Our members by theme
Members of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases listed by the theme of their research, with links to further information.
Research on infectious diseases in Edinburgh can be broadly classified into six major themes
Immunology and Vaccines
Molecular Pathogenesis
Disease Dynamics
Genetic Basis of Resistance to Disease
Clinical and Translational Research
Social and Healthcare Dynamics
Please click on a researcher's name in the table below for links to webpages with more information about their research interests and full contact details.
A summary of research highlights in each of the themes are described in more detail on our research pages, with links to relevant publications.
Immunology and Vaccines |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Keith Ballingall | Immunogenetics, MHC function & diversity in livestock | Moredun Research Institute | keith.ballingall@moredun.ac.uk |
| Paul Barlow | The complement system & the immune response | School of Chemistry | paul.barlow@ed.ac.uk |
| Cecile Benezech | Immune cells & the control of metabolism in adipose tissue | MRC Centre for Cardiovascular Science | cbenezec@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Amy Buck | Small RNAs in viral infection & host response | School of Biological Sciences | a.buck@ed.ac.uk |
| David Cavanagh | Malaria immunobiology and vaccines | School of Biological Sciences | Retired |
| Francesca Chianini | Infectious disease of livestock | Moredun Research Institute | francesca.chianini@moredun.ac.uk |
| Tim Connelley | Improving productivity of tropical livestock | Roslin Institute | timothy.connelley@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Alex Corbishley | Vaccine performance & development in ruminants | Roslin Institute / R(D)SVS | alexander.corbishley@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Chris Cousens | Viral pathogenesis & respiratory infection | Moredun Research Institute | chris.cousens@moredun.ac.uk |
| Donald Davidson | Host defence peptides in infection/inflammation | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | Donald.Davidson@ed.ac.uk |
| Paul Digard | Influenza virus replication & pathogenesis | Roslin Institute | paul.digard@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| David Dockrell | Immune modulation and regulation of inflammation | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | david.dockrell@ed.ac.uk |
| Julia Dorin | Innate immunity & role of host defence peptides | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | Julia.Dorin@ed.ac.uk |
| Bernadette Dutia | Herpes & influenza viruses | Roslin Institute | B.M.Dutia@ed.ac.uk |
| Gary Entrican | Former Member | ||
| Tom Freeman | Machrophage systems biology & microarrays | Roslin Institute | tom.freeman@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| David Gray | Fundamental immunology | School of Biological Sciences | d.gray@ed.ac.uk |
| Mohini Gray | Resolution of inflammation | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | mohini.gray@ed.ac.uk |
| Nicola Gray | Translational control by viruses | MRC Centre for Reproductive Health | Nicola.Gray@ed.ac.uk |
| Jayne Hope | Anti-mycobacterial immunity | Roslin Institute | jayne.hope@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Steve Jenkins | Inflammation and macrophage diversity | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | Stephen.Jenkins@ed.ac.uk |
| Neil Mabbott | Immunopathogenesis of prion disease | Roslin Institute | neil.mabbott@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Tom McNeilly | Ruminant helminth and bacterial infections | Moredun Research Institute | tom.mcneilly@moredun.ac.uk |
| Francisca Mutapi | Immune responses in schistosomiasis | School of Biological Sciences | f.mutapi@ed.ac.uk |
| Alasdair Nisbet | Vaccines against nematode parasites | Moredun Research Institute | alasdair.nisbet@moredun.ac.uk |
| Tanja Opriessnig | Infectious disease in pigs: diagnostics, pathogenesis, prevention and control | Roslin Institute | Tanja.Opriessnig@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Nisha Philip | Understanding the function of key players crucial to parasite development and transmission in malaria | School of Biological Sciences | nphilip@ed.ac.uk |
| Ian R Poxton | Bacterial pathogenesis: anaerobic bacteria; Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile; aetiology of Equine grass sickness; endotoxins; monoclonal antibodies. | Infection Medicine | i.r.poxton@ed.ac.uk |
| Jennifer Regan | How dynamic behaviours of immune cells differ between sexes. | School of Biological Sciences | jenny.regan@ed.ac.uk |
| Eleanor Riley | Immunology of infectious disease, primarily malaria and malaria-bacterial coinfections | School of Biological Sciences | eleanor.riley@ed.ac.uk |
| Adriano Rossi | In vitro and in vivo inflammation resolution mechanisms | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | a.g.rossi@ed.ac.uk |
| Alex Rowe | Genetics & pathogenesis of malaria | School of Biological Sciences | Alex.Rowe@ed.ac.uk |
| Achim Schnaufer | Molecular biology of trypanosomes | School of Biological Sciences | achim.schnaufer@ed.ac.uk |
| Jürgen Schwarze | Immunology of respiratory viral infections | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | jurgen.schwarze@ed.ac.uk |
| Philip Spence | Plasmodim virulence and immunity to malaria | School of Biological Sciences | philip.spence@ed.ac.uk |
| Craig Stevens | Role of autophagy of bacterial pathogens | Edinburgh Napier University | C.Stevens@napier.ac.uk |
| Matthew Taylor | Immunity, regulation & helminths | School of Biological Sciences | Matthew.Taylor@ed.ac.uk |
| David Taylor | Vaccine development against Onchocerca volvulus, river blindness | Infection Medicine | david.w.taylor@ed.ac.uk |
| Joanne Thompson | Malaria molecular biology | School of Biological Sciences | Joanne.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
| Sarah Walmsley | Tissue remodelling & regeneration | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | sarah.walmsley@ed.ac.uk |
| Moira Whyte | Innate immune cell apoptosis in chronic inflammatory lung disease | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | moira.whyte@ed.ac.uk |
| Bob Will | Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease and other prion diseases | National CJD Surveillance Unit, WGH | r.g.will@ed.ac.uk |
| Rose Zamoyska | T cell development & regulation | School of Biological Sciences | Rose.Zamoyska@ed.ac.uk |
MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Rosalind J Allen | Biological & Soft Condensed Matter Physics | School of Physics & Astronomy | Former member |
| Pip Beard | Poxviruses modulation & pathogenesis | Roslin Institute / R(D)SVS | pip.beard@ed.ac.uk |
| Clare Blackburn | Developmental immunology & Leishmania | School of Biological Sciences | c.blackburn@ed.ac.uk |
| Garry Blakely | Anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract | School of Biological Sciences | Garry.Blakely@ed.ac.uk |
| Janice Bramham | Structural biology & complement | School of Biological Sciences | jbramham@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Aidan Brown | Physics of bacterial motility, adhesion, growth, and interaction with bacteriophages | School of Physics and Astronomy | abrown20@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Susan Dewar | Pathogenicity determinants of Acrobacter species | Heriot Watt University | s.j.dewar@hw.ac.uk |
| Meriem El Karoui | Role of DNA maintenance process on bacterial growth & evolution | School of Biological Sciences | Meriem.Elkaroui@ed.ac.uk |
| Ross Fitzgerald | Evolution & pathogenesis of Staphylococci | Roslin Institute | Ross.Fitzgerald@ed.ac.uk |
| Andrew Free | Microbial communities and their applications in biotechnology and medicine | School of Biological Sciences | Andrew.Free@ed.ac.uk |
| Maurice Gallagher | Bacterial pathogens and microbial technology | School of Biological Sciences | MP.Gallagher@ed.ac.uk |
| David Gally | Bacterial zoonotic diseases | Roslin Institute | dgally@ed.ac.uk |
