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
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The Usher Institute is currently split over two main locations, in the historic Old Medical School at Teviot Place, and at NINE Edinburgh BioQuarter.
Director / Director of Professional Services
Director | Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh |
Deputy Director | Professor Jackie Price |
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 Lead | Laura Marshall |
Graphic Design | Dawn Cattanach |
Communications and Engagement Officer - Projects | Claire Jankowska |
Communications and Engagement Officer - Projects | Gabriella Linning |
Communications and Engagement Officer - Projects | Sarah Murray |
Communications, Marketing and Engagement Officer - Projects | Kitty Flynn |
Finance
Staff and students at The University of Edinburgh can find more information via: Usher Finance - SharePoint
Team email: usher.finance@ed.ac.uk
Finance Manager | Vasilia Kakamouka |
Finance Administrator | Paula Grieve |
Finance Administrator | Magdalena Mazurczak |
Finance Administrator | Ailsa Morrison |
Finance Administrator | Sarah Parkin |
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
Human Resources Manager | Julie Macmillan |
Administration and Governance Assistant | Emma Thomson |
Administrative Assistant
|
Lewis Hazlett |
Administrative Assistant
|
Rachel Stanley |
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 | Alex Peden |
Edinburgh Innovations - Business Development Executive | Laura Milne |
Postgraduate Research Student Support Officer | Sebastien Georges |
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
Operations Manager | Kate Britton |
Institute Secretary | Brenda Saetta |
Institute Administrator | Juile Davidson |
Receptionist / Administrative Assistant | Christy Vaughan |
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 |
Deputy Manager | Michelle Hart |
Marketing Lead | Prema Howard |
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