Dr Joseph Tay Wee Teck
DigitAS Project Co-lead and Honorary Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of St Andrews
Joe Tay is a primary care physician by training and a certificant of the International Society of Addiction Medicine. His areas of interest include the digitalisation of addiction services, systems science and complexity, harm reduction, quality improvement, participation of people who use drugs in decision making, telemedicine and digital health interventions and implementation science.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5199-7013
Prof Alexander Baldacchino
DigitAS Project Co-lead and Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Addictions, University of St Andrews
Alex is Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Addictions at the University of St Andrews and recently retired as Consultant Psychiatrist with NHS Fife Addiction Services, Scotland, United Kingdom. He has been principal investigator in biological, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, clinical and policy related research portfolios when working with the Universities of London, Cambridge, Dundee and St Andrews for the last 27 years. In the last 20 years he has been the UK principal investigator to several European Union funded projects. These include looking at barriers and challenges faced by individuals with substance misuse related problems accessing treatment (IATPAD Study), a cross-cultural multicentre study to determine the nature, extent and management of drug related mental health problems in Europe (Drugs and Psychosis and ISADORA studies), internet and drug addiction (Psychonaut 2002), and Overdose Risk InfOrmatioN Project (ORION) amongst others.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0227-2849
Joe Schofield
PhD Student and DigitAS Senior Research Fellow, University of St Andrews. Global Experts Network Protocol Officer, International Society of Addiction Medicine
Joe is a postgraduate researcher undertaking a PhD in Addiction Medicine that aims to generate insights into the development of cardiovascular disease among people with chronic opioid exposure. He is a Protocol Officer for the International Society of Addiction Medicine’s Global Experts Network, and a Senior Research Fellow on the DigitAS project. Joe’s interests include understanding the role of digital technologies in expanding access to equitable and patient-centred care for people who use drugs.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1307-2375
Dr Susanna Galea-Singer
Clinical Lead & Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Fife Addiction Services. Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews
Susanna is a specialist consultant psychiatrist, leading the NHS Fife Addiction Services. She has led several addiction and mental health services, both nationally and internationally, with her most recent position prior to joining NHS Fife being a strategic lead within the Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Galea-Singer holds expertise on strategy and innovation in healthcare.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4175-0137
Dr Nina MacKenzie
PhD Fellow
Dr Nina MacKenzie, a psychiatry registrar in the West of Scotland region and is a PhD Fellow at St Andrews University on the Multimorbidity PhD programme for Health Professionals funded by the Wellcome Trust. She will be working under the supervision of Professors Alexander Baldacchino, Frances Quirk and Peter Donnelly, and Dr Joe Tay.
Nina is co-chair of a Scottish Government working group on recruitment and retention of the psychiatry medical workforce. Nina’s research interests include substance use and other mental health disorders, multiple long-term conditions, and inequalities.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1907-2517
Sophie Given
PhD Student
Sophie is a registered nurse with extensive experience in infection control, public health, quality improvement, and managerial roles. After completing her nursing training in London, she worked at the Royal London Hospital as a Trauma Nurse. Currently, she serves as Head of Programme for Workforce Education and Career Development in Acute Care at NHS Education Scotland.
Sophie is also pursuing a PhD in Addiction Medicine at the University of St Andrews, where her research explores how technology can support people who use drugs and alcohol, improving access to services and enhancing harm reduction strategies. A member of the Royal Navy Reserve since 2017, she continues to serve as a Lieutenant Trauma & Orthopaedic Nursing Officer. She has volunteered internationally, responding to natural disasters. Spending the majority of her career down south, Sophie has just returned back home to Scotland.