Current People in the Lab
PhD/M Phil students:
- Stanley Otoboh (2019-2024)
- Brian Omondi (2021-2025)
- Nouhoum Diallo (2022-2024)
- Jessie Jungels (2023-2027)
Former Lab Members:
Former Postdocs/clinical fellows
- Dr Henrietta Mensah-Brown (2019-2020). Henrietta was a TIBA postdoctoral fellow from the University of Ghana, and is now working at the NIH, USA.
- Dr Hussein Abkallo (2016-2018). Hussein went on to work at ILRI in Nairobi, Kenya. Twitter/X @abkallo
- Dr Fiona McQuaid (2015-2019) was an ECAT fellow and is now an academic paediatrician.
- Dr Olivia Swann (2013- 2019) Was an ECAT fellow and is now a SCREDS clinical lecturer in paediatrics
- Dr Ash Ghumra (2008-2015). Ash went on to work in the Biotech sector.
- Dr Gabriella Lindergard (2010-2013). Gabbi went on to do clinical research at the University of Manchester, UK.
- Dr Yvonne Adams (2010-2013). Yvonne went on to become an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Dr Monica Arman (2006-2011). Monica went on to become a Lecturer at the Hull-York Medical School, UK. Monica died in 2022, a talented scientist and lovely human being, gone too soon.
- Dr Clare Fennell (2008-2010). Clare went on to become a consultant on ethical food production and green issues in Scotland. Twitter @clare_fennell
- Dr Jean-Philippe Semblat (2002-2007). Jean-Philippe went on to become a research scientist at Inserm in France
Former PhD and Masters students
- Dr Florence Mclean (2017-2021) went on to do postdoctoral work in Oxford and train in academic medicine.
- Dr Molly Carlier (2019-2023) went on to become a teaching fellow at the University of Aberdeen
- Ms Caitlin Jones (2019, MSc by Research) Caitlin went on to do a PhD in China.
- Dr Sumeyye Erdemci (2018-2019, MSc by Research) went on to do a PhD in Germany.
- Dr Kathryn Milne (2014-2018, PhD) Kathryn went on to work in the biotech sector in Scotland.
- Dr Yvonne Azasi (2012-2017, PhD) Yvonne went on to do postdoctoral work with Dr Louis Miller at the National Institutes of Health, USA and then to the IMM at the University of Lisbon in Portugal.
- Dr Jennifer Agyekum (2011-2014, M Phil) (co-supervised with Dr Joanne Thompson, UoE) went on to work at the Noguchi Medical Research Institute, Ghana.
- Dr Carolyne Kifude (2010-2014, PhD) Carol went on to become a senior research scientist at the KEMRI-Walter Reed Project in Kisumu, Kenya and Washington DC.
- Dr Herbert Opi (2009-2013, PhD) Herbert went on to become a postdoctoral fellow with Prof James Beeson at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia.
- Dr Patience Tetteh-Quarco (2007-2011, PhD). Patience went on to become an Associate Professor in Microbiology at the University of Ghana.
- Dr Antoine Claessens (2006-2010, PhD). Antoine went on to do postdoctoral work at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK, then won a fellowship to start his own group at the MRC Unit, the Gambia/LSHTM, and is now a group leader at CNRS, Montpellier, France
- Dr Ruth Corrigan (2005-2009, PhD). Ruth went on to study medicine at the University of Oxford, UK and is now an Infectious Diseases consultant.
- Dr Helen Kyriacou (2004-2007, PhD). Helen went on to become high school biology teacher in Yorkshire, UK.
- Dr Anne-Marie Deans (2002-2006, PhD). Anne-Marie went on to become a consultant in the Biotech industry, working on vaccine development with Crucell in Switzerland.
- Dr Ian Cockburn (2000-2004, PhD). Ian went on to do postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins University, USA and is now a Professor at the ANU, Canberra, Australia.
Former Lab managers and Research assistants
- Mr Ahmed Raza (1998-2015). Ahmed retired in 2015 and is living a well-earned life of luxury and relaxation!
- Ms Martha Cooper (2014-2015). Martha went on to do a PhD at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. Twitter @mrthmaria
- Ms Claire Sweenie (2008-2012). Claire went on to work for the NHS.
- Ms Frances Ibison (2007-2008). Fran went on to study medicine at the University of Birmingham.
Former undergraduate students
- Ms Megan Cole (2015-2016) (University of Cardiff professional training year)
- University of Edinburgh Honours students and summer students: Edvardas Eigminas, Ben Morrison, Dominic Thompson, Cameron Sutherland, Mun-Lee (Brian) Kit, Eden Taylor, Anna Dighero, Rory White, Emily Bollom, Clara Vergez, Alexandros Constantinou, Robert Donat, Martha Cooper, Rachael Crockett, Allegra Dowding, Madeleine Tse-Lawrence, Iain Cunningham, Caitlin Buchan, Victoria Wood, Owen McGucken, Nicola Fargus, Tim Lush, Aidan Broyd, Katie Steen, Marta Tapia, Devanshi Jain, Dannie Carpenter.
Current collaborators in Edinburgh include:
- Dr Phil Spence and Dr Wiebke Nahrendorf
Current collaborators outside Edinburgh include:
- Professor Tom Williams and Professor Kathryn Maitland, Imperial College, UK and KEMRI-Wellcome Laboratories, Kilifi, Kenya
- Dr Peter Olupot-Olupot, Mbale Hospital, Uganda
- Dr Mark Travassos, University of Maryland
- Professor Stephen Rogerson, University of Melbourne
