Usher Institute staff

All academic, research and professional services staff from across the Usher Institute.

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Usher Institute staff list

Scroll down for each of the following groups, from across our Centres and Units: 

  • Professors and other senior academics
  • Research and teaching staff
  • Professional and technical staff
  • Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
  • DataLoch

Professors and other senior academics

The senior academic team in the Usher Institute: Professors, Readers, Senior academics, Chancellor's Fellows and other Fellowship holders.

NameRoleCentre affiliation
Luciana D'AdderioChancellor's FellowMedical Informatics
Niall AndersonSenior Lecturer of Medical StatisticsPopulation Health Sciences
Calum ArthurSenior Lecturer in Surgical PerformanceMedical Informatics
Katie AtkinsProfessor of Infectious Disease EpidemiologyGlobal Health
Linda BauldBruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health | Co-Head of Centre for Population Health SciencesPopulation Health Sciences
Miguel O. BernabeuProfessor of Computational MedicineMedical Informatics
Clara CalvertChancellor's Fellow in Global Challenges | Senior LecturerGlobal Health
Christine CampbellReaderPopulation Health Sciences
Harry CampbellProfessor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public HealthGlobal Health
Sarah ChanReader in BioethicsBiomedicine, Self and Society
Gareth CleggSenior Clinical LecturerPopulation Health Sciences
Kathrin CresswellProfessor of Digital Innovations in Health and CareBiomedicine, Self and Society
Sarah Cunningham-BurleyProfessor of Medical and Family Sociology / Co-Head of Centre for Biomedicine, Self and SocietyBiomedicine, Self and Society
Gwenetta CurryReaderGlobal Health
Luke DainesSenior Clinical Research FellowMedical Informatics
Giulia De TogniChancellor's FellowBiomedicine, Self and Society
Fiona DobbieReaderPopulation Health Sciences
Annemarie DochertyWellcome Clinical Research Career Development FellowMedical Informatics
Andrew DuckworthProfessor of Trauma and OrthopaedicsPopulation Health Sciences
Helen EborallSenior LecturerBiomedicine, Self and Society
Jaime Garcia IglesiasChancellor's FellowBiomedicine, Self and Society
Melita GordonAXA Chair of Vaccinology and Global HealthGlobal Health
Liz GrantProfessor of Global Health and Development | Director Global Health Academy | Assistant Principal Global Health | Programme Co-Director (MSc Global eHealth, Global Health Challenges, Master of Family Medicine)Global Health
David GriffithReaderPopulation Health Sciences
Bruce GuthrieProfessor of General PracticePopulation Health Sciences / ACRC
Jeni HardenProfessor of Social Sciences in MedicineBiomedicine, Self and Society
Ewen HarrisonProfessor of Surgery and Data Science, Head of Centre for Medical InformaticsMedical Informatics
Julie JackoChair of Health Informatics and Data Science and Chief Academic Officer, Usher InstituteMedical Informatics
Caroline JacksonReaderPopulation Health Sciences
Tracy JacksonSenior Research Fellow, Patient and Public Involvement LeadMedical Informatics
Steven KerrChancellor's FellowMedical Informatics
Julia LawtonProfessor of Health and Social SciencePopulation Health Sciences
Nazir LoneProfessor of of Critical Care and EpidemiologyPopulation Health Sciences
Saturnino LuzProfessor of Digital Biomarkers and Precision MedicineMedical Informatics
Alasdair MacLullichProfessor of Geriatric MedicinePopulation Health Sciences
Clare MacRaeSenior Clinical Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Paul McKeigueProfessor of Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical GeneticsPopulation Health Sciences
