JEREMY HOWICK

Jeremy’s roles include the overall direction, research, public engagement, communication, teaching, and delivering empathy training (with Sian Rees)

Key areas of expertise / roles

• Systematic reviews related to empathy (also co-applicant on a grant to develop and trial empathy training for GPs)
• Communication to non-academic audiences
• International outreach for Empathy Programme (Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Berkeley Happiness Project, etc.)
• Philosophy of empathy (ethics of therapeutic communication, conceptual analysis)
• Training and development – have developed an empathy training course

Interests

• How to (re) establish empathy into the heart of healthcare
• Analyzing the economic benefits of empathic healthcare systems
• Would like to spin out a company, Empatiq, Inc. Have started the process.
• Developing and expanding empathy training that is co-produced by lay people and professionals

Other

• Assist with social media and dissemination, organising conferences, etc.

MUIR GRAY

Key areas of expertise / roles

• Policy
• Public health
• Healthcare management
• Training and development – currently medical student teaching at GTC and broader training within the south of England on coproduction
• Developing broad networks within and outside health
• Health of healthcare practitioners

Interests

• The relationships between practitioner health and wellbeing, patient outcomes and empathy
• Developing the concept of the empathic organisation
• The interface between health and the environment and with humanities and the arts
• Developing and expanding empathy training that is co-produced by lay people and professionals