Principal Investigators

Professor Zubair Ahmed

Professor of Neuroscience
Neuroscience and Ophthalmology Section Lead

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8858
Email: z.ahmed.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Francesca Barone

Reader in Transitional Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3248
Email: f.barone@bham.ac.uk

Mr Antonio Belli

Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 4497/PA - Nadene Bryan 0121 414 3713
Email: a.belli@bham.ac.uk

Professor Christopher Buckley

Honorary Kennedy Professor of Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3240
Email: c.d.buckley@bham.ac.uk

Professor Andy Clark

Deputy Institute Director - Research
Joint Institute Lead for Postgraduate Research
Professor of Inflammation Biology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3244
Email: a.r.clark@bham.ac.uk

Dr Paola de Pablo

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3262
Email: p.depablo@bham.ac.uk

Dr Valentina Di Pietro

Birmingham-Illinois BRIDGE fellow

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7555
Email: v.dipietro@bham.ac.uk

Dr Marie Falahee

Lecturer in Behavioural Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 7891
Email: m.falahee@bham.ac.uk

Dr Andrew Filer

Reader and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3221
Email: a.filer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Benjamin Fisher

Senior lecturer in Clinical Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3201
Email: b.fisher@bham.ac.uk

Dr Daniel Fulton

Birmingham Fellow

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)1214148441
Email: d.fulton@bham.ac.uk

Professor Fang Gao

Professor in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3236/+44 (0)121 371 3218 (PA)
Email: f.gaosmith@bham.ac.uk

Professor Caroline Gordon

Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology
Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Email: p.c.gordon@bham.ac.uk

Dr Paul Harrison

Senior Lecturer

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44(0)121 371 3251
Email: p.harrison.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Jackson

Clinician Scientist in Geriatric Medicine
Visiting Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44(0) 121 371 3264
Email: t.jackson@bham.ac.uk

Dr Simon W Jones

Deputy Institute Director - Teaching
Reader in Musculoskeletal Ageing

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3224
Email: s.w.jones@bham.ac.uk

Professor Janet M Lord

Professor of Cell Biology
Director of the MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3234
Email: j.m.lord@bham.ac.uk

Professor Claudio Mauro

Professorial Research Fellow in Metabolism and Inflammation
Co-Chair of Research Strategy

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 7892
Email: c.mauro@bham.ac.uk

Dr Helen McGettrick

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

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3228
Email: h.m.mcgettrick@bham.ac.uk

Professor Philip Ian Murray

Professor of Ophthalmology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 507 4440
Email: p.i.murray@bham.ac.uk

Dr Zsuzsanna Nagy

Senior Lecturer

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 415 8135
Email: z.nagy@bham.ac.uk

Mr Babu Naidu

Clinical Scientist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3228
Email: b.naidu@bham.ac.uk

Dr Amy Naylor

Senior Research Fellow

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3266
Email: a.naylor@bham.ac.uk

Dr Dhruv Parekh

Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 371 3249
Email: d.parekh@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jaimin Patel

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Email: j.patel.3@bham.ac.uk

Dr Saaeha Rauz

Reader in Translational Ophthalmology
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 554 3801 Ext. 6996 / 6549
Email: s.rauz@bham.ac.uk

Professor Karim Raza

Professor of Rheumatology supported by Versus Arthritis

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 121 3713242
Email: k.raza@bham.ac.uk

Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
Managing Director of NIHR Clinical Research Facility Birmingham (adults CRF)
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 627 2000
Email: e.sapey@bham.ac.uk

Professor Dagmar Scheel-Toellner

Professor of Inflammation Research

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3220
Email: d.scheel@bham.ac.uk

Dr Barney Scholefield

NIHR Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Paediatric Intensivist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Email: b.scholefield@bham.ac.uk

Wing Commander Professor Robert AH Scott

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Consultant Ophthalmologist

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Email: r.a.h.scott@bham.ac.uk

Professor David Thickett

Professor in Respiratory Medicine

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3231
Email: d.thickett@bham.ac.uk

Dr Graham Wallace

Senior Lecturer in Immunity and Infection

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3255
Email: g.r.wallace@bham.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Young

Reader in Experimental Rheumatology

Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

Telephone: +44 (0)121 371 3249
Email: s.p.young@bham.ac.uk