Congratulations to those who have been promoted this year. We’re delighted to see that so many colleagues' outstanding work and achievements have been recognised. You can see the list of promotions from the faculty below:
Promotion to Professors | ||
Name | Department | Promoted to |
| Dr Manuel De Oliveira Gomes | Applied Health Research | Professor of Health Economics |
| Dr Daisy Fancourt | Behavioural Science and Health | Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology |
| Dr Abigail Fisher | Behavioural Science and Health | Professor of Physical Activity and Health |
| Dr Christian Von Wagner | Behavioural Science and Health | Professor of Behavioural Science |
| Dr Simon Eaton | Developmental Biology and Cancer Department | Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Nutrition and Metabolism |
| Dr Noor Ul Owase Jeelani | Developmental Biology and Cancer Department | Professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery |
| Dr Giovanni Baranello | Developmental Neurosciences Department | Professor of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disorders |
| Dr Maria Kett | Epidemiology and Public Health | Professor of Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion |
| Dr Adam Dubis | Global Business School for Health | Professor of Digital Health Enterprise |
| Dr Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri | Infection and Population Health | Professor of Epidemiology |
| Dr Jenevieve Mannell | Institute for Global Health | Professor of Social Science and Global Health |
| Dr Molebogeng Rangaka | Institute for Global Health | Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Public Health |
| Dr Juan Pablo Kaski | Institute of Cardiovascular Science | Professor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Dr Rui Bebiano Da Provdencia E Costa | Institute of Health Informatics | Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology & Evidence Synthesis |
| Dr Pranav Pandya | Maternal and Fetal Medicine | Professor of Fetal Medicine |
| Dr Pia Hardelid | Population, Policy and Practice Department | Professor of Epidemiology |
| Dr Michelle Heys | Population, Policy and Practice Department | Professor of Global Child Health |
| Dr Louise Marston | Primary Care and Population Health | Professor of Clinical Trials Statistics |
| Dr Sohier Elneil | UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health | Professor of Urogynaecology |
| Dr Adam Rosenthal | Womens Cancer | Professor of Gynaecological Cancer Prevention |
Promotion to Professorial Research Fellow | |
Name | Department |
| Dr Elena Pizzo | Applied Health Research |
Promotion to Associate Professors | |
Name | Department |
| Dr Erwin Pauws | Developmental Biology and Cancer Department |
| Dr Alessia Cavazza | Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Department |
| Dr Johan Thygesen | Institute of Health Informatics |
| Dr Rajvinder Kara | Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
Promotion to Principal Research Fellows | |
Name | Department |
| Dr Angus Ramsay | Applied Health Research |
| Dr Emily Murray | Epidemiology and Public Health |
| Dr Wendy Heywood | Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department |
| Dr Joanna Morrison | Institute for Global Health |
| Dr David Fisher | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL |
| Dr Brennan Kahan | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL |
| Dr Dylan Williams | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing |
| Dr Celine Lewis | Population, Policy and Practice Department |
| Dr Rens De Groot | Pre-clinical and Fundamental Science |
| Dr Caroline Clarke | Primary Care and Population Health |
| Dr Laura Horsfall | Primary Care and Population Health |
Promotion to Associate Professors (Teaching) | |
| Name | Department |
| Dr Dean Langan | Population, Policy and Practice Department |
| Dr Vasanti Jadva | Reproductive Health |
See the full list of promotions for 2022-23.
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