
Joanna Popis
Project Manager
Joanna is a qualified project manager at the NCCMH with an MSc in Comparative European Social Policy. She is responsible for coordinating the development of a wide range of mental health initiatives, including competence frameworks, research-based evidence reviews, and mental health education and training programme evaluations.
Joanna has many years of experience working as part of project and policy development teams within central government departments and agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, and Ofsted.
Most recently, Joanna project-managed numerous initiatives commissioned by organisations including Health Education England, the Social Mobility Commission, UCLPartners and The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Her work involves working collaboratively with stakeholders including clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience, to advance patient outcomes through the implementation of service improvements and coordination of evaluation and assessment activities.
Joanna provides project management support to the Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC).