Meet our team
Hear more about the DaC-VaP-2 team, from our researchers and analysts, to our operations and PPIE personnel.
Researchers and analysts
Senior Leadership
Aziz Sheikh is Professor of Primary Care Research and Development and leads The University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute. He has long been an expert in using routinely collected health care datato do public health related research.
Chris Robertson is our Senior Investigators for Scotland. He is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Strathclyde, and particular expertise in the analysis of linked health data and infectious diseases. He is also the Head of Statistics at Public Health Scotland.
England
Simon de Lusignan is one of our Senior Investigators for England. He is a senior academic GP and Professor of Primary Care and Clinical Informatics at the University of Oxford. He is also Director of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC).
Jennie Quint is one of our Senior Investigators for England. She is a Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology at Imperial College London.
Vahe Nafilyan is our Co-lead Investigator for England and works at the Office for National Statistics.
Mark Joy is our Core Researcher for England. He is a Senior Research in Applied Statistics in Healthcare and Population Health Modelling at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care.
Northern Ireland
Declan Bradley is one of our Senior Investigators for Northern Ireland. He is a Clinical Lecturer at Queen’s Belfast University.
Dermont O’Reilly is oneour Senior Investigators for Northern Ireland. He is a Clinical Professor at Queen’s University Belfast.
Siobhan Murphy is our Core Researcher for Northern Ireland. She is a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.
Scotland
Steven Kerr is our Core Researcher for Scotland.
Wales
Ronan Lyons is one of our Senior Investigators for Wales. He is Clinical Professor of Public Health at Swansea University, and Co-director at the SAIL Databank.
Ashley Akbari is one of our Senior Investigators for Wales. He is Senior Research Manager & Data Scientist at Swansea University.
Stuart Bedson is our Core Researcher for Wales.
Our Operations and PPIE Team
Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)
Tracy Jackson is our Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Research Fellow, and PPIE Lead for DaC-VaP-2.
Dominique Balharry is DaC-VaP-2's Research Manager.
Morag Edwards is DaC-VaP-2's Research Administrator and is the RESPIRE project administrator.
Gabriella Linning is DaC-VaP-2's Communications and Engagement Officer.
Anthony Chuter is one of our Patient Public Involvement Leads.
Anthony Chuter is one of our Patient Public Involvement Leads.