Our team
Find out more about our cross disciplinary LCCS team, representing expertise from across our partner organisations.
Professors
| Name | Position | |
| Ian Jones | Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing and Associate Dean for Research | I.D.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk |
| George Ntaios | Visiting Senior Fellow (Stroke Medicine) | gntaios@med.uth.gr |
| Attilio Lotto | Professor in Congenital Cardiac Surgery | Attilio.Lotto@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| Martin Enrique O'Flaherty | Professor in Public Health and Policy | moflaher@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Anne McArdle | Professor in Musculoskeletal Biology | mdcr02@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Yutao Guo | Visiting Senior Researcher/Associate | dor_guoyt@hotmail.com |
| Nefyn H Williams | Professor in Primary Care | Nefyn.williams@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Joanna Dukes-McEwan | Professor in Small Animal Clinical Science (Cardiology) | j.dukes-mcewan@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Keith George | Professor and Associate Dean for Research | k.george@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Jatin George Burniston | Professor in Muscle Proteomics | j.burniston@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Joanne Blair | Professor in Endocrinology | jo.blair@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| Iain Buchan | Professor in Public Health and Policy | buchan@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Helen Jones | Professor in Sports and Exercise Science | h.jones@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers | Professor of Health Informatics | sarah.rodgers@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Dick Thijssen | Professor in Cardiovascular Physiology and Exercise | d.thijssen@ljmu.ac.uk |
| George Bou-Gharios | Professor of Matrix Biology | ggharios@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Yalin Zheng | Professor of AI in Healthcare | yzheng@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Reecha Sofat | Professor of Clinical Pharmacology | rsofat@liverpool.ac.uk |
| David Oxborough | Professor in Echocardiology and Cardiovascular Physiology | d.l.oxborough@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Peter Penson | Professor of Pharmacy Practice | p.penson@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Fiona Rowe | Professor of Orthoptics | rowef@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Douglas Kell | Research Chair in Systems Biology | dbk@liverpool.ac.uk |
Readers
| Name | Position | |
| Garry McDowell | Reader in Clinical Biochemistry | g.mcdowell@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Ingeborg Welters | Reader in Intensive Care Medicine | I.Welters@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Gabriela Czanner | Reader in Statistics for Healthcare | g.czanner@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Ian Davies | Reader in Nutritional Science | i.g.davies@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Greg Irving | Reader in Primary Care | irvingg@edgehill.ac.uk |
| David Low | Reader in Thermoregulatory Physiology | d.a.low@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Robyn Lotto | Reader in Nursing and Allied Health | r.r.lotto@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Grahame Smith | Reader in Mental Health | g.m.smith@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Manlio Vinciguerra | Reader in Cardiovascular Health | m.vinciguerra@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Kehinde Ross | Reader in Molecular and Cellular Biology | o.k.ross@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Ivan Alberto Olier-Caparroso | Reader in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | I.A.OlierCaparroso@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sandra Ortega-Martorell | Reader in Data Science | S.OrtegaMartorell@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Ellen Dawson | Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology | e.dawson@ljmu.ac.uk |
Senior lecturers and lecturers
| Name | Position | |
| Riaz Akhtar | Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering | rakhtar@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Richard Rainbow | Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine | richard.rainbow@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Ivo Siekmann | Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics | i.siekmann@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Tim Fairbairn | MRC CARP Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer | Timothy.Fairbairn@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Elon Correa | Senior Lecturer in Data Science/Mathematical Biology | e.s.correa@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Alistair Fielding | Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science | a.j.fielding@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Eduard Shantsila | Senior Lecturer in Primary Care (Cardiovascular) | shantsila@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Victoria Sprung | Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Physiology & Exercise Science | v.s.sprung@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Iain Dykes | Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology | i.m.dykes@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Parveen Sharma | Senior Lecturer in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology | PSharma@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Nordine Helassa | Senior Lecturer/British Heart Foundation Fellow | nhelassa@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Katie Lane | Senior Lecturer in Nutrition | k.e.lane@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Clare van Miert | Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing | c.vanmiert@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Alexander Akinbi | Senior Lecturer in Digital Forensics and Cyber Security | o.a.akinbi@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Jill Madine | Senior Lecturer in Biology | J.Madine@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Marco Proietti | Senior Visiting Fellow | Marco.Proietti@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Laura Jayne Bonnett | Lecturer in Biostatistics | L.J.Bonnett@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Rehan Junejo | Lecturer in Physiology | r.junejo@mmu.ac.uk |
| Bhuvaneswari Bibleraaj | Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Studies | biblerab@edgehill.ac.uk |
| Louise Oni | Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Nephrology | louise.oni@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Stephanie Dugdale | Lecturer in Health Psychology | stephanie.dugdale@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Theresa Hydes | NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Hepatology | theresa.hydes@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Laura Goodfellow | NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology | laurarg@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Susan Elliott | Lecturer in Cardiovascular Nursing | s.j.elliott@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Rachel Howard | Lecturer in Cardiovascular Nursing | r.j.howard@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Saiby Soilomon | Senior Lecturer in Advance Practice | s.p.solomon@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Alena Shantsila | Lecturer in Cardiovascular Health (Imaging) | s.shantsila@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Benjamin Buckley | Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Physiology | b.j.buckley@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Maxime Boidin | Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Rehabilitation | M.Boidin@mmu.ac.uk |
| Peter Angell | Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science | angellp@hope.ac.uk |
| Chun Shing Kwok | Senior Lecturer in Health Research | shingkwok@doctors.org.uk |
| Adjanie Patabendige | Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science | Adjanie.Patabendige@edgehill.ac.uk |
| Uazman Alam | Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes & Endocrinology | |
| Jose Miguel Rivera | Lecturer in Atrial Fibrillation | jmrivera429@gmail.com |
| Fatima Perez De Heredia Benedicte | Senior Lecturer in Physiology | |
| Gahirai Mbizvo | NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Neurology | gashirai.mbizvo@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Azmil Abdul-Rahim | Clinical Senior Lecturer & Consultant Stroke Neurologist | |
| Abi Merriel | Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician Liverpool Women’s Hospital | |
| Gavin McStay | Senior lecturer in Biotechnology | g.p.mcstay@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sally Wright | Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy | s.wright@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Lyndsey McCunnell | Senior lecturer in post graduate Nursing | L.D.McCunnell@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Michael Cross | Senior Lecturer in Pharmcology and Therapeutics | m.j.cross@liv.ac.uk |
| Pascale Kippelen | Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport & Exercise Science | |
| Christine Denby | Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice | |
| Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts | Lecturer in Sustainable Materials | |
| Susan Camphor | Lecturer in Nursing and Advanced Practice |
Tenure Track Fellows
| Name | Position | |
| Sunil Logantha | Tenure Track Fellow | sunil.logantha@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Wahbi El-Bouri | Tenure Track Fellow (In Silico Medicine) | w.el-bouri@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Stephanie Harrison | Tenure Track Fellow | Stephanie.Harrison@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Masoud Isanejad | Tenure Track Fellow | m.isanejad@liverpool.ac.uk |
| He Zhao | Tenure Track Fellow | he.zhao@liverpool.ac.uk |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Name | Position | |
