Additional staff

Members of Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science:

Professors

Ian Jones Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing and Associate Dean for Research I.D.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk
George Ntaios Visiting Senior Fellow (Stroke Medicine) gntaios@med.uth.gr
Attilio Lotto Professor in Congenital Cardiac Surgery Attilio.Lotto@alderhey.nhs.uk
Martin Enrique O'Flaherty Professor in Public Health and Policy moflaher@liverpool.ac.uk
Anne McArdle Professor in Musculoskeletal Biology mdcr02@liverpool.ac.uk
Yutao Guo Visiting Senior Researcher/Associate dor_guoyt@hotmail.com
Nefyn H Williams Professor in Primary Care Nefyn.williams@liverpool.ac.uk
Joanna Dukes-McEwan Professor in Small Animal Clinical Science (Cardiology) j.dukes-mcewan@liverpool.ac.uk
Keith George Professor and Associate Dean for Research k.george@ljmu.ac.uk
Jatin George Burniston Professor in Muscle Proteomics j.burniston@ljmu.ac.uk
Joanne Blair Professor in Endocrinology jo.blair@alderhey.nhs.uk
Iain Buchan Professor in Public Health and Policy buchan@liverpool.ac.uk
Helen Jones Professor in Sports and Exercise Science h.jones@ljmu.ac.uk
Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers Professor of Health Informatics sarah.rodgers@liverpool.ac.uk
Dick Thijssen Professor in Cardiovascular Physiology and Exercise d.thijssen@ljmu.ac.uk
George Bou-Gharios Professor of Matrix Biology ggharios@liverpool.ac.uk
Yalin Zheng Professor of AI in Healthcare yzheng@liverpool.ac.uk
Reecha Sofat Professor of Clinical Pharmacology rsofat@liverpool.ac.uk
David Oxborough Professor in Echocardiology and Cardiovascular Physiology d.l.oxborough@ljmu.ac.uk
Peter Penson Professor of Pharmacy Practice p.penson@ljmu.ac.uk
Fiona Rowe Professor of Orthoptics rowef@liverpool.ac.uk
Douglas Kell Research Chair in Systems Biology dbk@liverpool.ac.uk  

Readers

Garry McDowell Reader in Clinical Biochemistry g.mcdowell@ljmu.ac.uk
Ingeborg Welters Reader in Intensive Care Medicine I.Welters@liverpool.ac.uk
Gabriela Czanner Reader in Statistics for Healthcare g.czanner@ljmu.ac.uk
Ian Davies Reader in Nutritional Science i.g.davies@ljmu.ac.uk
Greg Irving Reader in Primary Care irvingg@edgehill.ac.uk
David Low Reader in Thermoregulatory Physiology d.a.low@ljmu.ac.uk
Robyn Lotto Reader in Nursing and Allied Health r.r.lotto@ljmu.ac.uk
Grahame Smith Reader in Mental Health g.m.smith@ljmu.ac.uk
Manlio Vinciguerra Reader in Cardiovascular Health m.vinciguerra@ljmu.ac.uk
Kehinde Ross Reader in Molecular and Cellular Biology o.k.ross@ljmu.ac.uk 
Ivan Alberto Olier-Caparroso Reader in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science I.A.OlierCaparroso@ljmu.ac.uk
Sandra Ortega-Martorell Reader in Data Science S.OrtegaMartorell@ljmu.ac.uk
Ellen Dawson Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology e.dawson@ljmu.ac.uk  

