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With staff as diverse as they are skilled, the Institute for Global Health brings together people at the top of their field to work together towards improved global health for all. 

Senior leadership

NameRole
Shabbar JaffarInstitute Director
Jolene SkordisDeputy Director
Dimitra StamogiannouInstitute Manager
Alejandro Arenas-PintoDepartment Graduate Tutor
David OsrinDirector of Research
Professional Staff
NameRoleContact
Esta AdamsEA to Prof Jolene Skordisesta.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Veronica AntohiHR Officerv.antohi@ucl.ac.uk
Ousman BahProgramme Managero.bah@ucl.ac.uk
Kerry DymentEA to the Directork.dyment@ucl.ac.uk 
Sam JulierResearch Finance Coordinatorsam.julier@ucl.ac.uk
Marc LawlorResearch Finance Coordinatorm.lawlor@ucl.ac.uk
Fari RizviHR Administratorfari.rizvi@ucl.ac.uk
Sangita PatelAdministration Officer & PA to Prof Dame Anne M. Johnson and Dr Richard Gilsonsangita.patel@ucl.ac.uk
Tazmeraz RahmanFinance Officertazmeraz.rahman@ucl.ac.uk
Aneta StoklosaFinance and Purchasing Assistanta.stoklosa@ucl.ac.uk
Lydia WalkerSenior Communications Officerlydia.walker@ucl.ac.uk
Education Team
NameRoleContact
Jo GibbsDirector of Educationjo.gibbs@ucl.ac.uk
Mengni ChenTeaching Administrator with MSc Heath Economics and Decision Scienceigh.heds.information@ucl.ac.uk
Medani ImtiazTeaching Administrator with Global Health and Developmentigh.adminpg@ucl.ac.uk
Chris NelsonEducation Administrator (PGR South)chris.nelson@ucl.ac.uk
Cleo JonesTeaching Administrator iBSc Global Healthcleo.jones@ucl.ac.uk
Paloma Garcia-ParedesStudent Experience Manager (Faculty of Population Health Science)p.garcia-paredes@ucl.ac.uk
Alison GilryEducation Coordinator (PGR South)a.gilry@ucl.ac.uk
Mengni ChenTeaching Administator MSc Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology igh.aide@ucl.ac.uk

Academic and Research Staff

Department for Environment and Community Health

The department comprises four centres of research. 

The Centre for Global Health Economics
NameRoleContact
Jolene SkordisHead of the Department of Environment and Community Health and Professor of Health and Development Economicsj.skordis@ucl.ac.uk
Neha BaturaCo-Director of the Centre for Global Health Economics and Associate Professor of Health Economicsn.batura@ucl.ac.uk
Hassan Haghparast-BidgoliCo-Director of the Centre for Global Health Economics and Associate Professor of Economicsh.haghparast-bidgoli@ucl.ac.uk
Gerard Abou-JaoudeResearch Fellowgerard.jaoude.15@ucl.ac.uk
Esta AdamsExecutive Assistant to Professor Skordisesta.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Ana Correa OssaLecturer in Health Economicsa.correa@ucl.ac.uk
Henry CustResearch Fellow in Health Economicsh.cust@ucl.ac.uk
Aurélia LépineAssociate Professora.lepine@ucl.ac.uk
Rolando Leiva-GrandosLecturer in Economicsrolando.granados.19@ucl.ac.uk
Tom PalmerResearch Fellowt.palmer@ucl.ac.uk
Yequing ZhangTeaching Assistant and Pre-Doctoral Researcher 
Xingzuo ZhouResearch Assistant in Health Economicsxingzuo.zhou.19@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases
NameRoleContact
Ed FottrellCentre Director and Professor of Epidemiology and Global Healthe.fottrell@ucl.ac.uk
Rochelle BurgessDeputy Director and Associate Professorr.burgess@ucl.ac.uk
Carlos Grijalva-EternodResearch Associatec.eternod@ucl.ac.uk
Malini Hanover PiresResearch Assistantm.pires@ucl.ac.uk
Emeline RougeauxResearch Fellow/Senior Rearch Fellow in Diabetese.rougeaux@ucl.ac.uk
Norha Vera San JuanResearch Fellown.verasanjuan@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Climate Change, Migration, Conflict and Health
NameRoleContact
Andrew SealCentre Co-Director and Senior Lecturera.seal@ucl.ac.uk
Ilan KelmanCentre Co-Director and Professor of Disasters and Healthi.kelman@ucl.ac.uk
Gael CroninResearch Assistant in Data Managementg.cronin@ucl.ac.uk
Carlos Grijalva-EternodResearch Associatec.eternod@ucl.ac.uk
Mohamed Jelle AdanResearch Associatem.adan@ucl.ac.uk
Camile OliveiraPolicy Analystcamile.oliveira@ucl.ac.uk
Hannah WhitcombeCommunications Managerh.whitcombe@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Pragmatic Global Health Trials
NameRoleContact
Andrew CopasCentre Director and Professor of Statisticsa.copas@ucl.ac.uk
Yohhei HamadaClinical Research Fellowy.hamada@ucl.ac.uk
Frank Kloprogge*Principal Research Fellowf.kloprogge@ucl.ac.uk
Molebogeng X. RangakaClinical Associate Professorl.rangaka@ucl.ac.uk
Oliver StirrupResearch Associate (Statistics)oliver.stirrup@ucl.ac.uk
Celeste WatsonResearch Assistant in Antimicrobial Pharmacodynamicsceleste.watson@ucl.ac.uk
Asad ZaidiPhD Student 

