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

Helena Ahlfors

Head of Research Data and Technology

Governance & Ethics Manager

Business Manager

Operations Lead

Head of Samples

A

John Allison

Samples Data Analyst

Hila Apelbaum

Governance & Quality Assurance Senior Coordinator

B

Matthew Badura

Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

Stephane Ballereau

Lead Bioinformatician

Frances Barton

Study Coordinator

D-CYPHR

John Boucher

Developer

Carolyn Brechin

Data Linkage Specialist

Daniel Brown

Infrastructure Operations Manager

Helen Butcher

Research Nurse

C

Senior Business Administrator

Alex Capes

Samples Data Analyst

Daniela Caputo

Senior Research Nurse

Noemi Carafano

Temp Communications Coordinator

Alicia Catling

Communications Coordinator

Christine Chan

Governance Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Debbie Clapham-Riley

Ethics Manager

Governance & Ethics

Laura Cocking

Data Team Manager

D

Stephen Davison

Bioinformatician

Anna Di Giovannantonio

Administrative Assistant

IBHO

Yuchun Ding

Data Scientist

Zak Duff

IT Technician

Systems Developer

Infrastructure & Systems

Nicolas Dupin

IT Service Owner

Ethan Durkin

Research Lab Technician

Rare Diseases BioResource

F

Sophie Fletcher

Admin Assistant

Common Diseases

Grace Forsythe

Research Lab Technician

Samples

Emily Foster

Admin Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

Millie Fuller

Communications Coordinator

D-CYPHR

Anita Furlong

Research Nurse

G

Louise Gao

Temp Administrative Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

Anne George

Senior Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Sarah Gibbings

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Josh Gillespie

Research Lab Technician

Samples

Barbara Graves

Lead Research Nurse

Jennifer Gray

Senior Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Joanna Griffin

Data Manager

Alex Gwillim

Data Manager

H

Emma Hales

Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

Rachel Haslam

Admin Assistant

IBD BioResource

Sabine Hein

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Vicky Hills

Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Rare Diseases BioResource

Joanna Holland

Temp Administrative Assistant

Samples

Louise Holt

Contracts Manager

Helena Hornsby

Junior Data Scientist

I

Gillian Ison

Research Support Assistant

Tasmin Ivers

Senior Study Coordinator

Common Diseases

J

Magda Jastrzebska-Waryszak

Temp Research Lab Manager

Samples

Sara Joeghan

Governance & Ethics Coordinator

K

Carola Kanz

Clinical Informatician

Bioinformatician

Laura Keylock

Research Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Jyoti Khadake

Senior Data Scientist

Hannah Knight

Clinical Feedback Lead

Eric Kwok Ming Wong

IT Technician

L

Emma Le Gresley

Research Nurse

Jacinta Lee

Project Manager

Samples

Andrew Leedham

IT Manager

Rachel Linger

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Silvia Lo

IT Service Manager

Lydia Lyratzopoulos

Admin Assistant

Common Diseases

M

Communications Coordinator

Nicola Maclean

Senior Data Manager

Sarah Marsden

Study Coordinator

Governance & Ethics

Perceval Maturure

InfoSec Manager

Coleen McJannet

Business Administrator

Sarah Meloy

Research Nurse

Annalisa Milano

Senior Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Katie Mills

Research Volunteer Recruitment Manager

Surena Momi

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Lizzie Mordey

Senior Study Coordinator

Natasha Morgan

Project Manager

Rare Diseases BioResource

Kevin Morrisson

Data Protection & Privacy Manager

Alexei Moulton

Senior IT Infrastructure Lead

Fran Muldoon

Senior Study Coordinator

Common Diseases

N

Geraldine Neel

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Reshma Nibhani

Genetic Analyst

Lilian Nwosu

Project Manager

Rare Disease RNA Phenotyping Project

O

Nigel Ovington

Sample Informatics Lead

Alimat Oyawoye

Research Lab Technician

Rare Diseases BioResource

Serhan Ozdag

IT Technician

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

Scott Prentice

Admin Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

R

Heather Ramsay

Strategic Development & Enterprise Lead

Venkatesh Ranganath

Samples Data Analyst

Maya Raphael

PPIE Senior Coordinator

Paul Roberts

Senior Study Coordinator

Recruitment & Recall

Shayna Rodriguez

PPIE Senior Coordinator

Marc Rossello

Data Scientist Study Support

S

Kalpita Sakharkar

Study Coordinator

Volunteer Recall

Ben Sandham

Samples Coordinator

Daniel Sargant

Business Administrator

Ingrid Scholtes

Research Nurse

Naima Siddiqui

Admin Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource

Rachel Simpkins

Study Coordinator

IBD BioResource

Kimberley St John-Green

Senior Data Manager

Kathryn Stevenson

Lab Technician

Samples

Sophie Stock

Finance Coordinator

Simon Suddaby

Genomics Bioinformatician

T

Ellie Terry

Temp Purchasing Assistant

Lucy Theobald

Communications Coordinator

Paul Townsend

Clinical Data Specialist

Paul Treadaway

Programme Developer

Ugur Tuna

Data Scientist

U

Alvaro Ullrich Devinck

Data Scientist

V

Natalie Valle Guzman

Senior Study Coordinator

Rare Diseases BioResource

B Varner

Senior Data Manager

W

James Walker

Temp Safe Data Environment Manager

James Walpole

Study Coordinator

D-CYPHR

Kelly Walsh

PA to Director

Anne Walters

Administrative Assistant

Governance & Ethics

Diana Walters

Administrative Assistant

Tom Warburton

Business Data Analyst

Sophie Warden

Senior Data Manager

Jen Webster

Senior Enrolment Coordinator

Volunteer Recruitment

Svetlana Whittaker

Administrative Assistant

Governance & Ethics

Hannah Williams

Research Studies Recall Manager

Alice Wilson

Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Recruitment

Edmond Wood

Communications Manager

Michaela Wright

Stores Assistant

Y

Umran Yaman

Genomics Bioinformatician

Anna Yaroshenko

Administrative Assistant

Rare Diseases BioResource