| Sander Granneman | Role of non-coding RNAs and RNA-binding proteins in controlling rapid adaptive responses in pathogenic bacteria | Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology | sgrannem@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Andrew Gill | Prions & protein misfolding | Roslin Institute | andy.gill@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Linda Gilmore | Drug discovery against trypanosomatid parasites | School of Biological Sciences | linda.gilmore@ed.ac.uk |
| Finn Grey | Viral micro-RNA function | Roslin Institute | finn.grey@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| David Griffiths | Pathogenesis of respiratory viruses of livestock | Moredun Research Institute | david.griffiths@moredun.ac.uk |
| Elisabeth Innes | Protozoal parasites and animal health | Moredun Research Institute | lee.innes@moredun.ac.uk |
| Tom Little | Evolutionary biology of host-parasite interactions | School of Biological Sciences | Tom.Little@ed.ac.uk |
| Gary Loake | Plant innate immunity | School of Biological Sciences | g.loake@ed.ac.uk |
| Nicola Lynskey | Understanding gene regulation in pathogenic streptococci | Roslin Institute | nicola.lynskey@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Jean Manson | Protein misfolding diseases, including dementias & prion diseases | Centre for dementia prevention | |
| Jacqui Matthews | Chief Technology Officer | Roslin Technologies | |
| Keith Matthews | Trypanosome biology & development | School of Biological Sciences | keith.matthews@ed.ac.uk |
| Paul Michels | Metabolism of trypanosomatid parasites and drug discovery | School of Biological Sciences | paul.michels@ed.ac.uk |
| Davide Michieletto | Role of DNA topology enzymes in chromatin organisation | School of Physics & Astronomy | davide.michieletto@ed.ac.uk |
| Donald Morrison | Epidemiology of antibiotic resistant hospital pathogens in the non-clinical environment | Edinburgh Napier University | d.morrison2@napier.ac.uk |
| Ivan Morrison | Theileria genetics & immunology | Roslin Institute | ivan.morrison@ed.ac.uk |
| Maddie Moule | The host-pathogen interactions of bacterial diseases that cause a threat to global health | School of Biological Sciences | maddie.moule@ed.ac.uk |
| Dan Nussey | Immune variation in wild populations | School of Biological Sciences | dan.nussey@ed.ac.uk |
| Darren Obbard | Drosphila viruses and antiviral defences | School of Biological Sciences | darren.obbard@ed.ac.uk |
| Gavin Paterson | Molecular and Applied Microbiology | Roslin Institute | gavin.paterson@ed.ac.uk |
| Teuta Pilizota | Effects of osmotic changes on bacterial growth and survival | School of Biological Sciences | teuta.pilizota@ed.ac.uk |
| Anura Rambukkana | Bacterial-induced host cell reprogramming | Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine | a.rambuka@ed.ac.uk |
| Neil Sargison | Ruminant helminth control and anthelmintic resistance | Roslin Institute | neil.sargison@ed.ac.uk |
| Thamarai Schneiders | Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance | Infection Medicine | Thamarai.Schneiders@ed.ac.uk |
| Colin Sharp | New and emerging viruses | Edinburgh Genomics | csharp4@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Nuno Silva | Antimicrobial Resistance in livestock & Novel antimicrobial agents | Moredun Research Institute | nuno.silva@moredun.ac.uk |
| Richard Sloan | Intracellular innate immunity & retroviruses | Infection Medicine | richard.sloan@ed.ac.uk |
| David Smith | Molecular basis of parasite invasion and persistence | Moredun Research Institute | d.smith@moredun.ac.uk |
| Stephen Spoel | Molecular plant immunity | School of Biological Sciences | steven.spoel@ed.ac.uk |
| Mark Stevens | Molecular virulence of bacterial pathogens | Roslin Institute | Mark.Stevens@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Jo Stevens | Cell biology of Burkholderia | Roslin Institute | Jo.Stevens@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Christine Tait-Burkhard | Roslin Institute | Christine.Burkard@roslin.ed.ac.uk | |
| Simon Talbot | Pathogenesis and therapy of virus infections | Infection Medicine | S.Talbot@ed.ac.uk |