* Members of the UCL Pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics group, hosted within the Centre, along with Marie Sjölin Wijk (Visiting PhD student, University of Cape Town) and Jelmer Raaijmakers (Visiting PhD student, Radboud Universiteit).

Department for Global Health Equity and Social Justice

The department comprises two centres of research. 

The Centre for Gender and Global Health
NameRoleContact
Jennie GamlinCentre Director and Associate Professorj.gamlin@ucl.ac.uk
Arthur DavisPostgraduate Teaching Assistantarthur.davis.21@ucl.ac.uk
Emily DemaPostgraduate Teaching Assistantemily.dema.19@ucl.ac.uk
Sarah HawkesProfessor of Global Public Healths.hawkes@ucl.ac.uk
Roeann OsmanPostgraduate Teaching Assistantroeann.osman.20@ucl.ac.uk
Shivani SinghAssociate Professorshivani.singh@ucl.ac.uk
Luxsena SukumaranPostgraduate Teaching Assistantluxsena.sukumaran.19@ucl.ac.uk
Rebecca IronsResearch Fellowrebecca.irons@ucl.ac.uk
Stephen RobertsLecturer in Global Health stephen.roberts@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents
NameRoleContact
Audrey ProstCentre Co-Director and Professor of Global Healthaudrey.prost@ucl.ac.uk
Delanjathan DevakumarCentre Co-Director and Professor of Global Child Healthd.devakumar@ucl.ac.uk
Komal BhatiaResearch Fellow in Adolescent Healthkomal.bhatia.14@ucl.ac.uk
Tim ColbournProfessor of Global Health Systems, Epidemiology and Evaluationt.colbourn@ucl.ac.uk
Joseph CollinsResearch Fellowjoseph.h.collins@ucl.ac.uk
Nehla DjellouliResearch Fellown.djellouli@ucl.ac.uk
Sonora EnglishResearch Assistantsejj454@ucl.ac.uk
Lu GramSenior Research Fellow in Global Healthlu.gram.13@ucl.ac.uk
Zelee HillProfessor of Global Healthz.hill@ucl.ac.uk
Lucy IrvineLecturerlucy.irvine@ucl.ac.uk
Agnese IulianoResearch Assistanta.iuliano@ucl.ac.uk
Ligia KissSenior Lecturerl.kiss@ucl.ac.uk
Eva JanouskovaResearch Fellow in Health System Modelling e.janouskova@ucl.ac.uk
Hattie LoweResearch Fellowhattie.lowe@ucl.ac.uk
Jenevieve MannellAssociate Professor Lecturerj.mannell@ucl.ac.uk
Alys McAlpineSenior Research Fellowalys.mcalpine@ucl.ac.uk
Joanna MorrisonSenior Research Associatejoanna.morrison@ucl.ac.uk
David OsrinProfessor of Global Healthd.osrin@ucl.ac.uk
Naomi SavillePrincipal Research Fellown.saville@ucl.ac.uk

