The IMPACT programme was a collaboration between research, healthcare, policy and advocacy organisations from across the UK and South Asia. Thank you to everyone involved at our partner organisations.
University of Leeds, UK


Dr Ian Kellar
Associate Professor of Health Psychology
Dr Tolib Mirzoev
Associate Professor of International Health Policy and Systems and Head of Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
Mrs Judy Wright
Senior Information SpecialistUniversity of Sussex, UK


Dr Papreen Nahar
Senior Research Fellow (Medical Anthropology & Global Health)University of Southampton, UK


Professor Richard Holt
Professor in Diabetes and EndocrinologyKings College London (KCL), UK


Dr Brendon Stubbs
Clinical LecturerARK Foundation (ARK), Bangladesh


Professor Rumana Huque
Executive Director, ARK Foundation, and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Asiful Haidar Chowdhury
Research Fellow
Dr Khaleda Islam
AdvisorInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Bangladesh


Dr Aliya Naheed
Scientist & Head of Initiative for Noncommunicable Diseases
Mir Nabila Ashraf
Research Fellow, Initiative for Noncommunicable Diseases
Nantu Chakma
Senior Research Officer, Initiative for Noncommunicable DiseasesTees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), UK


Professor David Ekers
Clinical Director for Research and DevelopmentUniversity of York (UoY), UK


Rachel Churchill
Professor in Evidence Synthesis
Professor Rowena Jacobs
Professor of Health Economics
Noreen Mdege
Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor)
Miss Rocio Nava-Ruelas
PhD student
Gerardo A Zavala
Research Fellow
Dr David Shiers
Honorary Reader in Early Psychosis, University of Manchester
Dr Hannah Jennings
Lecturer in Global Mental Health
Dr Noortje Uphoff
Research Fellow
Dr Olamide Todowede
Research Associate
Dr Papiya Mazumdar
Research Fellow
Professor David Ekers
Clinical Director for Research and Development
Professor Kamran Siddiqi
Professor in Global Public Health
Professor Najma Siddiqi
Clinical Professor in Psychiatry
Cate Cowton
IMPACT Programme Manager (Chair of PMG)
Nicky Traynor
Research Project Co-ordinator/Administrator
Professor Simon Gilbody
Director of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group (MHARG)
Professor Catherine Hewitt
Professor of Trials and Statistics and Deputy Director of York Trials UnitRawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan
University of Dundee, UK


Dr Jan R Boehnke
Senior Lecturer in Evaluation Design and Research MethodsNational Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India


Dr Santosh K Chaturvedi
Senior Professor of Psychiatry
Professor Pratima Murthy
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of NIMHANS
Dr Ajit Bhalchandra Dahale
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Dr Nithyananda
Research Fellow
R Sukanya
Research Fellow
Dr. Krishna Prasad M
Additional Professor of PsychiatryOther partners

Dr Razia Fatima
National TB Control programme, Pakistan. Chief Research The Common Unit to Manage TB AIDS and Malaria