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Institute of Immunology & Infection Research staff list

Head of Institute

Name Email Address Telephone
Professor David Gray iiirhead@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5500

Institute Secretary

Name Email Address Telephone
Patricia Dougall Pat.Dougall@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5464

Building Manager

Name Email Address Telephone
Dr David Brown David.Brown@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5453

Administrative Staff

Name Position Email Address Telephone
Carole Ferrier Postgraduate Secretary Carole.Ferrier@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5455
Jayne Glendinning School Research Administrator Jayne.Glendinning@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 7274
Kasia Kokowska CIIE Centre Manager Kasia.Kokowska@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 3683
Lucy Ross CIIE Administrator Lucy.Ross@ed.ac.uk

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

Name Research Interest Email Address
ALLEN, Judith Professor Immune modulation & effector mechanisms induced by helminths J.Allen@ed.ac.uk
ARNOT, David Professor Malaria molecular biology, epidemiology and vaccines D.E.Arnot@ed.ac.uk
BUCK (MVM), Amy Dr CIIE Advanced Fellowship a.buck@ed.ac.uk
CAVANAGH, David Dr Human immune response to antigens from the erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum, with the aim of developing effective vaccines targeting these parasite proteins David.Cavanagh@ed.ac.uk
FEVRE, Eric Dr Epidemiology of zoonotic and emerging diseases Eric.Fevre@ed.ac.uk
GRAHAM, Andrea Dr Evolutionary immunopathology Andrea.Graham@ed.ac.uk
GRAY, David Professor Immunological memory and T-B cell interactions D.Gray@ed.ac.uk
HUNT, Paul Dr Genetics of drug resistance in malaria parasites Paul.Hunt@ed.ac.uk
MACDONALD, Andrew Dr Dendritic cell-directed immune responses against schistosomes Andrew.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk
MAIZELS, Rick Professor Immune modulating molecules of helminths Rick.Maizels@ed.ac.uk
MATTHEWS, Keith Professor Cell biology of African trypanosomes keith.matthews@ed.ac.uk
MUTAPI, Francisca Dr Immunoepidemiology of human schistosomiasis F.Mutapi@ed.ac.uk
ROWE, Alex Professor Cell biology of malaria infection and disease Alex.Rowe@ed.ac.uk
SAVILL, Nicholas Dr Epidemiology and evolution of infectious diseases nick.savill@ed.ac.uk
SCHNAUFER, Achim Dr Mitochondrial biology of trypanosomatid parasites Achim.Schnaufer@ed.ac.uk
SIMMONDS (MVM), Peter Professor Professor of Virology Peter.Simmonds@ed.ac.uk
TAYLOR, Matthew Dr Priming and maintenance of regulatory and effector T cell responses during chronic helminth infections Matthew.Taylor@ed.ac.uk
THOMPSON, Joanne Dr Molecular biology of malaria parasites Joanne.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
VAZQUEZ-BOLAND (MVM), Jose Professor Mechanisms of intracellular parasitism, bacterial pathogenesis jvbgroup@ed.ac.uk
ZAMOYSKA, Rose Professor Regulation of T cell differentiation, activation and homeostasis Rose.Zamoyska@ed.ac.uk

Honorary and Visiting Staff

Name Position Email Address
Dr Hamza Babiker Honorary Fellow H.Babiker@ed.ac.uk
Professor Richard Carter Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow
Dr David Dresser Honorary Fellow david.dresser@btinternet.com

Research Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Yvonne Adams Rowe Group yadams@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Aitken Post Doc eaitken2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Ricardo Ataide rtataide@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Simon Babayan CIIE (CIIE Junior Fellowship) S.Babayan@ed.ac.uk
Tom Barr Gray Group Tom.Barr@ed.ac.uk
Natalie Blair Natalie.Blair@ed.ac.uk
Ms Jess Borger Research Fellow jborger1@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Sheila Brown Gray Group Sheila.Brown@ed.ac.uk
Rebecca Brownlie Zamoyska Group Rebecca.Brownlie@ed.ac.uk
Miss Laura Campbell Post Doc lcampbe2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Stefano Caserta Zamoyska Group stefano.caserta@ed.ac.uk
Dr Alessandro Ceroni Post Doc aceroni@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Margo Chase-Topping EpiGroup margo.chase@ed.ac.uk
Peter Cook MacDonald Group peter.cook@ed.ac.uk
Graeme Cowan Cavanagh Group Graeme.Cowan@ed.ac.uk
Samuel Dean Schnaufer Lab sdean@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Ms Maria Rosa Domingo Sananes Post Doc Maria.Domingo-Sananes@ed.ac.uk
Karen Fairlie-Clarke Graham Group Karen.Fairlie-Clarke@ed.ac.uk
Ashfaq Ghumra Rowe Group aghumra@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Matthew Gould Schnaufer Lab mgould@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Katie Hamilton Fevre Group katie.hamilton@ed.ac.uk
James Hewitson Maizels Group james.hewitson@ed.ac.uk
Steve Jenkins Allen Group stephen.jenkins@ed.ac.uk
Sarah Knowles Pedersen Group sarah.knowles@ed.ac.uk
Valentina Libri Buck Group vlibri@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Gabbi Lindergard Thomson Group g.lindergard@ed.ac.uk
Henry McSorley Maizels Group hmcsorle@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Seanna McTaggart CIIE (CIIE Junior Fellowship) smctagga@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Adam Mott Matthews Group Adam.Mott@ed.ac.uk
Janice Murray Maizels Group J.Murray@ed.ac.uk
Norman Nausch Mutapi Group nnausch@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Sema Nickbakhsh Research Fellow Sema.Nickbakhsh@ed.ac.uk
Alex Phythian-Adams MacDonald Group apadams@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Federico Rojas Matthews Group Federico.Rojas@ed.ac.uk
Dominik Ruckerl Allen Group dominik.ruckerl@ed.ac.uk
Jayanthi Santhanam jsanthan@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Petra Schneider CIIE (CIIE Junior Fellowship) Petra.Schneider@ed.ac.uk
Dr Fabio Simbari fsimbari@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Katie Smith Maizels Group K.Smith@ed.ac.uk
Dr Danielle Smyth Postdoctoral Research Associate Danielle.Smyth@ed.ac.uk
Tara Sutherland Allen Group Tara.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk
Dr Balazs Szoor Matthews Group Balazs.Szoor@ed.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Tan Post Doc Thomas.Tan@ed.ac.uk
Pegine Walrad Matthews Group Pegine.Walrad@ed.ac.uk

Technical Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Sheelagh Duncan Allen Group sheelagh.duncan@ed.ac.uk
Alison Fulton Taylor Group a.fulton@ed.ac.uk
Nicolas Gray Allen Group N.Gray@ed.ac.uk
Laurence Hall Schnaufer Lab laurence.hall@ed.ac.uk
Yvonne Harcus Maizels Group Yvonne.Harcus@ed.ac.uk
Marissa Lear Research Technician mlear@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dianne Murray Matthews Group dianne.murray@ed.ac.uk
Rinku Rajan MacDonald Group rinku.rajan@ed.ac.uk
Ahmed Raza Rowe Group Ahmed.Raza@ed.ac.uk
Dr Donald Smith Research Technician dsmith19@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Claire Sweenie Rowe Group Claire.Sweenie@ed.ac.uk
Ms Julie Wilson Research Technician Julie.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
Mr David Wright david.wright@ed.ac.uk
Mrs Xiaoyan Zou Research Technician

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