Ruth McQuillanCo-Lead UNCOVER (Usher Network for COVID Evidence Reviews), Programme Co-Director (Master of Integrated Global Health - online), ReaderGlobal Health
Gillian MeadProfessor of Stroke and Elderly Care MedicinePopulation Health Sciences
Felicity Vidya MehendaleSenior LecturerGlobal Health
Stewart MercerProfessor of Primary Care and MultimorbidityPopulation Health Sciences
Andrew MorrisProfessor of Medicine | Vice-Principal Data ScienceMedical Informatics
Harish NairProfessor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Co-Head of Centre for Global HealthGlobal Health
Aileen NeilsonSenior Health EconomistEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Kristin NicodemusChancellor's Fellow / Senior LecturerMedical Informatics
Angela NivenProject Manager / Senior Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Claudia PagliariSenior LecturerPopulation Health Sciences
Richard ParkerSenior Research FellowEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Martyn PickersgillProfessor of the Sociology of Science and Medicine / Co-Head of Centre for Biomedicine, Self and SocietyBiomedicine, Self and Society
Hilary PinnockProfessor of Primary Care Respiratory MedicinePopulation Health Sciences
Jackie PriceProfessor of Molecular Epidemiology, Co-Head of Centre for Global HealthGlobal Health
Roy RobertsonProfessor of Addiction MedicinePopulation Health Sciences
Igor RudanProfessor of International Health and Molecular MedicineGlobal Health
Nayha SethiSenior LecturerBiomedicine, Self and Society
(Syed) Ahmar ShahChancellor's Fellow | Senior Research Fellow | Director of InnovationMedical Informatics
Katie ShawSenior LecturerMedical Informatics
Susan D ShenkinProfessor of Healthcare for Older People, Ageing and Health, University of Edinburgh | Honorary Consultant, NHS LothianPopulation Health Sciences
Ting ShiChancellor's Fellow | Senior LecturerMedical Informatics
Athina SpiliopoulouChancellor's FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Devi SridharProfessor of Global Public HealthPopulation Health Sciences
Jacqueline StephenSenior StatisticianEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Andrew StoddartSenior Health EconomistEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Cathie SudlowProfessor of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology | Director Usher Institute | Head of School of Population Health SciencesMedical Informatics
Olivia SwannSenior Clinical Research FellowMedical Informatics
Evropi TheodoratouProfessor of Cancer Epidemiology and Global HealthGlobal Health
Holly TibbleChancellor's FellowMedical Informatics
Thanasis TsanasProfessor of Digital Health and Data ScienceMedical Informatics
Debbie WakeClinical Reader in Medical Informatics and Diabetes Care & EducationMedical Informatics
Timothy WalshProfessor of Critical CarePopulation Health Sciences
Christopher WeirInterim Director of ECTU | Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical TrialsEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
David WellerJames Mackenzie Professor of General Practice | Programme Co-Director (Master of Family Medicine) | Co-Head of Centre for Population Health SciencesPopulation Health Sciences
Sarah WildProfessor of EpidemiologyPopulation Health Sciences
Linda WilliamsSenior Research Fellow in Medical StatisticsEdinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Jim WilsonProfessor of Human GeneticsGlobal Health
Mark WoolhouseProfessor of Infectious Disease EpidemiologyGlobal Health
Ingrid YoungReaderBiomedicine, Self and Society
Steven YuleProfessor of Behvaioural SciencesMedical Informatics

