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Our teams provide dedicated, specialist support across the research and innovation lifecycle. Find your Research and Innovation Services (RIS) contact below.
Find your departmental contact
Use our contacts database to find the dedicated RIS contact for your department:
RIS Directorate
| Name | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Glen | Executive Director, Research and Innovation Services | c.glen@ucl.ac.uk |
| Sinéad Kennedy | Director of Award Services | sinead.kennedy@ucl.ac.uk |
| Dr Nick McNally | Director of Clinical Research (UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office) | n.mcnally@ucl.ac.uk |
| Gail Adams | Director of Compliance and Assurance | gail.adams@ucl.ac.uk |
| Alan Shanks | Director of Contract Services | alan.shanks@ucl.ac.uk |
| Vacant | Director of Planning, Insight and Improvement | |
| Verity Whiter | Business Support Manager | v.whiter@ucl.ac.uk |
| Erin Atkinson | Business Support Assistant | erin.atkinson@ucl.ac.uk |
Award Services
- Director of Award Services: Sinéad Kennedy
- Pre-Award
Contact the Pre-Award team for advice on grant applications, including eligibility criteria, proposal costing, and compliance with both funder and UCL terms and conditions.
RIS Award Services Pre-Award team contacts
Name Role Email Kasia Haremza Assistant Director, Research Support and Development (Pre-Award) k.haremza@ucl.ac.uk Ana Stamenkovic Head of Research Support and Development for Innovation a.stamenkovic@ucl.ac.uk Katie Owens Head of Research Support and Development for Strategic Awards katie.owens@ucl.ac.uk Frances Collins Head of Research Support and Development for LMS f.collins@ucl.ac.uk Sabine Austin Research Support Officer sabine.austin@ucl.ac.uk Matthew Coleman Research Support Officer matthew.coleman@ucl.ac.uk Maryam Salehi Research Support Officer maryam.salehi@ucl.ac.uk Majida Haque** Research Support Officer majida.haque@ucl.ac.uk Natasha Mutyambizi Research Support Officer n.mutyambizi@ucl.ac.uk Neeta Pandya Head of Research Support and Development for the BEAMS n.pandya@ucl.ac.uk Nishat Tasnim Research Support Officer n.tasnim@ucl.ac.uk Maja Mise Research Support Officer m.mise@ucl.ac.uk Niall McCoy Research Support Officer n.mccoy@ucl.ac.uk Elena Kushnerenko Research Support Officer e.kushnerenko@ucl.ac.uk Feruza Kulturaeva Head of Research Support and Development for LASH, IOE, and UCL East f.kulturaeva@ucl.ac.uk George Eyre Research Support Officer g.eyre@ucl.ac.uk Mikail Choudhury Research Support Officer mikail.choudhury@ucl.ac.uk Marilena Gonella Research Support Officer m.gonella@ucl.ac.uk Dapo Okeyode Research Support Officer o.okeyode@ucl.ac.uk
- Post-Award
Contact the Post-Award team for support with the financial administration and reporting of research grants, and the costing and approval of research-funded staff appointments and studentships.
