O'Donnell

Amy

Amy O’Donnell is Professor of Applied Health and Social Care Research at the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University. She leads a programme of research focused on optimising health and social care systems to better support people with co-occurring substance use, mental and physical ill-health. A former UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellow, she has published over 80 papers and been awarded £15+m in grant income to date. Alongside her recently completed Advanced Fellowship, which explored the potential of using digital technology to better coordinate care for co-morbid alcohol use disorder and depression, she is also PI/Co-investigator on several evaluations of new models of care in the substance use and mental health fields, including: the £1.7m NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research-funded Alcohol Care Teams evaluation; the NIHR Three Schools Evaluation of the North East Alcohol Recovery Navigators; and the NIHR ARC Evaluation of the Wakefield Mental Health Navigator Scheme. Additionally, Professor O'Donnell is Co-lead for Project 3 of the NIHR Mental Health Implementation Network, focussed on integrated treatment strategies for substance use with mental and physical ill-health, and Deputy Lead of the Prevention Theme for the North East and North Cumbria NIHR Applied Research