Our people
The Centre for HealthTech Innovation draws on a community of 150 scientists and clinical academics from across the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Directors
The Clinical and Scientific Directors of the Centre for HealthTech Innovation.
David Jayne
Clinical Director
Professor David Jayne is Bowel Cancer UK and Royal College of Surgeons of England Professor of Surgery at the University of Leeds and Hon. Consultant Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
His clinical interests include robotic and minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer and pelvic floor dysfunction. His research interests include the development of new surgical technologies and devices to improve outcomes in colorectal disease.
Professor Mike Bryant
Scientific Director
Professor Bryant is currently leading interdisciplinary research activity in the area of bio-surfaces and interfaces within the School of Mechanical Engineering. This includes surface chemical effects in energy production, bio-tribology, bio-corrosion, applied biomechanics and methods of mitigation.
His research is concerned with understanding and optimising the interactions occurring at interfaces commonly found in many applications. His research addresses a wide range of applications orthopaedic, cardiovascular and incontinence technologies.
Management board
Ai Lyn Tan, Associate Professor (Consultant); early inflammatory arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis
Deborah Stocken, Professor (Clinical Trials); early phase and late phase clinical trials
Maisoon Al-Jawad, Professor of Biological Physics and Biomineralisation; biomineralisation; biomimetic materials
Rory O'Connor, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine; rehabilitation medicine; restorative rehabilitation technologies
David Brettle, Chief Scientific Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust; medical physics; image processing
Stephen D. Evans, Professor of Molecular and Nanoscale Physics; lipid membranes; microbubbles; drug delivery
Alison Jones, Lecturer in Computational Biomechanics; improvement of surgical devices and interventions for musculoskeletal pain and degeneration
Geoff Hall, Professor of Digital Health and Cancer Medicine; gynaecological cancer; cancer informatics and data analytics
Richard M. Hall, Professor; biomechanics; medical engineering; medical devices; biotribology; spine; hip, pre-clinical testing, surgical oncology, bone metastases.
Simone Wilkes, Research Innovation and Development Manager – Health Technologies; builds partnerships that address unmet clinical needs and attract funding
Early career researchers
Research team members
Kate Absolom, University Academic Fellow; quality of life; patient reported outcome measures (PROMs); cancer
Paolo Actis, University Academic Fellow; single-cell nanosurgery; intracellular biosensing; nanopores
Peter Adams, Associate Professor; biophysics; photosynthesis; light-harvesting proteins
Ali Alazmani, University Academic Fellow; soft materials for sensing and actuation; morphable soft-bodied robotics
Ane Appelt, Associate Professor; radiotherapy; medical physics; clinical oncology
Julie Aspden, University Academic Fellow in Pervasive Transcription; RNA; mRNA translation; ribosomes
Marc Bailey, Associate Professor of Vascular Medicine; abdominal aortic aneurysm; vascular smooth muscle; pre-clinical imaging
David Barton, Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering; automotive braking systems; medical engineering
Al Benson, Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science; computational modelling; cardiac arrhythmias; exercise intolerance
Helen Berry, University Academic Fellow; regenerative medical devices; tissue engineering; decellularised biological scaffolds
John Biglands, Clinical Scientist; quantitative MRI in rheumatoid arthritis
William Bonass, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology; gene structure and expression
David Broadbent, Clinical Scientist; MRI physics
Claire Brockett, Associate Professor; biomechanics; musculoskeletal modelling; tribology
Steven Brookes, Senior Lecturer; oral biology; Amelogenesis Imperfecta
Michael Bryant, Associate Professor; tribology;corrosion; biomaterials
Nigel Bubb, Lecturer in Dental Materials; dental materials; mechanical testing; glass
David Buckley, Professor of Medical Physics; quantitative MRI; tracer kinetic analysis
Richard Bushby, Research Professor (Physics); lipid-stabilised microbubbles as theranostic agents; high-spin polymers
Matteo Castronovo, Lecturer in Biochemistry; DNA and RNA self-assembled nanosystems; biomolecular physics; nanoscience
Samit Chakrabarty, Lecturer; sensory motor neurophysiology; medical technology; closed loop stimulation systems
Thomas Chamberlain, Associate Professor; carbon nanomaterials; electron microscopy; chemistry in confinement
Caroline Chilton, University Academic Fellow; clostridium difficile infection (CDI); antibiotic resistance; intestinal microbiota
Paul Chumas, Consultant Neurosurgeon; paediatric neurosurgery; craniofacial surgery; brain tumours
Louise Coletta, Senior Lecturer; cell biology; cancer research
Fiona Collinson, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant; GI oncology; brain tumours
Michael Colman, University Academic Fellow; human physiology; computational modelling; cardiac arrhythmias