RIS Award Services Post-Award team contacts Name Role Email Sarah Howells Assistant Director, Research Finance and Compliance (Post-Award) s.howells@ucl.ac.uk Johann Fevrier European Commission (EC) Research Finance Manager j.fevrier@ucl.ac.uk Maureen Casey EC Research Finance Administrator m.casey@ucl.ac.uk Julia Oviedo EC Research Finance Administrator julia.spittles@ucl.ac.uk Charlie Greene EC Research Finance Administrator c.greene@ucl.ac.uk Maria Perkins Administrative Assistant maria.perkins@ucl.ac.uk Orietta Fontanella-Watts Administrative Assistant o.fontanella-watts@ucl.ac.uk Kin Ming (Peter) Li* Research Finance Manager kin.li@ucl.ac.uk Galin Ganchev Research Finance Administrator g.ganchev@ucl.ac.uk Trang Phung Research Finance Administrator t.phung@ucl.ac.uk Sekinah Oladuso Research Administrative Assistant s.oladosu@ucl.ac.uk Alex De Sousa Research Finance Manager a.sousa@ucl.ac.uk Linda Anjorin* Research Finance Administrator l.anjorin@ucl.ac.uk Ruma Begum* Research Finance Administrator ruma.begum@ucl.ac.uk Alexander Coppola Research Finance Administrator alex.coppola@ucl.ac.uk Anaclara De Castra Stewart** Research Finance Administrator anaclara.stewart@ucl.ac.uk Sidrah Hussain Research Finance Administrator sidrah.hussain@ucl.ac.uk Eunice Leung Research Finance Administrator eunice.leung@ucl.ac.uk Muhammad (Affy) Rasul Research Finance Administrator affy.rasul@ucl.ac.uk Nikki Winstone Research Finance Administrator n.winstone@ucl.ac.uk Nick Hurd Research Finance Manager n.hurd@ucl.ac.uk Ishrath Ahmed Research Finance Administrator ishrath.ahmed@ucl.ac.uk Nathanial Bones Research Finance Administrator n.bones@ucl.ac.uk Susannah Fusi Research Finance Administrator s.fusi@ucl.ac.uk Veronique Guerin-Davies Research Finance Administrator v.guerin-davies@ucl.ac.uk Mariam Noor Research Finance Administrator mariam.noor@ucl.ac.uk Dalia Kranauskaite Research Finance Administrator d.kranauskaite@ucl.ac.uk Louise Story Research Finance Administrator louise.story@ucl.ac.uk Vacant Research Finance Manager m.nowak@ucl.ac.uk Lewis Hanks Research Finance Administrator l.hanks@ucl.ac.uk Rosemarie Neunie Research Finance Administrator r.neunie@ucl.ac.uk Arshaad Peerboccus Research Finance Administrator arshaad.peerboccus@ucl.ac.uk Paul Cawley Research Finance Administrator p.cawley@ucl.ac.uk Nathan Hook Research Finance Administrator n.hook@ucl.ac.uk Kemi Sonuga Research Finance Administrator k.sonuga@ucl.ac.uk Sarah Walton Research Finance Manager sarah.walton@ucl.ac.uk Priya Gajiparia Research Finance Administrator p.gajiparia@ucl.ac.uk Roberto Hertel Research Finance Administrator r.hertel@ucl.ac.uk Susan Itipe Research Finance Administrator s.itipe@ucl.ac.uk Anita Yu Wang Research Finance Administrator anita.wang@ucl.ac.uk Paul Sloan** Research Finance Administrator p.sloan@ucl.ac.uk Philip Smith Research Finance Administrator phil.smith@ucl.ac.uk Netsai Hakurotwi Research Finance Administrator n.hakurotwi@ucl.ac.uk Uzma Butt* Business Process Lead uzma.butt@ucl.ac.uk Leah Payne Research Payroll Supervisor lb.payne@ucl.ac.uk
- EU and International
Contact our EU and International team for support with European Commission and US Federal funding, EU contracts and project management, and Horizon Europe proposal management and writing (offered on a consultancy basis).
RIS Award Services EU and International team contacts Name Role Email Helen Hopkins* Assistant Director, EU and International h.hopkins@ucl.ac.uk Giles Machell Head of Contracts Management g.machell@ucl.ac.uk Yolanda Pena Oliver European Research Manager y.oliver@ucl.ac.uk Johanna Sathyendran** European Research Manager j.sathyendran@ucl.ac.uk Dr Juliet A. Ellis Head of European Proposal Management juliet.ellis@ucl.ac.uk Ying Ying Cheung European Proposal Manager yy.cheung@ucl.ac.uk Dr Nuria Andreu European Proposal Manager nuria.andreu@ucl.ac.uk Cristina Romano* Head of Project Management (European Research Funding) cristina.romano@ucl.ac.uk Katarzyna Pelc Project Manager (European Research Funding) k.pelc@ucl.ac.uk Ilaria Marsili** Head of European Project Management i.marsili@ucl.ac.uk Eranda Begaj European Project Manager e.begaj@ucl.ac.uk Siham Oukhrid** European Project Manager s.oukhrid@ucl.ac.uk Zoe Harper Project Management Assistant z.harper@ucl.ac.uk
- Studentships
Contact the studentships team for support with the financial administration and reporting of doctoral training grants.
