Interdisciplinary team science is fundamental to our activities and ensures the Centre is an environment for sharing, learning, and developing.
Our members champion our work, promote our visibility, and drive an ethos that values contribution, encourages sharing of expertise, and celebrates success.
Get to know the team
Interim Director
Director for DaSH
Founding Director
Our Community
- Senior Leadership Team
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- Professor Lesley Anderson, Chair in Health Data Science
- Krzys Adamczyk Research Assistant
- Dr Dimitra Blana, Lecturer
- Dr Lucia D’Ambruoso, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Caroline Franco Lecturer
- Dr Santosh Gaihre Lecturer
- Dr Sharon Gordon, Programme Co-ordinator
- Dr Aravinda Guntupalli, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Rosemary Hollick, Senior Clinical lecturer
- Dr Simon Sawhney, Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Ms Katie Wilde, Head of Digital Research
- Associate Directors
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Dr Jillian Evans 
Dr Heather Morgan 
Professor Nir Oren 
His research interests revolve around decision making in automated systems and the explanation of those decisions, as well as human-machine collaboration.
Dr John Thomson 
Dr Gordon Waiter 
- Institute Administration Coordinator
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- ACHDS Staff
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- Mr Krzys Adamczyk Research Assistant
- Diana Al-Alahmad - Research PG
- Professor Lesley Anderson Chair in Health Data Science
- Dr Prasantha Arumapperuma Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Raul Berrocal Martin Research Fellow
- Professor Corri Black Personal Chair (Clinical), Professor of Public Health
- Dr Dimitra Blana Lecturer
- Jane Bourque DaSH Operational Lead
- Miss Diane Brown Research Co-ordinator
- Dr Jessica Butler Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Anto Chaliou Research Co-ordinator
- Mr Gary Cooper Information Security Manager, Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH)
- Eilidh Cowan - Research Assistant
- Dr Lucia D'Ambruoso Senior Lecturer
- Mrs Stacey Dawson Lead Research Coordinator
- Jaroslaw Dymiter Analyst and Programmer, Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH)
- Dr Caroline Franco Lecturer
- Dr Santosh Gaihre Lecturer
- Michael Gent Junior Analyst
- Mrs Ana Garcia Del Moral Database Assistant
- Ms Karolyn Gaston Research Assistant
- Dr Sharon Gordon Programme Co-ordinator
- Dr Aravina Guntupalli Senior Lecturer
- Dr Warren James Research Fellow
- Kasuni Kalubowila Honrorary Reseach Fellow
- Mr Adrian Martin Analyst and Programmer, Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH)
- Mrs Gail Mew Institute Administration Coordinator
- Ms Vicky Munro Research Coordinator, Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH)
- Emilia Piltonen Research Assistant
- Dr Helen Rowlands Analyst and Programmer
- Dr Simon Sawhney Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Amal Sebastian Junior Analyst
- Dr Bernhard Scheliga Digital Research Services Specialist
- Dr Kusum Singal Research Fellow
- Emma-Louise Tarburn Research Assistant
- Ms Katie Wilde Digital Research Services Manager
- Irmina Zborowska Project Administration Coordinator
- Post Graduate Students
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Sandra Oluchi Igboabuchukwu Masters Students
Miss Emma-Louise Tarburn PhD Student
- ACHDS Members, Associate Members and Research Partners
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- Professor Pamela Abbott Chair in Education, Professional Learning PGT
- Dr Rosalind Adam Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Lorna Aucott, Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Dolapo Ayansina Research Fellow
- Dr Will Ball Honorary Advanced Research Fellow
- Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Dr Mairead Black Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Jess Butler Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Hanne Bruhn Research Fellow
- Dr Carl Counsel Reader (Clinical)
- Professor Peter Edwards Chair in Computing Science
- Mr Jon Eilbeck, Head of Programmes and Development, Dept of eHealth, NHS Grampian
- Dr Shona Fielding Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Professor Nick Fluck
- Dr Faiza Gaba Honorary Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Rosemary Hollick Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Adalia Ikiroma Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Lisa Iversen Research Fellow
- Dr Marjorie Johnston, Honorary Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Andrew Keen, Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS Grampian
- Mrs Nicky Laird Honorary Administrator
- Professor Amanda Lee Chair in Medical Statistics
- Mr Chistopher Littlejohn Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Gerald Lip, Clinical Director North East Scotland Breast Screening Programme, Consultant Radiologist, NHS Grampian
- Dr Angus Macleod Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Dr MaryJoan MacLeod Senior Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Andrew McLean Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr David McLernon, Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Chris McNeil Research Fellow
- Dr Charlene McShane Honorary Lecturer
- Professor Philip Mackie Honorary Professor
- Miss Lyn Mair Honorary Research Assistant