Senior Lecturers/ Lecturers

Riaz Akhtar Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering rakhtar@liverpool.ac.uk
Richard Rainbow Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine richard.rainbow@liverpool.ac.uk
Ivo Siekmann Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics i.siekmann@ljmu.ac.uk
Tim Fairbairn  MRC CARP Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer Timothy.Fairbairn@liverpool.ac.uk
Elon Correa Senior Lecturer in Data Science/Mathematical Biology e.s.correa@ljmu.ac.uk
Alistair Fielding Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science a.j.fielding@ljmu.ac.uk 
Eduard Shantsila Senior Lecturer in Primary Care (Cardiovascular) shantsila@liverpool.ac.uk
Victoria Sprung Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Physiology & Exercise Science v.s.sprung@ljmu.ac.uk
Iain Dykes Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology i.m.dykes@ljmu.ac.uk
Parveen Sharma Senior Lecturer in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology PSharma@liverpool.ac.uk
Nordine Helassa Senior Lecturer/British Heart Foundation Fellow nhelassa@liverpool.ac.uk
Katie Lane Senior Lecturer in Nutrition k.e.lane@ljmu.ac.uk
Clare van Miert Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing c.vanmiert@ljmu.ac.uk
Alexander Akinbi Senior Lecturer in Digital Forensics and Cyber Security o.a.akinbi@ljmu.ac.uk
Jill Madine Senior Lecturer in Biology J.Madine@liverpool.ac.uk
Marco Proietti Senior Visiting Fellow Marco.Proietti@liverpool.ac.uk
Laura Jayne Bonnett Lecturer in Biostatistics L.J.Bonnett@liverpool.ac.uk
Rehan Junejo Lecturer in Physiology r.junejo@mmu.ac.uk
Bhuvaneswari Bibleraaj Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Studies biblerab@edgehill.ac.uk
Louise Oni Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Nephrology louise.oni@liverpool.ac.uk
Stephanie Dugdale Lecturer in Health Psychology stephanie.dugdale@lhch.nhs.uk
Theresa Hydes NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Hepatology theresa.hydes@liverpool.ac.uk
Laura Goodfellow NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology laurarg@liverpool.ac.uk
Susan Elliott Lecturer in Cardiovascular Nursing s.j.elliott@ljmu.ac.uk
Rachel Howard Lecturer in Cardiovascular Nursing r.j.howard@ljmu.ac.uk
Saiby Soilomon Senior Lecturer in Advance Practice s.p.solomon@ljmu.ac.uk
Alena Shantsila Lecturer in Cardiovascular Health (Imaging) s.shantsila@liverpool.ac.uk
Benjamin Buckley Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Physiology b.j.buckley@ljmu.ac.uk
Maxime Boidin Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Rehabilitation M.Boidin@mmu.ac.uk 
Peter Angell Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science angellp@hope.ac.uk 
Chun Shing Kwok Senior Lecturer in Health Research  shingkwok@doctors.org.uk
Adjanie Patabendige Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science  Adjanie.Patabendige@edgehill.ac.uk 
Uazman Alam Senior Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes & Endocrinology  

Uazman.alam@liverpool.ac.uk 

Jose Miguel Rivera Lecturer in Atrial Fibrillation jmrivera429@gmail.com
Fatima Perez De Heredia Benedicte Senior Lecturer in Physiology

f.perezdeherediabenedicte@ljmu.ac.uk 

Gahirai Mbizvo NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Neurology  gashirai.mbizvo@liverpool.ac.uk
Azmil Abdul-Rahim Clinical Senior Lecturer & Consultant Stroke Neurologist  

Azmil.Abdul-Rahim@liverpool.ac.uk 

Abi Merriel Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician Liverpool Women’s Hospital 

amerriel@liverpool.ac.uk

Gavin McStay Senior lecturer in Biotechnology  g.p.mcstay@ljmu.ac.uk  
Sally Wright Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy s.wright@ljmu.ac.uk 
Lyndsey McCunnell Senior lecturer in post graduate Nursing  L.D.McCunnell@ljmu.ac.uk  
Michael Cross Senior Lecturer in Pharmcology and Therapeutics m.j.cross@liv.ac.uk  
Pascale Kippelen Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport & Exercise Science

p.kippelen@ljmu.ac.uk

Christine Denby Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice

C.E.Denby@ljmu.ac.uk

Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts Lecturer in Sustainable Materials

anders.aufderhorst-roberts@liverpool.ac.uk 

Susan Camphor Lecturer in Nursing and Advanced Practice

s.m.camphor@ljmu.ac.uk 

Tenure Track Fellows

Sunil Logantha Tenure Track Fellow sunil.logantha@liverpool.ac.uk
Wahbi El-Bouri Tenure Track Fellow (In Silico Medicine) w.el-bouri@liverpool.ac.uk
Stephanie Harrison Tenure Track Fellow Stephanie.Harrison@liverpool.ac.uk
Masoud Isanejad Tenure Track Fellow m.isanejad@liverpool.ac.uk
He Zhao Tenure Track Fellow he.zhao@liverpool.ac.uk 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Nicola Tidbury Postdoctoral Fellow Nicola.Tidbury@lhch.nhs.uk
Matthew Shaw Postdoctoral Fellow matthew.shaw@lhch.nhs.uk
Donato Leo Postdoctoral Research Fellow d.g.leo@liverpool.ac.uk
Oriana Lo Re Postdoctoral Research Fellow oriana.lo-re@liverpool.ac.uk
Yanda Meng Postdoctoral Research Fellow myd@liverpool.ac.uk  