RIS Award Services Studentships team contacts Name Role Email Sarah Howells Assistant Director, Research Finance and Compliance (Post-Award) s.howells@ucl.ac.uk Sandra-Georgiana Rugea Research Finance Manager, Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs) uczisru@ucl.ac.uk Hesma Baker Research Finance Officer (Studentships) heshma.baker@ucl.ac.uk Alexandra (Alex) Ferrell* Research Finance Officer (Studentships) alexandra.ferrell@ucl.ac.uk Rachel Li** Research Finance Officer (Studentships) rachel.li@ucl.ac.uk Jennifer Nunu Research Finance Officer (Studentships) uczijnu@ucl.ac.uk
Clinical Research (UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office)
- Director of Clinical Research: Dr Nick McNally
- General enquiries
Contact our Clinical Research (UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office) team for support with clinical research studies at UCL and UCLH.
Clinical Research (UCL/UCL JRO) general contacts Query type Email Biostatistics and Statistics uclh.biostatistics@nhs.net Clinical trial sponsorship ctimps@ucl.ac.uk Non-clinical trial sponsorship uclh.randd@nhs.net New Grant applications (for CTIMP studies) ctimps@ucl.ac.uk New Grant applications (for all other studies) uclh.randd@nhs.net New Contracts and CDAs uclh.randd@nhs.net Patient and public involvement (PPI) ppihelpdesk@ucl.ac.uk Research complaints and incidents research-incidents@ucl.ac.uk Research Passports uclh.jro-communications@nhs.net Study amendments uclh.randd@nhs.net Study updates (please quote study reference number) uclh.randd@nhs.net Training uclh.jro-communications@nhs.net UCLH hosted studies for Confirmation of Capacity and Capability (Assess, Arrange, Confirm) uclh.randd@nhs.net All other queries uclh.jro-communications@nhs.net Service feedback and complaints shamimul.islam@nhs.net
- Management team
Contact our Clinical Research (UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office) Management team for support with clinical research studies at UCL and UCLH.
Clinical Research (UCL/UCL JRO) Management team contacts Name Role Email Professor Karl Peggs Executive Director, Research and Innovation Services c.glen@ucl.ac.uk Dr Nick McNally Director of Clinical Research (UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office) n.mcnally@ucl.ac.uk Dr Rajinder Sidhu Associate Director, Research Governance and Operations r.sidhu@nhs.net Joe Mwanza Associate Director, Research Finance and Business Support joe.mwanza@nhs.net Farhat Gilani Clinical Trials Operations Manager f.gilani@ucl.ac.uk Pushpsen Joshi Research Governance and Management Manager pushpsen.joshi1@nhs.net Gosia Zborowska Contracts and Legal Affairs Manager g.zborowska@ucl.ac.uk Sashi Laji Head of Finance s.laji1@nhs.net Stuart Braverman Research Data and Information Manager s.braverman@nhs.net Mihaela Sutu Commercial Business Development Manager mihaela.sutu@nhs.net Marivic Ricamara Head of Research Delivery marivic.ricamara@nhs.net Sham Islam Operations Manager shamimul.islam@nhs.net Dr Ros Yu Head of PPI and Communications rosamund.yu@ucl.ac.uk Dr Helen Cadiou h.cadiou@ucl.ac.uk Suzanne Swain Quality Assurance Manager suzanne.swain1@nhs.net Professor Rumana Omar Professor of Medical Statistics and Head of Biostatistics (JRO and BRC) romar@ucl.ac.uk
Compliance and Assurance
- Director of Compliance and Assurance: Gail Adams
- Compliance and Assurance
Contact the Compliance and Assurance team for advice, support, and guidance with key audit processes, institutional risk assessments, and legislative and regulatory compliance.
Compliance and Assurance team contacts Name Role Email Kristina Kertova Assistant Director, Compliance and Assurance k.kertova@ucl.ac.uk Stuart Bennett International Risk and Partnerships Manager stuart-bennett@ucl.ac.uk Lauren Cantos Research Integrity and Assurance Officer r.bairstow@ucl.ac.uk Rebecca Bairstow Compliance and Assurance Officer researchintegrity@ucl.ac.uk Joanne Siwoniku Compliance and Assurance Officer joanne.siwoniku@ucl.ac.uk Marin Vitan Compliance and Assurance Officer m.vitan@ucl.ac.uk
- Information Governance
Contact the Information Governance team for support with research data compliance.
Compliance and Assurance Information Governance team contacts Name Role Email Seraphim Patel Assistant Director, Information Governance seraphim.patel@ucl.ac.uk
- Research Ethics
Contact the Research Ethics team for support with ethical review processes at UCL and advice on the practical application of ethics to your research and innovation activities.
