Discover our people
Meet the team driving excellence in population health and find contact details to connect with them.

Professor Ibrahim Abubakar is the Pro-Provost (Health) at UCL and Dean of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences. He is also Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at UCL. A global leader in public health, Professor Abubakar’s work focuses on tackling infectious diseases and advancing health equity worldwide.
Faculty leadership team
Name | Role | Contact |
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar | Dean | fphs.dean@ucl.ac.uk |
Isha Degun | Faculty Executive Assistant | fphs.pa@ucl.ac.uk |
Tansy Jones | Director of Operations | tansy.jones@ucl.ac.uk |
Professor Mike Rowson | Vice-Dean (Education) | m.rowson@ucl.ac.uk |
Professor Rosalind Smyth | Vice-Dean (Research) | rosalind.smyth@ucl.ac.uk |
Professor Jolene Skordis | Vice-Dean (International and Advancement | j.skordis@ucl.ac.uk |
Professor Thomas Voit | Vice-Dean (Enterprise) | t.voit@ucl.ac.uk |
Dr Jon Clayden | Vice-Dean (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) | j.clayden@ucl.ac.uk |
Faculty office staff
Operations
Name | Role | Contact |
Kate Fernandes | Faculty Operations Manager | k.fernandes@ucl.ac.uk |
Jack Milburn | Faculty HR Administrator | fphs.hr@ucl.ac.uk |
Education and Student Experience (EASE)
Name | Role | Contact |
Leigh Kilpert | Head of Education and Student Experience | l.kilpert@ucl.ac.uk |
Dorothy Qiu | Faculty Education Officer | fphs.education@ucl.ac.uk |
Stephanie Howes | Faculty Student Records Liaison Officer | fphs.education@ucl.ac.uk |
Sean Gainford | Faculty Learning Technology Lead | s.gainford@ucl.ac.uk |
Clare Metcalfe | Education Manager (Global Business School for Health) | c.metcalfe@ucl.ac.uk |
Andreas Opitz | Education Manager (Taught, Bloomsbury) | a.opitz@ucl.ac.uk |
Victoria West | Education Manager (Continuous Improvement Projects) | v.west@ucl.ac.uk |
Paloma Garcia Paredes | Student Experience Manager | p.garcia-paredes@ucl.ac.uk |
Elena Virlan | Education Manager (Research) | e.virlan@ucl.ac.uk |
Marketing and communications
Name | Role | Contact |
Marina Jaggs | Head of Marketing and Communications | m.jaggs@ucl.ac.uk |
Michelle Lukins Segerstrom | Marketing and Communications Manager | m.lukins@ucl.ac.uk |
Alison Smythe | Student Recruitment Marketing Officer | alison.smythe@ucl.ac.uk |
Fran Goldman | Senior Communications and Events Officer | f.goldman@ucl.ac.uk |
Eva Schaessens | Senior Digital Content Officer | e.schaessens@ucl.ac.uk |
Projects (research and education)
Name | Role | Contact |
Rachel Hall | Strategic Projects Manager | rachel.hall@ucl.ac.uk |
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