Meet the team

The OPAL research team has many talented members!

Core team members

• Ken Fox (far left) is the most senior member of staff on the project.  As Principal Investigator for Project OPAL, he was awarded the NPRI funding.
• Jo Coulson (second from right) is project manager and first point of contact for Project OPAL.  She can be contacted on 0117 33 111 11 or jo.coulson@bristol.ac.uk.
• Mark Davis (second from left) manages statistical data and technological kit.
• Tanya Trayers (third from right), Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine.

Other departmental members

Members from other University of Bristol departments

• Professor Ray Forrest, Centre for Urban Studies
• Dr Rich Harris, School of Geographic Sciences
• Professor Debbie Sharp, Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine

Academics from other universities

• Associate Professor Melvyn Hillsdon: Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter
• Professor Jim McKenna:  Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Professor Marco Narici: Exercise & Sport Science, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Dr Afroditi Stathi: School of Health, University of Bath (third from left in photo)

Data collection team

Participants might have met one of the other, important members of our data collection team:

• Georgina Bentley
• Zoe Coulson
• Tom Keeley
• Jill McDonald
• Jane Shill
• Carina Thorstensson
• Janet Withall
• Jo Yarham
• Heidi Loader