Research Fellows

Kathryn Harvey NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow kathryn.harvey@liverpool.ac.uk
Hani Essa NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow hani_essa@hotmail.com
Julie Park Clinical Research Fellow julie.park3@nhs.net
Jacopo Imberti Research Fellow jacopo.imberti@hotmail.it
Wern Ding Research Fellow dwyew@liverpool.ac.uk
Marco Vitolo Research Fellow marco.vitolo90@gmail.com
Thomas Fitzmaurice Clinical Research Fellow thomas.fitzmaurice@lhch.nhs.uk
Brian Johnston Research Fellow brian.johnston@liverpool.ac.uk
Jose Maria Farinha Research Fellow jfarinha@campus.ul.pt
Alex Henney Honorary Clinical Research Fellow ahenney@liverpool.ac.uk 
Joseph Maxwell Senior Research Fellow J.D.Maxwell@ljmu.ac.uk 
Arnaud Bisson Senior Research Fellow arnaud.bisson@univ-tours.fr
Xinghui Liu Research Fellow Xinghuil@liverpool.ac.uk
Meng Li Research Fellow Meng.Li2@liverpool.ac.uk 
Bi Huang Research Fellow huangbi@liverpool.ac.uk  
Miao Yang Research Fellow Miao.yang@liverpool.ac.uk 
Liu Yang Honorary Research Fellow Yang.Liu2@liverpool.ac.uk  
Rajarshi Mukherjee Finn Senior Research Fellow rishim@liverpool.ac.uk
Keerthana Anand Clinical Research Fellow Kanand@liverpool.ac.uk

PhD and Masters students

Robert Bentley PhD student robert.bentley@liverpool.ac.uk
Elena Ivany PhD Student elena.ivany@liverpool.ac.uk
Priscillia Aggokabo PhD Student o.p.aggokabo@2020.ljmu.ac.uk
Hanadi Aldosari PhD Student h.a.aldosari@liverpool.ac.uk
Ahlam A Abu Elkhair PhD Student a.abu-elkhair@liverpool.ac.uk
Tariq Al Bahhawi PhD Student T.al-bahhawi@liverpool.ac.uk
Josh Preston PhD Student Joshua.Preston@liverpool.ac.uk
Arron Peace PhD Student A.T.Peace@2016.ljmu.ac.uk
Reem Alsharari PhD Student alshararire@gmail.com
Azhar Akhmimi PhD Student Azhar.Akhmimi@liverpool.ac.uk
Konstantinos Prokopidis PhD Student k.prokopidis@liverpool.ac.uk
Katie Williams PhD Student k.a.williams@2023.ljmu.ac.uk
James Yates PhD Student j.yates@2023.ljmu.ac.uk 
Yuankai Wang PhD Student Y.Wang418@liverpool.ac.uk 
Martha Joddrell PhD Student m.joddrell@liverpool.ac.uk 
Rémi Hernandez PhD Student remi.hernandez@liverpool.ac.uk 
William Greenough PhD Student w.greenough@liverpool.ac.uk 
Beyza Altinpinar PhD Student Beyza.Altinpinar@liverpool.ac.uk 
Yang Chen PhD Student Yang.Chen2@liverpool.ac.uk  
Abdulghafoor Alsomali PhD Student alsomali@liverpool.ac.uk  
Giulia Ciarcia PhD Student

g.ciarcia@2023.ljmu.ac.uk 

Akhil Naik PhD Student arianaik@ljmu.ac.uk  
Rhiannon Latham PhD Student R.Latham@2024.ljmu.ac.uk 
Derya Kavuncu PhD Student D.Kavuncu@2023.ljmu.ac.uk 
Sandra Elsheikh MD Student S.Elsheikh2@liverpool.ac.uk 
Sylvia Choi MD Student Sylvia.Choi@liverpool.ac.uk 
Rhiannon Latham PhD Student R.Latham@2024.ljmu.ac.uk 
Sarah Ellison PhD Student s.r.ellison@2021.ljmu.ac.uk 
Olivia Buckingham-Woodhouse MRes Student  o.r.buckingham-woodhouse@liverpool.ac.uk  
Katie Hoad PhD Student k.l.hoad@2020.ljmu.ac.uk 
Charlotte Fitzhugh PhD Student c.fitzhugh@2023.ljmu.ac.uk 
Sneha Mary George PhD Student snehamaryjan9@gmail.com 
Nader Nadryan PhD Student n.nadryan@2024.ljmu.ac.uk 

