Who we are

UNCOVER Applied Evidence Synthesis is led by a Core Team, supported by experienced evidence reviewers (UNCOVER Associates) and we have an extensive community of people who have been involved or collaborated with our work, the UNCOVER members. Details of our Core team members and UNCOVER Associates are listed alphabetically below.

Core Team Members

Dr Thulani Ashcroft (Project manager)

MRC Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme

  • Centre for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

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Dr Gwenetta Curry (Inequalities specialist)

Reader in Race, Ethnicity and Health

  • Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

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Marshall Dozier (Information specialist)

College Lead for Library Academic Support (CMVM) and Academic Support Librarian (Medicine)

  • Information Services, University of Edinburgh

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Dr Ruth McQuillan (Co-lead)

Reader in Global Public Health

  • Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

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Professor Evropi Theodoratou (Co-lead)

Professor of Cancer Epidemiology and Global Health

  • Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

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UNCOVER Associates have considerable expertise in evidence synthesis and have made a substantial contribution to UNCOVER, leading reviews, mentoring and supervising student projects. Our UNCOVER Associates are listed alphabetically below.


Emily Adams

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Dr Eldad Agyei-Manu

Nadege Atkins

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Durga Kulkarni

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Dr Bohee Lee

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Emilie McSwiggan

UNCOVER Project Manager 2020 - 2024

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Dr Rima Nundy

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Jasmin Rostron

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Dr Ting Shi

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