CASTLE is a programme of research led by Professor Deb Pal at Kings College London and Professor Paul Gringras at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, with a large team of clinical and scientific experts as well as parents and young people. You can find out more about our research team, and the studies they’re involved with, by clicking on the profiles below.
Professor Deb Pal
Deb is joint lead of the CASTLE programme and the clinical trial itself.
Professor Paul Gringras
Paul is working on the sleep intervention and learning parts of CASTLE and also with Deb and Catrin on the main clinical trial.
Professor Lucy Bray
Lucy is involved in the Family Engagement work and also the qualitative elements of the CASTLE programme.
Professor Bernie Carter
Bernie is the lead for qualitative research.
Professor Chris Morris
Chris is lead for the CHOICE project, which aims to develop a core set of outcomes for childhood epilepsy.
Dr Luci Wiggs
Luci’s main roles in the CASTLE project are helping to develop the CASTLE online sleep intervention (COSI) and evaluating it as part of the clinical trial.
Dr Holly Saron
Holly is a qualitative researcher based at Edge Hill University and is involved in the interview part of the CASTLE Study.
Rachael Martin
Rachael is the Family Engagement Officer (FEO) for CASTLE in working alongside the PPI team.
Dr Georgia Cook
Georgia has been involved in contributing to the development of the CASTLE online sleep intervention (COSI) and evaluating it as part of the clinical trial.
Dr Kristina Dietz
Kristina’s core responsibilities are analyses of actigraphy and memory consolidation data.
Deborah Roberts
Deborah is a lay co-investigator & epilepsy services user.
Professor Harriet Hiscock
Harriet is the co-investgator for the CASTLE study.
Morwenna Rogers
Morwenna is the information specialist. She is involved with the ‘CHOICE’ part of CASTLE. She designs and runs database searches identifying relevant outcomes and candidate PROMS.
Professor Dyfrig Hughes
Dyfrig’s role in CASTLE is lead health economist.
Lucy Stibbs-Eaton
Lucy is the Trial Manager for the CASTLE Study.
Sylvine L Butvilauskiene
Sylvine joined the CASTLE Sleep-E programme in June 2023 as a Programme Manager.
Aiswarya Anilkumar
Aiswarya Anilkumar is the Trial Statistician for the CASTLE SLEEP-E trial, responsible for analysing study results with a focus on data-driven insights in non-communicable disease epidemiology.
