Meet the Team

Meet the PG Directors and Administration team.

PG Directors

Dr Ian Adams – Director of Graduate Research & Training HGU/Institute of Genetics and Cancer

• Email: Ian.Adams@ed.ac.uk
• Phone: 0131 332 2471 Ext.2309

Ian Adams Research Group 

Dr Susan Farrington – Graduate Convenor, Edinburgh Cancer Research

• Email: susan.farrington@ed.ac.uk
• Phone: +44-131-651-8632

Susan Farrington Research Group

Dr Kathy Evans - Graduate Convenor, CGEM

• Email: Kathy.Evans@ed.ac.uk
• Phone: 0131 651 8747
• Location: N2.09

Kathy Evans Research Group

Students and staff should contact their local Centre PG Director for academic support.

Administration Team

Pauline McDonald

Alana Johnson

• Email: student-admin@igc.ed.ac.uk
• Phone: 0131 651 5771
• Location: CG.11

Pauline and Alana manage the day-to-day administration of the Graduate Research and Training programme, and are based on the ground floor of the MRC Human Genetics Unit.

For queries related to Postgraduate Research and Training, Pauline and Alana provide support to prospective, on-programme and visiting students, as well as supervisors and academic staff. When appropriate they will signpost students and staff to key central university services.

Pauline and Alana work closely with Centre PG Directors to enhance the Student Experience and oversee the following areas of work:

• Student Recruitment & Admissions
• Tier 4 Engagement & Monitoring process for international students
• Visiting student admissions
• Manage Graduate Research and Training website in liaison with PG Directors
• Coordinate teaching programme
• Organise student events e.g. Science at the Interface to Industry, Christmas lectures, John Inglis talks etc.
• Organise and minute Staff Student Liaison Committee (SSLC) / Postgraduate Studies Committee (PGSC)
• Manage Student Social Media Platform