we can improve patient experiences whilst simultaneously increasing departmental efficiency.
Dr Jane Grassie
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
NHS Fife
Jane is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in Fife who has a strong interest in reducing health inequalities in the ED. In particular, she is the Mental Health Lead for her department and works to improve the care of those presenting with psychiatric and substance use related emergencies. Having travelled as a visiting Fellow to the US to see the EmPATH model of providing psychiatric emergency care, she is keen to see how similar alternative models might work in the UK.
Prof Liz Sampson
Clinical Professor of Liaison Psychiatry and Research Lead for the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatrists
Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing
Liz is a clinical Professor in Liaison Psychiatry and research lead for the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatrists, Academic Centre for healthy Ageing at Queen Mary, University of London, Barts and the Royal London Hospital. She practices as a liaison psychiatrist, mainly in the emergency department and ICU at the Royal London Hospital. Her research focusses on the intersection between physical and mental health, delirium and dementia in acute hospitals.
She has a background in epidemiology, health services research and clinical cohort studies.
Dr Jo Daniels
Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist
University of Bath
Dr Daniels is an academic psychologist with research expertise in the emergency care environment, policy experience in Department of Health and Social Care and clinical expertise in the field of mental health with North Bristol NHS Trust. She is currently based at the University of Bath.