| Nicola Tidbury | Postdoctoral Fellow | Nicola.Tidbury@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Matthew Shaw | Postdoctoral Fellow | matthew.shaw@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Donato Leo | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | d.g.leo@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Oriana Lo Re | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | oriana.lo-re@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Yanda Meng | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | myd@liverpool.ac.uk |
Research Fellows
| Name | Position | |
| Kathryn Harvey | NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow | kathryn.harvey@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Hani Essa | NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow | hani_essa@hotmail.com |
| Julie Park | Clinical Research Fellow | julie.park3@nhs.net |
| Jacopo Imberti | Research Fellow | jacopo.imberti@hotmail.it |
| Wern Ding | Research Fellow | dwyew@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Marco Vitolo | Research Fellow | marco.vitolo90@gmail.com |
| Thomas Fitzmaurice | Clinical Research Fellow | thomas.fitzmaurice@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Brian Johnston | Research Fellow | brian.johnston@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Jose Maria Farinha | Research Fellow | jfarinha@campus.ul.pt |
| Alex Henney | Honorary Clinical Research Fellow | ahenney@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Joseph Maxwell | Senior Research Fellow | J.D.Maxwell@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Arnaud Bisson | Senior Research Fellow | arnaud.bisson@univ-tours.fr |
| Xinghui Liu | Research Fellow | Xinghuil@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Meng Li | Research Fellow | Meng.Li2@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Bi Huang | Research Fellow | huangbi@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Miao Yang | Research Fellow | Miao.yang@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Liu Yang | Honorary Research Fellow | Yang.Liu2@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Rajarshi Mukherjee | Finn Senior Research Fellow | rishim@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Keerthana Anand | Clinical Research Fellow | Kanand@liverpool.ac.uk |
PhD and master's students
| Name | Position | |
| Robert Bentley | PhD student | robert.bentley@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Elena Ivany | PhD Student | elena.ivany@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Priscillia Aggokabo | PhD Student | o.p.aggokabo@2020.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Hanadi Aldosari | PhD Student | h.a.aldosari@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Ahlam A Abu Elkhair | PhD Student | a.abu-elkhair@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Tariq Al Bahhawi | PhD Student | T.al-bahhawi@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Josh Preston | PhD Student | Joshua.Preston@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Arron Peace | PhD Student | A.T.Peace@2016.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Reem Alsharari | PhD Student | alshararire@gmail.com |
| Azhar Akhmimi | PhD Student | Azhar.Akhmimi@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Konstantinos Prokopidis | PhD Student | k.prokopidis@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Katie Williams | PhD Student | k.a.williams@2023.ljmu.ac.uk |
| James Yates | PhD Student | j.yates@2023.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Yuankai Wang | PhD Student | Y.Wang418@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Martha Joddrell | PhD Student | m.joddrell@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Rémi Hernandez | PhD Student | remi.hernandez@liverpool.ac.uk |
| William Greenough | PhD Student | w.greenough@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Beyza Altinpinar | PhD Student | Beyza.Altinpinar@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Yang Chen | PhD Student | Yang.Chen2@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Abdulghafoor Alsomali | PhD Student | alsomali@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Giulia Ciarcia | PhD Student | |
| Akhil Naik | PhD Student | arianaik@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Rhiannon Latham | PhD Student | R.Latham@2024.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Derya Kavuncu | PhD Student | D.Kavuncu@2023.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sandra Elsheikh | MD Student | S.Elsheikh2@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Sylvia Choi | MD Student | Sylvia.Choi@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Rhiannon Latham | PhD Student | R.Latham@2024.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sarah Ellison | PhD Student | s.r.ellison@2021.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Olivia Buckingham-Woodhouse | MRes Student | o.r.buckingham-woodhouse@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Katie Hoad | PhD Student | k.l.hoad@2020.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Charlotte Fitzhugh | PhD Student | c.fitzhugh@2023.ljmu.ac.uk |
| Sneha Mary George | PhD Student | snehamaryjan9@gmail.com |
| Nader Nadryan | PhD Student | n.nadryan@2024.ljmu.ac.uk |
