Early Career Researchers
At the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing (WRIHW) we include a focus on the importance of nurturing its early career researcher (ECR) community. Our ECR community mirrors the interdisciplinary commitment of the WRIHW, with PhD students in anthropology illuminating a brighter side to ayahuasca tourism in South America, peers in bioscience ironing out some truths about dementia, and a wide variety in-between. Improving health and wellbeing is not restricted to a particular academic discipline, and neither are we.
The main goals of the ECR committee are:
- To increase the sense of community between ECRs within the WRIHW
- To increase the visibility of ECRs within the WRIHW, and to wider audiences
- To offer ECRs within the WRIHW opportunities to develop their research, CV and understanding of what a career in research can look like
If you are interested in joining our ECR committee please contact Suzi Boyd.
Our ECR Network
Our ECR Networks (formerly Postgraduate Associates) is designed to cultivate a sense of community among Early Career Researchers and research-enabling staff at Durham University who are interested in health and wellbeing research. We aim to encourage a diversity of ideas, practices, and approaches while recognising and nurturing the unique experiences, skills, and competencies that each individual can contribute.
At the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, we define an Early Career Researcher broadly. This includes undergraduates and students in taught postgraduate programmes who are curious about advancing to postgraduate research, PhD students, postdoctoral research assistants, teaching fellows interested in research, new or established postdocs and academic staff transitioning to independent researchers. We also welcome technicians and professional support staff who want to contribute their ideas and knowledge to the development of research on health and wellbeing.
To sign up to become a member of our ECR Network please click here
Useful Links
The ECR Committee
Name | Role/Department |
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Jonathan Wistow | Sociology Department, WRIHW Co-Director |
Leanne Trick | Psychology Department |
Andrea Lambell | ECR Committee Lead, WRIHW Co-Director, Anthropology |
Charmele Ayadurai | Business School |
Mohi Ziyachi | Sociology |
Thuy-vy Nguyen | Psychology |
Georgina Robinson |
Theology and Religion |
Dafni Lima |
Law (Research Leave until September 2025) |
Nic Kendall |
Biosciences |
Johanna Thren |
Anthropology |
Sophie Lovell-Kennedy |
Anthropology |
Aditi Mishra |
John Snow College |
Julie Brown |
St Chad's College |
Our ECR Network Members
Name | Department |
Thomas Goodbourn | Sport and Exercise Sciences |
Sophie Phillips | Sport and Exercise Sciences |
Kendra Quinn | Archaeology |
Heidi Shaw | Archaeology |
Emily Tupper | Anthropology |
Harriet Broadfoot | Education |
Nicola Kendall | Biosciences |
Lucy Johnson | Anthropology |
Laura McGuire | Anthropology |
Guofang Yuan | Anthropology |
Liu Miaoqing | Business School |
Rachel Kurtz | Education |
Evelyn Antony | Education |
Norah Alanazi
|
Biosciences |
Seounghoon Oh
|
Sociology and Social Policy |
Giammarco Di Gregorio |
Psychology |
Richard McMann |
Psychology |
Talia Warren | Natural Science |
Roya Arian | Engineering |
Manghan Xiong | Sport and Exercise Sciences |
Chung-Yen Cheng | Geography |
Miriam Anscombe | Anthropology |
Wenjing Zheng | Psychology |
Myrto Dimitriou | Business School |
Shuman Xie | Sociology |
Elinor Bell-Clark | Philosophy |
Yiwen Zhang | Education |
Sanjana Kumari | Anthropology |
David Lowther | EDI Department |
Breanna Voss | Biosciences |
Akari Takatsuka |
English Studies / History |
Kate Ayres | Business School |
Erika Patho | Anthropology |
Matthew Armstrong | Sport and Exercise Science |
Adam Dickson | Sport and Exercise Science |
Get in Touch
Find out more about the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing.
Wolfson Research Institute
Room 236
Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
C/O Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
Tel: + 44 (0) 191 334 0013