Meet Our Leadership Team
At HercuWise, our scientific expertise meets workplace health innovation. Founded with a passion for improving health with a focus on prevention, HercuWise is led by experts with extensive backgrounds in healthcare, clinical research, and higher education.
Dr Suzanne Barr MSc MEd RD
Director & Education Lead
Suzanne leads HercuWise where she brings her clinical, research, and educational expertise to the company. Throughout her career over the past 20+ years, her focus has been on preventive healthcare. She is Health and Care Professions Council registered and her background includes working in clinical practice, research and higher education, including Imperial College London. She is currently a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London.
Her background in healthcare research and practice, coupled with a passion for digital learning, drives her commitment to creating educational content that is accessible, engaging, and practical.
Dr Kate Scruby CPsychol
Mental Health Lead Advisor
Dr Scruby brings invaluable expertise to HercuWise, specialising in mental health and overall wellbeing. Kate is a British Psychological Society Chartered Counselling Psychologist and a Health and Care Professions Council Registered Counselling Psychologist.
Within her clinical role, Kate worked for many years within the NHS and now works in private practice with a broad range of skills and experience of mental health conditions.
Her clinical background is also complemented by an extensive teaching and research background in the Higher Education sector.
Prof Louise Goff PhD RD
Healthcare Lead Advisor
Professor Goff is an experienced Academic specialising in the role of diet and lifestyle in the prevention and management of chronic diseases, with interests in tackling health inequalities among minority ethnic groups. She has undertaken extensive research and been involved with a number of large-scale clinical trials in these areas such as HEAL-D.
Louise also sits on the Diabetes UK Nutrition Committee, having led on the development of evidence-based guidelines for the nutritional management of diabetes in ethnic minority groups. Her insights are invaluable to HercuWise, in particular to our Preventive Health and Population Health topics.
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Our Mission
Our mission is simple yet impactful: to proactively improve workplace health by empowering organisations with comprehensive and flexible wellbeing solutions.
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Our Evidence
Our expert team ensure we deliver the highest standards of training. Unlike unregulated 'health influencers', you can be rest-assured the information we provide is accurate and evidence-based and actionable.
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Our Commitment
At HercuWise, we uphold core values of integrity, quality, cost-efficiency and customer-centricity. We aim to deliver measurable outcomes and sustainable improvements in workplace health.
Meet Our Expert Consortium
HercuWise brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of experts across clinical practice, higher education, research and workplace health.Our evidence-based learning and advisory services are informed by the knowledge and experience of professionals actively working in their fields, ensuring our content is credible, current and practical.
Health Education
Physical Health
Nutrition & Health
Mental Health
Making Healthy Changes
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Population Health
Preventive Health
Physical Health
Social Health
Our Research
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At HercuWise, everything we create is backed by science. Our Workplace Research is led by Dr. Rachel Gibson, who produces cutting-edge academic research to tackle today’s biggest workplace health challenges. Her work is aligned with preventing ‘multifactorial work-related diseases’ as described by the World Health Organization.
Dr Gibson is a nationally recognised leader in workplace health. She currently chairs The Nutrition Society’s Workplace Diet and Health Special Interest Group and is Research Lead for the British Dietetic Association in this area.
Her expertise is widely sought, having spoken at national conferences and policy events including the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nutrition: Science and Health, and Eurest UK’s 'Workplace Futures Forum'. Dr Gibson is a frequent speaker on shift work and nutrition, with contributions including Nursing Live (2024) and Physiology in Focus (2024).
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Our Ethos
Sustainable
Embracing sustainability, our company offers remote digital learning - avoiding traditional in-person workshops. Our digital approach supports a greener environment, while also enhancing productivity by providing flexible, efficient, and easily accessible digital learning opportunities available for all employees!
Inclusive
At HercuWise, we pride ourselves on being a female-led company, founded and guided by a majority team of dedicated and visionary female leaders. Our commitment to gender, and wider diversity, equality and empowerment is at the core of our ethos. We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, innovate, and lead.
Client Support
Our clients and users deserve the highest level of support, and we work tirelessly to maintain those standards.
When you choose to work with our team, know that you are consistently choosing quality and excellence. Customer service and value is at the heart of everything that we do.
Experts
We are uniquely led by experts in their fields, setting us apart in the marketplace. By combining expert knowledge with innovative digital learning tools, we offer an unparalleled service in workplace wellbeing. Our mission is to create healthier, more productive work environments through targeted, expert-driven learning packages.
Evidence based
Unlike much of the information available via traditional and social media, our educational packages are rooted in a scientific evidence base, and closely reviewed by our expert-led consortium of researchers and regulated professionals. You can be assured that the content delivered to your employees will be of the highest standard.
Advanced Tech
We use cutting-edge interactive digital learning which can be accessed from PC, tablet or mobile so you can engage with our learning at a time and place to suit you! We aim for flexibility and accessibility, whatever your workplace looks like. Contact us to find out more!