| Jose Vazquez-Boland | Bacterial intracellular pathogens | Roslin Institute | v.boland@ed.ac.uk |
| Prerna Vohra | Lecturer in Microbiology | School of Biological Sciences | prerna.vohra@ed.ac.uk |
| Bartek Waclaw | Biophysics-microbial evolution and Cancer | School of Physics and Astronomy | bwaclaw@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
DISEASE DYNAMICS |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Neil Anderson | Conservation Medicine and wildlife disease | Roslin Institute / R(D)SVS | neil.anderson@ed.ac.uk |
| Katie Atkins | Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases | Centre for Global Health Usher Institute & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Katherine.Atkins@ed.ac.uk |
| Lisa Boden | Contingency planning for animal disease outbreaks, food security & animal and public health law | Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security | lisa.boden@ed.ac.uk |
| Mark Bronsvoort | Epidemiology of animal infections | Roslin Institute | mark.bronsvoort@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Harry Campbell | Genetic epidemiology & child health | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | harry.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
| Nick Colegrave | Experimental evolution of microbes | School of Biological Sciences | N.Colegrave@ed.ac.uk |
| Sinead Collins | Experimental evolution of microbes | School of Biological Sciences | s.collins@ed.ac.uk |
| Emma Cunningham | Maternal effects in host-pathogen interactions | School of Biological Sciences | e.cunningham@ed.ac.uk |
| Deborah Doyle | Epidemiology of veterinary pathogens, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance in animal | Roslin Institute | Deborah.Hoyle@ed.ac.uk |
| Mike Hutchings | Disease systems | Scotlands Rural College | mike.hutchings@sruc.ac.uk |
| Rowland Kao | Epidemiology of animal disease outbreaks | Roslin Institute | rowland.kao@ed.ac.uk |
| Andrew Leigh-Brown | Molecular evolution of HIV | School of Biological Sciences | A.Leigh-Brown@ed.ac.uk |
| Samantha Lycett | Pathogen Phylodynamics - evolution and epidemiology of viruses and bacteria | Roslin Institute | samanatha.lycett@ed.ac.uk |
| Liam Morrison | Disease progression in trypanosome infections | Roslin Institute | Liam.Morrison@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Harish Nair | Childhood pneumonia and viral respiratory infections | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | harish.nair@ed.ac.uk |
| Amy Pedersen | Ecology of multiple infection in wild animals | School of Biological Sciences | Amy.Pedersen@ed.ac.uk |
| Josephine Pemberton | Evolution of parasite resistance | School of Biological Sciences | j.pemberton@ed.ac.uk |
| Kim Picozzi | Molecular diagnosis of trypanosomiasis | Infection Medicine | Kim.Picozzi@ed.ac.uk |
| Andrew Rambaut | Molecular evolution of RNA viruses | School of Biological Sciences | a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk |
| Sarah Reece | Evolution of parasite transmission strategies | School of Biological Sciences | Sarah.Reece@ed.ac.uk |
| Alison Rodger | Infectious Diseases & HIV | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | alison.rodger@ed.ac.uk |
| Nick Savill | Mathematical modelling of host-pathogen interactions | School of Biological Sciences | nick.savill@ed.ac.uk |
| Paul Sharp | Evolution of viruses, bacteria & Plasmodium | School of Biological Sciences | paul.sharp@ed.ac.uk |
| Darren Shaw | Comparative epidemiology | Roslin Institute / R(D)SVS | Darren.Shaw@ed.ac.uk |
| Pedro Vale | Individual-level variation in host defence systems | School of Biological Sciences | pferrei2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Sue Welburn | Molecular epidemiology of trypanosomiasis | Infection Medicine | Sue.Welburn@ed.ac.uk |
| Andrea Wilson | Mathematical modelling of host-pathogen interactions | Roslin Institute | andrea.wilson@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Mark Woolhouse | Veterinary & human epidemiology | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | mark.woolhouse@ed.ac.uk |
