Principal investigators | Centre for Inflammation Research

Researchers who are affiliated with the Centre for Inflammation Research

The Principal Investigators (PIs) below are primarily affiliated with the Centre for Inflammation Research.

Name	Job Title	Research Theme
Dr Ahsan Akram	Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Experimental Medicine
Dr CJ Anderson	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow	Infection and Immunity
Professor Till Bachmann	Personal Chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection	Experimental Medicine
Professor Kenneth Baillie	Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Anaesthesia & Critical Care	Experimental Medicine
Dr David Baird	Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine	Experimental Medicine
Dr Abi Beane	Reader, Critical Care Medicine and Health Systems Development	Experimental Medicine
Professor Tom Bird	Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow / Honorary Consultant Hepatologist and Reader / Senior Clinical Lecturer (University of Glasgow)	Experimental Medicine
Professor Debby Bogaert	Chair of Paediatric Infectious Diseases	Infection and Immunity
Dr Ewen Calder	Chancellor's Fellow	Damage and Repair
Dr Jenna Cash	Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow & Chancellor's Fellow	Damage and Repair
Professor Steve Cunningham	Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine	Experimental Medicine
Professor Kev Dhaliwal	Chair of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Experimental Medicine
Professor David Dockrell	Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research	Infection and Immunity
Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders	Principal Investigator	Infection and Immunity
Professor Julia Dorin	Chair of Genetics of Host Defence / joint CMVM Deputy Dean for Research Culture & Integrity	Infection and Immunity
Dr Rodger Duffin	Professor of Thoracic Toxicology	Damage and Repair
Dr Joy Edwards-Hicks	BBSRC Discovery Fellow	Infection and Immunity
Professor Jonathan Fallowfield	Chair of Translational Liver Research	Experimental Medicine
Dr Yi Feng	Reader / Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow	Damage and Repair
Professor David Ferenbach	Chair of Regenerative Nephrology & MRC Senior Clinical Fellow	Damage and Repair
Dr Sofia Ferreira	Chancellor's Fellow & UKRI-Future Leaders Fellow	Damage and Repair
Dr Douglas Gibson	Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Professor Stephen Gordon	Professor of Global Respiratory Medicine	Experimental Medicine
Professor Mohini Gray	Professor of Rheumatology	Experimental Medicine
Dr Robert Gray	Reader / Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician
Professor Christopher D Gregory	Chair of Inflammatory Cell Biology	Infection and Immunity
Professor Jurgen Haas	Professor of Viral Genomics	Infection and Immunity
Professor Rashan Haniffa	Chair of Critical Care Medicine and Health Systems Research	Experimental Medicine
Dr Carsten Gram Hansen	Reader	Damage and Repair
Professor Neil Henderson	Chair of Tissue Repair and Regeneration / Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science / Consultant Hepatologist	Damage and Repair
Professor Adam Hill	Professor of Respiratory Medicine / Consultant Physician
Dr Nik Hirani	Reader / Associate Medical Director for Outpatient Services	Experimental Medicine
Professor Jeremy Hughes	Chair of Experimental Nephrology
Dr Steve Jenkins	Lecturer	Infection and Immunity
Professor Tim Kendall	Personal Chair of Liver Pathology / Senior Clinical Fellow in Pathology / Honorary Consultant Histopathologist	Experimental Medicine
Dr Wei-Yu Lu	MRC Career Development Fellow / ESAT Fellow	Damage and Repair
Dr Christopher Lucas	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Infection and Immunity
Dr Karen Mackenzie	MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow/ Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics	Damage and Repair
Dr Vasso Makrantoni	Academic Track Lecturer (Edinburgh-Zhejiang)	Infection and Immunity
Dr Samanta Mariani	Chancellor's Fellow/PI
Dr Laura McCulloch	Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow	Infection and Immunity
Dr Beth Mills	UKRI Future Leader Fellow	Experimental Medicine
Dr Ananda Mirchandani	Senior Clinical Research Fellow	Damage and Repair
Professor Damian Mole	Chair of Clinical and Experimental Surgery	Damage and Repair
Dr Clare Muir	Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology	Infection and Immunity
Dr Katie Mylonas	Research Fellow	Damage and Repair
Dr Clare Pridans	Principal Investigator	Damage and Repair
Dr Sandrine Prost	Director of Postgraduate Studies	Damage and Repair
Dr Konrad Rawlik	Chancellor's Fellow	Experimental Medicine
Dr Prakash Ramachandran	MRC Intermediate Clinical Fellow	Damage and Repair
Professor Adriano G Rossi	Chair of Respiratory and Inflammation Pharmacology / Deputy Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research / Postgraduate Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research	Infection and Immunity
Professor Jürgen Schwarze	Edward Clark Chair of Child Life and Health	Infection and Immunity
Dr Mariela Scortti	Principal Investigator
Professor Manu Shankar-Hari	Chair of Translational Critical Care Medicine / Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine	Infection and Immunity
Dr Richard Sloan	Edinburgh-Zhejiang Lecturer & Principal Investigator	Infection and Immunity
Dr Chloe Stanton	Chancellor's Fellow	Experimental Medicine
Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland	Chair of Infectious Diseases	Infection and Immunity
Professor Marc Vendrell	Chair of Translational Chemistry and Biomedical Imaging	Infection and Immunity
Dr Sonja Vermeren	Senior Lecturer	Damage and Repair
Professor Sarah Walmsley	Chair of Respiratory Medicine	Infection and Immunity
Dr Emily Watts	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow	Infection and Immunity
Professor Susan Welburn	Chair of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology, Executive Dean, Zhejiang Edinburgh Institute	Experimental Medicine
Professor Richard Weller	Personal Chair of Medical Dermatology / Honorary Consultant Dermatologist	Experimental Medicine
Dr Gareth Williams	Chancellors Fellow in Translational Healthcare Technology / Undergraduate Fellow, Edinburgh Futures Institute
Professor Will Wood	Chair in Tissue Regeneration and Repair	Infection and Immunity
Dr Chengcan Yao	Reader / MRC Career Development Award (CDA) Fellow	Infection and Immunity

