We are delighted to share that so many of our leaders, supervisors and mentors in Centre-UB had their research and impact recognised in the 2026 research and impact awards ceremony at the University of Birmingham. Centre-UB is all about translating rigorous, and often multidisciplinary, behavioural research into real-world impact therefore we hope our leaders, supervisors and mentors are an inspiration to other behavioural researchers out there.
Prof. Vicky Goodyear, Centre-UB Training Director, and her team at SMART Schools were the winners of the Outstanding Research Team award with Prof Kate Bedford (part of our leadership team) being commended for her work on gambling harms.
Prof. Jess Woodhams, Director of Centre-UB, won the Outstanding Research Impact award with Prof. Heather Flowe and Dr Rowland Seymour (both Centre-UB PhD supervisors) also being commended for their work in this category.
Dr Fazeelat Duran, one of our PhD supervisors and a Fellow’s mentor, won the award for Outstanding Research Impact by an Early Career Researcher.
Dr Maria Michail, another Centre-UB PhD supervisor, was commended for her excellence in Collaborative Impact.
Prof. Yuli Shan (Centre-UB PhD supervisor) and colleagues were also commended for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research.
Dr Anna Lavis, another Centre-UB PhD supervisor, won the award for Excellence in Responsible and Rigorous Impact, and Dr Sarah-Jane Fenton, another Centre-UB PhD supervisor, was commended for her work in this category.
We are really proud of them all and thrilled that they are part of Centre-UB’s research community.