Deirdre MacManus

Consultant and Clinical Reader in Forensic Psychiatry, National Health Service and King's College London, Northern Ireland

Dr MacManus is a UK based Clinical Academic. She holds the position of Clinical Reader at King’s College London and a focus of her research for many years has been psychological trauma, in particular trauma among those who offend. Her research into the prevalence of trauma related conditions, associated longer-term consequences, treatment approaches and trauma informed care in this population has attracted funding from major UK research councils such as the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council, among others. She has published widely in academic journals and books and regularly presents her work internationally. She has supervised many doctoral research projects in this area, including that of her co-presenter, Dr Jude Kelman. She is also a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, with over two decades of clinical experience, 15 of which she has spent working in UK prisons endeavouring to utilise her research to support the development and implementation of trauma informed care pathways. She was the trauma lead for HMP Wandsworth in London. For the past 14 years she has also been the Head of an NHS mental health service for military veterans, primarily with trauma related conditions.

Dr Jude Kelman PhD

Directorate Lead Psychologist, Female Estate England, His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), UK

Dr Kelman has worked as a forensic psychologist within His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) for 30 years. For the past nine years Dr Kelman has been the Lead Psychologist for the Women's Group, and has formed and grown - and now leads - a team of approximately 75 forensic psychologists working across the 12 women's prisons within HMPPS in England and Wales, UK - the Women's Estate Psychology Service (WEPS). She has recently completed a part-time PhD at King's College London, examining trauma-informed care within women's prisons, and has published the findings from her research. Dr Kelman is passionate about improving outcomes for women in contact with the Criminal Justice System, and works hard to influence changes to policies and practices within the organisation, in order to enable women to receive the most effective support and services whilst they are in prison, as well as whilst they transition into the community after release.