People

A list of people involved in the Forum.

 

Name

Research

Affiliation

Francisca Adom-OpareIntersections of disability, gender, intersectionality, education, health, environment, and data in development (including some COVID-context research), currently focusing on data governance through impact activities with NGOs.Centre of African Studies
Katie AtkinsUnderstanding the dynamics of infectious disease through modelling and phylogenetics. Usher Institute
Till BachmannDiagnostics innovation in the context of targeted and effective antibiotic therapy.Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Kenny BaillieTranslational genomics in critical care medicine.Pandemic Science Hub, the Roslin Institute
Katie BeckmannWildlife health and the conservation of species and their ecosystems.Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Laura Bellussi Usher Institute
Devanjan BhattacharyaGeomatics and geo-spatial technologies, working towards intelligent geospatial analytics merging remotely sensed data, navigation technologies, informatics and GIS together.SSPS, Bayes Centre, School of Law, School of GeoSciences, School of Informatics
Lisa BodenContingency planning for animal disease outbreaks, food security & animal & public health law.Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Mark BronsvoortEpidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease and bovine tuberculosis and using molecular tools to understand transmission and spread at different scales in LMICs.  The Roslin Institute
Michael CholbiDeath and dying, including suicide and assisted dying, immortality, and grief.School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Nathan CoombsEconomic sociologist working at the intersection of political economy, science and technology studies, and social theory.School of Social and Political Science
Paul DigardReplication and pathogenesis of influenza viruses.The Roslin Institute
David Dockrell Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Lukas EngelmannHistories of epidemics such as HIV/AIDS and the third plague pandemic (1890-1950), the history of epidemiological reasoning as well as the digital transformation of public health in the present.School of Social and Political Science
Robin Flaig Generation Scotland
Guy FletcherWell-being, ethics and practical philosophy.School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Rupsha FraserImmunology, disease progression, and the development of immunotherapeutic and prophylactic strategies.Edinburgh Medical School
Jaime Garcia-IglesiasThe interface between sexuality, health, memory and online/offline practices.Usher Institute
Elly GauntThe genetic coding strategies of viruses that cause respiratory diseases.Roslin Institute
Steve GordonPrevention and treatment of lung infection in adultsInstitute for Regeneration and Repair
Liz GrantPalliative care & International health systems strengtheningUsher Institute
Andreas GrotheyOptimization, modelling and optimization of intervention strategies (contact tracing, social distancing, vaccination roll-out) in SEIR-like models, especially under uncertainty (disease parameters, vaccination efficiency, etc.).School of Mathematics
Lauren Hall-LewVariationist sociolinguist with an interest in phonetics, social meaning, and language change.School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Mark HellowellHealth systems, with research and consultancy expertise in strengthening health system preparedness and response to public health emergencies at an international level.School of Social and Political Science
Farah HuzairInterdisciplinary researcher with a background in both social and natural sciences. Covering innovation and regulation of life science industries.School of Social and Political Science
Rowland KaoEpidemiology of animal disease outbreaks.The Roslin Institute
Ben Kasstan-DabushExamination of health protection definitions, authority, and reconciliation of divergent approaches, with emphasis on vaccination, disease outbreaks, and child, reproductive, and sexual health.School of Social and Political Science
Steven KerrHealth data science, statistics, machine learning and secure multiparty computation.Usher Institute
Markus KetolaEnvironmental policy, populism, and storytelling; a new line of research on forests and forest governance integrates policy, governance, civil society, and storytelling.School of Social and Political Science
Ava KhamsehCausal molecular interactions in the context of cancer & population biomedicine.School of Informatics
Oliver KochTuberculosis, travel & tropical medicine.NHS Lothian
Chase LedinPublic health and medicine. Explores biomedical innovation and disease elimination, HIV/STI prevention and sexual health, critical public health, and health promotion.Usher Institute
Sam LycettAnalysis and modelling of virus spread and evolution, phylodynamics.  The Roslin Institute
Jamie MarlandDevelopment of miniature bioelectronic interfaces for applications in synthetic biology and biomedical engineering.School of Engineering
Jill McKayVeterinary science education with a focus on interdisciplinary research methodology.Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Ruth McQuillanEvidence synthesis, long COVID, COVID-19 learning and pandemic preparedness, capacity building for global health research.Usher Institute
Chelsea MorroniImproving sexual, reproductive and maternal health and well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly lower resource, high-HIV burden settings in southern Africa.Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Francisca MutapiImmune responses to helminths within individuals and across populations primarily in Africa.School of Biological Sciences
Adrian MuwongeDynamics that generate and disseminate AMR genes within guts of subsistence farmers and their animals in Uganda.The Roslin Institute
Harish NairRSV, influenza, human metapneumovirus and human parainfluenza virus related child pneumonia.Usher Institute
Meghan PerryMicrobial dynamics in antimicrobial resistance.NHS Lothian
Martyn PickersgillSociologies of epigenetics, neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology.Usher Institute
Andrew RambautMolecular evolution of RNA viruses.School of Biological Sciences
Sarah ReeceEvolution of parasite transmission strategies.School of Biological Sciences
Lila SkoundridakiWork experiences of expert labour and home-based and hybrid workers (skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled).Edinburgh Business School
Devi SridharImproving the effectiveness of international health organizations; tracking financing to global public health and improving global health security.Usher Institute
Alice StreetMaterial politics of global health, with focus on Papua New Guinea & South India.School of Social and Political Science
Joyce TaitSynthetic biology, GM technologies, drug development, stratified medicine, Policy Analysis, risk assessment and regulation, Stakeholder Theory, sustainable development, strategic management, cell therapies, Regenerative MedicineSchool of Social and Political Science
Anne TempletonCrowd psychology, specifically using principles of social identity to improve crowd safety in emergencies and at mass events.School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Kate TempletonClinically useful molecular diagnostics and molecular epidemiology.NHS Lothian
Evi TheodoratuImprove colorectal cancer identification from population screening and diagnostic pathways for symptomatic populations.Usher Institute
Kay TisdallChildren's rights and citizenship; disability issues affecting children; education and schooling; family law; social media and children's privacy; and methodologies to involve children and young people in research and policy-making. Moray House School of Education and Sport
Jano van HemertProcessing data to distil information into the knowledge required to drive positive impact.EPCC
Amrit VirkHealth policy and systems in low- and middle-income countries, spanning work across Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore), South Asia (India), and West Africa (Sierra Leone and Nigeria).School of Social and Political Science
Eleanor WatsonCampylobacter species and other zoonotic pathogens, applying proteomics and comparative genomics to investigate how they persist in animal reservoirs and cause disease in humans.Moredun Research Institute
Andrea WeisseBiomedical data science, computational systems biology, antimicrobial resistance, disease transmission.School of Informatics
Simon WoodComputational statistics.School of Mathematics
Mark WoolhouseVeterinary & human epidemiology.Usher Institute

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