SPECTRA Labs is made of of discrete and sometimes overlapping interdisciplinary, cross institutional teams (list in progress).
M.E.L. Team & Collaborators
Dr Mel McKendrick
SPECTRA Labs Director I am interested in how we can use simulated environments, technology and feedback to improve performance. I work across disciplines bringing together clinicians, academics and SMEs to develop problem based solutions for digital health and medical training and I am the Founder and CEO of Optomize Ltd., an eye-tracking analysis software development and research company involved in medical training.
Prof Graeme McLeod
Prof McLeod is an NHS Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Dundee. He also is Co-Lead for the MSc in Regional Anaesthesia at the University of East Anglia. He is director of the Mastery Learning Course in regional anaesthesia at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee that uses the unique Thiel cadaver simulator. His research interests include validation of Thiel cadaver as a simulator of needle interventions: the translation of skills from cadaver simulators to patients and development of new needle technologies. Prof McLeod works with the Medical Education Lab and Optomize in simulation training.
Helen Stocks
"I am excited to have joined the SMILE team as a Research Associate with the university. I earned my MA (Hons) in Psychology in 2020 and completed an MSc in Psychological Research the following year. During my studies, I specialised in Clinical Neuropsychology, focusing on neurodevelopment throughout childhood as well as memory loss in older adults. My professional experience includes working in mental health settings within both the third sector and the NHS. In these roles, I delivered CBT-based interventions to individuals with mild-to-moderate mental health difficulties. In addition to my current role, I am actively involved in two research projects at the University of Glasgow. One project investigates sleep disturbances in early-stage psychosis in adults, while the other conducts a systematic review of the long-term physical health outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Please feel free to reach out to me at h.stocks@hw.ac.uk"