Associate Members

Rodney Stables Honorary Professor r.stables@liverpool.ac.uk
David Justin Wright Honorary Professor david.wright@lhch.nhs.uk
Amer Harky Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Honorary Research Fellow amer.harky@lhch.nhs.uk
Anirudh Rao NIHR CRN Scholar/Consultant Nephrologist anirudhrao@nhs.net
Joel Giblett NIHR CRN Scholar/Consultant Interventional Cardiologist joel.giblett@lhch.nhs.uk
Thomas Heseltine Consultant Cardiologist t.d.f.heseltine@gmail.com
Aleem Khand Consultant Cardiologist aleem.khand@lhch.nhs.uk
Rajiv Sankaranarayanan NIHR Scholar/Consultant Cardiologist rajiv.sankaranarayanan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Asangaedem Akpan Honorary Professor asangaedem.akpan@liverpool.ac.uk
Kenneth Yiu-Kong Wong Consultant Cardiologist dr.wong@nhs.net
Dhiraj Gupta Honorary Professor dhiraj@liverpool.ac.uk 
Mark Field Honorary Professor Mark.Field@lhch.nhs.uk 
Scott W Murray Honorary Senior Lecturer scott.murray9@nhs.net 
Manuel Ari Sleep and Ventilation Consultant Ari.Manuel@liverpool.ac.uk
Sonya Craig Sleep and Ventilation Consultant Sonya.Craig@liverpool.ac.uk
Bil Kirmani NIHR CRN Scholar/Consultant Cardiac Surgeon bil.kirmani@lhch.nhs.uk
Prathap Kanagala Consultant Cardiologist pkkanagala@googlemail.com
Ian Jarman Head of Data Science Research Centre (LJMU) i.h.jarman@ljmu.ac.uk
Alice McCloskey Pharmacist a.p.mccloskey@ljmu.ac.uk
Hassan Burhan Consultant Respiratory Physician hassan.burhan@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Nicola Morrell-Scott LJMU Programme Manager Pre-Registration Nursing n.e.morrell@ljmu.ac.uk
Archana Rao Consultant Cardiologist archana.rao@lhch.nhs.uk
Mel Roche Public Health Consultant, CHAMPS melanieroche@wirral.gov.uk
Vishal Luther NIHR CRN Scholar/Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist vishal.luther@lhch.nhs.uk
Mark Griffiths Consultant Clinical Psychologistm Professional Lead & Head of Psychology mark.griffiths@lhch.nhs.uk
Matthew Bickerstaff Clinical Research Facility Operational Manager at Alder Hey matthew.bickerstaff@alderhey.nhs.uk
Ned Gilbert-Kawai Critical Care and Anaesthetic Consultant ngilbertkawai@rlbuht.nhs.uk
Richard Webb Senior Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition webbr1@hope.ac.uk
John Hung Consultant in Cardiolody john.hung@lhch.nhs.uk
Barbara Cardoso Locum Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology barbara.cardoso@alderhey.nhs.uk
Sok-Leng Kang Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist sokleng.kang@alderhey.nhs.uk
Martin Walshaw Honorary Professor in Respiratory Medicine martin.walshaw@lhch.nhs.uk
Dilip Nazareth Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer/Respiratory Consultant dilip.nazareth@lhch.nhs.uk
Ilona Littler Specialist Chest Physiotherapist Ilona.Littler@lhch.nhs.uk 
Daniel McLennan Consultant paediatric and adult congenital interventional cardiologist  Daniel.mclennan@alderyhey.nhs.uk 
Ahmed Othman Consultant Cardiac & Aortic Surgeon

Ahmed.Mohammed@lhch.nhs.uk

Gopal Soppa Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

gopal.soppa@lhch.nhs.uk

Ioanna Koniari Locum Cardiologist Consultant and Electrophysiologist  iokoniari@yahoo.gr  
Alben Sigamani Chief Scientific Officer dralbens@numanhealth.com 
Alex Chan Lead Pharmacist – Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory  Alex.chan@lhch.nhs.uk
Maciej Banach Professor of Cardiology Maciej.banach@umed.lodz.pl
Monika Radike Consultant Radiologist Monika.Radike@lhch.nhs.uk 
Christopher Parry GRID Specialist Registrar Christopher.parry1@nhs.net 
Katya Bennett Specialist Registrar in Genomic Medicine Katya.bennett@lwh.nhs.uk  
Laurie Rossiter Respiratory ST6 Registrar Lrossiter90@hotmail.co.uk  
Chukwuma Chukwu Consultant in Nephrology and General Medicine chukwuma.chukwu@rlbuht.nhs.uk 
Saif Huda Consultant Neurologist safe36@liverpool.ac.uk 
Kully Sandhu Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Kully.sandhu@lhch.nhs.uk 

 

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Our people

The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science aims to bring together the very best researchers, clinicians and administrative staff to ensure that we provide the very best quality research.

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Dale Stephens, Centre Manager

Dale has worked at the University of Liverpool for over ten years. Much of this time has been spent in research support roles, with a focus on the financial and administrative processes associated with funding applications. This experience includes; project costing, budget management, liaison with key stakeholders and co-ordinating peer review processes.

At LCCS, Dale’s role is to manage proposals to strategically selected calls and to develop the centres research outputs on a national and global scale.