GENETIC BASIS OF DISEASE |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Kenny Baillie | The genetics of host susceptibility to severe infection | Roslin Institute | j.k.baillie@ed.ac.uk |
| Debby Bogaert | Physiology & pathophysiology of respiratory infections & inflammation. | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | d.bogaert@ed.ac.uk |
| Liz Glass | Veterinary immunogenetics and genomics (Retired) | Roslin Institute | |
| Wilfred Goldmann | Molecular genetics of prion disease (Retired) | Roslin Institute | |
| Jürgen Haas | Herpesviruses, systems virology | Infection Medicine | juergen.haas@ed.ac.uk |
| Jos Houdijk | Nutrition and immunity to parasites | Scotlands Rural College | Jos.Houdijk@sruc.ac.uk |
| Ross Houston | Understanding the genetic basis of disease resistance in farmed fish species. | Roslin Institute | ross.houston@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Lesley Allison | Scottish E.Coli O157/VTEC Reference Lab | NHS Lothian | lesley.allison@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Till Bachmann | Pathogen detection technologies | Infection Medicine | till.bachmann@ed.ac.uk |
| Peter Barlow | Host defence peptides in viral respiratory infection | Edinburgh Napier University | p.barlow@napier.ac.uk |
| Mark Bradley | Polymer microarrays | School of Chemistry | mark.bradley@ed.ac.uk |
| Helen Bridle | Novel Materials for Sample Processing | Heriot Watt University | h.l.bridle@hw.ac.uk |
| Dominic Campopiano | Enzymology, innate immunity & antibiotics | School of Chemistry | dominic.campopiano@ed.ac.uk |
| Heather Cubie | Papillomavirology & molecular diagnostics | Scottish HPV Investigators Network | heather.cubie@ed.ac.uk |
| Kate Cuschieri | Research to develop biomarkers for the improved risk-stratification of HPV infection | Scottish HPV Investigators Network | kate.cuschieri@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Kev Dhaliwal | Tuberculosis & pulmonary infection | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | Kev.Dhaliwal@ed.ac.uk |
| Imali Fernando | Sexually transmitted infections & HIV in pregnancy | NHS Lothian Chalmers Sexual Health Centre | imali.fernando@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Simon Girling | Wild animal disease and health screening | Royal Zoological Society Scotland | sgirling@rzss.org.uk |
| Adam Hill | Respiratory infections in humans, esp. bronchiectasis | MRC Centre for Inflammation Research | adam.hill@ed.ac.uk |
| Andrew Horne | Chlamydial infection in the aetiology of eptopic pregnancy | MRC Centre for Reproductive Health | andrew.horne@ed.ac.uk |
| Donald Inverarity | Invasive pneumococcal diseases | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | Donald.Inverarity@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Ingólfur Johannessen | Epstein-Barr virus & B-cells | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | I.Johannessen@ed.ac.uk |
| Oliver Koch | Clinical management of infection; tropical & travel medicine | Western General Hospital | oliver.koch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Ian Laurenson | Mycobacterial infections & solid organ transplant patients with infection | Infection Medicine | Ian.Laurenson@luht.scot.nhs.uk |
| Clifford Leen | Clinical presentation and therapy of HIV and HCV | Western General Hospital | clifford.leen@ed.ac.uk |
| Olga Monacayo | The dynamics of bacterial colonisation in humans & in the recognition of the early processes that precede the development of invasive infection | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | omoncayo@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
| Dáire O'Shea | Immunopathogenesis and immune determinants of infection outcomes | Western General Hospital | |
| Juraj Petrik | Transfusion transmitted infection | Scottish Blood Transfusion Service | juraj.petrik@nhs.net |
| Sandeep Ramalingam | Clinical viral hepatitis and diagnosis of viral infection | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | sandeep.ramalingam@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Douglas Roy | Coordinator of BSc Senior Honours in Infectious Diseases | Infection Medicine | d.roy@ed.ac.uk |