Department for Infection and Population Health

The department comprises four centres of research 

The Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME)
NameRoleContact
Andrew PhillipsCentre Co-Director, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatisticsandrew.phillips@ucl.ac.uk
Caroline SabinCentre Co-Director, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiologyc.sabin@ucl.ac.uk
Loveleen Bansi-MatharuPrincipal Research Fellowl.bansi-matharu@ucl.ac.uk
Valentina CambianoAssociate Professor in Epidemiologyv.cambiano@ucl.ac.uk
Yen-Hao ChuResearch Fellow in Social Science 
Alessandro Cozzi-LepriSenior Lecturera.cozzi-lepri@ucl.ac.uk
Phoebe DayCASCADE/IWHOD Administratorphoebe.day@ucl.ac.uk
Saumitro DebResearch Assistant (Statistician)saumitro.deb@ucl.ac.uk
David EtooriResearch Fellowd.etoori@ucl.ac.uk
Fiona LampeAssociate Professor in Epidemiologyf.lampe@ucl.ac.uk
Ada MiltzResearch Fellow ada.miltz.11@ucl.ac.uk
Fumiyo NakagawaResearch Fellow in Medical Statisticsf.nakagawa@ucl.ac.uk
Hajra OkhaiResearch Fellowh.okhai@ucl.ac.uk
Annegret Pelchen-MatthewsResearch Associatea.pelchen-matthews@ucl.ac.uk
Erica PoolResearch Fellow in Exclusion Healthe.pool@ucl.ac.uk
Kholoud PorterProfessor of Epidemiologykholoud.porter@ucl.ac.uk
Alison RodgerProfessor of Infectious Diseasesalison.rodger@ucl.ac.uk
Ashley RoenResearch Associatea.roen@ucl.ac.uk
Elisa Ruiz BurgaResearch Fellow in Epidemiologye.burga@ucl.ac.uk
Janey SewellResearch Fellow/Programme Manager (NICHE)j.sewell@ucl.ac.uk
Lorraine SherrProfessor of Clinical and Health Psychologyl.sherr@ucl.ac.uk
Colette SmithAssociate Professorc.smith@ucl.ac.uk
Jennifer SmithSenior Research Fellowjenny.smith@ucl.ac.uk
Pat WithingtonResearch Finance & Administrative Officerp.withington@ucl.ac.uk
Charlie WitzelSenior Research Fellowc.witzel@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Clinical Research in Infection and Sexual Health (CRISH) 
NameRoleContact

Richard Gilson

Centre Director &  Professor of Sexual Health & HIV Medicine

r.gilson@ucl.ac.uk

Felicity AianoResearch Nurse in Sexual Health, HIV, and Emerging Infectionsf.aiano@ucl.ac.uk

Alejandro Arenas-Pinto

Principal Research Fellow

a.arenas-pinto@ucl.ac.uk

Sammy AssayedResearch Nurse in Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseasess.assayed@ucl.ac.uk
Florence BascombeSenior Rearch Nursef.bascombe@ucl.ac.uk
Claudia BenatarResearch Nurse in Sexual Health and HIVc.benatar@ucl.ac.uk

Fiona Burns

Professor of Epidemiology & HIV

f.burns@ucl.ac.uk

Sandra CoombesClinical Research Nurse in Infection and Sexual Healthsandra.coombes@ucl.ac.uk
Yomna GharibClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVyomna.gharib@ucl.ac.uk

Gosala Gopalakrishnan

Clinical Project Manager

g.gopalakrishnan@ucl.ac.uk

Alison Howarth

Senior Research Associate

alison.howarth@ucl.ac.uk

Katie HolmesClinical Research Nurse in Infection and Sexual Healthk.holmes@ucl.ac.uk
Christos KarathanasisResearch Nurse in Sexual Health, HIV and Infectious Diseasesc.karathanasis@ucl.ac.uk

Manik Kohli

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship

m.kohil@ucl.ac.uk

Anya MacLarenClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVa.maclaren@ucl.ac.uk

Rob Miller

Associate Professor of Clinical Infection

robert.miller@ucl.ac.uk

Sadiyah MukhtarClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVsadiyah.mukhtar@ucl.ac.uk
Vasanth NaiduClinical Research Fellowv.naidu@ucl.ac.uk

Emily Nicholls

Research Fellow

emily.nicholls@ucl.ac.uk

Fowsiya NurClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVfowsiya.nur@ucl.ac.uk
Clarissa OeserClinical Training Fellow/NIHR Clinical Lecturerc.oeser@ucl.ac.uk

Stephen Ogunnaike

Data Manager

s.ogunnaike@ucl.ac.uk

Sangita Patel

Administration Officer & PA

sangita.patel@ucl.ac.uk

Sarah Pett

Professor of Infectious Diseases

s.pett@ucl.ac.uk

Erica PoolNIHR Doctoral Research Fellowshipe.pool@ucl.ac.uk
Brittney PrustyClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVbrittney.prusty@ucl.ac.uk
Mah Jabeen QamarClinical Research Assistant in Sexual Health and HIVm.qamar@ucl.ac.uk

