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Key Staff in Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Davide Calebiro

Head of the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Professor of Molecular Endocrinology

Professor Martin Hewison

Professor of Molecular Endocrinology

Dr Paul A. Foster

Associate Professor in Cancer Endocrinology
Director of Education for the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Chris McCabe

Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Director of Research in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor John Terry

Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow
Director, Centre for Systems Modelling & Quantitative Biomedicine

Dr Gabriela Da Silva Xavier

Associate Professor in Cellular Metabolism
Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Lead for Postgraduate Research in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Daniel A. Tennant

Professor of Biochemistry
Deputy Director of Research in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Dr Caroline Gillett

Assistant Professor in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
Lead for Public Engagement in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Niki Karavitaki

Professor of Endocrinology
Lead for Continuous Professional Development in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Dr Christian Ludwig

Associate Professor in Metabolic Biophysics
Lead for Academic Integrity in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Dr Jonathan W. Mueller

Associate Professor of Endocrine Biochemistry
Department Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Professor Alexandra J. Sinclair

Professor of Neurology, Bloomer Chair of Neurology
Director of the Translational Brain Science Research Group
Director and Chief Investigator for the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Predict Consortia (mTBI Predict)

Dr Wessel Woldman

Emerging Leader Fellow Epilepsy Research UK
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science Deputy Lead for Business Engagement

Donna Wiles

Head of Operations (Interim)

Mrs Amanda Knight

Operations Manager

Principal Investigators

Dr Ildem Akerman

Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Fellow
Associate Professor in Functional Genomics

Dr John Allotey

Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Women’s Health
Lead for Global Engagement in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Davide Calebiro

Head of the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE)

Professor Arri Coomarasamy

Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Director of the Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research
Founding Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Health

Dr Gabriela Da Silva Xavier

Associate Professor in Cellular Metabolism
Lead for Postgraduate Research in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Dr Adam Devall

Associate Professor of Maternal Health Clinical Trials
Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research and WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Health

Dr Rima K. Dhillon-Smith

Clinical Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Co-lead for Women’s Metabolic Health, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

Dr Vivek Dhir

Senior Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology
MPharm Admissions Tutor - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Dr Sarah Dimeloe

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Associate Professor

Dr Anirban Dutta

Associate Professor of Quantitative Biomedicine
Strategy Lead for Industry and Knowledge Exchange at SMQB

Dr Paul A. Foster

Associate Professor in Cancer Endocrinology
Deputy Head for the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science - Education
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science Senior Tutor

Dr Meurig Thomas Gallagher

Assistant Professor
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Research Person Responsible (Centre #0209)

Dr Caroline Gillett

Assistant Professor in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
Lead for Public Engagement in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Dr Rowan Hardy

Associate Professor in Steroid Metabolism and Signalling
Department of Biomedical Sciences Post Graduate Research Lead
Department of Biomedical Sciences Research Themes Lead

Dr Jan Idkowiak

Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Professor Niki Karavitaki

Professor of Endocrinology
Lead for Continuous Professional Development in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Lead for Academic Clinical Training in Endocrinology and Diabetes (University of Birmingham)

Associate Professor in Metabolic Biophysics
Lead for Academic Integrity in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Professor Chris McCabe

Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Theme Lead (Endocrinology) and Deputy Head of Department
Lead for Sustainability for the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science and College of Medicine and Health

Dr Jonathan W. Mueller

Associate Professor of Endocrine Biochemistry
Department Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Dr Cristina L Ronchi

Reader in Endocrine Oncology and Consultant Endocrinologist
President-Elect of ENSAT

Professor Nadia Schoenmakers

Professor of Endocrinology
125th Anniversary Chair

Nadia Schoenmakers is a clinician-scientist who investigates the causes and consequences of a broad range of thyroid disorders. Her research particularly focuses on rare diseases such as congenital hypothyroidism (CH), for which she aims to delineate the genetic basis, and to determine the associated phenotypes. I

Dr Atif Shahzad

Assistant Professor of Medical Technologies
Programme Lead MSc Biomedical Innovation
Theme Lead Medical Sensors and Wearable Technology, SMQB

Dr Vicki E. Smith

Associate Professor in Molecular Endocrinology, BBSRC New Investigator Award Holder

Professor John Terry

Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow
Theme Lead (Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine) and Deputy Head of Department
Director, Centre for Systems Modelling & Quantitative Biomedicine

Dr Benjamin Wakerley

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor
Consultant Neurologist
Director of Birmingham Headache Centre

Dr Wessel Woldman

Emerging Leader Fellow Epilepsy Research UK
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science Deputy Lead for Business Engagement

Associate/Affiliate Principal Investigators

Professor Leigh Breen

Honorary Professor of Translational Muscle Physiology

Professor Leigh Breen is a leading expert in the field of skeletal muscle physiology and metabolism, with an international standing in this field of research. His research has focused on the regulatory mechanisms of human skeletal muscle remodeling, alongside translational in vitro cell approaches. By combining muscle biochemistry with stable isotope tracer techniques and comprehensive in vivo ...