| Philip Skuce | Parasitic helminths (fluke & worms), sustainable control | Moredun Research Institute | philip.skuce@moredun.ac.uk |
| Rebecca Sutherland | Clinical management of infection and antimicrobial stewardship | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | rebecca.sutherland@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
| Kate Templeton | Respiratory pathogens and their diagnosis | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | Kate.Templeton@luht.scot.nhs.uk |
| Seshasailam Venkateswaran | Frugal diagnostic devices / technologies for TB and drug resistance. | School of Chemistry | Sesha.Venkateswaran@ed.ac.uk |
| Alan Walker | Vector borne disease of livestock (Retired) | Roslin Institute | |
| Malcolm Walkinshaw | Structural biology & drug design | School of Biological Sciences | Malcolm.Walkinshaw@ed.ac.uk |
| Baojun Wang | Developing engineered phage-based therapeutics for diarrhoea-causing gut pathogens & toxins in resource limited settings | School of Biological Sciences | baojun.wang@ed.ac.uk |
| Mike Watson | Genomics and transcriptomics for animal health | Roslin Institute | mick.watson@roslin.ed.ac.uk |
| Martin Wear | Production and biophysical characterisation of pathogen proteins | School of Biological Sciences | martin.wear@ed.ac.uk |
| David Wilks | HIV and community acquired infection (Retired) | Western General Hospital | |
| Alistair Williams | HPV-related lower genital tract cancers | MRC Centre for Reproductive Health | a.williams@ed.ac.uk |
SOCIAL AND HEALTHCARE DYNAMICS |
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Name |
Interest |
Affiliation |
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| Kenneth Amaeshi | Engagement of sustainable business with global health agenda | Edinburgh Business School | Kenneth.Amaeshi@ed.ac.uk |
| Christine Campbell | Primary care in cancer, inc. HPV vaccination & cervical cancer screening | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | christine.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
| Sarah Chan | Bioethics of One Health | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | sarah.chan@ed.ac.uk |
| Lukas Engelmann | Digital Epidemiology | School of Social & Political Science | lukas.engelmann@ed.ac.uk |
| Tonks Fawcett | Sepsis, Infection control & behaviour | School of Health in Social Science | t.fawcett@ed.ac.uk |
| Linda Fibiger | Conflict archaeology, interpersonal violence and cranial trauma | School of History, Classics and Archaeology | Linda.Fibiger@ed.ac.uk |
| Liz Grant | Palliative care & International health systems strengthening | Global Health Academy | liz.grant@ed.ac.uk |
| Ian Harper | Global health policy | School of Social and Political Science | ian.harper@ed.ac.uk |
| Aisha Holloway | Public health & alcohol related harm | School of Health in Social Science | aisha.holloway@ed.ac.uk |
| Pete Kingsley | Trypanosomiasis control intervention in Africa | Centre of African Studies | pete.kingsley@ed.ac.uk |
| Rebecca Marsland | Ethnography of malaria and HIV/AIDS | School of Social and Political Science | R.Marsland@ed.ac.uk |
| Alex Nading | Public health approaches to vector borne & microbial diseases in Latin America | School of Social and Political Science | alex.nading@ed.ac.uk |
| Martyn Pickersgill | Sociology of biomedicine and mental health | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | martyn.pickersgill@ed.ac.uk |
| James Smith | Evolution of medical and veterinary research into trypanosomiasis in Africa | Centre of African Studies | James.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
| Devi Sridhar | Global politics of public health | Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics | devi.sridhar@ed.ac.uk |
| David Whiteley | The experience of HCV testing, treatment and cure | Edinburgh Napier University | d.whiteley@napier.ac.uk |
| Alice Street | Material politics of global health, with focus on Papua New Guinea & South India | School of Social and Political Science | Alice.Street@ed.ac.uk |