The Orchard OCD Registry Partnership
The Orchard OCD Registry is a partnership between the University of Hertfordshire and Orchard, an OCD charity.
NAOMI FINEBERG
Professor Naomi Fineberg is a consultant psychiatrist with 20+ years’ experience in systematic investigation and treatment of OCD. Naomi serves on the UK’s NICE Guidelines Committee for OCD. She is also running an OCD specialist centre at the Hertfordshire Partnerships Mental Health Trust, Queen Elisabeth II Hospital.
DOMINIQUE GROHMANN
Dominique is a research assistant at the University of Hertfordshire. She has experience of supporting individuals with OCD both in hospital settings and the community.
ANDREW LAUGHLAND
Dr Andrew Laughland is an IT Consultant. His PhD in Cognitive Psychology evaluated the use of smartphones with spontaneous and intrusive memories. He has a particular interest in web development, statistical programming and databases in clinical and healthcare applications.
LUCA PELLEGRINI
Dr. Luca Pellegrini is a psychiatrist at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire and at Imperial College London with particular interest in Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRDs).
JULIET ROWE
Juliet works for the OCD research charity Orchard as their Head of Fundraising & Communications. She has a personal experience with OCD as she dealt with the disorder when she was younger. She is passionate about Orchard’s work to deliver effective treatments to OCD patients and to support OCD patients worldwide.
NICK SIREAU
Nick is a serial social entrepreneur with 15+ years’ experience in medical charities. Most recently, he founded and led a successful consortium developing a treatment for Black Bone Disease, an ultra rare genetic disease affecting his children. Nick is also an OCD patient.
MEGAN SMITH
Megan is a Clinical Trial Manager within the Clinical Trial Support Network (CTSN) at the University of Hertfordshire and has experience of managing OCD studies.
DAVID WELLSTED
Dr David Wellsted is the Head of the Health Research Methods Unit (HRMU) at the University of Hertfordshire and has worked on a number of OCD trials at the University.
The Orchard OCD Registry Steering Committee
A steering committee is an advisory board that provides advice and guidance on a project. We have developed an Orchard Registry Steering Committee (ORSC) that involves members of UH, Orchard, other stakeholders and individuals with lived experience of OCD (“Experts by Experience”). We feel it is very important to have Experts by Experience involved in the steering committee to provide their insight and suggestions.
We’d like to thank the members of the steering committee:
- Catherine Benfield
- Dr Lynne Drummond
- Professor Julia Jones
- Emma McIvor
- Professor Barbara Sahakian
- Tracy Stanley
- Professor Trevor Robbins