Philip Conaghan, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine; pathogenesis; improving therapies for common arthritides
Gordon Cook, Professor (Clinical); tumour immunology and immunotherapy
Kevin Critchley, Associate Professor; nanoscience; quantum dots; bionanotechnology
Richard Cubbon, University Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist; vascular biology; metabolism; diabetes
Peter Culmer, Associate Professor in Healthcare Technologies; mechatronics systems; robotics; load sensing
Erica Dall-Armellina, Associate Clinical Professor; cardiology; cardiovascular imaging; MRI
Andrew Davies, Lecturer; medical X-ray imaging; image analysis
Francesco Del Galdo, Associate Professor (Consultant); biomarkers; immunopathogenesis of disease; clinical trial design
Mehmet Dogar, Associate Professor; robotics; manipulation planning; motion planning
Lorna Dougan, Professor of Physics; hierarchical biomechanics; extreme biophysics; water and aqueous solutions
Abbas Dehghani-Sanij, Chair in Bio-Mech and Medical Robotics; biomechatronics; biorobotics; assistive technologies
Hazel Fermor, Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine; tissue engineering; decellularised biological scaffolds; self-assembling peptides
John Fisher, Professor of Medical Engineering; joint replacement; biomaterials; regenerative devices
Steve Fitzgerald, Associate Professor; crystal defects; dislocations; elasticity
Steven Freear, Professor of Ultrasonics and Embedded Systems; ultrasonics; embedded systems
Joshua Freeman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow; terahertz technology; high power lasers; semiconductor devices
Peter Giannoudis, Professor (Clinical); immune-inflammatory response; mesenchymal stem cells; bone regeneration
Helen Gleeson, Cavendish Professor of Physics; liquid crystals; photonic materials; devices
John P. Greenwood, Professor of Cardiology; MRI; percutaneous coronary intervention; stable coronary artery disease
Marlous Hall, University Academic Fellow; advanced analytical methodology; epidemiology; cardiovascular survivorship and multimorbidity
Stephen Halpin, Senior Research Fellow and Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine; global rehabilitation; chronic pain and sleep; long COVID
Russell Harris; Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering; manufacturing processes; high value manufacturing
Taj Hassan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine; lead for clinical decision units/observation medicine
Brian Henson, Senior Lecturer in Design and Manufacture; affective engineering; kansei engineering; Rasch measurement theory
Anthony Herbert, Lecturer in Medical and Biological Engineering; tissue biomechanics; bioreactors; scaffolds
Jenny Hewison, Professor of the Psychology of Healthcare; relationships between research methods, evidence and policy making in healthcare
Peter Hillmen, Professor (Clinical); paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH); chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
Raymond Holt, Lecturer in Product Design; rehabilitation technology; mechanics of prehension; inclusive design
Eileen Ingham, Chair of Medical Immunology; acellular biological scaffolds for tissue repair; regeneration in musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems
Louise Jennings, Associate Professor; bioengineering; biomaterials; biotribology
Animesh Jha, Professor; glass and mineral science; optical fibre, bulk and waveguide lasers; amplific device engineering
Zhongmin Jin, Visiting Professor; tissue re-engineering; joint replacement and substitution; functional spinal interventions
Jamie Johnston, University Academic Fellow; neuroscience; sensory processing; vision
Elena Jones, Associate Professor in Stem Cell Biology; mesenchymal stem cells; bone regeneration; cartilage regeneration
Gin Jose, Chair in Functional Materials; ultrafast laser materials processing; photonic glasses; nanomaterials
Nikil Kapur, Professor of Applied Fluid Mechanics; fluid flow; heat transfer; experimental characterisation
Robert Kay, Associate Professor in Advanced Manufacturing; digital fabrication; additive manufacturing; 3D printing
Anne-Maree Keenan, Professor of Applied Health Research; musculoskeletal conditions; foot and lower limb pathologies; osteoarthritis
Martin Levesley, Pro Dean for Student Engineering; dynamics and control; rehabilitation robotics; medical robotics
Andrew Lewington, Consultant Renal Physician and Honorary Associate Professor; AKI; kidney transplants
Sarah Mackie, Associate Professor (Consultant); giant cell arteritis; polymyalgia rheumatica
Ryan Mathew, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon; neurosurgery with brain tumour specialisation
Michael McDermott, Professor of Experimental Rheumatology; autoinflammatory syndromes; cystic fibrosis (CF); biologics in rheumatoid arthritis
Dennis McGonagle, Professor of Investigative Rheumatology; imaging; pathogenic mechanisms of arthritis; tissue microanatomy
James McLaughlan, Associate Professor; diagnostic ultrasound; high intensity focused ultrasound; acoustic cavitation
Marlene Mengoni, Lecturer; non-linear finite element method; computational biomechanics; musculoskeletal tissues
Shona Michael, Clinical Scientist; clinical engineering
Alan Mighell, Senior Lecturer (Consultant) in Oral Medicine; oral medicine; amelogenesis imperfecta; genetics