Dr Sarah J Conner

Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Biology

Sarah Conner is a Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Biology and an Honorary Research Scientist at the Birmingham Women’s Fertility Centre.

In addition to her research interests, Sarah is an enthusiastic contributor to and coordinator of Reproduction teaching across a number of undergraduate programmes in the University.

Professor Helen J. Cooper

Professor of Mass Spectrometry
Deputy Head of School
EPSRC Established Career Fellow

Helen is Professor of Mass Spectrometry and EPSRC Established Career Fellow. Her research focuses on the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry for the analysis of biomolecules, particularly peptides and proteins. Current areas of research include liquid extraction surface analysis of biological substrates such as dried blood spots, thin tissue sections and bacterial colonies; ...

Dr Vivek Dhir

Senior Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology
MPharm Admissions Tutor - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Vivek Dhir is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology and has published a number of high impact research papers in scientific journals as well as reviews in the fields of endocrinology, metabolism and genetics. He has received major grants from the Welcome trust and The MRC.

Vivek is keen to talk about his science and gives frequent seminars to various groups at the local, national and ...

Dr Rowan Hardy

Associate Professor in Steroid Metabolism and Signalling
Department of Biomedical Sciences Post Graduate Research Lead
Department of Biomedical Sciences Research Themes Lead

As an Associate Professor in Steroid Metabolism and Signalling I have expanded upon a successful Versus Arthritis Early Career Development fellowship to become a leader in the field of steroid metabolism and inflammation and in vivo models of chronic inflammation. My research group is examining the roles of myeloid and mesenchymal steroid metabolism and signalling in mediating inflammatory ...

Dr Shan He

Senior Lecturer of Computer Science

Dr Shan He is a Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology in the School of Computer Science, at the University of Birmingham. For more information, please see Shan's homepage.

Dr Lisa J Hill

Associate Professor in Translational Neuroscience
Affiliated with the Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Affiliated with the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Associate Professor Lisa Hill is a Translational Neuroscientist within the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Birmingham. She is the Pre-Clinical lead of the Translational Brain Science Research Group and PI/Lead of the Neuro-Ocular Inflammation and Matrix Research Groupwithin Neuroscience, Trauma and Ophthalmology . Completing her PhD at the University of Birmingham in ...

Dr Yu-Chiang Lai

Birmingham Fellow in Molecular Physiology and Biochemistry
Director of Mitochondrial Profiling Centre

Yu-Chiang is a Birmingham Fellow in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and affiliated in the Mitochondrial Profiling Centre (MPC), MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research and the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR).

Yu-Chiang’s group focuses on deciphering the signalling networks that regulate muscle metabolic functions. We ...

Professor Claudio Mauro

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

Professor Mauro trained as biochemist and cellular biologist before starting to approach immunological questions with his own group, motivated by the recent ‘renaissance’ in the interest in metabolism in widespread fields of the basic and clinical science.

Professor Mauro holds a Senior Basic Science Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. He jointly leads a new Marie ...

Professor David Smith

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Professor Smith's interests are microscale biological fluid dynamics, especially in fertility, health and disease. Examples including sperm motiliy, cilia driven flow, mucus layers in lungs and digestive tract, and the fluid mechanics of biopolymers. He works with computational methods for modelling viscous flows, especially boundary integral methods, with applications in medicine and biology.

Professor Peter Tino

Professor of Complex and Adaptive Systems

Peter Tiňo is a Professor of Complex and Adaptive Systems at the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of over 160 research articles in the areas of dynamical systems, machine learning, natural computation and fractal geometry. Peter has been awarded three outstanding Journal Paper of the Year awards and the Head of School's Excellence in Teaching Award.

Professor Gareth Wallis

Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer
Associate Professor (Reader) in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition

Professor Wallis is an Exercise Scientist with major interests in Nutrition and Metabolism. He studies dietary influences on exercise metabolism, with a particular focus on macronutrients and their roles in performance, training adaptation and health.

Dr Ralf Weber

Director of Bioinformatics, Phenome Centre Birmingham (PCB)
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

Ralf Weber is the Director of Bioinformatics for the Phenome Centre Birmingham. His research team’s interests include the development and application of data processing, biostatistics and data mining tools to facilitate biochemical annotation and interpretation of clinical and toxicological metabolomics data. Dr Weber is a member of the Centre for Environmental Research and Justice ...

Dr Martin Whitham

Senior Lecturer in Exercise Metabolism

Dr Martin Whitham is an integrative physiologist primarily interested in endocrinology and tissue cross-talk in the context of exercise. Since physical activity represents a broad and effective preventative treatment for a host of non-communicable diseases, the main focus of his group’s work is to examine the role small vesicles, exosomes and proteins play in inter-tissue signalling during ...

Honorary Staff