Meet the team


We are a group of researchers based at University of Hertfordshire, University of Birmingham, University of Sussex, Maastricht University, and University College London with expertise in sexual health research and conducting clinical trials and analysis.
Dr Katie Newby
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor in Health Behaviour Change at the University of Hertfordshire
Professor Katherine Brown
Lead on the development and testing of trial outcome measures
Professor of Behaviour Change in Health at the University of Hertfordshire
Dr Louise Jackson
Lead for the health economic analysis
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Professor Stephen Bremner
Generate randomisation strategy, advise on and support all statistical analysis
Professor Of Medical Statistics (Primary Care & Public Health) at the University of Sussex
Professor Rik Crutzen
Support development of recruitment/ retention strategy; support delivery of feasibility RCT
Professor of Behaviour Change & Technology at Maastricht University, Netherlands
Dr Julia Bailey
Provide oversight of study methods and procedure; collaborate on development & testing of trial outcome measures
Associate Professor in Primary Care at University College London
Kayleigh Kwah
Senior Research Assistant at the University of Hertfordshire
Lauren Schumacher
Senior Research Assistant at the University of Hertfordshire
Disclaimer: This output is the result of independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR Public Health Research, NIHR128148 - An interactive digital behaviour change intervention (Wrapped) to decrease incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst users of STI self-sampling websites: A randomised controlled feasibility trial). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health and Social Care.