Our team

We’re a team of researchers from clinical medicine, epidemiology, medical statistics, qualitative science, social science, health economics, mathematical modelling and laboratory science. We have been brought together to create an innovative culture of working across different disease areas, populations, and institutions.

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Professor Greta Rait

Professor Catherine Mercer

Dr Natasha Ratna

Principal Scientist, UKHSA

Tamilore Sonubi

Senior Public Health Information Analyst, Kent County Council

Dr Alison Brown

Consultant Scientist, UKHSA

Dr Alison Howarth

Senior Research Associate, UCL

Dr Hannah Charles

Principal Scientist, UKHSA

Dr Kate Baker

University of Cambridge

Professor Xavier Didelot

Professor of Statistical Epidemiology and Genomics, University of Warwick

Professor Nigel Field

Director of the Centre of Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research, UCL

Dr Tyrone Curtis

Dr Mateo Prochazka

Consultant Scientist, UKHSA

Jayne Evans

HIV/STI Prevention Scientist, PHE

Freddy Green

Senior Scientist, UKHSA

Professor Richard Gilson

Professor of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine, UCL

Professor David Dunn

Professor of Medical Statistics, UCL

Dr Manik Kohli

Clinical Research Fellow, UCL

Edward Showler

Dr Jo Gibbs

Principal Clinical Research Fellow, UCL

Dana Ogaz

Epidemiologist, UKHSA

Dr Helen Fifer

Consultant Microbiologist, UKHSA

Dr Claire Mullender

Professor Kevin Fowler

Professor of Evolutionary Biology, UCL

Dr Charlie Witzel

Senior Research Fellow, UCL

Kate Folkard

Section Head, UKHSA

Dr Romain Palich

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, UCL

Professor Rachael Hunter

Professor of Health Economics Applied Health Research, UCL

Dr Melvina Woode Owusu

Senior Research Fellow, UCL

Professor Robert Aldridge

Honorary Professor, UCL

Dr Alistair Story

Clinical Lead, Find&Treat Service, UCL Hospitals

Dr Erica Pool

Research fellow, UCL

Professor Andrew Hayward

Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Inclusion Health Research, UCL

Dr Nina Vora

Clinical research training fellow, UCL

Julia Bailey

Associate professor in Primary Care, UCL

Dee Menezes

Data Scientist, UCL

Rachel Roche

Scientist, UKHSA

Dr Matthew Hibbert

Principal Scientist, UKHSA

Dr Ines Campos-Matos

Associate Professor, UCL

Dr Monica Desai

Head of Hepatitis Section, UKHSA

Dr Amoolya Vusirikala

Specialty Registrar in Public Health, UKHSA

Emily Phipps

Consultant, UKHSA

Sharon Webb

Georgia Threadgold

Professor Claire Thorne

Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, UCL

Dr Sara Croxford

Epidemiologist, UKHSA

Dr Jamie Lopez-Bernal

Consultant Epidemiologist, UKHSA

Jennifer Tosswill

Clinical Scientist, UKHSA

Israel Olonade

Tom Witney

Michele Cole

Clinical Scientist / Head of AMRSTI Section

Dulcibella Boampong

Healthcare Scientist, UKHSA

Michaela Day

Head of Opportunistic Pathogens Section, UKHSA

Rachel Pitt

Head of AMR STI Section, UKHSA

Ann Sullivan

Consultant Physician, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Valerie Delpech

Head of national HIV surveillance and monitoring at Public Health England

Professor Mala Maini

Professor of Viral Immunology, UCL

Dr Thomas Hartney

Dr Kate El Bouzidi

Dr Laurette Bukasa

Professor Caroline Sabin

HPRU Director, UCL

Dr John Saunders

HPRU UKHSA Lead

Dr Hamish Mohammed

Theme A Co-lead, UKHSA

Dr Heather Bailey

Theme A Co-lead, UCL

Dr Liz Fearon

Theme B Co-lead, UCL

Dr Daniel Bradshaw

Theme B Co-lead, UKHSA

Professor William Rosenberg

Professor Fiona Burns

Theme C Co-lead, UCL

Dr Holly Mitchell

Theme C C-lead, UKHSA

Dr Samreen Ijaz

Clinical Scientist, UKHSA

Dr Shema Tariq

Theme D Co-lead, UCL and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead

Dr Gareth Hughes

Theme D C-lead, UKHSA

Dr Danielle Solomon

Knowledge Mobilisation Co-lead, UCL

Professor Rosalind Raine

Head of the Department of Applied Health Research, UCL

Erna Buitendam

Knowledge Mobilisation Co-lead, UKHSA

Dr Mamoona Tahir

Health Protection Lead, UKHSA

Dr Binta Sultan

Research and Inclusion Co-lead, UCL

Dr Kirsty Foster

Research and Inclusion Co-lead, UKHSA

Dr Emily Nicholls

Social Science Lead, UCL

Dr Fabiana Lorencatto

Behaviour Change Co-lead, UCL

Dr Nick Medland

Dr Michael Brady

National LGBT Health Advisor, NHS England

Dr Kathy Lowndes

Behaviour change Co-lead, UHKSA

Rachel Halford

Chief Executive Officer, The Hepatitis C Trust

Dr Lorraine McDonagh

Academic and Career Development Co-lead, UCL

Dr Vanessa Apea

HIV and Sexual Health Consultant, Barts Health NHS Trust

Dave Leeman

Academic and Career Development Co-lead, UKHSA

Professor Will Irving

Professor of Virology, University of Nottingham

Professor Alison Rodger

Biosecurity Co-lead, UCL

Dr Tamyo Mbisa

Biosecurity Co-lead, UKHSA

Professor Paul Flowers

Professor of Health Change, University of Strathclyde

Professor Rachael Hunter

Professor of Health Economics, UCL

Dr David Goldberg

Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland

Dr Ruth Simmons

Data Security Lead, UKHSA

Dr Anastasia Pharris

Principal Expert in Infectious Diseases, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

David Reid

Research Associate, UCL

Dr Caisey Pulford

Principal Scientist, UKHSA

Dr David Etoori

NIHR Research Fellow, UCL

Dr Katy Sinka

Consultant Scientist, UKHSA

Hajra Okhai

Laura Phillips

Current opportunities:

Public Involvement and Engagement Coordinator role

A vacancy for a fixed term post of an HPRU Public Involvement and Engagement Coordinator at the UK Health Security Agency

Open opportunities

Our research would not be possible without the contributions of our researchers, collaborators and participants.

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

University College London

UK Health Security Agency