Scientific strategy is led by the Director, who chairs the Research Strategy Group, bringing together the Fuse Senior Investigators including cluster leads, their deputies and the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) Senior Investigators. Cluster leads will provide intellectual leadership as well as ensuring that each cluster delivers on agreed objectives. The Research Strategy Group reports to the Centre Management Group (CMG). Strategic and scientific direction is overseen by the Centre Strategy Board.

Membership of the Research Strategy Group

• Professor Sheena Ramsay
  Director (Newcastle)
  Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology, Newcastle University
  
  
• Professor Amelia Lake
  Deputy Director and Associate Director (Teesside)
  Reader in Public Health Nutrition, Teesside University
  
  
• Professor Carolyn Summerbell
  Associate Director (Durham)
  Professor of Human Nutrition, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
  
  
• Professor Eileen Kaner
  Associate Director (Newcastle) 
  Professor of Public Health Research, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Floor Christie-de Jong
  Associate Director (Sunderland)
  Associate Professor in Public Health for Medicine, University of Sunderland
  
  
• Professor Joy Duxbury
  Associate Director (Cumbria)
  Professor of Mental Health, University of Cumbria
  
  
• Professor Peter van der Graaf
  Associate Director (Northumbria)
  Professor in Public Health and Knowledge Mobilisation, Northumbria University
  
  
• Professor Mark Stoutenberg
  Professor, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
  Durham University
  
  
• Dr Grant McGeechan
  Co-Lead (Behaviour Change)
  Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Teesside University
  
  
• Dr Angela Rodrigues
  Co-Lead (Behaviour Change),
  Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Northumbria University
  
  
• Dr Ben Rigby
  Co-Lead (Behaviour Change)
  Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Hayley Alderson
  Co-Lead (Early Life and Adolescence)
  NIHR Advanced Fellow, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Pam Graham
  Co-Lead (Early Life and Adolescence)
  Associate Professor in Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University
  
  
• Dr Daniel Jones
  Co-Lead (Early Life and Adolescence)
  Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Research Methods, Teesside University
  
  
• Dr Cassey Muir
  Co-Lead (Early Life and Adolescence)
  Research Associate, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Sally O'Keefe
  Co-Lead (Early Life and Adolescence)
  Research Associate and Mental Health Fellow, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Shelina Visram
  Co-Lead (Health Inequalities)
  Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Stephen Crossley
  Co-Lead (Health Inequalities)
  Assistant Professor, Durham University
  
  
• Dr Viviana Albani
  Fuse SPHR Programme (Health Inequalities)
  Research Associate, Newcastle University
  
  
• Dr Catrin Noone
  Co-lead (Healthy Longevity)
  Lecturer in Social Work, Durham University
  
  
• Dr Philip Hodgson
  Co-lead (Healthy Longevity)
  Social Scientist and Lecturer in Health Research, Northumbria University
  
  
• Dr Michelle Baybutt
  Co-Lead (Public Mental Health)
  Professor of Mental Health and Social Justice, University of Cumbria
  
  
• Dr Natalie Connor
  Co-Lead (Public Mental Health)
  Post-doctoral Research Associate, Teesside University
  
  
• Dr Susanna Mills
  Co-Lead (Public Mental Health)
  NUAcT Clinical Fellow and Consultant in Public Health
  
  
• Ann Payne
  SPHR/Fuse Administrator, Newcastle University
  
  
• Lesley Haley
  AskFuse Research Associate, Teesside University
  
  
• Agata Robertson
  Fuse Centre Manager, Newcastle University
  
  
• Eleanor Anderson
  Fuse Public Involvement and Engagement Manager, Newcastle University
  
  
• Mark Welford
  Fuse Communications Manager, Teesside University
  
  
• Cheryl Wiscombe
  Fuse Administrator, Newcastle University