Prof Sian Oram VAMHN Director Sian is the Head of King's Women’s Mental Health and Professor of Trauma and Recovery at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London. Her research focuses on interpersonal trauma, its intersection with sex and gender and with institutional and societal structure, and its relationship to mental health. She has an interest in developing methods for safe, ethical, and participatory research with and by people affected by trauma and abuse, and has expertise in qualitative methods, evidence synthesis, and evaluation research. |
Dr Sharli Paphitis (she/her) VAMHN Co-Director Sharli has overseen strategic partnerships across multiple research institutes for engaged and participatory projects investigating issues of epistemic injustice inherent in health and development interventions in Southern Africa. Her research has focused on modern slavery, violence and abuse and mental health. |
Lisa Ward (she/her) VAMHN Lived Experience Advisory Group Coordinator Lisa joined the VAMHN as our Lived Experience Involvement Consultant. Lisa was previously the CEO of the Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre, and now works as lived experience consultant and researcher focusing on lived experience of violence and abuse. She is also undertaking a PhD in child perpetrated child sexual abuse. |
Diza D'Silva (she/her) VAMHN Research Assistant Diza is a research assistant at the VAMHN and the King's Women's Mental Health Section. Currently studying BSc Psychology at King's College London, her research is centred around the impacts of violence and abuse on mental health and the associated interventions. |
The Team gratefully acknowledges colleagues across multiple institutions who founded the VAMHN: Prof. Louise Howard, King's College London; Prof. Helen Fisher, King's College London; Prof. Seena Fazel, University of Oxford; Dr Rachel Hewitt, Newcastle University; Prof. Sylvia Walby, Royal Holloway; Prof. Ravi Thiara, University of Warwick; Dr Emma Howarth, University of Sussex; Dr Alana Harris, King's College London; Dr Angela Sweeney, Kings' College London; Dr Jude Towers, Edge Hill University; Dr Leonie Tanczer, University College London