Deirdre Sally

Senior Research Nurse 

deirdre.sally@ucl.ac.uk

Maryam Shahmanesh

Professor of Global Health

m.shahmanesh@ucl.ac.uk

Binta Sultan

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship

b.sultan@ucl.ac.uk

Emmi Suonpera

Clinical Project Manager

e.suonpera@ucl.ac.uk

Shema Tariq

Senior Clinical Research Fellow

s.tariq@ucl.ac.uk

Ebunoluwa TaiwoResearch Nurse in Sexual Health and HIVe.taiwo@ucl.ac.uk
Kelsey TiversResearch Nurse in Infection and Sexual Healthk.tivers@ucl.ac.uk
Anna TostevinResearch Fellow in Database Managementa.tostevin@ucl.ac.uk

Nina Vora

MRC Clinical Research Associate

nina.vora@ucl.ac.uk

Heather WestonResearch Nurise in Infection and Sexual Healthheather.weston@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research
NameRoleContact
Nigel FieldCentre Director and Professor of Infectious Diseasenigel.field@ucl.ac.uk
Ibrahim AbubakarDean of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiologyi.abubakar@ucl.ac.uk
Heather BaileyAssociate Professor in Infetious Disease Epidemiologyheather.bailey@ucl.ac.uk
Liz FearonLecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiologye.fearon@ucl.ac.uk
Anne JohnsonChair and Vice-Dean, External Relationsanne.johnson@ucl.ac.uk
Ana-Catarina Pinho-GomesClinical Training Fellow/NIHR Clinical Lecturera.pinho-gomes@ucl.ac.uk
The Centre for Population Research in Sexual Health and HIV
NameRoleContact
Catherine MercerCentre Co-Director and Professor of Sexual Health Sciencec.mercer@ucl.ac.uk
Pam SonnenbergCentre Co-Director and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiologyp.sonnenberg@ucl.ac.uk
Gwendolyn ChangResearch Assistant in Epidemiology - NATSAL projectgwendolyn.chang@ucl.ac.uk
Soazig CliftonAcademic Director for NATSALs.clifton@ucl.ac.uk
Alexandra DavidResearch Assistant in Epidemiologyalexandra.david.17@ucl.ac.uk
Nuria Gallego MarquezResearch Fellow in Digital Healthn.marquez@ucl.ac.uk
Jo GibbsPrincipal Research Fellowjo.gibbs@ucl.ac.uk
Guy HarlingAssociate Professorg.harling@ucl.ac.uk
Graham HartProfessor of Sexual Health and HIV Researchg.hart@ucl.ac.uk
Dorottya HoorResearch Fellow in Social Networks and Healthd.hoor@ucl.ac.uk
Alison HowarthSenior Research Associatealison.howarth@ucl.ac.uk
Fiona MappSenior Research Associate and Programme Managerf.mapp@ucl.ac.uk
Amelia McInnes-DeanResearch Assistanta.mcinnes-dean@ucl.ac.uk
Tom WitneyResearch Fellowtom.witney@ucl.ac.uk

Research Groups

Lancet Countdown
NameRoleContact
Anthony CostelloCo-Chair of the Lancet Countdownanthony.costello@ucl.ac.uk
Louis JamartOperations Managerl.jamart@ucl.ac.uk
Vesna MilanovicProject Administratorv.milanovic@ucl.ac.uk
Megan O'Hare Programme Managermeghan.o'hare@ucl.ac.uk
Marina RomanelloExecutive Director of the Lancet Countdownm.romanello@ucl.ac.uk
Maria WalawenderResearch Assistantm.walawender@ucl.ac.uk
Hannah WhitcombeCommunications Managerh.whitcombe@ucl.ac.uk
CAP2030
NameRoleContact
Sarah DalglishExecutive Directors.dalglish@ucl.ac.uk
Anthony CostelloSenior Advisoranthony.costello@ucl.ac.uk
Sarah SterliniProject Manager s.sterlini@ucl.ac.uk

