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
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