Contact us
Get in touch with us. Details of our core teams supporting activity across the Usher Institute.
General Enquiries
General Enquiries (including estates and operations): usher.operations@ed.ac.uk
Communications, Press & Media: usher.communications@ed.ac.uk
Prospective taught student enquiries: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Find us
The Usher Institute is currently split over two main locations, in the historic Old Medical School at Teviot Place, and at NINE Edinburgh BioQuarter.
We will shortly all be co-located in the Usher Building at Edinburgh BioQuarter:
Usher Building
The University of Edinburgh
5-7 Little France Road
Edinburgh BioQuarter - Gate 3
EDINBURGH
EH16 4UX
Reception: +44(0)131 651 7869 or +44(0)131 650 3237
Director / Director of Professional Services
| Interim Director | Professor Julie Jacko |
| Deputy Director | Professor Miguel O. Bernabeu |
| PA to the Director | Joanne Blair-Gray |
| Director of Professional Services | Vivien Smith |
Full Usher Institute Senior Leadership Team
Communications, Marketing and Engagement
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Communications - SharePoint
Team email: usher.communications@ed.ac.uk
| Head of Communications, Marketing and Engagement | Susan Buckingham |
| Events Manager | Laura Marshall |
| Graphic Designer | Dawn Cattanach |
| Communications and Engagement Officer | Sarah Murray |
| Communications and Engagement Officer - Projects | Claire Jankowska |
| Communications and Engagement Officer - Projects | Vacant |
| Communications, Marketing and Engagement Officer - Projects | Kitty Flynn |
| Content Officer | Vacant |
| Communications and Engagement Administrator | Vacant |
Finance
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Finance - SharePoint
Team email: usher.finance@ed.ac.uk
| Research Finance & Business Support Manager | Paula Grieve |
| Finance Administrator | Magdalena Mazurczak |
| Finance Administrator | Ailsa Morrison |
| Finance Administrator | Sarah Parkin |
| Finance Administrator | Oscar Rubio Barber |
Human Resources
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Human Resources - SharePoint
Team email: usher.hrgovernance@ed.ac.uk
| Administration & HR Coordinator | Julie MacMillan |
| HR Administrator | Emma Thomson |
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HR Administrative Assistant
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Rachel Stanley |
| HR Administrative Assistant | Anita Shukla |
Research and Innovation Support
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Research - SharePoint
Team email: usher.research@ed.ac.uk
| Research Strategy Manager | Vacant |
| Edinburgh Innovations - Business Development Executive | Laura Milne |
| Postgraduate Research Student Support Officer | Sarah Golightly |
| Open Research Administrator | Andrew Castle |
Find out more about The University of Edinburgh's Student Wellbeing Service
Operations
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher General Information - SharePoint and Usher Health, Safety and Wellbeing - SharePoint
Team email: usher.operations@ed.ac.uk
| Facilities Manager | Bran Cervenak |
| Operations Manager | Kate Britton |
| Institute Secretary | Brenda Saetta |
| Institute Administrator | Julie Davidson |
| Receptionist / Administrative Assistant | Christy Vaughan |
| Receptionist | Chloe O'Leary |
Teaching Organisation
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Teaching - SharePoint
Find out more about the programmes and courses we offer
| Manager |
Cristina Matthews (currently on secondment) |
| Deputy Manager | Michelle Hart |
| Marketing Lead | Prema Howard (currently on maternity leave) Cover: Louisa Newbigging |
| Postgraduate Taught Student Advisor | Alison Webb (Alison.Webb.SA@ed.ac.uk) |
| Postgraduate Taught Student Advisor | Anna Cooper (anna.cooper.sa@ed.ac.uk) |
Prospective taught student enquiries: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Find out more about The University of Edinburgh's Student Wellbeing Service
Additional contacts
Centre for Population Health Sciences
Centre for Medical Informatics
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
Health and Social Care Data-Driven Innovation Programme
Contact us through an online sign language interpreter
British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact the University of Edinburgh via Contact Scotland BSL, the online British Sign Language video relay interpreting service.
Find out more on the Contact Scotland BSL website