- Dr Milan Markovic Research Fellow
- Dr Kathryn Martin Senior Lecturer
- Professor Zofia Miedzybrodzka Personal Chair (Clinical)
- Dr Rosie Mitchell-Hay Consultant Radiologist, NHS Grampian & Honorary Clinical Lecturer
- Dr John Mooney Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Heather Morgan Lecturer
- Dr Brian Morrisey, Radiologist, NHS Grampian, SCREDS Lecturer
- Mr Philip Munch Honorary Research Fellow
- Professor Peter Murchie Personal Chair (Clinical)
- Professor Alison Murray Emeritus Professor
- Dr Mintu Nath Senior Lecturer
- Dr Rumana Newlands Research Fellow
- Dr Emmanuel Okpo Honorary Clinucal Senior Lecturer
- Professor Nir Oren Personal Chair, Computing Science
- Professor Shantini Paranjothy, Honorary Clinical Chair in Public Health
- Professor Sam Philip, Honorary Professor
- Professor Craig Ramsay Director of Health Services Research Unit
- Professor Ehud Reiter Chair in Computing Science
- Dr Magda Rzewuska Research Fellow
- Dr Anca Sandu-Giuraniuc Research Fellow
- Dr Neil Scott Research Fellow
- Dr Jamie Smith Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Professor Val Speirs Chair in Molecular Oncology
- Dr Gowri Sripada Senior Lecturer
- Dr Roger Staff Honorary Professor
- Mr Shaun Stone Research Postgraduate
- Professor Norval Strachan Chair in Physics
- Flavio Sares Correa da Silva Honorary Reseach Fellow
- Dr Diane Swallow SCREDS Clinical Lecturer
- John Thomson
- Dr Melanie Turner Research Fellow
- Professor Steve Turner Honorary Professor
- Dr Anna Valson Honorary Research Fellow
- Professor Wamberto Vasconcelos Personal Chair, Computing Science
- Dr Rute Vieira Lecturer
- Gordon Waiter
- Dr Pauline Williams Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Struan Wilkie Consultant Radiologist, Clinical Lead for RIS/PACS NHS Grampian
- ACHDS Graduate Associates
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Dr Lina Altayeb, Lina trained as a pharmacist in Sudan where she undertook a master’s in Clinical Pharmacy in 2012. In 2016, she was awarded the Elphinstone scholarship by the University of Aberdeen and started her PhD with Dr Simon Sawhney studying the use, safety and effectiveness of medicines in kidney disease using routinely collected health data. Lina’s project has been funded by the NHS endowment grant on successful application. Her research interests include chronic diseases, patient safety, pharmacoepidemiology, drug utilization and health informatics.
Dr Dorota Chapko Dorota completed her PhD in 2016 and worked with Prof Alison Murray and Prof Corri Black as a Post-doctoral research fellow looking at age-related cognitive, emotional and physical functioning decline and investigating how occupational profile and childhood intelligence contribute to this triad of impairment in late life.
Jennifer Hove MPH PhD student at the University of Witwatersrand. Her PhD investigates the role of community participation in improving health using a participatory action research approach in rural South Africa. She previously worked as processing officer at Zimbabwe. Her career took a complete shift in 2009 when she moved to South Africa and worked for a Public Health organisation where she also obtained MPH. She has been working in rural South Africa and her quest is to advocate and promote equity in health.
Benon Karara is a Rwandan national and the CEO of Dataplus-Rwanda, a youth-led research organization. He has a research experience in areas like adult literacy, impact evaluation, gender studies, social economic development, and agriculture. Karara is passionate about youth empowerment and economic development through problem-solving research interventions.
Denny Mabetha BNutr Qualified dietitian currently working as a coordinator for VAPAR Project, serves as a link between Wits/Agincourt HDSS and Mpumalanga Department of Health and other Departments at Province and District levels. Denny is currently studying towards her postgraduate Master of Science in Field epidemiology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Dr Oladapo B. Oladeinde MBBS MSc Medical doctor trained at University of Benin, Nigeria graduated 2008. Associate fellow of National Post graduate Medical College of Nigeria. MSc (distinction) Global Health and Management in 2019 University of Aberdeen. Since 2011, clinician in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital rural Nigeria. Supports generation of quality data shaping policies to strengthen health systems in Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa at large.
Dr Shifa Sarica, Shifa completed her PhD in 2018 Evaluating the health burden of autoimmune disease with Dr Neil Basu and Prof Corri Black.
Deen Tissera BSc (Hons) MSc PhD candidate in Public Health at the University of Aberdeen holds a Master’s degree in Global Health and Management. Vice Chair and Councillor for George St Community Council involved in a local community food initiative to tackle food poverty. Also involved in a number of health projects globally, including war zone volunteering and humanitarian disaster relief missions in Sri Lanka.
Dr Oghenebrume Wariri MBBS MSc FWACP (Paed) Medical doctor trained at University of Benin, Nigeria and Paediatrician Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Master of Science (MSc) Global Health and Management (distinction) University of Aberdeen. Wariri works the MRC Unit the Gambia at the LSHTM as a research Clinician on vaccinology research.
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