Strata Research Hires Former Kantar Health Director

London-based pharma specialist Strata Research has hired Kantar Health's former Group Director Louise Tamblin as Head of Research, a role spanning customer relationships, research delivery and overseeing the development of new techniques.

Strata Research is part of healthcare marcoms agency the Seven Stones Group, which also includes Implicit Research, an agency which develops tools to test respondents' reactions to brands and values. Strata offers qual and quant research solutions along with exclusive applications based on psychological techniques.

Tamblin joins with 20 years' healthcare MR experience covering a wide range of business issues and therapy areas, with a particular focus on market understanding (including patient research), market access and communications research.

She joined TNS Healthcare (latterly Kantar Health) in 2003, where she held a number of positions including Practice Area Lead in Brand and Communications Research, before being appointed Group Director. Tamblin currently sits on the committee of the British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association's (BHBIA).

Web sites: www.sevenstones.co.uk , www.strataresearch.co.uk and www.implicitresearch.co.uk .