Paul Millner, Professor in Bionanotechnology; electrochemical biosensors; nanobiosensors, nanocomposites
Louise Murray, Academic Clinical Oncologist; re-irradiation; technical radiotherapy; brain tumours
Faisal Mushtaq, Associate Professor; cognitive neuroscience; psychology; learning
Mamatha Nagaraj, University Academic Fellow; self-assembly, liquid crystals; polymers
Catherine Noakes, Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings; environmental fluid flow problems; indoor air quality
Zhan Huin Ong, University Academic Fellow; nanomedicine; drug and gene delivery; biomaterials
Hemant Pandit, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; osteoarthritis; peri-prosthetic fractures; biomedical engineering
Virginia Pensabene, University Academic Fellow, organs-on-chip; hybrid microfabrication; sensors
Sally A. Peyman, University Academic Fellow; microfluidics; lab on a chip; microbubbles
Helen Philippou, Professor; mechanisms of thrombosis; novel safer antithrombotic therapeutics; drug discovery programmes
Sven Plein, Professor of Cardiology (Clinical); biomedical imaging; MRI; cardiovascular disease
Karen E. Porter, Reader in Cardiovascular Cell Biology; vascular biology; human primary cell culture; cardiovascular complications of diabetes
James Poulter, University Academic Fellow in Molecular Neuroscience; genetics; functional geonomics; neurodevelopment
Nick Preston, Research Fellow; rehabilitation; cerebral palsy; developmental coordination disorder
Mar Pujades Rodriguez, Research Fellow and Senior Clinical Epidemiologist; pharmacoepidemiological studies
Anthony Redmond, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics; biomechanics; imaging; rheumatology; orthopaedics
Robert Richardson, Professor of Robotics; exploration robotics; surgical technologies; prosthetics
Ian Robertson, Centenary Chair in Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits; field robotics; wireless communications; millimetre-waves
Ian Rowe, University Academic Fellow and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist; liver disease; treatment of cirrhosis and HCC
David Russell, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor; diabetic foot disease; wound healing; lower limb revascularisation
Stephen J. Russell, Professor of Textile Materials and Technology; textile engineering; materials and manufacturing; nonwovens technology
Jurgen Schneider, Professor of Biomedical Imaging; MRI, MRS; preclinical imaging
Julian Scott, Professor of Vascular Surgery, abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms; open and endovascular AAA/TAAA repair
Jung-uk Shim, Lecturer in School of Physics and Astronomy; microfluidics; INP; biophysics
Manoj Sivan, Associate Clinical Professor; pain medicine; non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions; rehabilitation technology
Steven Sourbron, Visiting Professor; biomedical imaging; imaging biomarkers; quantitative imaging
Paul Steenson, Senior Lecturer; nanotechnology; semiconductor devices
Todd Stewart, Senior Lecturer; orthopaedics; joint replacement; trauma
Zeike Taylor, Associate Professor; medical simulation; computer-assisted interventions; medical image computing
Alan Tennant, Emeritus Professor Rehabilitation Studies; epidemiology; psychometrics; health services research
John Thomson, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist; paediatric cardiology; interventional cardiology; adult congenital heart disease
Darren Tomlinson; Associate Professor; biomolecular engineering; cancer; cell signalling
Giles Toogood, Consultant of Hepatobiliary Surgery; laparoscopic, hepatobiliary and transplantation surgery; gallstones
Giuseppe Tronci, Associate Professor (Healthcare Materials); degradable polymers; biopolymers; medical devices
Charalampos Tsoumpas, Lecturer in Medical Imaging; tomographic imaging; computational modelling; lung diffusing capacity
Pietro Valdastri, Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; surgical robotics; robotic endoscopy; robotic actuators
Christoph Wälti, Professor of Bionanotechnology; molecular nanotechnology; self-assembly applications; biology and semiconductors
Mi Wang, Professor of Process Tomography and Sensing; CAT scanning; complex process and multiphase flow measurement and imaging
Nicholas Warren, Associate Professor; polymer synthesis; block copolymer self-assembly; biomaterials
Kevin Watterson, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon; cardiac surgery
Ruth Wilcox, Professor of Biomedical Engineering; medical devices and interventions for the musculoskeletal system
Sophie Williams, Associate Professor; medical engineering; orthopaedic engineering
Klaus Witte, University Academic Fellow (Consultant); Vitamin D; heart failure; electronic implantable cardiac devices
Chris Wood, Associate Professor; high-frequency biosensors; cell manipulation technologies; microfluidic systems
David Wood, Professor of Dental Materials; bioceramic; in-vitro testing; tissue engineering
Heiko Wurdak, Lecturer; stem cells; cancer biology; brain tumours
Shane Xie, Chair in Robotics and Autonomous Systems; rehabilitation robotics; exoskeletons and orthotics; robotic mechanisms
Xuebin Yang, Associate Professor; stem cells; tissue engineering; orthopaedics
Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Associate Professor; wearable/pervasive sensing technologies; wearable human motion analysis