Aims

The aim of the Communications Group is to maximise the impact and effectiveness of Fuse work, to raise the profile of Fuse as a Centre for excellence in Research and Knowledge Exchange and to use communications to build a unity of purpose within Fuse, and between Fuse and our partners.

Objectives

• To examine and recommend action on all issues relating to internal communications, and communications with our partners and funders.
• To have responsibility for external relations with the public and with practice & policy partners by managing the various media through which we present our message and research findings.
• To develop forms of communication which will share learning and help build research capacity.

Membership

The Communications group is chaired by Mark Welford, Fuse Communications Manager, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University who provides overall leadership for communications within the Centre. 

The committee’s core membership consists of other Fuse members representing key strands of the Centre’s work, including:

• Dr Lesley Haley
  AskFuse Research Associate, School of Health and Life Sciences
  Teesside University
  
  
• Dr Rawand Jarrar
  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  University of Sunderland
  
  
• Professor Amelia Lake
  Reader in Public Health Nutrition
  School of Science, Engineering & Design, Teesside University
  
  
• Dr Cassey Muir
  Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute
  Newcastle University
  
  
• Mrs Agata Robertson
  Centre Manager, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Peter van der Graaf
  Associate Professor in Public Health
  Northumbria University
  
  
• Dr Santosh Vijaykumar
  Associate Professor, Health and Risk Communication Scientist, Dept. of Psychology, Northumbria University
  
  
• Miss Cheryl Wiscombe
  Fuse Administrator, Newcastle University