PI +

The Principal Investigators below are CIR researchers who also have other primary research affiliations.

Name	Job Title	Other Affiliations(s)
Dr Anish Amin	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon	Orthopaedics
Dr Chris Bellamy	Reader in Hepatic and Renal Pathology	Pathology-NHS
Professor Sara Brown	Professor of Dermatology / Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science	Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Professor Colin Campbell	Personal Chair of Medical and Biological Spectroscopy	IRR Chemistry Hub - School of Chemistry
Professor Richard Chin	Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology	Child Life and Health
Dr Gourab Choudhury	Consultant Physician and Service Lead, Respiratory Medicine / Senior NRS Fellow	NHS
Dr Gareth Clegg	Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Emergency Medicine	Usher Institute
Dr David Dorward	Academic Consultant Pathologist	NHS
Professor Peter Hayes	Professor of Hepatology	Hepatology-NHS
Dr Paul Henderson	Paediatric Gastroenterologist	Child Life and Health
Dr Mathew Horrocks	Senior Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry	IRR Chemistry Hub - School of Chemistry
Professor Tim Kendall	Personal Chair of Liver Pathology / Senior Clinical Fellow in Pathology / Honorary Consultant Histopathologist	Pathology-NHS
Dr Steven Kerr	Chancellor's Fellow	Usher Institute
Dr Mohsen Khadem	Lecturer	Informatics
Professor David Kluth	Chair of Medical Education	Medical Teaching
Dr Milly Lo	NRS Career Research Clinician	Child Life and Health
Professor Lorna Marson	Chair of Transplant Surgery	Clinical Surgery
Dr Leonard J Nelson	Senior Research Fellow in Biological Engineering	School of Engineering
Professor Rowan Parks	Professor of Surgical Sciences / Honorary Consultant Surgeon	Clinical Surgery
Professor John N Plevris	Professor, Hepatology Laboratory PI and Consultant	Hepatology - NHS
Professor Sir John Savill	Chair of Experimental Medicine	Melbourne Academic Centre for Health
Professor Hamish Simpson	George Harrison Chair of Trauma and Orthopaedics	Orthopaedics
Dr Ken Simpson	Senior Lecturer	NHS
Dr Andrew Sutherland	Consultant Transplant Surgeon, NHS Research Scotland Fellowship	Clinical Surgery
Dr Don Urquhart	Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine	Child Life and Health
Professor Steve Wigmore	Chair of Transplantation Surgery / Honorary Consultant Surgeon	Clinical Surgery
Professor David Wilson	Chair of Paediatric Gastroenterology	Child Life and Health

Emeriti

The emeriti below are previous Principal Investigators (PIs) of the Centre for Inflammation Research.

Name	Title
Professor Elaine Dzierzak	Emeritus Professor

This article was published on 2024-09-10