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Network and Specialty Group Contacts

Scotland is home to some of the world’s leading clinical and academic researchers. This section details our Research Champions and Specialty Group leads across key therapy areas. Further information on Networks and Speciality groups can be found in Research Areas.

Ageing
Specialty Lead: Dr Terry Quinn
Email:Terry.Quinn@glasgow.ac.uk
Performance Manager: Jacqueline Pearson
Email: jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot 

Anaesthesia
Specialty Lead: Dr Benjamin Shelley
Email: Benjamin.Shelley@glasgow.ac.uk 
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot

Cancer
Research Champion: Professor Jeff Evans
Email: j.evans@beatson.gla.ac.uk
Network Manager:
West: Karen Bell
Email: Karen.Bell@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
East: Dorothy Boyle
Email: Dorothy.Boyle@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk  
North: Kirsty Shearer
Email: Kirsty.Shearer@nhs.scot

Cardiovascular
Research Champion: Professor Lis Neubeck
Email: L.Neubeck@napier.ac.uk
Network Manager: Mary McAuley
Email: Mary.McAuley@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk

Critical Care
Specialty Lead: Dr Benjamin Shelley
Email: Benjamin.Shelley@glasgow.ac.uk  
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot  

Neuroprogressive and Dementia
Research Champion: Dr Tom Russ
Email: tom.russ@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Network Manager: Emma Law
Email: jacqueline.kerr14@nhs.scot

Dermatology
Specialty Lead: Dr Richard Weller
Email: Richard.Weller@ed.ac.uk  
Performance Manager: Jacqueline Pearson
Email: jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot

Diabetes
Research Champion: Professor Rory McCrimmon
Email: r.mccrimmon@dundee.ac.uk  
Network Manager: Anna Barnett
Email: a.l.z.barnett@dundee.ac.uk

Ear, Nose and Throat
Performance Manager: Jacqueline Pearson
Email: jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot

Gastroenterology
Specialty Lead: Professor Daniel Gaya
Email: Daniel.gaya@ggc.scot.nhs.uk  
Performance Manager: Madeleine Bayne
Email: Madeleine.Bayne@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk 

Genetics
Specialty Lead: Dr Jonathan Berg
Email: j.n.berg@dundee.ac.uk 
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot   

Haematology
Specialty Lead: Vacant
Email:
Performance Manager: Graeme Piper
Email: Graeme.Piper@ggc.scot.nhs.uk  

Hepatology
Specialty Lead: Professor Ewan Forrest
Email: ewan.forrest@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot

Infectious Diseases
Specialty Lead: Dr Charis Marwick 
Email: c.z.marwick@dundee.ac.uk 
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot

Trauma and Emergencies
Specialty Lead: Dr Alasdair Corfield
Email: Alasdair.Corfield@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 
Portfolio Manager: Graeme Piper
Email: Graeme.Piper@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 

Mental Health
Research Champion: Dr Donald MacIntrye
Email: d.macintyre@ed.ac.uk
Network Manager: Catherine Deith
Email: Catherine.Deith@ed.ac.uk 

Metabolic & Endocrine Disorders
Specialty Lead: Dr Paul Newey
Email: p.newey@dundee.ac.uk
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot

Musculoskeletal Disease
Champion Lead, Rheumatology: Dr James Dale
Email: James.Dale@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk 
Champion Lead, Orthopaedics: Dr Nick Clement
Email: Nick.Clement@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Network Manager: Carol Williams
Email: Carol.A.Williams@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Ophthalmology
Specialty Lead: Dr Andrew Tatham
Email: Andrew.Tatham@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Performance Manager: Madeleine Bayne
Email: Madeleine.Bayne@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Oral and Dental Health
Specialty Lead: Professor Jan Clarkson / Dr David Conway
Email: j.e.clarkson@dundee.ac.uk / David.Conway@glasgow.ac.uk 
Performance Manager: Sarah Kennedy
Email: sarah.kennedy17@nhs.scot

Pain
Specialty Lead: Prof Lesley Colvin
Email: l.a.colvin@dundee.ac.uk 
Performance Manager: Jacqueline Pearson
Email: jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot

Paediatrics
Research Champion: Prof Jürgen Schwarze
Email: jurgen.schwarze@ed.ac.uk 
Network Manager: Dr Pamela Dicks
Email: p.dicks@abdn.ac.uk 

Primary Care
Co-Research Champion: Dr Bhautesh Jani
Email: Bhautesh.Jani@glasgow.ac.uk
Co-Research Champion: Prof Frances Mair
Email: Frances.Mair@glasgow.ac.uk 
Network Manager: Dr Ellen Drost
Email: e.m.drost@dundee.ac.uk 

Renal
Specialty Lead: Dr Samira Bell
Email: s.t.bell@dundee.ac.uk
Performance Manager: Graeme Piper
Email: Graeme.Piper@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Reproductive Health
Research Champion: Professor Abha Maheshwari
Email: abha.maheshwari@abdn.ac.uk 
Network Manager: Maria Amezaga
Email: maria.amezaga@nhs.scot

Respiratory
Specialty Lead: Professor Adam Hill
Email: adam.hill@ed.ac.uk
Deputy Lead: Dr Philip Short
Email: Philip.Short@nhs.scot
Performance Manager: Madeleine Bayne
Email: Madeleine.Bayne@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk 

Stroke
Research Champion: Dr William Whiteley
Email: william.whiteley@ed.ac.uk
Network Manager: Claire McFarlane
Email: claire.mcfarlane6@nhs.scot

Surgery
Performance Manager: Madeleine Bayne
Email: Madeleine.Bayne@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk