I was appointed as Lecturer in 2003. Trevor and I met regularly to discuss research ideas and I was appreciative of his welcoming and collegiate approach. With his enthusiastic support we linked up with neurologists at the Royal Preston Hospital and initiated a new programme of research into psychosocial factors in relation to Parkinson disease. This included funded PhD & MSC projects and a series of highly cited publications. Trevor has also served as an internal examiner on the DClinPsy course in FHM. This support early on in my career at Lancaster has been much appreciated and has contributed to my promotion to SL and professor.

Professor Jane Simpson (Professor in Neurodegenerative Disease, University)

Learn More

Trevor Crawford supported me a lot when I was a research fellow and when I became a lecturer, even though he was not my line manager or official mentor. He helped me develop a better understanding of the skills needed to be a successful academic: not just the technical aspects, but the social. He is always open to long chats about psychological theory and methodology. He is also very supportive at a personal level and has good advice on work-life balance. We started collaborating on student projects first and our work grew from there. We are now co-supervisors on two NWSSDTP funded PhD studentships, submitted a grant proposal, have one paper published and are working on several others. Not bad for a collaboration that started with Trevor just asking what my work was on, when I was a fresh-faced research fellow!

Professor Jane Simpson (Professor in Neurodegenerative Disease, University)

Dr. Lara Warmelink, (Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University)