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	Role	Research theme
Dr Ahsan Akram	Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellow / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Translational medicine
Dr CJ Anderson	Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow	Infection and immunity
Professor Till Bachmann	Personal Chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection	Translational medicine
Professor Kenneth Baillie	Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Anaesthesia & Critical Care	Translational medicine
Dr David Baird	Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Renal Medicine	Translational medicine
Dr Abi Beane	Reader, Critical Care Medicine and Health Systems Development	Translational medicine
Professor Tom Bird	Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow / Honorary Consultant Hepatologist and Reader / Senior Clinical Lecturer (University of Glasgow)	Translational medicine
Professor Debby Bogaert	Chair of Paediatric Infectious Diseases	Infection and immunity
Dr Ewen Calder	Chancellor's Fellow / Joint with School of Chemistry	Damage and repair
Professor Colin Campbell	Personal Chair of Medical and Biological Spectroscopy / Joint with School of Chemistry	Translational medicine
Dr Jenna Cash	Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow & Chancellor's Fellow	Damage and repair
Professor Steve Cunningham	Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine	Translational medicine
Professor Kev Dhaliwal	Chair of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Translational medicine
Professor David Dockrell	Director of the Centre for Inflammation Research	Infection and immunity
Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders	Reader in Molecular Bacteriology/Joint CMVM Deputy Dean for Research Culture and Integrity	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	Translational 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
Professor Stephen Gordon	Professor of Global Respiratory Medicine	Translational medicine
Professor Mohini Gray	Professor of Rheumatology	Damage and repair
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	Translational 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
Dr Nik Hirani	Reader / Associate Medical Director for Outpatient Services	Translational medicine
Professor Mathew Horrocks	Senior Lecturer in Biophysics / Joint with School of Chemistry	Damage and repair
Dr Steve Jenkins	Lecturer	Infection and immunity
Dr Rahul Kalla	Consultant Gastroenterologist / NHS Clinical Academic Research Partnership Fellow	Translational medicine
Professor Tim Kendall	Personal Chair of Liver Pathology / Senior Clinical Fellow in Pathology / Honorary Consultant Histopathologist	Translational medicine
Dr Mohsen Khadem	Lecturer / Joint with School of Informatics	Translational medicine
Dr Wei-Yu Lu	MRC Career Development Fellow / ESAT Fellow	Damage and repair
Dr Christopher Lucas	Professor of Pulmonary Immunity & Regeneration / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine	Infection and immunity
Dr Karen Mackenzie	MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow/ Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics	Damage and repair
Dr Laura McCulloch	Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow	Infection and immunity
Dr Beth Mills	UKRI Future Leader Fellow	Translational 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 Konrad Rawlik	Chancellor's Fellow	Translational 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
Professor Manu Shankar-Hari	Chair of Translational Critical Care Medicine / Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine	Infection and immunity
Professor Hamish Simpson	George Harrison Chair of Trauma and Orthopaedics	Translational medicine
Dr Chloe Stanton	Chancellor's Fellow	Translational medicine
Dr Andrew Sutherland	Consultant Transplant Surgeon / NHS Clinical Academic Research Partnership Fellow	Translational 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 Richard Weller	Personal Chair of Medical Dermatology / Honorary Consultant Dermatologist	Translational medicine
Professor David Wilson	Chair of Paediatric Gastroenterology	Damage and repair
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	Role / Primary Affiliation	Research theme
Dr Anish Amin	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon / NHS	Translational medicine
Professor Adam Hill	Professor of Respiratory Medicine & Consultant Physician / NHS	Infection and immunity
Dr Bharath Kumar	Clinical Research Fellow / NHS
Dr Vasso Makrantoni	Academic Track Lecturer (Edinburgh-Zhejiang) / Edinburgh Medical School	Infection and immunity
Dr Lingcong Meng	Lecturer in Bioanalytical/Biophysical Chemistry / School of Chemistry	Damage and repair
Dr Richard Sloan	Edinburgh-Zhejiang Lecturer & Principal Investigator / Edinburgh Medical School	Infection and immunity

Emeriti

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

Name

Professor Elaine Dzierzak

Professor Moira Whyte

Professor Sir John Savill

This article was published on 2024-09-10