Research and teaching staff

Research and teaching staff working on projects and programmes across the Usher Institute, led by the senior team.

NameRoleCentre affiliation
Purva AbhyankarResearch Fellow (PURE)Population Health Sciences
Fatima AlmaghrabiPostdoctoral Research FellowMedical Informatics
Sam AndresResearch AnnotatorPopulation Health Sciences
Stella ArakelyanResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Liliana Arias UrueñaResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Thulani AshcroftUNCOVER Project ManagerGlobal Health
William BerthonBiostatistician / Epidemiologist / Health Data ScientistPopulation Health Sciences
Nicola BoydellLecturer in Social Science and Public HealthBiomedicine, Self and Society
Cathryn BroderickSystematic Review MethodologistGlobal Health
Andrew BrownResearch FellowBiomedicine, Self and Society
Arif BudiartoPostdoctoral Research FellowMedical Informatics
Malcolm CameronResearch AssistantMedical Informatics
Arlene CaseyResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Debbie CaversResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Mia ClossResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Sofia De La Fuente GarciaResearch Fellow (Pilot Studies and Evaluation)Medical Informatics
Marie De LutzPostdoctoral Research FellowBiomedicine, Self and Society
Eddie DonaghyResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Thomas DrakeResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Alice EatonSCREDS Clinical Lecturer in General Practice & Primary CarePopulation Health Sciences
Sarah ElliotResearch AssistantMedical Informatics
Justin EngelmannMachine Learning Scientist in Fetal Medicine Data ScienceMedical Informatics
Romain EnjalbertResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Nusa FaricResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Candida FentonInformation Specialist/Systematic Review Methodologist, Cochrane Vascular GroupGlobal Health
Kelly FleetwoodStatisticianPopulation Health Sciences
Andrea FordResearch Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and Society: Beyond DiseaseBiomedicine, Self and Society
Helen FrostResearch Fellow (ACRC)Population Health Sciences
Lidis GarbovanResearch Fellow (Citizen Panel Lead)Medical Informatics
Samuel GibbonResearch Fellow in Retinal ImagingMedical Informatics
Stephanie HardleyTeaching FellowPopulation Health Sciences
David HardmanResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Niamh HartResearch Fellow (BR-UK)Population Health Sciences
Ruth HartResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
David HendersonQuantitative Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Susan HinderResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Mike HolderAcademic Fellow in General PracticePopulation Health Sciences
Malihe JavidiResearch Fellow on Computer Vision in MedicineMedical Informatics
Karen JeffreyResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Brian KellyMedical StatisticianPopulation Health Sciences
Sebastien KenmoeResearch FellowGlobal Health
Emma KinleyPPI Research FellowMedical Informatics
Marie LarssonResearch Fellow (Qualitative)Biomedicine, Self and Society
Chase LedinLecturer in Social Science and MedicineBiomedicine, Self and Society
Hannah LepperResearch Fellow in Mathematical ModellingGlobal Health
Andrew LinnResearch AssistantMedical Informatics
Mathew LyonsSCREDS Clinical Lecturer in AnaesthesiaMedical Informatics
Lisa MacInnesLead Research NursePopulation Health Sciences
Catherine MacLeodResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Bruce MasonResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Susanne MaxwellResearch Fellow: Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals Population Health Sciences
Aoife MckennaResearch AssistantPopulation Health Sciences
Joe MellorInformatician (Machine Learning Specialist)Population Health Sciences
Martine MillerResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Vicky MoynihanResearch AssistantPopulation Health Sciences
Lauren NgAcademic Fellow in General PracticePopulation Health Sciences
Alicia Nunez-GarciaResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Richard Osei-YeboahResearch FellowGlobal Health
Karissa PattonInterdisciplinary Research Fellow in Biomedicine, Self and SocietyBiomedicine, Self and Society
Marian PeacockResearch Fellow (Qualitative)Population Health Sciences
Rose PenfoldResearch Fellow: WellcomePopulation Health Sciences
Olivia PlenderArt Research FellowBiomedicine, Self and Society
Regina PriggeMedical Statistician; Lecturer in EpidemiologyPopulation Health Sciences
Carys PughACRC Quantitative analyst/StatisticianPopulation Health Sciences
David RankinResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Stella RhodeResearch AssistantPopulation Health Sciences
Amy RodgerResearch Fellow (BR-UK)Population Health Sciences
Ana Paula RubioRetinal Imaging Research AssociateMedical Informatics
Stina SaundersPostdoc Data AnalystMedical Informatics
Lucas SeurenResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Clare SharpResearch Fellow (Qualitative), PaCCTBiomedicine, Self and Society
Shane SheehanResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Lorna SinclairTeaching FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Sarah SpenceTeaching FellowMedical Informatics
Jean StaffordACRC FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Theresa IkegwuonuResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Marlene StewartManaging Editor Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Review GroupGlobal Health
Kieran SweeneyAcademic Fellow in General PracticePopulation Health Sciences
Aneeta SylolypavanResearch FellowMedical Informatics
Mathew ThorpeResearch AssistantMedical Informatics
Claire TochelResearch Fellow (SCONE)Medical Informatics
Tricia ToomanACRC Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Alexander TracyClinical Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Amanda VettiniResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences
Tracey Wagner-RizviResearch FellowPopulation Health Sciences

Professional and technical staff

Professional services and technical staff working on projects and programmes led by the senior academic team.

