NEUMIND - Key Persons
Andrew has 30+ years of experience in the development and evaluation of neurorehabilitation models and approaches. He is director of NIHR's Research Design Service, chairs the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF), and is a Professor at the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder, Strategy & Operations Lead
Claudia completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oxford where she was an undergraduate. She has extensive experience working with start-ups in Biotech and Medtech. She is heading to Harvard Business School in the autumn to complete her MBA (class of 2024).
Ellis has a decade of personal experience as a family member and caregiver. He is obsessed with using technology to support cognition and daily-living, and has experimented with countless ideas and concepts to try and help his brother's recovery. Ellis has a MEng and PhD in Engineering from Oxford University and was awarded Young Innovator and Next Steps Awards from Innovate UK.
Dr Jessica Fish is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. Trained at the Universities of Exeter, Cambridge, and King's College London, she is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Glasgow, and works clinically at St George's Hospital, London. Her primary expertise is in acquired brain injury and neuropsychological rehabilitation.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Advisor
- Programme Director of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Glasgow
Professor Jonathan Evans is Programme Director of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Glasgow and President-elect of the International Neuropsychological Society. He has vast experience in neurorehabilitation and the design and development of cognitive assistive technologies.
Katherine has extensive experience as a consultant clinical neuropsychologist and former clinical director at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust including responsibility for neuropsychology in acute neurosciences and neuro-rehabilitation. She was Chair of The British Psychological Society's Division of Neuropsychology from 2015-2021 and President and Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2021-23.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Chief Product Tester
Luke is, among many things, a brain injury survivor and Ellis' identical twin brother. He suffered his serious traumatic brain injury in 2012 whilst studying Engineering at Oxford. After an initial prognosis that he would unlikely ever walk or talk again, he has gone on to gain a position in the Paralympic Development Squad for sprinting (and you can't stop him talking...).
Matt is an expert in cognitive assistive technology. He completed his PhD at Glasgow University on assistive technology to support memory for people with cognitive impairments. His recent work focuses on smartphone and wearable technology to improve everyday independence. His expertise covers designing for impairment and long-term adoption, research methodology, study design and more.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder, Principal Engineer, Vision Builder
Rufus is product focussed. He leads development, testing, releasing, maintaining, monitoring, data gathering, and support for all of neumind's products, and is key to all product and service design decisions. Prior to co-founding neumind, Rufus has held software engineering roles at IBM MQ, IBM Cloud, IBM Cloud Garage, and at Consensys as a Solutions Engineer.
Samuel has experience as a support worker both in the NHS and in adult social care, working with patients with neurodevelopmental disorders, TBIs and functional neurological disorders. Having been a live-in carer for a family member with dementia, Samuel decided to enter medicine. From September, he will start graduate-entry medicine where he hopes to specialise in neuropsychiatry.