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Dr

Rebecca

Andrews

Bicentennial Clinical Research Fellow in Haematology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Research focus: myeloma bone disease

Email address: r.andrews@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9209

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Professor

Meena

Balasubramanian

Professor of of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
School of Medicine and Population Health

Genomic Medicine;
Characterisation of zebrafish models for bone fragility and genetic skeletal disorders;
Functional characterisation of rare paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

Email address: m.balasubramanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9008

Professor

Alan

Brennan

Professor of Health Economics and Decision Modelling
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: a.brennan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0684

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Professor

James

Catto

Professor of Urology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Translational application of Molecular Biology to Urological Malignancies

Email address: j.catto@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9002

Dr

Barbara

Ciani

Senior Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Protein self-assembly, design and aggregation, protein interactions with phospholipid membranes, membrane remodelling and mechanisms of cellular membrane repair.

Email address: b.ciani@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9438

Professor

Frederik

Claeyssens

Professor in Polymer Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

polymer materials | Biomaterials | Emulsions | Photocurable biodegradable polymers

Email address: f.claeyssens@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5513

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Professor

Helen

Colley

Professor of Tissue Engineering
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: h.colley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9352

Dr

Mark

Collins

Senior Lecturer in Biological Mass Spectrometry
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Email address: mark.collins@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2303

Katy

Cooper

Senior Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: k.l.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0773

Dr

Timothy D.

Craggs

Senior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Development and application of single-molecule fluorescence techniques to addressing crucial questions across physics, chemistry and the life sciences.

Email address: t.craggs@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9347

Dr

Kate

Fryer

Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: k.fryer@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7726 597377

Professor

Alison

Gartland

Professor of Bone and Cancer Biology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: a.gartland@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9046

Dr

Duncan

Gillespie

Senior Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: duncan.gillespie@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4310

Dr

David Alexander

Gregory

Lecturer
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing | Biomaterials | Sensors/Biosensors | Active colloids

Email address: d.a.gregory@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7562

Dr

Charles

Grellois

Lecturer in Verification
School of Computer Science

Research interests: Mathematics for programming: verification and semantics, Probabilistic programming, Compositional modelling, Machine learning, Trustworthy AI, Linear Logic and Modal Logic.

Email address: C.Grellois@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Jonathan

Griffin

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Histopathology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: jonathan.griffin@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Matt

Hammond

Director of the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: matthew.hammond@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor

Sarah

Harris

Professor of Biological Physics
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Email address: sarah.harris@sheffield.ac.uk

Harry

Hill

Senior Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: harry.hill@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9130

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Dr

Stuart

Hunt

Senior Lecturer in Human Anatomy
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: s.hunt@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9352

Dr

Heba

Ismail

Senior Lecturer in Chronic Disease Biology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Cellular mechanisms driving chronic inflammation and tissue damage in musculoskeletal diseases

Email address: H.Ismail@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2390

Professor

Ali

Khurram

Dean of School of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Health
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: dental.deanpa@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Zeyneb

Kurt

Lecturer in Data Science

My research expertise is in machine learning, computational biology, bioinformatics, and AI. I teach several modules (e.g., databases, programming, AI & ML) in BSc and MSc Data Science courses.

Email address: z.kurt@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Daniel

Lambert

Faculty Director of Research and Innovation
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: d.w.lambert@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor

Zi-Qiang

Lang

Professor of Complex Systems Analysis and Design
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Email address: z.lang@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor

Nicholas

Latimer

Professor of Health Economics
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: n.latimer@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0821

Dr

Michelle

Lawson

School Director of Postgraduate Research
School of Medicine and Population Health

Sheffield Myeloma Research Team

Email address: m.a.lawson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9054

Professor

Haiping

Lu

Professor of Machine Learning
School of Computer Science

Research interests: Multimodal AI: Foundation models, generative AI, domain adaptation, brain and cardiac imaging, and cancer diagnosis and treatment

Email address: h.lu@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Hanya

Mahmood

Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: h.mahmood@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9370

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Olena

Mandrik

Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: o.mandrik@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6392

Sithabiso

Masuku

Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: s.d.masuku@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0671

Dr

Pam

McKinney

Senior Lecturer
School of Information, Journalism and Communication

My core research, teaching and professional activity is information literacy, and how this is practised in education, health and everyday life.

Email address: p.mckinney@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2650

Professor

Craig

Murdoch

Professor in Oral Bioscience
School of Clinical Dentistry

Email address: c.murdoch@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9367

Dr

Graham

Norquay

Lecturer in Magnetic Resonance Physics
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: g.norquay@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9148

Professor

Gwendolen

Reilly

Professor of Musculoskeletal Bioengineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

New Approach methodologies (NAMs) | Orthopaedic Biomaterials | Musculoskeletal tissue engineering, Mechanobiology

Email address: g.reilly@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5986

Dr

Gareth Owain

Richards

Senior Lecturer
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: g.richards@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9216

Professor

Ipsita

Roy

Professor of Biomaterials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Biobased polymers of bacterial origin | Tissue engineering | Sustainable polymers | Medical devices

Email address: i.roy@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5962

Professor

Sue

Sherman

Professor of Psychology - School Director of Education
School of Psychology

Email address: susan.sherman@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr

Karen

Sisley

Senior Lecturer in Rare Cancers
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: k.sisley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9061

Professor

John

Snowden

Professor of Haematology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: john.snowden@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9026

Dr

Daniele

Tartarini

Senior Research Software Engineer
School of Computer Science

Email address: d.tartarini@sheffield.ac.uk

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Chloe

Thomas

Research Fellow
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: c.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0785

Professor

Chris

Toseland

Professor of Cancer Biophysics
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: c.toseland@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9080

Professor

Nick

Turner

Professor in Bioanalytical Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Molecular Imprinting. Molecular Recognition. Protein Function/Manipulation. Biosensors, Trace Analysis.

Email address: n.w.turner@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9371

Professor

Julia A.

Weinstein

Professor of Physical Chemistry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Photochemistry, photophysics, time-resolved spectroscopy, luminescence, light-induced electron transfer in chemical and biological systems, solar energy conversion, ultrafast excited state dynamics.