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PEOPLE Core Academics

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Dr Al Benson	Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science	Computational Modelling Cardiac Arrhythmias Exercise Intolerance.
	Dr Michael Bryant	Associate Professor	Tribology - Corrosion Biomaterials - Surface Engineering Biomedical Devices
	Dr Michael Colman	University Academic Fellow	Computational Modelling Cardiac Arrhythmias Multi-scale Analysis Non-invasive Diagnostics Cellular and Organ Biology
	Dr Andrew Davies	Lecturer	Cardiovascular Imaging Design of X-ray dose control systems
	Prof. Mehmet Dogar	Associate Professor	Robotics Manipulation Planning Motion Planning - Grasping
	Prof. Alejandro Frangi	Diamond jubilee Chair RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies	Computational Medicine Image-based Biomechanics Machine Learning - Deep Learning Big Health Data Analytics
	Prof. Steven Freear	Professor of Ultrasonics and Embedded Systems	Ultrasonics Embedded Systems
	Dr Ali Gooya	Lecturer in Computer Science	Deep Learning - Machine Learning Probabilistic Graphical Models Medical Image Computing Population Imaging - Shape Analysis
	Prof. Richard M. Hall	Associate Professor	Biomechanics Medical Engineering Medical Devices Biotribology Spine and Hip
	Prof. David Hogg	Professor of Artificial Intelligence	Computer Vision Machine Learning
	Dr Toni Lassila	Lecturer	Scientific Computing - Numerical Algorithms Computational Fluid Dynamics Finite Element Methods Reduced Order Models Uncertainty Quantification Cardiovascular Modelling
	Dr Derek Magee	Lecturer in Computing	Medical Image Computing Machine Learning Digital Pathology Image Analysis
	Dr. Nishant Ravikumar	Lecturer in Computer Science	Machine Learning Computational Medicine
	Dr Samuel Relton	Senior Research Fellow	Health Data Science Electronic Healthcare Records Applied Health Research Prognostic Models Machine Learning Parallel Computing - Linear Algebra Numerical Analysis
	Prof. Jurgen E Schneider	Professor	Cardiac Magnetic Resonance -Imaging (MRI) Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Diffusion MRI Preclinical Imaging
	Dr Zeike Taylor	Associate Professor	Medical Simulation Computer-Assisted Interventions Medical Image Computing Surgical Simulation Computational Biomechanics
	Dr Irvin Teh	Senior Research Fellow	Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI - Heart - Cardiac - Diffusion Microstructure - Tissue Characterisation Pathology
	Prof. Pietro Valdastri	Chair in Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Surgical Robotics - Robotic Endoscopy Robotic Actuators - Magnetic Manipulation Medical Capsule Robots Small Scale Design and Manufacturing Medical Robotics
	Dr Seppo Virtanen	Lecturer in Statistics	Bayesian Statistics - Data Science Factor Models - Latent Variable Models Learning from Multiple Data Sources Spatio-Temporal Methods - Topic Modelling
	Prof. He Wang	Associate Professor	Machine-Deep Learning Human Motion-Crowd Simulation Analysis Human Activity Recognition Robotics Medical Diagnostics-Molecular Dynamics Atmosphere Modelling
	Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang	Associate Professor	Body Sensor Network - Embedded Systems Wearable Sensing Statistic Signal Processing Sensor Fusion - Bio-Mechanics Machine Learning - Big Data Gait Analysis - Rehabilitation