Core Professional Services teams support the Usher Institute (see our Contact us page for a full list)

NameRoleCentre affiliation
Lynn AndersonCentre Administrator, Centre for Population Health Sciences | Personal Assistant to Professor David WellerPopulation Health Sciences
Dominique BalharryGlobal Respiratory Health Research ManagerMedical Informatics
Emma BirleyResearch Assistant (UNCOVER)Global Health
Joanne Blair-GrayExecutive Assistant to Chief Academic OfficerMedical Informatics
Jenny BosStakeholder Engagement ManagerBiomedicine, Self and Society
Amanda BradburnProgramme Co-ordinator (User Design & Innovation)Medical Informatics
Susan BrydonExecutive Assistant to the Head of SchoolMedical Informatics
Cathryn BroderickSystematic Review MethodologistGlobal Health
David BuchananData ManagerMedical Informatics
Dawn CampbellPersonal Assistant to Professor Tim Walsh | Administrative SecretaryPopulation Health Sciences
Kirsteen CampbellPublic Involvement and Communications Manager, UK LLCMedical Informatics
Neil ClarkData AnalystMedical Informatics
Iwona CzerwinskaProgramme CoordinatorMedical Informatics
Ellie Dawe BlackBR-UK AdministratorPopulation Health Sciences
Karolína DuškováGroup AdministratorPopulation Health Sciences
Morag EdwardsRESPIRE Operations CoordinatorMedical Informatics
Candida FentonInformation Specialist/Systematic Review Methodologist, Cochrane Vascular GroupGlobal Health
Robin FlaigChief Operations Officer, Generation ScotlandMedical Informatics
Lesley GardnerPersonal Assistant to Professor Sarah WildPopulation Health Sciences
Hannah GlasserCentre AdministratorGlobal Health
Laura Gonzalez RiendaPPI Research and Operations AssistantMedical Informatics
Gregor HallACRC AdministratorPopulation Health Sciences
Vicky HammersleyIMP2ART Programme Manager / Research Fellow – Allergy and Respiratory Research GroupPopulation Health Sciences
Emily HealySenior Research AdministratorPopulation Health Sciences
Daria IhnatenkoPatient and Public Involvement and Engagement Co-ordinator (Maternity Cover)Population Health Sciences
Yoo Koung (Y.K.) KoData AnalystMedical Informatics
Ai Keow LimRESPIRE Programmes and Trial ManagerMedical Informatics
Chun LinRESPIRE Air Quality Programme Co-ordinatorMedical Informatics
Rachael LoweHDR UK Scotland Research Programme CoordinatorMedical Informatics
Rob MackieCommunications Officer, ACRCPopulation Health Sciences
Sancha MartinConsortium ManagerPopulation Health Sciences
Lucy McCloughanProgramme Manager, Advanced Care Research CentrePopulation Health Sciences
Stela McLachlanResearch ManagerMedical Informatics
Paula MikaResearch AdministratorMedical Informatics
Janice MurrayACRC Partnerships & Communications ManagerPopulation Health Sciences
Duc NguyenResearch ManagerBiomedicine, Self and Society
Angela NivenProject Manager / Senior Research FellowPopulation Health Sciences
James PayneResearch AdministratorMedical Informatics
Ian PiperData AnalystMedical Informatics
Mairi RedmanIHDP PA/ AdministratorMedical Informatics
Jayne RichardsPersonal Assistant to Professor Bruce Guthrie and Professor Stewart MercerPopulation Health Sciences
Stephanie ScottProject AdministratorGlobal Health
Dominika SkrockaProject Coordinator / Senior Research Administrator (SALFS)Medical Informatics
Marlene StewartManaging Editor Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Review GroupGlobal Health
Fiona StrachanIHDP Chief Operating OfficerMedical Informatics
Linda TaitCentre AdministratorMedical Informatics
Lorna ThompsonResearch Project Administrator / Personal Assistant to Professor Devi SridharBiomedicine, Self and Society
Rebecca WhitehornResearch AdministratorMedical Informatics

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU)

A full staff list for ECTU, including academic and professional services roles.