Compliance and Assurance Research Ethics team contacts Name Role Email Stephanie Allison Assistant Director, Research Ethics Service stephanie.allison@ucl.ac.uk Elizabeth Chuck Research Ethics Service Manager e.chuck@ucl.ac.uk Lola Alaska Research Ethics Facilitator ethics@ucl.ac.uk Helen Dougal Research Ethics Facilitator ethics@ucl.ac.uk Sagal Elmi Research Ethics Facilitator ethics@ucl.ac.uk Christopher Griffin Research Ethics Facilitator ethics@ucl.ac.uk Sophie Camm Research Ethics Project Coordinator ethics@ucl.ac.uk
Contract Services
- Director of Contract Services: Alan Shanks
- Contract Services
Contact our Contract Services team for research and innovation contracting support and advice. For general help, email ris.contractservices@ucl.ac.uk. For queries related to clinical trials, visit the UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office website for further guidance.
Contract Services team contacts Name Role Email Vacant Deputy Director of Contract Services (Clinical Research) Vacant Assistant Director, Contract Services (LMS) Antonio de la Plaza Larrea Senior Contracts Manager (Brain Sciences) a.larrea@ucl.ac.uk Charles Hamilton Contracts Manager (Brain Sciences) charles.hamilton@ucl.ac.uk James Knowles Contracts Manager (Brain Sciences) ucypjkn@ucl.ac.uk Rebecca Lesniak Contracts Manager (Brain Sciences) rebecca.lesniak@ucl.ac.uk Julian Allinson Contracts Manager (Brain Sciences) julian.allinson@ucl.ac.uk Caroline Clark Contracts Officer (Brain Sciences) caroline.clark@ucl.ac.uk Artemios Mimis Senior Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) a.mimis@ucl.ac.uk Sameera Ebrahim Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) sameera.ebrahim@ucl.ac.uk Iva Radojkovic** Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) i.radojkovic@ucl.ac.uk Patrick Lee Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) ucypple@ucl.ac.uk Christine Danquah Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) c.danquah@ucl.ac.uk Alex Wilkinson Contracts Manager (Medical Sciences and Life Sciences) alex.wilkinson@ucl.ac.uk Dominika Arsicova Contracts Assistant (Life and Medical Sciences) d.arsicova@ucl.ac.uk Nadia Ghwedar Contracts Assistant (Life and Medical Sciences) n.ghwedar@ucl.ac.uk Lynne Cargill Senior Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) l.cargill@ucl.ac.uk Carol Roberts Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) ucypcrr@ucl.ac.uk Andrew Collins Senior Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) a.collins@ucl.ac.uk Robert Crampton* Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) r.crampton@ucl.ac.uk Ryan Ogbechie Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) r.ogbechie@ucl.ac.uk Saadia Dar Contracts Manager (Population Health Sciences) s.dar@ucl.ac.uk Bandele Shokunbi Contracts Officer (Population Health Sciences) bandele.shokunbi.19@ucl.ac.uk Vacant Assistant Director, Contract Services (BEAMS) Yanni Beveas Senior Contracts Manager (The Barlett, Engineering) y.baveas@ucl.ac.uk Sarah Jeavons Contracts Manager (The Barlett, Engineering) s.jeavons@ucl.ac.uk Nikesh Patel Contracts Manager (The Barlett, Engineering) nik.patel@ucl.ac.uk Karwan Raza Contracts Manager (The Barlett, Engineering) k.raza@ucl.ac.uk Sarah Clarke Senior Contracts Manager (Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) s.clarke@ucl.ac.uk Suki Mpofu Contracts Manager (The Bartlett, Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) s.mpofu@ucl.ac.uk Miki Nattan Contracts Manager (Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) m.nattan@ucl.ac.uk Rachel Atta Contracts Manager (Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) r.atta@ucl.ac.uk Dhalisha Ravji Contracts Manager (Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) d.ravji@ucl.ac.uk Freshta Afzali Contracts Assistant (BEAMS) f.afzali@ucl.ac.uk Vacant Assistant Director, Contract Services (LASH/IOE) Shahina Begum Senior Contracts Manager (IOE/LASH) shahina.begum@ucl.ac.uk Lucy Burgess Contracts Manager (IOE/LASH) lucy.burgess@ucl.ac.uk Vacant Contracts Manager (IOE/LASH) Vacant Contracts Manager (IOE/LASH)
Planning, Insight and Improvement
- Director of Planning, Insight and Improvement: Vacant
- Data and Insight
Contact our Data and Insight team for support and advice with research management data. To get in touch with the team, email ris.dataandinsights@ucl.ac.uk.
