The evaluation team
The evaluation team is drawn from a number of universities and research organisations bringing subject and methodological expertise to successfully evaluate and disseminate the learning from A Better Start.
The overall evaluation is led by Professor Jane Barlow from the University of Oxford and project managed by Virginia Woolgar, based at the University of Oxford
Evaluation Director
Jane Barlow: DPhil, FFPH (Hon)
Professor of Social Policy & Intervention at the Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford
Analysis Lead: Impact and Economic Evaluation
Alastair Leyland: PhD, CStat, FFPH
Professor and Associate Director of MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
Implementation Evaluation Lead
Geoff Lindsay: BSc, PGCE, MEd (Ed.Psych), PhD, C.Psychol, FBPsS, FRSA, FAcSS, HonMBPsS
Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Needs Education, CEDAR, University of Warwick
Economic Evaluation Lead
Stavros Petrou: BSc, Mphil, PhD
Professor of Health Economics, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Economic Evaluation
Sung Wook Kim
Research Associate in Health Economics, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Evaluation Senior Project Manager
Jinny Woolgar: BSc (Hons)
Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford.
Education Outcome Co-Lead, Impact and Economic Evaluation
Sandra Mathers: BSc
Senior Researcher, Department of Education, University of Oxford
Education Outcome Lead: Impact & Economic Evaluation
Kathy Sylva
Professor of Educational Psychology, Department of Education, University of Oxford
Biometric Evaluation Lead
Professor Vivette Glover: MA, PhD, DSc
Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology, Imperial College London
Recruitment Lead: Impact and Economic Evaluation
Debra Bick: RM, BA (Hons), MMedSc, PhD
Department of Women and Children’s Health, Kings College London
Design and Evaluation Lead: Impact and Economic Evaluation
Caroline Bryson
Director, Bryson Purdon Social Research LLP (BPSR)
Design and Evaluation Lead: Impact and Economic Evaluation
Susan Purdon: PhD
Director, Bryson Purdon Social Research LLP (BPSR)