NameRoleAffiliation
Michael AbbottResearch Fellow in Health EconomicsECTU
Marta AdamczykAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Imad AdamestamClinical Trial StatisticianECTU
Lorraine AdamsonClinical Trials AdministratorECTU
Naseerah AkoojiStatisticianECTU
Catherine ArkwrightTrial Management Support OfficerECTU
Ruth ArmstrongData ManagerECTU
Claire BattisonTrial ManagerECTU
Gayle BeveridgeTrial ManagerECTU
Julia BoydSenior Trial ManagerECTU
Anny BriolaClinical Trials StatisticianECTU
Stephanie CholbiAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Ronan CollinsSenior Software DeveloperECTU
Lauren CraigTrial ManagerECTU
Shona CraikTrial Management Support OfficerECTU
Denise CranleyTrial ManagerECTU
Gina CranswickSenior Trial Team ManagerECTU
Lisa DerrSenior Trial Manager - Start-up SpecialistECTU
Lorna DewarTrial ManagerECTU
Lynn DinsmoreTrial ManagerECTU
Hannah EnsorResearch FellowECTU
Laura ForsythTrial ManagerECTU
Annabel GiddingsAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Holly GilmourTrial Management Support OfficerECTU
Ronnie HarkessSenior Software DeveloperECTU
Raza HayatTrial Management Support OfficerECTU
Anna HeyeTrial ManagerECTU
Karen InnesSenior Trial Manager - start up specialistECTU
Sian IrvineTrial ManagerECTU
John JohnstonClinical Trials AdministratorECTU
Catriona KeerieAssistant Statistical Director (Commercial)ECTU
Titouan KennelClinical Trials StatisticianECTU
Rachel LochertyTrial ManagerECTU
Alix MacdonaldTrial ManagerECTU
Morag MacLeanSenior Trial ManagerECTU
Garry MilneSoftware DeveloperECTU
Lynsey MilneData ManagerECTU
Aileen NeilsonSenior Health EconomistECTU
Amy NugentAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Kat OateyTrial ManagerECTU
Richard ParkerSenior Research FellowECTU
Karen PonderAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Phillip RaysonAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Hannah RickmanAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Aryelly RodriguezResearch FellowECTU
Gillian ScottTrial ManagerECTU
Bea SelbyTrial ManagerECTU
Pamela SinclairECTU Business ManagerECTU
Roshini SooriyarachchiClinical Trials StatisticianECTU
Karen SooyResearch Development AdvisorECTU
Jacqueline StephenSenior StatisticianECTU
Kelly StewartAssistant Trial ManagerECTU
Andrew StoddartSenior Health EconomistECTU
Agnes TelloSenior Research Development ManagerECTU
Joyce ThomsonECTU Chief Operating OfficerECTU
Sharon TuckSenior StatisticianECTU
Elizabeth VargheseClinical Trials StatisticianECTU
Tony WackettData Management & Programming ArchitectECTU
Jennifer WaddellTrial ManagerECTU
Emma WardTrial ManagerECTU
Christopher WeirInterim Director of ECTU | Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical TrialsECTU
Linda WilliamsSenior Research Fellow in Medical StatisticsECTU
Han XiaoData ManagerECTU

DataLoch

A list of staff employed within the Usher Institute working in the DataLoch team.

NameRoleAffiliation
Erin CadgerData AnalystDataLoch
Amy ChongData AnalystDataLoch
Stuart DunbarEngagement ManagerDataLoch
Shedrack EzuData AnalystDataLoch
Elvina GountounaData ManagerDataLoch
Kathy HarrisonDataloch Programme LeadDataLoch
Sara HatamData ScientistDataLoch
Judit KutiData AnalystDataLoch
Matthew MurrellData AnalystDataLoch
Derek O'SullivanDataLoch DeveloperDataLoch
Jennifer PorteousData AnalystDataLoch
Stephen PowellData Acquisition ManagerDataLoch
Amy TilbrookDataLoch Information Governance FacilitatorDataLoch

Additional detail on some staff lists

Please note that there are staff based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society who are not formally members of staff at the Usher Institute - see their local website for all members including those collaborators who are not primarily based in the Usher Institute:

Biomedicine, Self and Society - staff list 

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit maintains a separate staff list on their local website, which offers the chance to see staff grouped by role as well as alphabetically:

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit - staff list

The DataLoch team include members from NHS Lothian who are not formally members of staff at the Usher Institute. See the full list of the team on their local website:

DataLoch - staff list