Early Career Network
The UKSBM Early Career Network (ECN) is an initiative to facilitate the development and promotion of research opportunities, mentoring and training for students and early career members in the UK who have an interest in behavioural medicine. We are affiliated with INSPIRE, the early career network of the International Society of Behavioural Medicine.
We run early career member events at the national UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting, and a number of social and networking events to foster conversation between early career members and with leaders in the field of behavioural medicine. We organise online events for research dissemination, and jointly host webinars with ISBNPA and ISPAH. We also feature regular updates in the UKSBM newsletter and have an active profile on Twitter.
We greatly welcome any input, ideas or offers to get involved and help us evolve so feel free to get in touch. To join the ECN, UKSBM members can opt-in to our mailing list and follow us on Twitter to hear about the latest events and activities. For any enquiries, email ECN Chair Sofia Strommer: ss3@mrc.soton.ac.uk
Committee Members
Dr Sofia Strommer, Chair
Chartered Psychologist & Lecturer in Behavioural Science
NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital
Dr Grace McCutchan, (mat leave) Communications Officer (social media)
Chartered Health Psychologist & Research Associate
Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
Dr Mei Yee Tang, General Secretary
Research Associate
NIHR Behavioural Science Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences, Newcastle University
Dr Nia Coupe, Communications Officer (social media)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Appetite & Obesity Research Group, University of Liverpool
Dr Chris Keyworth, Past Chair
Research Fellow
Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester
Jessica Leather, Events Officer
PhD Fellow
Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, University of Manchester
UKSBM ECN alumni
Ben Ainsworth, University of Bath
Emma Brown, Leeds Beckett University
Mandeep Sekhon, King’s College London
Ellinor Olander, City University of London
Gareth Hollands, Cambridge University
Kieran Ayling, University of Nottingham
Claire Easthall, University of Leeds
Anna Chisholm, University of Liverpool
Ruth Baxter, University of Leeds
Abigail Albutt, University of Leeds
Laura Lamming, University of Bradford
Rachel Carey, University College London
Emma Davies, Oxford Brooks University
Jake Crawshaw, King’s College London
Emma Norris, University College London
Ainslea Cross, University of Derby