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
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
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
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




