Professor Kamlesh Khunti, PhD MD FRCGP FRCP FMedSci
Director
Kamlesh Khunti is Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester. He is Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre (UK) and leads a research group that is currently working on the early identification of, and interventions with, people who have diabetes or are at increased risk of developing diabetes.
Donna Richardson
CLAHRC Assistant Director
Donna’s background is in laboratory-based cancer research at the University of Leicester, where she did her PhD and, later, postdoctoral research into breast cancer.
Alexandra Mazzuoccolo
Research and Innovation Business Manager
Alex, an MBA Graduate, has worked in the University sector for 20 years. She has extensive experience in operational management, marketing and communications, event management, student recruitment, admissions and widening participation, project/change management, student services support and strategic and financial management.
Andrew Willis
Research Associate
Dr Andrew Willis has experience of carrying out a variety of academic research projects aimed at assessing the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at preventing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Barbara Czyznikowska
Project Support Officer
Barbara’s proficiency resides mainly within the field of public involvement, community engagement and health equality. Her academic background is in Public Policy and Government, and she is particularly interested in policy-relevant research with emphasis on interventions relating to wellbeing and community cohesiveness.
Carol Akroyd
CLAHRC Manager
Carol’s background is in operational management, project management, business intelligence, healthcare leadership including strategic and financial management within acute hospitals and primary care services.
Julian Harrison
Equality & Diversity Consultant
After working in academia and then in rugby league development and promotion, Julian Harrison has spent the last sixteen years of his life working in community engagement, development and in the specific areas of equality, diversity, community cohesion and human rights.
Lynn Hartshorn
Senior Administrator
Lynn has many years’ experience as a senior administrator across both public and private sector employers.
Michelle Brown
Senior Administrator
Michelle has a background of providing administrative and secretarial support across various specialties within the NHS. Having recently graduated with a BA Honours degree in Business Studies has a vast experience of arranging and managing events, as well as providing administration to CLAHRC East Midlands.
Nasima Miah
Project Support Assistant
A BSc honors graduate in public and community health studies, who has 10 years extensive experience of project management, delivery, planning and evaluation.
Dr Natalie Darko
Academic Lead and Research Fellow
Dr Natalie Darko is an experienced academic and researcher, who has conducted extensive national and international based research exploring communities’ experiences of health and physical activity.
Pamela Campbell-Morris
Community Researcher
Pamela has Project managed several voluntary organisations and community groups and have been very instrumental in bridging the gap between black minority ethnic voluntary organisations and Statuary organisations in order to enable effective partnership.
Sunny Rohit
Project Support Officer
Sunny has almost 20 years of experience working in youth, community and sports development and management.