People
Directors
Professor Ajit Lalvani
Director (Imperial College London)
a.lalvani@imperial.ac.uk
Chair of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator and Wellcome Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Founding Director of the Tuberculosis Research Centre.
Professor Maria Zambon
Deputy director (PHE)
maria.zambon@phe.gov.uk
Deputy Director of National Infection Service, Director of Reference Microbiology Services at Public Health England, an Executive Agency of the UK Department of Health, UK National Microbiology Focal Point and Head of the UK WHO National Influenza Centre (NIC).
Professor Grace Smith
Deputy director (PHE)
grace.smith@phe.gov.uk
Clinical lead for PHE, Consultant Microbiologist for Midlands Regional Centre for Mycobacteriology and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and chairs the multidisciplinary Clinical Group for the Birmingham and Solihull TB Control Programme.
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Core support staff
| Name | Job title | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Puddephatt | Research Manager | c.puddephatt@imperial.ac.uk |
| Amarjit Badhan | Senior Clinical Research Nurse and Study Co-ordinator | a.badhan@imperial.ac.uk |
| Helen Piotrowski | Clinical Research Nurse | h.piotrowski@imperial.ac.uk |
| Aime Boakye | Clinical Research Assistant | afua.boakye12@imperial.ac.uk |
Research theme leads
Please see an organogram of research theme leads - HPRU theme leaders June 2016 (pdf)
| Lead researchers (two per theme) | Research theme | Contact details |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Steven Riley (Imperial College) | Influenza Surveillance and Modelling | s.riley@imperial.ac.uk |
| Professor Richard Pebody (PHE) | Influenza Surveillance and Modelling | richard.pebody@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Peter Openshaw (Imperial College) | Influenza Severity and Pathogenesis | p.openshaw@imperial.ac.uk |
| Professor Maria Zambon (PHE) | Influenza Severity and Pathogenesis | maria.zambon@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Ajit Lalvani (Imperial College) | Influenza Immunology | a.lalvani@imperial.ac.uk |
| Dr Katja Hoschler (PHE) | Influenza Immunology | katja.hoschler@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Wendy Barclay (Imperial College) | Influenza Virology | w.barclay@imperial.ac.uk |
| Dr Angie Lackenby (PHE) | Influenza Virology | angie.lackenby@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Ajit Lalvani (Imperial College) | Tuberculosis screening | a.lalvani@imperial.ac.uk |
| Dr Dominik Zenner (PHE) | Tuberculosis screening | dominik.zenner@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Derrick Crook (Oxford) | Tuberculosis surveillance | derrick.crook@ndcls.ox.ac.uk |
| Professor Grace Smith (PHE) | Tuberculosis surveillance | grace.smith@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Ajit Lalvani (Imperial College) | Tuberculosis diagnostics | a.lalvani@imperial.ac.uk |
| Professor Grace Smith (PHE) | Tuberculosis diagnostics | grace.smith@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Sebastian Johnston (Imperial College) | Severe Acute Respiratory Infections | s.johnston@imperial.ac.uk |
| Dr Vicki Chalker (PHE) | Severe Acute Respiratory Infections | vicki.chalker@phe.gov.uk |
| Professor Peter Openshaw (Imperial College) | Respiratory Syncytial Virus | p.openshaw@imperial.ac.uk |
| Dr Monica Galliano (PHE) | Respiratory Syncytial Virus | monica.galliano@phe.gov.uk |
Theme-specific staff list
| Name | Research theme | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel GoldHill (PHE) | Influenza Virology | Post Doctoral Scientist |
| Blessing Okai (PHE) | Influenza Immunology | Post Doctoral Scientist |
| Edwin van Leeuwen (PHE) | Influenza Surveillance and Modelling | Epidemiologist |
| Inne Nauwelaers (Imperial College) | Respiratory Syncytial Virus | PhD student |
| Luis Carlos Berrocal-Almanza (Imperial College and PHE) | TB Screening and TB Surveillance | TB Epidemiologist |
| Christopher Burton (PHE – Porton Down) | TB diagnostics | Post Doctoral Scientist |
| Sharon Carney (Imperial College) | Severe Acute Respiratory Infections | PhD Student |
| Adam Ainley (Imperial College) | Severe Acute Respiratory Infections | Clinical Research Fellow |
| Meera Chand (Imperial College) | Severe Acute Respiratory Infections | Clinical Research Fellow |
International Scientific Advisory Board
| Name | Role on Board | Title(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Cowling | Influenza epidemiology/Surveillance and Far East input | Professor Epidemiology and Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong |
| Neil Ferguson | Epidemiology, outbreak response and cross-HPRU collaboration | Professor of Mathematical Biology and Head of School of Public Health, Imperial College |
| Michael Goold | Lay Chair | Director, Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, London & Former Chair, Bromley-by-Bow Centre, Tower Hamlets |
| David Heymann | Public Health Strategy input, including pandemic preparedness | Non-executive Chair, Public Health England; Chair, Chatham House; Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Mike Morgan | NHS Strategic perspective | Respiratory National Clinical Director, NHS England; Consultant Respiratory Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
| Zoe Portlock | Lay member | Director of Services, Bromley by Bow Centre |
| Guus Rimmelzwaan | Influenza immunology/Virology and EU perspective | Professor of Immunovirology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands |