Our staff

Professor Adam Croft

Professor of Translational Rheumatology
Head of Department for Inflammation and Ageing

Professor Andy Clark

Professor of Inflammation Biology

Sheetal Patel

Head of Operations - School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology

Sabiha Wazir

Operations Manager - School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology

Paul Newby

Technical Manager - School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology

Charlotte Smith

Assistant Technical Manager - Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Rachel Targett

Personal Assistant to the Head of Department

Principal Investigators

Professor Zubair Ahmed

Professor of Neuroscience
Neuroscience and Ophthalmology Section Lead

Professor Antonio Belli

Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery

Dr Hannah Botfield 

Research Fellow

Professor Andy Clark

Professor of Inflammation Biology

Professor Adam Croft

Professor of Translational Rheumatology
Head of Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Dr Paola de Pablo

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology

Dr Valentina Di Pietro

Associate Professor of Neurotrauma

Dr Niharika Duggal

Assistant Professor in Immunity and Ageing

Dr Marie Falahee

Lecturer in Behavioural Rheumatology

Professor Andrew Filer

Professor of Translational Rheumatology

Professor Benjamin Fisher

Professor in Rheumatology

Dr Daniel Fulton

Associate Professor in Glial Biology

Professor Fang Gao

Professor in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain

Dr Paul Harrison

Senior Lecturer

Dr Thomas Jackson

Clinician Scientist in Geriatric Medicine
Visiting Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Professor Simon Jones

Professor in Musculoskeletal Ageing

Professor Janet Lord

Emeritus Professor of Immune Cell Biology

Professor Joao Pedro Magalhaes

Professor of Molecular Biogerontology

Dr Rahul Mahida

MRC Clinician Scientist
Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine

Professor Claudio Mauro

Professor of Metabolism and Inflammation
British Heart Foundation Senior Basic Science Research Fellow

Dr Helen McGettrick

Reader in Inflammation and Vascular Biology
Director of the Integrated PhD in Life Sciences Doctoral Training Programme
Interim Department Head of Research

Professor Philip Ian Murray

Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr Zsuzsanna Nagy

Senior Lecturer

Professor Babu Naidu

Professor of Surgery

Dr Amy Naylor

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Dhruv Parekh

Associate Professor in Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine
Director of NIHR/Wellcome Birmingham Clinical Research Facility
Acute Care Research Theme Lead

Professor Saaeha Rauz

Professor of Translational Ophthalmology
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist

Dr John Reynolds

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology

Dr Jose M Romero Hombrebueno

Associate Professor in Experimental Ophthalmology

Professor Elizabeth Sapey

Director of PIONEER, the Health Data Hub in acute care
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group

Professor Dagmar Scheel-Toellner

Professor of Inflammation Research

Dr Barney Scholefield

Honorary Associate Professor in Paediatric Intensive Care

Dr Aaron Scott

Associate Professor in Respiratory Science
Acute Care Research Deputy Theme Lead

Professor David Thickett

Professor in Respiratory Medicine

Associate Professor Tonny Veenith

Honorary Consultant in Neurocritical care and Critical Care Medicine

Dr Graham Wallace

Senior Lecturer in Immunity and Infection