Meet the team

• Pat Kehoe - Executive Director
  Pat Kehoe has been Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute since August 2024 and is Professor of Translational Dementia Research. He brings a wealth of experience in interdisciplinary health research through his previous role as Health and Life Science Faculty Research Director at the University of Bristol.
• Nina Couzin - Institute Manager
  Nina manages the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute by developing and supporting a broad range of activities and programmes of work to facilitate research across disciplines to improve health. Nina has a background in Physical Sciences and scientific publishing, and is particularly interested in how new knowledge is translated into real-world impact.
• Jocelyn Egginton - Executive Assistant
  Jocelyn looks after the day to day running of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute. Get in touch about general enquiries or events. Email ebih-admin@bristol.ac.uk or ebi-events@bristol.ac.uk depending on your query.
• Jo Barrell - Senior Communications Officer
  Jo manages communications for the Institute. She has over 20 years’ experience working in PR and communications for organisations that focus on health and wellbeing.
• Sarah Eyland - Project Officer
  Sarah handles all of our funding schemes and projects and supports our researchers. For funding/project enquiries email: ebi-health@bristol.ac.uk