Established in 2002 as the Drug and Alcohol Research Group, the group became a recognised Middlesex University Research Centre in 2010. DARC undertakes international and national interdisciplinary projects using mixed method approaches. The centre also provides consultancy services.
Our staff have experience in social science, policy analysis and health research. They are involved in projects funded by research councils, international organisations, the European Union, government departments, major charities and local authorities.
The Middlesex Team
- Betsy Thom - Co-Director of DARC
Professor of Health Policy - b.thom@mdx.ac.uk - Rachel Herring - Co-Director of DARC
Senior Research Fellow - r.herring@mdx.ac.uk - Karen Duke - Co-Director of DARC
Professor in Criminology - k.duke@mdx.ac.uk - Olga van den Akker
Professor of Health Psychology - o.vandenakker@mdx.ac.uk - Camille Alexis-Garsee
Associate Professor in Health Psychology - c.alexis-garsee@mdx.ac.uk - Linda Bell
Research Fellow, Dept. of Mental Health, Social Work and Integrative Medicine - l.bell@mdx.ac.uk - Carmel Clancy
Head of School of Health and Education - c.clancy@mdx.ac.uk - Dani Collins
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing - d.collins@mdx.ac.uk - Annette Dale-Perrera
Visiting Academic - a.dale-perera@mdx.ac.uk - Helen Gleeson
Research Fellow in Social Work/Social Policy - h.gleeson@mdx.ac.uk - Anthony Goodman
Professor of Criminology - a.goodman@mdx.ac.uk - Adrian Jugdoyal
Director of Programmes Mental Health - a.jugdoyal@mdx.ac.uk - Tricia McQuarrie
Research Assistant in Mental Health - T.Mcquarrie@mdx.ac.uk - Tine Munk
Lecturer in Criminology (Cybercrime) - t.munk@mdx.ac.uk - Vincenzo Ruggiero
Professor of Sociology - v.ruggiero@mdx.ac.uk - Anthony Thickett
Senior Lecturer in Tourism - a.thickett@mdx.ac.uk - Julie Trebilcock
Senior Lecturer in Criminology - j.trebilcock@mdx.ac.uk - Jenni Ward
Senior Lecturer in Criminology - j.r.ward@mdx.ac.uk - Timothy Weaver
Associate Professor Mental Health - t.weaver@mdx.ac.uk
Affiliated Staff
- Dr Fizz Annand PhD, Independent Consultant, fizz@fizzannandconsultancy.co.uk
- Mariana Bayley, Research Fellow, m.bayley@mdx.ac.uk
- Ilana Crome, Emeritus Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, Keele University; Honorary Professor St George’s University of London, ilana.crome@btinternet.com
- Dr John Foster, Reader Alcohol Policy and Mental Health Studies, j.h.foster@gre.ac.uk
- Dr Susanne MacGregor, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, susanne.macgregor@lshtm.ac.uk
- Arun Sondhi, Researcher, arun.sondhi@therapeutic-solutions.org.uk
For information regarding Associate status or events contact: Rachel Herring r.herring@mdx.ac.uk