Project Oversight

Project Oversight

Lead: Matt Franklin (University of Sheffield)

Matt, with administrative support from Lauren and Emma at the University of Sheffield, is responsible for day-to-day project management and organising our management groups. We have three management groups that are providing independent oversight to our project.

Study Steering Committee (SSC) 

Our SSC includes 12 representatives with relevant expertise and experience. This includes ten SSC members covering academics, methodologists, clinicians and commissioners as detailed below, along with two members from our Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP). The LEAP members rotate per SSC meeting to allow a diverse range of input from the panel.

Our SSC is responsible for monitoring project progress against pre-agreed project plans, critically assessing the project’s progress and results, and modifying/authorising changes.

• SSC Chair: Monica Jones, Associate Director for HDR UK North & Chief Data Officer for the University of Leeds

• SSC Deputy Chair: David M Clark, Emeritus Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford 

• Richard Emsley, NIHR Research Professor in Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology, King’s College London 

• Paul Farrand, Professor of Evidence-Based Psychological Practice, University of Exeter 

• Andrea Manca, Professor of Health Economics, University of York

• Mona Stylianou, Principal Clinical Lead, Everyturn Mental Health 

• Steve Thomas, GP and Clinical Director, NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

• Stephen Duffield, Associate Director for Real-World Evidence Methods, Data and Analytics, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 

• Vandana Ayyar Gupta, Scientific Adviser, Data and Analytics, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 

• John Ainsworth, Professor of Health Informatics, The University of Manchester 

This SSC is specific to the Target Therapies project and is not providing independent oversight across both projects within the Target Trials in Mental Health programme.

Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG)

SAG Chairs:

• Toni Wilkinson, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

• Judy Leibowitz, North London NHS Foundation Trust

SAG members:

• Debi Bray-Menezes, NHS York and Selby Talking Therapies

• Toby Sweet, Sunderland Counselling Service

• Lisa Slaughter, Sheffield NHS Talking Therapies

• Leah Wickens, Independent Advisor

• Ushma Patel, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

• Evi Aresti, Haringey Talking Therapies

• Representative from Newham Talking Therapies, East London NHS Foundation Trust

The SAG will act as an open forum for Talking Therapies service representatives to provide their feedback and thoughts during the projects’ timeline. Representatives include Talking Therapies service delivery team members (e.g., junior/senior therapists), service oversight (e.g., service managers), and NHS commissioners. 

This SAG is providing independent oversight across both projects within the Target Trials in Mental Health programme.

Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP)

Our LEAP is detailed on the Patient and Public Involvement page. Representatives of the LEAP will be also be part of our SSC and SAG.

This LEAP is providing independent oversight across both projects within the Target Trials in Mental Health programme.