PII Data and Insight team contacts Name Role Email Simon Rowson Assistant Director of Planning, Insight and Improvement (Data and Insight) s.rowson@ucl.ac.uk Nigel Brooks Senior Data Analyst n.brooks@ucl.ac.uk Cheng-Hao Kao Senior Data Analyst cheng-hao.kao@ucl.ac.uk
- Digital Communications
Contact our Digital Communications Manager regarding RIS communications channels.
PII Digital Communications contacts Name Role Email Jade Donovan Digital Communications Manager j.donovan@ucl.ac.uk
- Research Coordination
Contact our Research Coordination teams for support with cross-disciplinary communities, identifying research funding opportunities and strategic bids.
PII Research Coordination team contacts Name Role Email Matt Wakelin Director of Research Coordination and Planning (LMS) m.wakelin@ucl.ac.uk Helen Hopkins** Strategic Research Coordinator, Global Health h.hopkins@ucl.ac.uk Karen Groot Strategic Research Coordinator k.groot@ucl.ac.uk Sarah Welsher Strategic Coordinator, Health of the Public s.welsher@ucl.ac.uk David Wiseman Strategic Coordinator, Cancer and Neuroscience d.wiseman@ucl.ac.uk Pascale Fanning-Tichborne Senior Strategic Research Facilitator p.fanning-tichborne@ucl.ac.uk Tracy Dos Santos Strategic Research Facilitator t.dossantos@ucl.ac.uk Yael Moscou Strategic Research Facilitator y.moscou@ucl.ac.uk Ella Sivyer Strategic Research Facilitator e.sivyer@ucl.ac.uk Nadine Simons-Weidenmaier Research Facilities Coordinator n.simons-weidenmaier@ucl.ac.uk Ruth Wainman Research Coordination Officer r.wainman@ucl.ac.uk Anika Waterhouse Research Coordination Officer anika.waterhouse@ucl.ac.uk Matt Davis Director of Research Facilitation and Coordination (BEAMS) matthew.davis@ucl.ac.uk Becca Burns Strategic Coordinator (Environment Domain) b.burns@ucl.ac.uk Anna Parkin Research Coordinator (Microbiology and Space Domains) a.parkin@ucl.ac.uk Laura Fenner Senior Research Facilitator l.fenner@ucl.ac.uk Sobia Ashraf* Research Facilitator sobia.ashraf@ucl.ac.uk Debi Kenny Research Facilitator debi.kenny@ucl.ac.uk Eugenio Zapata-Solvas Research Facilitator e.zapata-solvas@ucl.ac.uk Jessica Livermore UCL-Turing University Liaison Manager j.livermore@ucl.ac.uk Rosie Niven Communications and Events Manager (Science and Engineering South) r.niven@ucl.ac.uk Henriette Bruun Director of Research Facilitation and Coordination (LASH/IOE) h.bruun@ucl.ac.uk Michael Reade Deputy Director of Research Facilitation m.reade@ucl.ac.uk Jacob Leveridge Senior School Research Facilitator j.leveridge@ucl.ac.uk Steve Morrison Strategic Coordinator, UCL Collaborative Social Science Domain s.morrison@ucl.ac.uk
- Service Improvement
Contact our Service Improvement team for support and advice regarding RIS Service Improvement initiatives, training and guidance, and Worktribe and UCL research management policies and processes.
PII Service Improvement team contacts Name Role Email Mark Hopwood Assistant Director of Planning, Insight and Improvement (Service Improvement) m.hopwood@ucl.ac.uk Caroline Quane Learning and Development Manager c.quane@ucl.ac.uk Rhys Birdy Service Improvement Manager r.birdy@ucl.ac.uk Alana Atkins Service Improvement Officer a.atkins@ucl.ac.uk Mei Tan Service Improvement Officer mei.tan@ucl.ac.uk Ayenan Choudhury Research Management System Officer ayenan.choudhury@ucl.ac.uk Sandip Sahmbi Research Management System Officer s.sahmbi@ucl.ac.uk
* Interim
** Currently on leave/secondment