Principal investigators

Researchers who are affiliated with the Centre for Inflammation Research

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The Principal Investigators (PIs) below are primarily affiliated with the Centre for Infllammation Research.

Name	Job Title
Dr Ahsan Akram	Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Dr CJ Anderson	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow
Professor Till Bachmann	Deputy Head of Infection Medicine & Personal Chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection
Professor Kenneth Baillie	Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
Dr Calum Bain	Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Dr Abi Beane	Reader, Critical Care Medicine and Health Systems Development
Dr Tom Bird	Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow / Honorary Consultant Hepatologist and Reader / Senior Clinical Lecturer (University of Glasgow)
Professor Debby Bogaert	Chair of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr Jenna Cash	Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow & Chancellor's Fellow
Professor Steve Cunningham	Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Professor Donald J Davidson	Chair of Host Defence & Inflammation Biology / Centre Academic Lead for Public Engagement
Professor Kev Dhaliwal	Chair of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Professor David Dockrell	Chair of Infection Medicine / Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research
Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders	Principal Investigator
Professor Julia Dorin	Chair of Genetics of Host Defence / joint CMVM Deputy Dean for Research Culture & Integrity
Dr Rodger Duffin	Reader in Respiratory Medicine
Professor Elaine Dzierzak	Chair of Haematological Regeneration
Professor Jonathan Fallowfield	Chair of Translational Liver Research
Dr Yi Feng	Reader / Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Professor David Ferenbach	Chair of Regenerative Nephrology & MRC Senior Clinical Fellow
Dr Sofia Ferreira	Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Rebecca Gentek	Chancellor's Fellow & Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow
Dr Douglas Gibson	Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Professor Mohini Gray	Professor of Rheumatology
Dr Robert Gray	Reader / Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician
Professor Christopher D Gregory	Chair of Inflammatory Cell Biology
Professor Jurgen Haas	Head of Infection Medicine, Professor of Viral Genomics
Professor Rashan Haniffa	Chair of Critical Care Medicine and Health Systems Research
Dr Carsten Gram Hansen	Senior Lecturer
Professor Chris Haslett	Chair of Translational Medicine
Professor Neil Henderson	Chair of Tissue Repair and Regeneration / Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science / Consultant Hepatologist
Professor Adam Hill	Professor of Respiratory Medicine / Consultant Physician
Dr Nik Hirani	Reader / Associate Medical Director for Outpatient Services
Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho	Reader / Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
Professor Jeremy Hughes	Chair of Experimental Nephrology
Dr Steve Jenkins	Lecturer
Dr Wei-Yu Lu	MRC Career Development Fellow / ESAT Fellow
Dr Christopher Lucas	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine
Dr Karen Mackenzie	MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow/ Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Dr Vasso Makrantoni	Academic Track Lecturer (Edinburgh-Zhejiang)
Dr Samanta Mariani	Chancellor's Fellow/PI
Dr Laura McCulloch	Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow
Dr Beth Mills	UKRI Future Leader Fellow
Professor Damian Mole	Chair of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
Dr Katie Mylonas	Research Fellow
Dr Clare Pridans	Principal Investigator
Dr Sandrine Prost	Senior Lecturer in Pathology
Dr Konrad Rawlik	Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Prakash Ramachandran	MRC Intermediate Clinical Fellow
Professor Adriano G Rossi	Chair of Respiratory and Inflammation Pharmacology / Deputy Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research / Postgraduate Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research
Professor Philippa Saunders	Chair of Reproductive Steroids
Professor Jürgen Schwarze	Edward Clark Chair of Child Life and Health
Professor Manu Shankar-Hari	Chair of Translational Critical Care Medicine / Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Richard Sloan	Edinburgh-Zhejiang Lecturer & Principal Investigator
Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland	Chair of Infectious Diseases
Professor Marc Vendrell	Chair of Translational Chemistry and Biomedical Imaging
Dr Sonja Vermeren	Senior Lecturer
Professor Sarah Walmsley	Chair of Respiratory Medicine
Dr Emily Watts	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow
Professor Susan Welburn	Chair of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology, Executive Dean, Zhejiang Edinburgh Institute
Professor Richard Weller	Personal Chair of Medical Dermatology / Honorary Consultant Dermatologist
Professor Moira Whyte	Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Dr Gareth Williams	Chancellors Fellow in Translational Healthcare Technology / Undergraduate Fellow, Edinburgh Futures Institute
Professor Will Wood	Chair in Tissue Regeneration and Repair
Dr Chengcan Yao	Reader / MRC Career Development Award (CDA) Fellow

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The Principal Investigators below are CIR researchers who also have other primary research affiliations.

Name	Job Title	Other Affiliations(s)
Dr Anish Amin	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon	Orthopaedics
Dr Chris Bellamy	Reader in Hepatic and Renal Pathology	Pathology-NHS
Professor Sara Brown	Professor of Dermatology / Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science	Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Professor Colin Campbell	Personal Chair of Medical and Biological Spectroscopy	IRR Chemistry Hub - School of Chemistry
Professor Richard Chin	Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology	Child Life and Health
Dr Gourab Choudhury	Consultant Physician and Service Lead, Respiratory Medicine / Senior NRS Fellow	NHS
Dr Gareth Clegg	Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Emergency Medicine	Usher Institute
Dr David Dorward	Academic Consultant Pathologist	NHS
Professor Peter Hayes	Professor of Hepatology	Hepatology-NHS
Dr Paul Henderson	Paediatric Gastroenterologist	Child Life and Health
Dr Mathew Horrocks	Senior Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry	IRR Chemistry Hub - School of Chemistry
Professor John Iredale	Pro Vice-Chancellor (University of Bristol)	University of Bristol
Dr Tim Kendall	Senior Clinical Fellow in Pathology / Honorary Consultant Histopathologist	Pathology-NHS
Dr Steven Kerr	Chancellor's Fellow	Usher Institute
Dr Mohsen Khadem	Lecturer	Informatics
Professor David Kluth	Chair of Medical Education	Medical Teaching
Dr Milly Lo	NRS Career Research Clinician	Child Life and Health
Professor Lorna Marson	Chair of Transplant Surgery	Clinical Surgery
Professor Rowan Parks	Professor of Surgical Sciences / Honorary Consultant Surgeon	Clinical Surgery
Professor John N Plevris	Professor, Hepatology Laboratory PI and Consultant	Hepatology - NHS
Professor Sir John Savill	Chair of Experimental Medicine	Melbourne Academic Centre for Health
Professor Hamish Simpson	George Harrison Chair of Trauma and Orthopaedics	Orthopaedics
Dr Ken Simpson	Senior Lecturer	NHS
Dr Andrew Sutherland	Consultant Transplant Surgeon, NHS Research Scotland Fellowship	Clinical Surgery
Dr Don Urquhart	Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine	Child Life and Health
Professor Steve Wigmore	Chair of Transplantation Surgery / Honorary Consultant Surgeon	Clinical Surgery
Professor David Wilson	Chair of Paediatric Gastroenterology	Child Life and Health
Professor Steven Yule	Chair of Behavioural Sciences	Clinical Surgery

This article was published on 21 Aug, 2023