College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

List of research institutes and centres

Our research centres are usually grouped within institutes that bring together internationally outstanding, thematically linked research. In addition, we are proud to host several philanthropically funded centres that focus on specific disease areas.

The Queen's Medical Research Institute
Institutes and Centres Host School/Deanery Director Email
Centre for Cardiovascular Science Clinical Sciences Professor A Baker

Andy.Baker@ed.ac.uk 

M.Kavanagh@ed.ac.uk 

Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Institutes and Centres Host School/Deanery Director Email
Institute of Genetics and Cancer Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Professor M Frame

Margaret.Frame@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Katie.Browne@igmm.ed.ac.uk

MRC Human Genetics Unit Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Professor W Bickmore

hgu.director@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Katie.Browne@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Ian Tomlinson

Ian.Tomlinson@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Centre for Genomic & Experimental Medicine Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Professor T Aitman

Tim.Aitman@ed.ac.uk

 

The Usher Institute 
Institutes and Centres Host School/Deanery Director Email
The Usher Institute  Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Professor  Sir Aziz Sheikh Aziz.Sheikh@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Population Health Sciences Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor David Weller

Professor Linda Bauld

David.Weller@ed.ac.uk

Linda.Bauld@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Medical Informatics Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Ewen Harrison

 

Professor Julie Jacko 

Ewen.harrison@ed.ac.uk

 

Julie.Jacko@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Global Health Research Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Harish Nair

Professor Igor Rudan

Harish.nair@ed.ac.uk 

igor.rudan@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley

Professor Steve Sturdy

Professor Martyn Pickersgill 

 

Martyn.Pickersgill@ed.ac.uk 

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences Professor John Norrie J.Norrie@ed.ac.uk 
Edinburgh Neuroscience
Institutes and Centres Host  School/Deanery Director Email
Edinburgh Neuroscience Biomedical Sciences Professor S Chandran

Siddharthan.Chandran@ed.ac.uk

edinburgh.neuroscience@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Clinical Sciences Professor Colin Smith

Col.Smith@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences Biomedical Sciences Professor D Wyllie

Head.CDBS@ed.ac.uk 

The Roslin Institute
Institutes and Centres Host School Director Email
The Roslin Institute R(D)SVS

Professor B Whitelaw

bruce.whitelaw@roslin.ed.ac.uk

info@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Centre for Comparative Pathology   Professor M Arends comparativepathology@ed.ac.uk
The Institute of Regeneration and Repair
Institutes and Centres Host School/Deanery Director Email
Centre for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Sciences Professor S Forbes

Stuart.Forbes@ed.ac.uk

 

Centre for Inflammation Research Clinical Sciences Professor D Dockrell David.Dockrell@ed.ac.uk
MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Clinical Sciences

Professor A Horne

Andrew.Horne@ed.ac.uk