Research Fellow

Email:  noise@manchester.ac.uk

As Researcher Co-Investigator of the Programme, Hannah runs the Manchester-based research studies, as well as providing training, guidance, and code for the others.

The initial idea for the flagship Hearing In Teens study arose in 2016 as part of her PhD, and she is grateful to the MRC for providing the funding to finally make it a reality.

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Senior Lecturer in Audiology

Karolina brings over 20 years of auditory research experience to the programme, including extensive work devising electrophysiological measures to detect brain changes due to pathology, training, and deprivation.

Karolina’s work as Director of Social Responsibility supports the programme’s commitment to participant diversity and inclusion, which has achieved great success, especially in the Hearing In Teens study.

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Senior Lecturer in Audiology

Rebecca’s diverse expertise encompasses psychoacoustics and cognitive neuroscience, with the goal of understanding how our brains interpret sound in order to allow us to communicate.

Both Rebecca’s understanding of speech perception and her familiarity with neuro-imaging techniques are valuable to the work of the programme.

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Ewing Professor of Audiology

Kevin is Director of the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), Deputy Director of the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and theme lead for Hearing Health.

His expertise spans clinical audiology and basic auditory science, including impact on policy and practice, ensuring that our research always supports long-term benefit for patients, clinicians, and the public.

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Research Assistant

After displaying a flair for auditory research during her Audiology MSc at The University of Manchester, Carlyn built substantial clinical experience back home in Canada.

Her research acumen, breadth of audiological knowledge, deft problem-solving, and interpersonal skills have all been vital in allowing her to simultaneously conduct one study, After The Music,  and support recruitment for another, Hearing In Teens.

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Lecturer in Audiology

Garreth is an auditory scientist and lecturer interested in the human auditory system and how speech signals are decomposed neurally.

His research interests involve studying the auditory brainstem in conjunction with learning standard audiological practices to investigate novel ways of quantifying an individual’s hearing abilities.

Garreth was Post-doctoral Research Associate for the MRC Programme from 2014 to 2018, and brings a wealth of experience from that tenure.

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Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics

Steve is an applied biostatistician whose decades of work have covered the entire translational pathway, from basic biology and epidemiology to clinical trials and implementation research.

Given the programme’s complex research designs, extensive data sets, and commitment to open and reproducible science, we rely heavily on Steve’s broad and deep experience.

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Professor of Physics

Over the past 25 years, Sue’s research has centred on developing MRI methods for biomedical applications.

She has substantial expertise in the development of techniques for structural and functional MRI and their application to auditory, visual and somatosensory systems, and guides the cutting-edge imaging work in the Nottingham arm of the programme.

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Specialist Inspector (Noise and Vibration)

Chris is a Specialist Inspector at the Health and Safety Executive, with over 20 years’ experience in workplace and environmental noise.

Chris helps to guide the work of the programme so that findings lead to benefit for workers and employers, as well as liaising with these groups to allow workers to participate in our research.