People

Below are the key contacts for the IMS.  To find more information on IMS researchers by name please search the Staff Directory.

Professor David Blackbourn
IMS Director

Dr Donna Maccallum
IMS Education Lead

Professor Iain McEwan
IMS Research Lead

Professor Jonathan Pettitt
IMS Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead

Dr Samantha Miller
Postgraduate Research Coordinator

Lynne Lumsden
Technical Resources Manager

Wendy Pickford
Technical Resources Officer

Denise Tosh
Technical Resources Officer

Karen Slesser
Institute Administration Manager/School Postgraduate Manager

Wendy Henderson
PA to Professor David Blackbourn

Janice Forsyth
Institute Administration Coordinator

Debbie Coutts
Institute Administration Assistant/Receptionist

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Centre Leads		Programme Leads
Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health	Professor Cosimo De Bari	Infection and Immunity	Professor Helen Galley Professor Heather Wilson (interim co-lead)
Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre	Professor Dana Dawson    Professor Mirela Delibegovic	Molecular Medicine	Professor Lynda Erskine            Professor Iain McEwan
Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre	Dr Gordon Waiter	Systems Physiology	Professor Mirela Delibegovic
Centre for Bacteria in Health and Disease	Karen Scott Noha El Sakka Max Baldassarre	Translational Neuroscience	Professor Bettina Platt Professor Gernot Riedel