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Staff Profile

Dr Ann Fitchett

NIHR PHIRST Communications Manager

  • Email: ann.fitchett@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7296
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: William Leech Building, Rm M1.151
    The Medical School
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    Framlington Place
    Â鶹´«Ã½ Upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH
Background

#MyNameIs: An

Pronouns: She/Her

Normal working days are Monday - Friday.


Current role

Ann is the Communications Manager for NIHR PHIRST (Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams). An initiative funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The PHIRST remit is to work with local government organisations across the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland) to evaluate ongoing public health interventions. Find out more on the .

Ann's role is to support internal and external communications to facilitate and promote the work of PHIRST. This covers a number of operations. Supporting creation of reports and outputs for individual evaluations. Monitoring and creating content for the PHIRST website and social media channels. Producing reports and presenting at various meetings. Looking for opportunities to promote PHIRST with external agencies, attending events to raise the PHIRST profile.


Bio

Ann completed a Psychology and Neuroscience degree (Liverpool) and went straight to a Biosciences PhD (Nottingham). She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at both Durham and Â鶹´«Ã½ universities in the basic science environment. Ann became more interested in how science is communicated to non-expert audiences - anyone who isn't a scientist. She switched to a non-research role in 2013 and has since supported a range of internal and external communications, outreach and engagement activities.


Previous Positions

2019 - 2023 Events and External Liaison, Data and Communications Community, Faculty of Medical Science, Â鶹´«Ã½

2013 - 2019 Events and engagement officer, Institute of Neuroscience, Â鶹´«Ã½

2009 - 2013 Research associate, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Â鶹´«Ã½

2006 - 2009 Research associate, Durham University 

Qualifications 

PhD Nottingham University

BSc (Hons) Psychology and Neuroscience, Liverpool University  

Publications

  • Articles

    • Savy CS, Fitchett AE, Blain PG, Morris CM, Judge SJ. . Toxicology 2018, 393, 90-101.
    • Drummond J, Williamson SM, Fitchett AE, Wright GA, Judge SJ. . Ecotoxicology 2017, 26(1), 141-150.
    • Savy CY, Fitchett AE, McQuade R, Gartside SE, Morris CM, Blain PG, Judge SJ. . Neurotoxicology 2015, 50, 149-156.
    • Fitchett AE, Judge SJ, Morris CM. . Animal Technology and Welfare 2012, 10(1), 39-41.
    • Easton A, Fitchett AE, Eacott MJ, Baxter MG. . Hippocampus 2011, 21(9), 1021-1027.
    • Cassaday HJ, Fitchett AE. . Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW: Animal Science 2011, 48, 51-57.
    • Fitchett AE, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. . Animal Welfare 2009, 18, 21-31.
    • Fitchett AE, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. . Physiology & Behavior 2006, 87(5), 955-962.
    • Fitchett AE, Collins SA, Mason H, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. . Behavioural Processes 2005, 70(2), 168-176.
    • Fitchett AE, Collins SA, Barnard CJ, Cassaday HJ. . Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 2005, 84(3), 247-251.