Translational and Clinical staff
Our people are at the core of our success.
Translational and Clinical Research Staff
Dr Lisa Alcock
Research Associate and Gait Laboratory Manager (Clinical Ageing Research Unit)
Dr Joy Allen
Senior Research Associate-Methodologist
Dr Lisa Allinson
Research Associate
Dr Edward Amankwatia
Research Associate
Dr Kirstie Anderson
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Dr Saira Bashir
Clinical Research Associate
Dr Matthew Bashton
Research Associate
Professor Mark Birch-Machin
(1) Faculty Director of Business Development (2) Professor of Molecular Dermatology (3) Co-Founder PB Bioscience Ltd
Professor Peter Blain CBE
Professor of Environmental Medicine
Professor Andrew Blamire
Dean of Translational and Clinical Research Institute & Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics
Dr Malcolm Brodlie
MRC Clinician Scientist, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Respiratory Physician
Dr Philip Brown
Wellcome 4ward North Clinical Fellow
Ellie Butler
Research Assistant (Statistician)
Dr Christopher Carey
Clinical Intermediate Fellow/Hon Cons
Dr Paul Catterson
Senior Clinical Fellow
Dr Timothy Cheetham
Reader in Paediatric Endocrinology
Dr Chun Chen
Research Associate
Joanna Ciafone
Research Associate
Professor Steven Clifford
Director, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer & Professor of Molecular Paediatric Oncology
Dr Fiona Cooke
Research Associate
Dr Ruth Cranston
Research Associate
Dr Tom Creasey
Clinical Research Fellow
Adam Creigh
Research Assistant
Dr Marina Danilenko
Research Associate
Dr Gaurav Dhawan
Clinical Res Associate
Dr Richard Dodds
Clinical Int Fellow/Honorary Consultant
Dr Christopher Duncan
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases
Dr Rory Durcan
Clinical Research Associate
Maha Egail
Clinical Research Associate
Dr Claire Elstob
Research Associate
Dr Simon Findlay
Clinical Research Associate
Professor Andrew Fisher
Dean of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Respiratory Transplant Medicine
Dr Sarah Fordham
Research Associate
Dr Al Gabriel
Research Associate
Dr Peter Gallagher
Lecturer in Neuropsychology & Postgraduate Research Student Coordinator (TCRI)
Dr Richard Gallon
Research Associate
Dr Aaron Gardner
Research Associate
Dr Luke Gaughan
Senior Lecturer
Abigail Gault
Clinical Res Associate
Dr Hannah Gautrey
Research Associate
Dr Beth Gibson
Research Associate
Issac Goh Kai'En
Research Assistant
Dr Pawan Gulati
Senior Research Associate
Dr Richard Heath
Research Associate
Linda Heskamp
Research Assistant
Dr Dave Houghton
Research Associate
Professor John Isaacs
Director of Therapeutics North East
Dr David Jamieson
Senior Research Associate
Dr Claire Jennings
Research Associate
Dr Katherine Johnson
Research Associate
Dr Dominic Jones
Research Associate (Prostate Cancer)
Will Jones
In Vitro Diagnostics Evaluation Methodologist
Dr Emma Kampouraki
Research Associate
Dr David Koss
Research Associate
Dr Vijay Kunadian
Academic Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Meher Lad
Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology
Dr Chris Lamb
Clinical Intermediate Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Gastroenterology
Dr Laura Lane
Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Conor Lawless
Computational Biologist
Dr David Lewis-Smith
Wellcome Trust Clin PhD Training Fellow
Dr Albert Lim
Training Fellow
Dr Stuart Maitland
Clinical Training Fellow
Dr Nicola Maney
Research Associate
Dr Isabel Marchbank
Research Associate
Dr Mathew Martin
Senior Research Associate
Dr Emily Mavin
Research Associate
Dr Riona McArdle
Research Associate
Professor Bobby McFarland
Professor of Paediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Hon Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Dr Lynsey McKenzie
Research Associate
Dr Stephanie Meyer
Research Associate
Dr Maria Mico Amigo
Research Associate
Dr Ben Millar
Research Associate
Dr Paul Milne
Research Associate
Dr Anna Mitchell
Intermediate Clinical Fellow/Hon Consult
Dr Elisa Molinari
Research Associate
Magdalena Mroczek
Research Assistant
Dr Siobhan Muthiah
Associate Clinical Researcher
Dr Richard Noble
Research Associate
Professor John O'Brien
Strategic Research Adviser
Professor Tiago Outeiro
Professor of Neurodegeneration
Dr Martyna Pastok
Research Associate
Dr Louise Pease
Research Associate
Dr Rachel Piddock
Research Associate
Dr Alistair Poll
Research Associate
Dr Elizabeth Poyner
Academic Clinical Fellow
Dr Lisa Prendergast
Senior Research Associate
Dr Fiona Rayner
Clinical Research Associate
Dr Mojgan Reza
Research Associate
Dr Stacey Richardson
Research Associate
Gemma Roberts
Alzheimer's Society Clinical Fellow
Dr Fiona Robertson
Bioinformatician
Professor Sian Robinson
Prof of Lifecourse & Lifestyle
Dr Anthony Rostron
Clinical Intermediate Fellow/Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Rebecca Russell
Research Assistant
Dr Sarra Ryan
CRUK Career Development Fellow
Professor Avan Sayer
Director, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre & Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Julia Schumacher
Research Assistant
Dr Wezi Sendama
NIHR Newcastle BRC Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Sweta Sharma Saha
Research Associate
Dr Aditya Sharma
Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Professor James Shaw
Professor of Regenerative Medicine for Diabetes and Honorary Consultant Physician
Dr Paul Sinclair
Senior Research Associate
Dr Preeti Singh
Research Associate
Dr Nicola Smith
Research Associate
Dr Kate Smith-Jackson
Academic Clinical Fellow
Dr Jarmila Spegarova
Research Associate
Emily Stephenson
PhD Student/Research Assistant
Dr Huizhong Su
Research Associate
Dr Ruyue Sun
Research Associate
Dr Katarzyna Szoltysek
Research Associate
Dr Jessica Tarn
Research Associate
Professor John-Paul Taylor
Clin Prof of Transla Dementia Res/Cons
Professor Alan Thomas
Professor of Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Rhys Thomas
Clinical Int Fellow/Honorary Consultant
Dr Emily Thompson
Academic Clinical Fellow
Amanda Thomson
Research Associate
Dr Susan Tudhope
Research Associate
Shannon Turberville
Research Assistant
Dr Alison Tyson-Capper
Faculty Postgraduate Tutor (Associate Dean), Reader of Molecular Cell Biology
Dr Henriette van Ruiten
Clinical Research Associate
Dr Peter Vegh
Research Associate
Dr Patrick Walsh
Academic Clinical Fellow
Dr Jessica Watt
Research Associate
Dr Daniel Williamson
Lecturer
Dr Claire Wood
NIHR academic clinical lecturer
Dr Yan Zhao
Research Associate