Meet the Team

The NIHR BioResource national coordinating centre is located in Cambridge, with 18 regional BioResource centres across England. The management group in Cambridge are responsible for day-to-day operations of the NIHR BioResource, delivered by our wonderful team of staff. In addition to core staff, the NIHR BioResource has a Steering Committee and Oversight Board providing strategic direction and governance.

Chief Investigator & Co-Chair

Co-Chair

Director

Governance & Ethics Manager

Business Manager

Head of Samples

Operations Lead

A

John Allison

Samples Data Analyst

Hila Apelbaum

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

B

Matthew Badura

Administrative Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

Stephane Ballereau

Lead Bioinformatician

Alessandra Barreto da Silva

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Simon Betson

Temporary Stores Assistant

Common Diseases

John Boucher

Developer

Carolyn Brechin

Senior Data Manager

Helen Butcher

Research Nurse

C

Senior Business Administrator

Alex Capes

Samples Data Analyst

Daniela Caputo

Senior Research Nurse

Alicia Catling

Communications Coordinator

Christine Chan

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Debbie Clapham-Riley

Senior Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Laura Cocking

Data Team Manager

D

Research Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Stephen Davison

Bioinformatician

Anne-Maree Dean

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Yuchun Ding

Data Scientist

Ian Dixon

Information & Security Coordinator

Systems Developer

Infrastructure & Systems

Nicolas Dupin

IT Service Owner

E

Emily Ellison

Research Laboratory Technician

Rare Diseases BioResource

Lizzie Erwood

Business Systems Coordinator

F

Davide Fernandes Dos Santos

Research Nurse

Rachel Foley

Study Coordinator

D-CYPHR

Anita Furlong

Research Nurse

G

Anne George

Senior Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Sarah Gibbings

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Stefan Gräf

Principal Research Associate

(Chief Analyst)

Barbara Graves

Lead Research Nurse

Jennifer Gray

Senior Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

H

Emma Hales

Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

Amelia Harshfield

Senior Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

Sabine Hein

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Vicky Hills

Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Rare Diseases BioResource

Helena Hornsby

Junior Data Scientist

I

Gillian Ison

Research Support Assistant

Tasmin Ivers

Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

K

Carola Kanz

Clinical Informatician

Bioinformatician

Jyoti Khadake

Senior Data Scientist

Rebecca King

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Samples Coordinator

Eric Kwok Ming Wong

IT Technician

L

Emma Le Gresley

Research Nurse

Andrew Leedham

IT Manager

Rachel Linger

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Silvia Lo

IT Technician

M

Communications Coordinator

Krishnaa Mahbubani

Senior Study Manager

CBMT

Sarah Marsden

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Coleen McJannet

Business Administrator

Sarah Meloy

Research Nurse

Annalisa Milano

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Katie Mills

Research Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Jonathan Mitchell

Administrative Assistant

Common Diseases

Surena Momi

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Lizzie Mordey

Senior Study Coordinator

D-CYPHR

Natasha Morgan

Project Manager

Rare Diseases BioResource

Alexei Moulton

IT Systems Administrator

Fran Muldoon

Senior Study Coordinator

Common Diseases

N

Geraldine Neel

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

O

Nigel Ovington

Sample Informatics Lead

P

Roxana Paraschiv

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recruitment

Sonia Pascoal

Research Laboratory Manager

Rare Diseases BioResource

Laetitia Pele

Research Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Isabel Phelan

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Jonathan Pilgrim

Information & Security Lead

R

Venkatesh Ranganath

Samples Data Analyst

Marc Rossello

Data Scientist Study Support

S

Kalpita Sakharkar

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Ben Sandham

Samples Coordinator

Aisha Sebyatika

Research Nurse

Bolormaa Shagdar

Project Coordinator

Neha Shah

Data Manager

Research Lab Technician

Rare Diseases BioResource

Rasha Shawky

Data Scientist

IBD BioResource

Rachel Silver

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Rachel Simpkins

Study Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Kimberley St John-Green

Senior Data Manager

Amy Stelman

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Sophie Stock

Finance Coordinator

Dominika Sulewska

Team Coordinator

Athira Suresh

Bioinformatician

T

Lucy Theobald

Communications Coordinator

D-CYPHR

Catherine Thorbinson

Study Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Paul Townsend

Clinical Data Specialist

Paul Treadaway

Programme Developer

U

Alvaro Ullrich Devinck

Data Scientist

V

Natalie Valle Guzman

Senior Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

v

Julie von Ziegenweidt

Clinical Data Specialist

W

James Walpole

Administrative Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

Kelly Walsh

PA to Director

Anne Walters

Administrative Assistant

Governance & Ethics

Diana Walters

Administrative Assistant

D-CYPHR

Tom Warburton

Data Manager

Sophie Warden

Data Manager

Marcin Waryszak

LIMS Integration Specialist

CBMT

Jen Webster

Senior Enrolment Coordinator

Volunteer Recruitment

Kenny White

Senior Buyer

Procurement Services

Svetlana Whittaker

Administrative Assistant

Governance & Ethics

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Hannah Williams

Research Studies Recall Manager

Alice Wilson

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Edmond Wood

Communications Manager

Faye Wright

Business Administrator

Michaela Wright

Stores Assistant

Y

Anna Yaroshenko

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment