College of Life Sciences

Academic and professional staff

Prefix telephone numbers with +44 (0)116 252 (or 223/229 where indicated) when calling from outside of the University.

College leadership team

Name Role Email Telephone Building
Professor Tom Robinson Pro Vice-Chancellor, Head of College and Dean of Medicine tgr2@le.ac.uk 2965 HB
Professor Natalie Armstrong Deputy Head of College na144@le.ac.uk 3197 GDC
Professor Kevin Harris Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs krgh1@le.ac.uk 2965  HB
Dr Ruth Barber Director of Operations rcb6@le.ac.uk 5152 HB
Dr Sarah Glenn Deputy of Operations  smg28@le.ac.uk 2992 HB 
Heather Human  Business Operations Manager
hh335@le.ac.uk  3756 HB
Professor Andrea Cooper Dean of Research amc72@le.ac.uk 7069 MSB
Professor Karl Herbert Dean of Education keh3@le.ac.uk 3435 MSB
Professor Nigel Brunskill College Lead for Clinical Research njb18@le.ac.uk 3062 MSB
Professor Andre Ng Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences gan1@le.ac.uk   GGH
Professor John Challiss Head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology jc36@le.ac.uk 7146 HWB
Professor Jacqui Shaw Head of the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences js39@le.ac.uk 3148  Adrian
Professor Frank Dudbridge Head of the Department of Population Health Sciences frank.dudbridge@le.ac.uk  5474 GDC 
Professor David Cousins Head of the Department of Respiratory Sciences dc282@le.ac.uk
 1555 MSB
Professor Kevin Paterson Head of the School of Psychology and Vision Sciences kbp3@le.ac.uk 7179 GDC
Professor Alison Snape Head of the School of Biological Sciences ams131@le.ac.uk 3435  
Professor David Wright Head of the School of Healthcare djw57@le.ac.uk 5992 GDC
Professor Simon Gay Head of the School of Medicine spg22@le.ac.uk   GDC
David Parker Secretariat to CLT dkp7@le.ac.uk 1598 MSB
Professor Carolyn Tarrant Director of Postgraduate Research carolyn.tarrant@le.ac.uk 3217 GDC
Rebecca Kularatne HR Business Partner rk402@le.ac.uk 3002 HK
Dr Jonathon McDearmid Director of Postgraduate Teaching jrm33@le.ac.uk 3913  
Maxine Chapman Deputy EDI co-lead maxine.v.chapman@lei.ac.uk  
Dr Nina Storey Deputy EDI co-lead nina.storey@le.ac.uk    
Chris Trafford College Management Accountant cdt11@le.ac.uk 2154  

College research leadership team

Name Role Email Telephone Building
Professor Andrea Cooper Dean of Research amc72@le.ac.uk 2957 MSB
Professor James Burton Chair of the NIHR Key Funder Working Group
 jb343@le.ac.uk 3056  
Dr Jatinder Minhas  Associate Dean of Research (Clinical)  jm591@le.ac.uk  3299  
Professor Eamonn Mallon Associate Dean of Research ebm3@le.ac.uk 3488  

Professor Carolyn Tarrant

 Director of Postgraduate Research  carolyn.tarrant@le.ac.uk 3217 GDC
Professor Nigel Brunskill  College Lead for Clinical Research  njb18@le.ac.uk 3062 MSB

College education leadership team

Name Role Email Telephone Building
Professor Karl Herbert Dean of Education keh3@le.ac.uk 3435  
Dr Tessa Webb Deputy Dean of Education tmw3@le.ac.uk 229 7216  
Dr Jonathan McDearmid Director of Postgraduate Teaching jrm33@le.ac.uk 3913  
David Parker Head of Student Programmes Admin dkp7@le.ac.uk 223 1598 MSB

Key College level contacts 

Name Role Email Telephone Building
Rebecca Kularatne HR Business Partner rk402@le.ac.uk 3002 HB
Katie Rawding Senior HR Advisor klp10@le.ac.uk 3872 HB
Bindi Gill Senior HR Advisor bg202@le.ac.uk   HB
Dr Gareth Hall Business Projects Manager gwh9@le.ac.uk 3738 HB
Dr Miranda Johnson AEEP Project Manager mj29@le.ac.uk 3446 HB
Sam Winter College Marketing Manager sw171@le.ac.uk 3613 
Lesley Clissold Operations Manager (NHS Interface) lag10@le.ac.uk 5154 HB
Chris Trafford College Management Accountant cdt11@le.ac.uk 2154 MSB
Jitin Liladhar College IT Manager jkl5@le.ac.uk 3057 MSB
Milly Veselis Technical Services Manager at90@le.ac.uk 223 1400 MSB
Dr Shameq Sayeed Dr of International Partnerships shameq.sayeed@le.ac.uk   GDC
Maxine Chapman College Deputy EDI co-lead maxine.v.chapman@le.ac.uk /td> MSB
Kay Phelps College Deputy EDI co-lead kay.phelps@le.ac.uk    
Dr Georgina Barnett EDI Project Coordinator gb183@le.ac.uk 204 4788 HB
Dr Lyndsay Poore EDI Officer lcp19@le.ac.uk HB

College administration team

Name Role Email Telephone Building
Emma Hoy PA to Head of College eh226@le.ac.uk 2965 HB
Vacant College Administrator and PA to Director of Operations    
Kathy Astbury College Administrator and PA to Dean of Research ka358@le.ac.uk   MSB
Vickie Boulter PA to Dean of Education and Head of School (Biological Sciences) vjb21@le.ac.uk   MSB
Nicole Riley College Administrator (NHS Interface) and PA to Operations Manager (Resources) ncr15@le.ac.uk
 5606 HB
Qais Haji HR Business Partner Assistant  qh47@le.ac.uk   HB

Key facts

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