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.
    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

University Research Institutes Operations Team

Our values - the way we work

We nurture research for health by providing a springboard for excellent researchers and their pioneering projects.

We help novel ideas thrive by bringing people together from different research backgrounds, encouraging collaborative working.

We champion and challenge equality, diversity and inclusion, creating research environments that are open to all.

We want our research to make a lasting contribution in the world and a positive change to people's lives.