UCL Population Health Sciences announces senior academic promotions for 2019-20

13 July 2020

Congratulations to UCL Population Health Sciences academic staff who have been awarded a promotion in this year's promotion round.

Every year, UCL recognises and rewards the outstanding achievements of non-professorial academic staff through an annual promotions cycle. Promotions are awarded to staff showing exceptional talent and commitment to UCL's mission.

We now have 21 new Professors, one new Professorial Research Fellow, nine new Associate Professors, 11 new Principal Research Fellows and three Principal Teaching Fellows.

Promotions are effective from 1 October 2020.

Professors

Name	Department/Institute	Promoted to
Dr Lion Shahab	UCL Institute of Health Informatics	Professor of Health Psychology
Dr Henry Potts	UCL Institute of Health Informatics	Professor of Health Informatics
Dr Reecha Sofat	UCL Institute of Health Informatics	Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
Dr David Long	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Paediatric Nephrology
Dr Owen Williams	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Cancer Biology
Dr Sergio Castellano Hereza	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Genomics
Dr Kevin Mills	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Translational Omics
Dr Andrew Copas	UCL Institute for Global Health	Professor of Trials in Global Health
Dr Richard Gilson	UCL Institute for Global Health	Professor of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine
Dr Maryam Shahmanesh	UCL Institute for Global Health	Professor of Global Health
Dr Despina Eleftheriou	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology
Dr Joseph Standing	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health	Professor of Pharmacometrics
Dr Roby Rakhit	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science	Professor of Cardiology
Dr Malcolm Walker	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science	Professor of Cardiology
Dr Robert Aldridge	UCL Institute of Health Informatics	Professor of Public Health Data Science
Dr David Williams	UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health	Professor of Obstetric Medicine
Dr Riyaz Patel	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science	Professor of Cardiology
Dr Ann Walker	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science	Professor of Cardiovascular Genomics
Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science	Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dr Sophie Park	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care	Professor of Primary Care and Medical Education
Dr Davor Jurkovic	UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health	Professor of Gynaecology

Professorial Research Fellow

Name	Department/Institute
Dr Louise Brown	MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL

Associate Professors

Name	Department/Institute
Dr Valentina Cambiano	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Neha Batura	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Adam Dubis	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Jennifer Gamlin	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Aurelia Lepine	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Jenevieve Mannell	UCL Institute for Global Health
Dr Juan Pablo Kaski	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science
Dr Simon Beggs	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health
Dr Fiona Hamilton	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health

Principal Research Fellows

Name	Department/Institute
Dr Georgia Black	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Dr Elena Pizzo	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Dr Sarah Jackson	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Dr Jennifer Steeden	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science
Dr Emma Beard	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Dr Hakim-Moulay Dehbi	UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology
Dr Cesar De Oliveira	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Dr Mariya Hristova	UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health
Dr Trinh Duong	MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
Dr Deborah Ridout	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Robert Bell	UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

Principal Teaching Fellows

Name	Department/Institute
Dr Mark Kristiansen	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Harriet Shannon	UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Dr Shivani Singh	UCL Institute for Global Health