Celebrating promotions across the faculty
We’re delighted to share the news of several staff promotions within the Faculty of Population Health Sciences, effective from 1 October 2025.
These promotions recognise the exceptional contributions our staff have made to research, teaching, and leadership across the Faculty.
Our newly promoted staff represent expertise in areas including epidemiology, women's health, clinical trials, global health, health economics, medical statistics, genomics, and other related fields. Their work strengthens UCL’s position as a global leader in population health sciences.
Congratulations to all on reaching this important milestone in their academic careers.
See the full list of 2025 promotions below.
Professors
Name | Department | Promoted to |
| Dr Sarah Jackson | Behavioural Science and Health | Professorial Research Fellow |
| Dr Thomas Alexander Treibel | Clinical Science | Professor of Cardiology |
| Dr Hakim-Moulay Dehbi | Comprehensive CTU at UCL | Professorial Research Fellow |
| Mr Martin Tisdall | Developmental Neurosciences Department | Professor of Neurosurgery |
| Dr Stephen Jivraj | Epidemiology and Public Health | Professor of Quantitative Social Science |
| Dr Neha Batura | Global Business School for Health | Professor of Economics |
| Dr Richard Lumbers | Infectious Disease Informatics | Professorial Research Fellow |
| Dr Rajvinder Karda | Maternal and Fetal Medicine | Professor of Gene Therapy |
| Dr Sara Hillman | Maternal and Fetal Medicine | Professor of Obstetrics and Genomic Medicine |
| Dr Hanif Esmail | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL | Professor of Infectious Diseases |
| Dr Angela Meade | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL | Professorial Research Fellow |
| Dr Claire Vale | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL | Professorial Research Fellow |
| Dr Leah Li | Population, Policy and Practice Department | Professor of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology |
| Dr Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj | UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health | Professorial Research Fellow |
Associate Professors / Principal Research Fellows
Name | Department | Promoted to |
| Dr Daniel Hayes | Behavioural Science and Health | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Melissa Oldham | Behavioural Science and Health | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Conor Mccann | Developmental Biology and Cancer Department | Associate Professor |
| Dr Giogio Di Gessa | Epidemiology and Public Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr Logan Manikam | Epidemiology and Public Health | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Emma Beard | Epidemiology and Public Health | Associate Professor (Teaching) |
| Dr Karin Tuschl | Genetics and Genomic Medicine Department | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Rodolfo Catena | Global Business School for Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr Paul Expert | Global Business School for Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr Watjana Lilaonitkul | Global Business School for Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr Marzena Nieroda Bartczak | Global Business School for Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr Paola Zappa | Global Business School for Health | Associate Professor |
| Dr T Charles Witzel | Institute for Global Health | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Kevin Cheuk Him Tsang | Institute of Health Informatics | Associate Professor (Teaching) |
| Dr Marthe Le Prevost | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL | Principal Research Fellow |
| Dr Matthew Nankivell | MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL | Principal Research Fellow |
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Explore the full list of staff who have been recognised for their outstanding contributions across UCL.
See the full list