Population Health Sciences staff list
Although many staff work across Centres within the Usher Institute, this page lists staff who have a primary affiliation with the Centre for Population Health Sciences.
Professors and other senior academics
The senior academic team in the Centre for Population Health Sciences: Professors, Readers, Senior academics, Chancellor's Fellows and other Fellowship holders.
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role |
|---|---|
| Purva Abhyankar | Senior Research Fellow (FRESHAIR4Life) |
| Niall Anderson | Senior Lecturer | Programme Co-Director (Master of Public Health - Full-time, Online) | Programme Deputy Director (M.Sc. in Epidemiology - online) |
| Linda Bauld | Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health | Co-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences |
| Kirsty Boyd | Reader in Palliative Care |
| Christine Campbell | Reader |
| Gareth Clegg | Senior Clinical Lecturer |
| Fiona Dobbie | Senior Lecturer in Public Health |
| Andrew Duckworth | Senior Clinical Lecturer |
| Karen Fairhurst | Professor of Student Learning in Primary Care |
| David Griffith | Reader |
| Bruce Guthrie | Professor of General Practice |
| Jeni Harden | Reader |
| Caroline Jackson | Chancellor's Fellow / Senior Lecturer |
| Julia Lawton | Professor of Health and Social Science |
| Nazir Lone | Professor of of Critical Care and Epidemiology |
| Margaret MacDougall | Medical Statistician and Researcher in Education |
| Alasdair MacLullich | Professor of Geriatric Medicine |
| Paul McKeigue | Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics |
| Gillian Mead | Professor of Stroke and Elderly Care Medicine |
| Stewart Mercer | Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity |
| Claudia Pagliari | Senior Lecturer |
| Hilary Pinnock | Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine |
| Roy Robertson | Professor of Addiction Medicine |
| Susan D Shenkin | Professor of Healthcare for Older People, Ageing and Health, University of Edinburgh | Honorary Consultant, NHS Lothian |
| Athina Spiliopoulou | Chancellor's Fellow |
| Devi Sridhar | Professor of Global Public Health |
| Timothy Walsh | Professor of Critical Care | Director of Innovation for NHS Lothian, and Health Innovation South East Scotland |
| David Weller | James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice | Programme Co-Director (Master of Family Medicine) | Co-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences |
| Sarah Wild | Professor of Epidemiology |
Research and teaching
Research and teaching staff working on projects and programmes led by the senior team.
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role |
|---|---|
| Sam Andres | Research Annotator |
| Stella Arakelyan | Research Fellow |
| Liliana Arias Urueña | Research Fellow |
| William Berthon | Biostatistician / Epidemiologist / Health Data Scientist |
| Nicola Boydell | Lecturer in Social Science and Public Health |
| Arlene Casey | Research Fellow in Health Data Research |
| Debbie Cavers | Research Fellow |
| Mia Closs | Research Fellow |
| Gwenetta Curry | Reader |
| Rachel Dlugatch | Research Fellow (Qualitative) |
| Eddie Donaghy | Research Fellow |
| Agata Dunsmore | Clinical Teacher |
| Helen Eborall | Senior Lecturer |
| Buddhi Erabadda | Research Fellow (Software Engineer / Machine Learning Scientist) |
| Genevie Fernandes | Research Fellow in Global Health Governance and Respiratory |
| Kelly Fleetwood | Statistician |
| Helen Frost | Research Fellow (ACRC) |
| Neil Gallacher | GP Clinical Teacher |
| Nynke Halbesma | Programme Co-Director online MPH | Co-Director of Students for Deanery of Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
| Stephanie Hardley | Teaching Fellow |
| Ruth Hart | Research Fellow |
| David Henderson | Quantitative Research Fellow |
| Dr Leonard Ho | Visiting Researcher (ACRC) |
| Mike Holder | Academic Fellow in General Practice |
| Huayi Huang | Research Fellow (Qualitative) |
| Chase Ledin | Lecturer in Social Science and Medicine |
| Clare MacRae | MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow |
| Bruce Mason | Research Fellow |
| Aoife Mckenna | Research Assistant |
| Joe Mellor | Informatician (Machine Learning Specialist) |
| Martine Miller | Research Fellow |
| Lauren Ng | SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in General Practice & Primary Care |
| Leon Noble | Research Assistant |
| David Obree | Archie Duncan Fellow in Medical Ethics and Fellow in Medical Education |
| Marian Peacock | Research Fellow (Qualitative) |
| Rose Penfold | Research Fellow: Wellcome |
| Regina Prigge | Medical Statistician; Lecturer in Epidemiology |
| Carys Pugh | ACRC Quantitative analyst/Statistician |
| Reshma Rajagopal | GP Clinical Teacher |
| David Rankin | Research Fellow |
| Stella Rhode | Research Assistant |
| Lorna Sinclair | Teaching Fellow |
| Kieran Sweeney | Academic Fellow in General Practice |
| Katherina Tober | GP Clinical Teacher |
| Tricia Tooman | ACRC Research Fellow |
| Amanda Vettini | Research Fellow |
| Tracey Wagner-Rizvi | Research Fellow |
| Huayu Zhang | Research Fellow in Health Data Research |
Professional services
Professional services and technical staff working on projects and programmes led by the senior academic team, and supporting Centre activities.
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role |
|---|---|
| Lynn Anderson | Centre Administrator, Centre for Population Health Sciences | Personal Assistant to Professor David Weller |
| Ailsa Barclay | ACRC Administrator |
| Jacqui Calder | Trial Assistant |
| Dawn Campbell | Personal Assistant to Professor Tim Walsh | Administrative Secretary |
| Anna Crawford | Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer |
| Karolína Dušková | Group Administrator |
| Lesley Gardner | Personal Assistant to Professor Sarah Wild |
| Gregor Hall | AIM-CISC Administrator |
| Vicky Hammersley | IMP2ART Programme Manager / Research Fellow – Allergy and Respiratory Research Group |
| Maureen Harding | Administrative Secretary |
| Louise Hartley | Programme Coordinator (ACRC) |
| Emily Healy | Senior Research Administrator |
| Daria Ihnatenko | Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Co-ordinator (Maternity Cover) |
| Lisa MacInnes | Lead Research Nurse |
| Rob Mackie | Communication Officer, ACRC |
| Viv Marsh | IMP2ART Facilition Co-ordinator: Specialist Nurse |
| Sancha Martin | Consortium Manager |
| Kate Massie | Personal Assistant to Professor Linda Bauld |
| Lucy McCloughan | Programme Manager, Advanced Care Research Centre |
| Janice Murray | ACRC Partnerships & Communications Manager |
| Angela Niven | Project Manager / Senior Research Fellow |
| Jayne Richards | Personal Assistant to Professor Bruce Guthrie and Professor Stewart Mercer |
| Jenny Sharma | Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Co-ordinator |
| Dominika Skrocka | Project Coordinator / Senior Research Administrator (SALFS) |