Meet our people

Lab Leads

Brett Smith

Brett Smith

Lab Co-Lead

Professor
Sport and Exercise Sciences

Veronica Heney

Veronica Heney

Lab Co-Lead

Assistant Professor
Sociology

Lab Team

Laura Mazzoli Smith

Laura Mazzoli Smith

Lab Co-Lead (2023–25)

IMH Honorary Fellow

Marta Cenedese

Marta Cenedese

UKRI Fellow

Institute for Medical Humanities

Teti Dragas

Teti Dragas

Associate Professor

Durham Centre for Academic Development

Xiao Ge

Xiao Ge

Bridging Fellow

Institute for Medical Humanities

 

Victoria (Pip) Hardy

Victoria (Pip) Hardy

Bridging Fellow

Institute for Medical Humanities

Claire Jeantils

Claire Jeantils

Bridging Fellow

Institute for Medical Humanities

 

 

 

 

Rong Huang

Rong Huang

Visiting Fellow

Centre for Narrative Medicine, Peking University Health Science Centre

Arya Thampuran

Arya Thampuran

Assistant Professor

Black Health and the Humanities

Nicola Simonetti

Nicola Simonetti

Bridging Fellow

English Studies

Tony Sumner

Tony Sumner

Curatorial Fellow

Institute for Medical Humanities

partners

Patient Voices

Patient Voices

Black Health and the Humanities Network

Black Health and the Humanities Network

Association of Narrative Practices in Healthcare

Association of Narrative Practices in Healthcare

Centre for Narrative Medicine at Peking University

Centre for Narrative Medicine at Peking University