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About our Future Leaders Programme

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The GPI Future Leaders Programme brings together 94 incredibly talented early-career researchers and research-related staff from around the world (70 from the Global South) to provide valuable opportunities for training, shared learning, mentorship, and networking.

The programme aims to create a thriving global community of next-generation research and implementation leaders equipped with the skills to realise the vision of providing evidence-based parenting support to all parents.

The GPI Future Leaders Programme was formally launched in September 2023, at the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Congress in Edinburgh.

Dr Amanda Sim

Future Leaders Executive Team Representative

Co-Principal Investigator, Parenting on the Thailand/Myanmar Border| Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Stephanie Eagling-Peche

Co-Investigator, Parenting on the Thailand/Myanmar Border

Research Manager, University of Oxford

Kaathima Ebrahim

Principal Investigator, PLH Toddlers (Book-sharing) for Community health workers in South Africa

Mikhulu Trust, SAPPIN (South African Parenting Programme Implementers Network)

Dr Bernice Vania Mamauag

Research Director, Parenting Within the Social Welfare System in the Philippines

Assistant Professor, University of Philippines-Visayas

Dr Amalee McCoy

Co-Principal Investigator, Parenting within the Public Health System in Thailand

Project Lead, Peace Culture Foundation

Dr Hlengiwe Sacolo-Gwebu

Co-Principal Investigator, ParentText Optimisation and Evaluation in South Africa

Senior Lecturer, University of Fort Hare

Maira Alvarez Loyo Barcenas

Co-Investigator, Cultural Adaptation of PLH for Young Children in Latin America

University of Oxford

Dr Maria Ambrosio

DPhil Student, ParentText Optimisation and Evaluation in South Africa

DPhil Student, University of Oxford

Lauren Baerecke

Research Manager, ParentApp for Teens in Tanzania

Research Officer, University of Cape Town

Alexandra Blackwell

Co-Investigator, SPARC Implementation Study

University of Oxford

Jeslyn Brouwers

Research Assistant, Parenting on the Thailand/Myanmar Border

Duke University

Cindee Bruyns

Co-Investigator, Systems Testing of the PLH Human-Digital Package within the Health Sector in South Africa

Lecturer, University of Cape Town

ParentApp

ParentText

ParentChat

Parenting in Crisis

PLH In-Person