Our Team
Melea Press, PI
Dr. Press is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Marketing. She is dedicated to translating academic research for real world impact and creating space for the voices of The Unheard. Melea often collaborates and co-creates with business, government, schools, charities and third sector organisations as a Neurodiversity Champion and advocate for belonging.
Her research focuses on how systems affect individuals who don’t fit the expected mould, including issues around legitimacy, power, social justice, and trauma. She regularly presents internationally and her work has been published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Consumption, Markets and Culture, and Public Policy and Marketing. My research has been supported by ESRC IAA awards and NIHR. Melea is a Ghost Parent.
Kathleen Boyd
I am a Professor of Health Economics with the Health Economics for Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) group and Director of Research for the School of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow.
I lead the Economic Evaluation alongside the Clinical Trials theme within HEHTA, collaborating throughout the UK and internationally on health care research projects; leading the economic components regarding trial design, analysis of economic evaluations alongside clinical trials, incorporating modelling and economic analyses of complex and public health interventions. I lead the health economics aspects on multi-disciplinary research projects in a wide range of health and clinical areas such as smoking cessation, oncology, obstetrics, early years and child health, diagnostics, medical devices and public health.
I am a lead Health Economics Reviewer for the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) New Drugs Committee, which directly informs decision making policy in Scotland. I have extensive experience in providing expert reviews for prestigious funding bodies such as National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Medical Research Council (MRC) and Cancer Research UK, as well as funding panel membership. I am an advisory board member for the Beatson CRUK Clinical Trials Unit at Glasgow, and steering committee member for numerous NIHR research programme projects (NIHR HTA 152682; NIHR HTA 134350; NIHR HTA 134101; NIHR HA 127408; NIHR HSR 16/144/05) and the Academy of Medical Sciences Roundtable on Child Health Policy.
Jason Lang
Jason is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neurodevelopment at the University of Glasgow and an Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His work is grounded in a neuro-affirmative approach, advocating for strengths-based, inclusive practices that support neurodivergent individuals.
His research focuses on neurodivergence in children and young people, particularly the co-occurrence of different neurotypes and the lived experience of being neurodivergent. He explores equality and accessibility issues faced by neurodivergent individuals and is committed to identifying how services and systems can be restructured to better support this population. His work spans clinical, educational, and policy contexts, bridging research with real-world applications.
Jason has a strong commitment to education and workforce development. He is currently leading the creation of a national Neurodevelopmental Practitioner course and collaborating on the development of an Infant Mental Health course within the University of Glasgow. His work aims to enhance professional understanding and service delivery in neurodevelopmental and mental health care.
Jason also has lived experience of neurodivergence. He is autistic and the father of two neurodivergent daughters, which deeply informs his research, teaching, and advocacy. Jason is a Ghost Parent.
Belgin Okay-Somerville
Belgin joined the Adam Smith Business School as Lecturer in Human Resource Management in January 2017. Prior to this appointment, she took lectureship posts in Stirling Management School (2014 - 2017) and the University of Aberdeen Business School (2012 - 2014). Belgin is a work psychologist by training and received a BSc Psychology at the University of Nottingham, and an MA Industrial/Organisational Psychology at Koc University in Turkey. Her teaching and research cover various areas of work and vocational psychology and human resource management.
Belgin's main research interests centre around understanding individuals (in particular university graduates) experience of work and career progression. Her PhD research (University of Strathclyde, 2013) aimed to understand contemporary graduate careers and examined job quality in graduate labour market, the role of career self-management for securing good first jobs upon graduation and the impact of early underemployment on later career progression.