Meet our people
Lab Leads

Brett Smith
Lab Co-Lead
Professor
Sport and Exercise Sciences

Veronica Heney
Lab Co-Lead
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Lab Team

Laura Mazzoli Smith
Lab Co-Lead (2023–25)
IMH Honorary Fellow

Marta Cenedese
UKRI Fellow
Institute for Medical Humanities

Teti Dragas
Associate Professor
Durham Centre for Academic Development

Xiao Ge
Bridging Fellow
Institute for Medical Humanities

Victoria (Pip) Hardy
Bridging Fellow
Institute for Medical Humanities

Claire Jeantils
Bridging Fellow
Institute for Medical Humanities

Rong Huang
Visiting Fellow
Centre for Narrative Medicine, Peking University Health Science Centre

Arya Thampuran
Assistant Professor
Black Health and the Humanities

Nicola Simonetti
Bridging Fellow
English Studies

Tony Sumner
Curatorial Fellow
Institute for Medical Humanities
partners

Patient Voices

Black Health and the Humanities Network

Association of Narrative Practices in Healthcare
