Staff

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Director
Acting Executive Director
Medical staff/Research fellows
Academic team
Nursing team
Admin team
Research support team
Laboratory team
Chingford study team
IT team

Director

Prof. Tim Spector
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6765

Acting Executive Director

Deborah Hart
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6730

Medicall staff/Research fellows

Dr Chris Hammond - Honorary Consultant (Ophthalmology)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6725
Dr Frances Williams - Senior Lecturer Honorary Consultant (Rheumatology)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6743
Dr Daniel Glass - Clinical Research Fellow (Dermatology)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7188 8664
Dr Claire Steves - Clinical Research Fellow
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7188 6726
Dr Veronique Bataille - Honorary Consultant (Dermatology)
Dr Brent Richards - Honorary Clinical Fellow (Endocrinology)
Prof Alex MacGregor - Honorary Consultant (Twins)
Dr Marko Lens - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr Imi Mohammed - Honorary Clinical Fellow (Gastroenterology)

Academic team

Dr Lynn Cherkas - Genetic Analyst
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6729
Dr Bernet Kato - Genetic Statistician
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6752
Dr Kourosh Ahmadi - Senior Lecturer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6728
Dr Guangju Zhai - Genetic Epidemiologist
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6738
Dr Toby Andrew - Lecturer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 1506
Dr Juliette Harris - Genetic Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6729
Dr Massimo Mangino - Bioinformatician
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6727
Dr Feng Zhang - Research Associate
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6738
Dr Pirro Hysi - Marie-Curie Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6730
Dr Sandra Cervino - Research Associate
Usha Chinappen-Horsley - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6727
Nilufer Rahmioglu - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7188 8541
Andrea Burri - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 8544
Ioana Cotlarciuc - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 8543
Margarida Lopes - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 8544
Samantha Fahy - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6734
Maria Popham - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6731
Kenan Direk - PhD Student
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 1508
Harold Snieder - Genetic Statistician
Dr Ana Valdes - Senior Lecturer
Alex Mac Gregor – Honorary Senior Lecturer
Barbara Prainsack – Honorary Research Fellow
Brent Richards – Honorary Senior Lecturer
Gregory Lifshits – Honorary Research Fellow
Jane Skinner – Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Loic Colomb – Honorary Research Fellow
Lyndsey Goulston – Honorary Research Assistant
Mario Falchi – Honorary Lecturer
Nicole Soranzo – Honorary Lecturer
Scott Wilson – Honorary Senior Lecturer

Nursing team

Gail Clement - Research Nurse Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6744
Liisa Bevan - Research Nurse
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6736
Fiona O'Neill - Research Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6762
Ayrun Nessa - Research Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6740
Jodie Pullinger - Research Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6741
Diana Kozareva – Research Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6740

Admin team

Mala Barratt - Office Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6764
Karolina Zlobecka - Admin Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6754

Research support team

Christel Barnetson - Finance and Research Grants Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6723
Ursula Perks - Resources Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 86735
Victoria Vazquez - Academic Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6765
Sol Gaillot - Junior Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6725
Raj Gill - Study Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6760

Laboratory team

Gabriela Lucia Surdulescu - Laboratory Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6751
Dylan Hodgkiss - Research Technician
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6733
Meenakshi Arun – Research Technician
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6733

Chingford study team

Dr Deborah Hart - Genetic Epidemiologist
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6730
Maxine Daniels - Research Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6730

IT team

Emad Qweitin - IT Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6732
Irina Gillham-Nasenya - Database Developer
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6742
Andrew Anastasiou - IT Support Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7188 6742