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Department Structure


Department Overview – February 2025

This is intended to provide a general overview of the department. Further details, including induction information, are available on the departmental Intranet site:

Experimental Psychology - Home (sharepoint.com)

The key departmental contacts are:

Role Name Location Telephone No.
Head of Department (HoD) Matthew Rushworth New Radcliffe House 71308
Executive Assistant to HoD Anne-Marie Honeyman-Tafa New Radcliffe House 71355
Head of Administration and Finance (HAF) Tracy Tompkins Anna Watts 71345
Deputy Head of Administration and Finance (DHAF) Janine Crispin Anna Watts 71319
HR Operations Manager Karen Nobes Anna Watts 71346
HR Manager Jo Nickless Anna Watts 71577
Building, Facilities and Decant Project Manager Gwen O Leary Anna Watts 618600
Office Manager Alice Watson Anna Watts 71412
Senior Academic Administrator Rebecca Cardus Anna Watts 71347
Finance Manager TBC Anna Watts 71237
Research Grants Manager Philip McDonald Anna Watts 71351

Department of Psychiatry – September 2025

                                    ┌─────────────────────┐
                                    │    Belinda Lennox    │
          ┌─────────────────────────│   Head of Department │─────────────────────────┐
          │                         └─────────────────────┘                          │
          │                                    │                                      │
          ▼                                    │                                      ▼
┌─────────────────────┐                        │                         ┌─────────────────────┐
│  Catherine Harmer   │                        │                         │    Paul Harrison     │
│ Associate Head of   │                        │                         │ Associate Head of    │
│ Department          │                        │                         │ Department           │
│ (People & Culture)  │                        │                         │ (Research)           │
└─────────────────────┘                        │                         └─────────────────────┘
                                               │                                      │
                              ┌────────────────┴──────────────┐                      │
                              │                               │                      ▼
                   ┌──────────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────┐
                   │  Katherine Shepherd  │     │    David Hyland      │  │    Valerie West      │
                   │  Executive Officer   │     │  Head of Admin and   │  │  Research Manager    │
                   │  Lauren Collins      │     │      Finance         │  └─────────────────────┘
                   │  EA to HOD/HAF       │     └─────────────────────┘
                   └──────────────────────┘                │
                                        ┌──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┐
                                        │                  │                                       │
          ┌─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┐
          │                                                                                        │
┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐
│  Justin Lowen    │ │  Miles Beaumont   │ │ Philly White │ │Piotr Szkonter│ │   Lisa Jones     │
│ Finance Manager  │ │ Finance Manager  │ │  HR Manager  │ │  Facilities  │ │ Communications   │
│   (Research)     │ │   (Accounts)     │ │              │ │   Manager    │ │    Manager       │
└──────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────────────────┘
                             │                    │               │                  │
              ┌──────────────┘        ┌───────────┘  ┌───────────┘       ┌──────────┘
              ▼                       ▼              ▼                    ▼
   ┌─────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐
   │  Ian Straughair     │ │  Mandy Pipkin    │ │ Geri Campbell│  │   Leusa Lloyd    │
   │  Ann-Marie Statham  │ │  Dorota Cielecki │ │  [vacancy]   │  │ Communications   │
   │  Sanitha Dayanandan │ │  HR team         │ │  Facilities  │  │    Assistant     │
   │  Accounts team      │ └──────────────────┘ │    team      │  └──────────────────┘
   └─────────────────────┘                      └──────────────┘

┌──────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────┐
│  Tracy Lindsey   │  │   Wayne Davies      │  │   Paul Semple    │  │  Tasneem Ritchie     │
│Academic Admin    │  │    IT Manager       │  │  Information     │  │ Clinical Research    │
│Manager           │  │                     │  │  Governance and  │  │ Governance           │
│                  │  │                     │  │  Systems Officer │  │ Co-ordinator         │
└──────────────────┘  └─────────────────────┘  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│  Lisa McCutcheon     │
│  Suzanne Williams    │
│  [vacancy]           │
│  Course              │
│  Administrators      │
└──────────────────────┘

Finance (Research):                 Finance (Accounts):
[vacancy]                           Ian Straughair
Julie Richards                      Ann-Marie Statham
Andrew Galloway                     Sanitha Dayanandan
Alex Nadin
Grants team