Postgraduate Research Students

PGR Students
NameRoleContact
Gerard Abou JaoudePhD Studentgerard.jaoude.15@ucl.ac.uk
Charlotte BradyPhD Studentcharlotte.brady.19@ucl.ac.uk
Kathleen BrycePhD Studentk.bryce@ucl.ac.uk
Matylda BuczkowskaPhD Studentmatylda.buczkowska.16@ucl.ac.uk
Xiaodi ChenPhD Studentxiaodi.chen.17@ucl.ac.uk
Joseph CollinsPhD Studentjoseph.h.collins@ucl.ac.uk
Susanna Corona MaioliPhD Studentsusanna.corona.19@ucl.ac.uk
Ana Correa OssaPhD Studentana.ossa.17@ucl.ac.uk
Callie Daniels-HowellPhD Studentc.daniels-howell.17@ucl.ac.uk
Alexandra DavidPhD Studentalexandra.david.17@ucl.ac.uk
Caludia Fernandez De Cordoba FariniPhD Studentclaudia.farini.18@ucl.ac.uk
Paula De Souza Leao SpinolaPhD Studentpaula.spinola.17@ucl.ac.uk
Eric FrascoPhD Studentucfuesf@ucl.ac.uk
Cristina Garcia-Maurino AlcazarPhD Studentcristina.alcazar.19@ucl.ac.uk
Rosamund GreinerPhD Studentrosamund.greiner.18@ucl.ac.uk
Haoyue GuoPhD Studenthaoyue.guo.19@ucl.ac.uk
Yohhei HamadaPhD Studenty.hamada@ucl.ac.uk
Alma IonescuPhD Studentalma.ionescu.20@ucl.ac.uk
Agnese IulianoPhD Studenta.iuliano@ucl.ac.uk
Mohamed Jelle AdanPhD Studentm.adan@ucl.ac.uk
Aaron KoayPhD Studentaaron.koay.22@ucl.ac.uk
Manik KohliPhD Studentm.kohli@ucl.ac.uk
Inseok LeePhD Studentinseok.lee.19@ucl.ac.uk
Ran LiPhD Studentran.li.18@ucl.ac.uk
Ines Li LinPhD Studentines.lin@ucl.ac.uk
Hattie LowePhD Studenthattie.lowe@ucl.ac.uk
Faith MillerPhD Studentfaith.miller.19@ucl.ac.uk
Nicole MinckasPhD Studentnicole.minckas.16@ucl.ac.uk
Senzo Peter MthembuPhD Studentsenzo.methembu@ucl.ac.uk
Thandiwe Nondumiso MthiyanePhD Studentthandiwe.mthiyane.20@ucl.ac.uk
Sorcha Ni ChobhthaighPhD Student sorcha.nichobhthaigh.21@ucl.ac.uk
Diarmuid NugentPhD Studentd.nugent@ucl.ac.uk
Hajra OkhaiPhD Studenth.okhai@ucl.ac.uk
Christian Ngozi OkoloPhD Studentchristian.okolo.18@ucl.ac.uk
Miriam OrcuttPhD Studentm.orcutt@ucl.ac.uk
Roeann OsmanPhD Studentroeann.osman.20@ucl.ac.uk
Yasna Palmeiro SilvaPhD Studentyasna.palmeiro.18@ucl.ac.uk
Thomas PalmerPhD Studentt.palmer@ucl.ac.uk
Kayla PaulsonPhD Studentkayla.paulson.16@ucl.ac.uk
Malini PiresPhD Studentm.pires@ucl.ac.uk
Erica PoolPhD Studente.pool@ucl.ac.uk
Reynie RayaPhD Studentreynie.raya.18@ucl.ac.uk
Lucie SabinPhD Studentlucie.sabin.21@ucl.ac.uk
Zahra SadoukiPhD Studentzahra.sadouki.15@ucl.ac.uk
Kathryn Stevenson RobertsPhD Studentkathryn.roberts.18@ucl.ac.uk
Luxsena SukumaranPhD Studentluxsena.sukumaran.19@ucl.ac.uk
Binta SultanPhD Studentb.sultan@ucl.ac.uk
David SwansonPhD Studentd.swanson.17@ucl.ac.uk
Sandie-Marie SzawlowskiPhD Students.Szawlowski@ucl.ac.uk
Jeevan ToorPhD Studentjeevan.toor.23@ucl.ac.uk
Nina VoraPhD Studentnina.vora@ucl.ac.uk
Chivon WinsloePhD Studentchivon.winsloe.20@ucl.ac.uk
Adesola Yinka-OgunleyePhD Studentadesola.yinka-Ogunleye.20@ucl.ac.uk
Asad ZaidiPhD Studentsyed.zaidi.22@ucl.ac.uk
Yeqing ZhangPhD Studentyeqing.zhang.21@ucl.ac.uk