Meet the team

GW4 BioMed is governed by a team of academics and students across all four GW4 institutions and all three research themes.

  • The board and administrators
  • Academic leads
    • University of Bath
    • University of Bristol
    • Cardiff University
    • University of Exeter
  • Theme leads
    • Cardiometabolic disease
    • Infection, immunity and antimicrobial resistance
    • Neuroscience and mental health
    • Population health sciences
  • Cross-Cutting theme leads

The board & administrators

Director

Professor Emma Kidd

Cardiff University

Chair of the board

To be confirmed

Core training lead

Dr Mohammad Al-Amri

Cardiff University

Centre manager

Erica Lewis

Cardiff University

Administrative officer

Helen Hickson

Cardiff University

Finance officer

Catherine Aymar

Cardiff University

Web and digital officer

Jenna Clark

Cardiff University

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Academic Leads

We have one to two leads per University. Click on the profiles to see their institution biography and read more information on their areas of research.

University of Bath

Dr Kate Button

University of Bath

Dr Julien Licchesi

University of Bath

University of Bristol

Professor Matthew Avison

University of Bristol

Professor David Sheppard

University of Bristol

Cardiff University

Dr David Petrik

Cardiff University

Dr Neil Rodrigues

Cardiff University

University of Exeter

Professor Wendy Noble

University of Exeter

Dr Emma Dempster

University of Exeter

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Theme Leads

Meet the theme leads. There are one to two per theme. Click on the profiles to see their institution biography and read more information on their areas of research.

Infection, Immunity and Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr Peter Cook

University of Exeter

Dr Martin Eichmann

University of Exeter

Neuroscience and Mental Health

Professor Esther Walton

University of Bath

Dr Emma Dempster

University of Exeter

Population Health Sciences

Professor Jon Heron

University of Bristol

Dr Rachel Freathy

University of Exeter

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Cross-cutting theme leads

Data Science lead

Dr Ellis Hannon

University of Exeter

Translation and Innovation lead

To be confirmed

Interdisciplinarity lead

To be confirmed

Reproducibility and Integrity lead

Dr Kate Button

University of Bath

In vivo lead

Dr Svetlana Mastitskaya

University of Bristol

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