Associate members
| Name | Position | |
| Rodney Stables | Honorary Professor | r.stables@liverpool.ac.uk |
| David Justin Wright | Honorary Professor | david.wright@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Amer Harky | Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Honorary Research Fellow | amer.harky@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Anirudh Rao | NIHR CRN Scholar / Consultant Nephrologist | anirudhrao@nhs.net |
| Joel Giblett | NIHR CRN Scholar/Consultant Interventional Cardiologist | joel.giblett@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Thomas Heseltine | Consultant Cardiologist | t.d.f.heseltine@gmail.com |
| Aleem Khand | Consultant Cardiologist | aleem.khand@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Rajiv Sankaranarayanan | NIHR Scholar / Consultant Cardiologist | rajiv.sankaranarayanan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk |
| Asangaedem Akpan | Honorary Professor | asangaedem.akpan@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Kenneth Yiu-Kong Wong | Consultant Cardiologist | dr.wong@nhs.net |
| Dhiraj Gupta | Honorary Professor | dhiraj@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Mark Field | Honorary Professor | Mark.Field@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Scott W Murray | Honorary Senior Lecturer | scott.murray9@nhs.net |
| Manuel Ari | Sleep and Ventilation Consultant | Ari.Manuel@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Sonya Craig | Sleep and Ventilation Consultant | Sonya.Craig@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Bil Kirmani | NIHR CRN Scholar / Consultant Cardiac Surgeon | bil.kirmani@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Prathap Kanagala | Consultant Cardiologist | pkkanagala@googlemail.com |
| Ian Jarman | Head of Data Science Research Centre (LJMU) | i.h.jarman@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Alice McCloskey | Pharmacist | a.p.mccloskey@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Hassan Burhan | Consultant Respiratory Physician | hassan.burhan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk |
| Nicola Morrell-Scott | LJMU Programme Manager Pre-Registration Nursing | n.e.morrell@ljmu.ac.uk |
| Archana Rao | Consultant Cardiologist | archana.rao@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Mel Roche | Public Health Consultant, CHAMPS | melanieroche@wirral.gov.uk |
| Vishal Luther | NIHR CRN Scholar / Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist | vishal.luther@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Mark Griffiths | Consultant Clinical Psychologist Professional Lead & Head of Psychology | mark.griffiths@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Matthew Bickerstaff | Clinical Research Facility Operational Manager at Alder Hey | matthew.bickerstaff@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| Ned Gilbert-Kawai | Critical Care and Anaesthetic Consultant | ngilbertkawai@rlbuht.nhs.uk |
| Richard Webb | Senior Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition | webbr1@hope.ac.uk |
| John Hung | Consultant in Cardiology | john.hung@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Barbara Cardoso | Locum Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology | barbara.cardoso@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| Sok-Leng Kang | Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist | sokleng.kang@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| Martin Walshaw | Honorary Professor in Respiratory Medicine | martin.walshaw@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Dilip Nazareth | Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer/Respiratory Consultant | dilip.nazareth@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Ilona Littler | Specialist Chest Physiotherapist | Ilona.Littler@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Daniel McLennan | Consultant paediatric and adult congenital interventional cardiologist | Daniel.mclennan@alderyhey.nhs.uk |
| Ahmed Othman | Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon | |
| Gopal Soppa | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon | |
| Ioanna Koniari | Locum Cardiologist Consultant and Electrophysiologist | iokoniari@yahoo.gr |
| Alben Sigamani | Chief Scientific Officer | dralbens@numanhealth.com |
| Alex Chan | Lead Pharmacist – Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory | Alex.chan@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Maciej Banach | Professor of Cardiology | Maciej.banach@umed.lodz.pl |
| Monika Radike | Consultant Radiologist | Monika.Radike@lhch.nhs.uk |
| Christopher Parry | GRID Specialist Registrar | Christopher.parry1@nhs.net |
| Katya Bennett | Specialist Registrar in Genomic Medicine | Katya.bennett@lwh.nhs.uk |
| Laurie Rossiter | Respiratory ST6 Registrar | Lrossiter90@hotmail.co.uk |
| Chukwuma Chukwu | Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine | chukwuma.chukwu@rlbuht.nhs.uk |
| Saif Huda | Consultant Neurologist | safe36@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Kully Sandhu | Consultant Interventional Cardiologist | Kully.sandhu@lhch.nhs.uk |