Team | King’s Improvement Science

KIS comprises an interdisciplinary team of researchers with expertise in improvement and implementation sciences, evaluation, patient and public involvement (PPI), health economics, service user researchers and a core team of managers and communication professionals.

KIS improvement science specialists

Zoë Lelliott

Director, King's Improvement Science

Dr Jane Stafford

Programme manager, King's Improvement Science, King's College London

Fiona Hackett

Patient and public involvement coordinator, King's Improvement Science, King's College London

Professor Claire Henderson

Professor of public mental health and director of the Centre for Mental Health Policy and Evaluation, King's College London

Erin Letbe-Holder

Patient and public involvement coordinator, King's Improvement Science, King's College London

Dr Bernadette Khoshaba

Research Fellow, King's Improvement Science, King’s College London

Sapna Kurade

Project officer, King's College London

Maria Milenova

Health Services Researcher, King’s Improvement Science, King’s College London

Dr Manuela Russo

Research fellow, King’s Improvement Science, King’s College London

Admin & communications

Michele Harris-Tafri

Communications manager, King’s College London

Nick Sarson

Communications manager, King’s College London

Patient & public members

Emma-Jayne Adams

Public involvement member

Joanna Burridge

Patient expert

Helen Cherry

Former public involvement member

Mel Getty

Public involvement member

Rashmi Kumar

Public involvement member

John O’Toole

Public involvement member

Chris Pavlakis

Public involvement member

Josephine Tapper

Public involvement member

Araya Gautam

Patient and public involvement member

Latest news

30/04/2025

PPI questionnaire and guide launched

29/04/2025

Evaluation suggests Recovery House supports mental health