Meet our team
Hear more about the DaC-VaP-2 team, from our researchers and analysts, to our operations and PPIE personnel.
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.
Data analysts
England
Jennie Quint is one of our Senior Investigators for England. She is a Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology at Imperial College London.
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.
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).
Vahe Nafilyan is our Co-lead Investigator for England and works at the Office for National Statistics.
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
Ashley Akbari is one of our Senior Investigators for Wales. He is Senior Research Manager & Data Scientist at Swansea University.
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.
Stuart Bedson is our Core Researcher for Wales.
Communications, Operations & PPIE*
*Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)
Anthony Chuter is one of our Patient Public Involvement Leads.
Dominique Balharry is DaC-VaP-2's Research Manager.
Gabriella Linning is DaC-VaP-2's Communications and Engagement Officer.
Anthony Chuter is one of our Patient Public Involvement Leads.
Morag Edwards is DaC-VaP-2's Research Administrator and is the RESPIRE project administrator.
Tracy Jackson is our Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Research Fellow, and PPIE Lead for DaC-VaP-2.