Affiliate members

Individuals who work closely with the Usher Institute, but whose primary affiliation is elsewhere.

The Usher Institute is proud to have strong collaborations across the University of Edinburgh and beyond. Individuals who are not Usher Institute staff but have existing or planned collaborations and areas of mutual research interest can apply to become Affiliate Members of the Usher Institute. The aim of our Affiliate membership is to strengthen research ties and catalyse new initiatives with outstanding colleagues across the University and beyond.

Our Usher Institute Affiliates are:

Name	Role	Primary affiliation, outside of Usher
Abi Beane	Reader in Critical Care Medicine and Health systems development, CIR, University of Edinburgh	Abi'e profile on the Centre for Inflammation Research website
David Breen	Senior Clinical Research Fellow / Honorary Consultant Neurologist	Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
Sara Brown	Professor of Dermatology & Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow	Sara's research group page on the Centre for Genomic Medicine website
Clara Calia	Lecturer in Clinical Psychology	School of Health in Social Science Clara's University of Edinburgh profile
Sharon Cameron	Consultant in Gynaecology and Sexual & Reproductive Health / Honorary Professor	Sharon's profile on the Centre for Reproductive Health website
Richard Chin	Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology / Honorary consultant paediatric neurologist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edinburgh) / Clinical Director of the Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre	Richard's profile on Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre webite
Steve Cunningham	Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine	Child Life & Health Steve's profile on the Centre for Inflammation Research website
James Dear	Professor of Clinical Pharmacology	Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences James' profile on Research Explorer
Marie T Fallon	St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh Palliative and Supportive Care Group (IGC)
Julia Grahamslaw	Lead Research Nurse - EMERGE	Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE)
Alasdair Gray	Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian / Honorary University of Edinburgh	NHS Lothian Alasdair's profile on Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences website
Shahid Hanif	Managing Director, GetReal Institute, Senior Research Fellow, RAND Europe, Founder & Director, Avenzoar Consulting Ltd	GetReal Institute
Rashan Haniffa	Professor of critical care and health systems research	Rashan's profile on the Centre for Inflammation Research website
Peter Hall	Clinical Senior Lecturer in Cancer Informatics and Health Economics	Peter's University of Edinburgh profile Peter's Research Group profile on Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, IGC
Aisha Holloway	Professor of Nursing Studies	Nursing Studies, School of Health in Social Science Aisha's University of Edinburgh profile
Andrew Horne	Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences / Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist	MRC Centre for Reproductive Health Andrew's MRC Centre for Reproductive Health profile
Alixe Kilgour	Medicine of the Elderly Consultant in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh	Alixe's University of Edinburgh profile
Barry J A Laird	St Columba’s Hospice Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine / Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, University of Glasgow / Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Lothian	Edinburgh Palliative and Supportive Care Group (IGC)
Charlie Lees	Consultant Gastroenterologist, Honorary University of Edinburgh	Charlie's profile on Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine website
Milly Lo	Consultant Paediatric Intensivist / Research Lead for Paediatric Critical Care Medicine / NRS Career Research Clinician / Honorary Reader, The University of Edinburgh	Milly's profile on Child Life and Health website
Allan MacRaild	Lead Research Nurse - Stroke - EMERGE	Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE)
Alpana Mair	Head of Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics Division, Scottish Government / Scottish Quality, Safety & Improvement Fellow / EU Project coordinator for SIMPATHY & iSIMPATHY and EIP AHA A1: Prescribing / Honorary Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
Catherine Maternowska	Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People	Catherine's University of Edinburgh Profile Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology
Chelsea Morroni	Chancellor's Fellow in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh / Co-Director, UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clinical Effectiveness Unit / Director, Botswana Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Initiative / Senior Research Associate, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership	Chelsea's Research Explorer profile
Rachel O’Brien	Lead Research Nurse - EMERGE	Emergency Medicine Research Group of Edinburgh (EMERGE)
Miranda Odam	Research Nurse Manager	Emergency Medicine Research Group of Edinburgh (EMERGE)
David Porteous	Professorial Research Fellow	Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, IGC
Matt Reed	Consultant and NRS Fellow in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian/ Director of EMERGE/ Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh/ Member Edinburgh Acute Care, Usher Institute	Matt's Edinburgh Research Explorer profile Matt's profile on EMERGE
Corinne Reid	Consultant	Corinne Reid Consulting - LinkedIn
Jürgen Schwarze	Edward Clark Chair of Child Life and Health/ Honorary consultant paediatrician with NHS Lothian	Child Life and Health Centre for Inflammation Research
Anoop Shah	Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology	Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences Anoop's Edinburgh Research Explorer profile
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman	Professor of Clinical Neurology / Honorary consultant neurologist, NHS Lothian	Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Rustam's University of Edinburgh profile
Manu Shankar-Hari	Professor of Translational Critical Care Medicine	Manu's profile on Centre for Inflammation Resarch website
Pam Smith	Professorial Fellow	Nursing Studies, School of Health in Social Science Pam's University of Edinburgh profile
Mark Strachan	Consultant Physician in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Acute Medicine at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh / Honorary Professor, The University of Edinburgh	Mark's University of Edinburgh profile Mark's Edinburgh Diabetes profile
Olivia Swann	Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Disease	Olivia's Research Explorer profile
Albert Tenesa	Professor of Quantitative Genetics	Roslin Institute Albert's University of Edinburgh profile Albert's Research Group website
Catalina Vallejos	Chancellor’s Fellow	MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGC
Thomas Weiser	Senior Clinical Lecturer, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University and Consulting Medical Officer, Lifebox Foundation	Thomas' Stanford University profile Thomas' Lifebox Foundation profile
William Whiteley	Reader in Neurology, Honorary Neurologist	William's Research Explorer Profile
Rachael Wood	Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland /Honorary Reader, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh	Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences Rachael's University of Edinburgh Profile
Robert Young	Academic Track Lecturer (Zhejiang)	Robert's ZJU-UoE Institute profile
Steven Yule	Professor of Behavioural Sciences, Clinical Surgery, The University of Edinburgh Director, Edinburgh Surgical Sabermetrics Group	Steven's Clinical Surgery profile

If you wish to enquire about becoming an Affiliate Member of the Usher Institute, please contact our Senior Research Strategy Manager, via the Usher Communications mailbox, usher.communications@ed.ac.uk

This article was published on 29 May, 2023