PEOPLE Core Clinicians

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Dr Dan Blackman	Consultant Interventional Cardiologist	Valvular Heart Disease Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Transcatheter Mitral Valve Intervention Percutaneos Coronary Intervention (PCI) Ischaemic Heart Disease
	Dr Paul Chumas	Consultant Neurosurgeon	Consultant Neurosurgeon Pediatrics - Neuro-Oncology Hydrocephalus and Craniofacial Surgery
	Dr Erica Dall'Armellina	Senior Lecturer	Cardiology - Cardiovascular Imaging Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
	Prof. John P Greenwood	Professor (Cardiology)	Clinical Applications of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Stable Coronary Artery Disease Acute Coronary Syndromes Myocardial infarction - Primary PCI
	Prof. David Jayne	Professor of Surgery	General Surgery with Coloproctology Subspecialisation Robotic & Minimally Invasive Surgery Gastrointestinal Oncology Global Surgery
	Dr Eylem Levelt	Clinical Research Fellow	Cardiac Metabolism - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
	Prof. Ryan Mathew	Associate Professor	Basic & translational biology Preclinical models Clinical trials - Surgical technology Medical devices - Immersive Technology
	Dr Tze Min Wah	Senior Consultant	interventional radiologist Imaging and Interventional Oncology Treatments
	Prof. Sven Plein	Professor of Cardiology (Clinical)	Biomedical Imaging - Cardiology Cardiovascular disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging
	Prof. Andy Scarsbrook	Professor of Radiology	Functional and Molecular Imaging in Oncology Focusing on a Range of Applications of Functional Imaging
	Dr Kieran Zucker	Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Clinical Oncology Specialist Registrar	Oncology - Comorbidity Machine Learning - Deep Learning Routinely Collected Data Electronic Health Records Big Data - Statistical Computing Survival Analysis - Predictive Modelling

PEOPLE Research Fellows

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Dr Ali Sarrami Foroushani	Research Fellow	Cardiovascular Biomechanics - Biofluids Biotransport - Thrombosis Medical Device - In-silico Clinical Trials Computational Fluid Dynamics Finite Element Methods Uncertainty Quantification
	Dr Shuang Song	Research Fellow	Pattern Recognition Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis
	Dr Yongxing Wang	Research Fellow	Finite Element Analysis Fluid Dynamics - Numerical Analysis Functional Analysis - PDE\/ODE System Machine Learning
	Dr Yan Xia	Research Fellow	Artificial intelligence Deep Learning - Machine Learning Medical Image Analysis and Computing.
	Dr Arezoo Zakeri	Research Fellow	Pattern Recognition Deep Learning Medical Image Computing

PEOPLE Research Assistants

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Mojtaba Lashgari	Research Assistant	Signal - Image Processing Signal Reconstruction
	Shokoufeh Golshani	Research Assistant	Sequence Development - Medical Imaging Image-based Modeling - Cardiovascular MRI Real-time Imaging & Reconstruction Parallel Imaging and processing Compressed Sensing - Diffusion MRI

PEOPLE Graduate Students

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Nurbanu Aksoy	Graduate Student	Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence applied to the Medical Domain.
	Ning Bi	Graduate Student	Computer Vision Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis.
	Rodrigo Bonazzola	Graduate Student	Machine Learning - Deep Learning Genetics of Complex Traits Genomics - Medical Image Analysis
	Jack Breen	Graduate Student	Computer Vision Machine Learning Statistics
	Xiang Chen	Graduate Student	Machine Learning - Deep Learning Computer Vision - Image Synthesis Medical Image Registration Medical Image Analysis
	Nina Cheng	Graduate Student	Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Vision
	Rose Collet	Graduate Student	Soft Tissue Modelling Fluid Dynamics Mathematical Modelling
	Haoran Dou	Graduate Student	Deep Learning Medical Image Computing
	Behnaz Elhaminia	Graduate Student	Machine Learning - Deep Learning Probabilistic Graphical Models Neural Networks Medical Image Processing
	Lucy Godson	Graduate Student	Analysis of Molecular Cellular and Clinical Data
	Soodeh Kalaie	Graduate Student	Machine Learning Deep Learning
	Fengming Lin	Graduate Student	Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis Computer Vision
	Qiongyao Liu	Graduate Student	Computational Fluid Dynamics Physics-Informed Neural Networks
	Michael Macraild	Graduate Student	Fluid Dynamics Reduced Order Modelling Neural Networks In-Silico Clinical Trials
	Cynthia Maldonado Garcia	Graduate Student	Deep Learning Multimodal Information Fusion Medical Image Analysis
	Fergus Shone	Graduate Student	Machine Learning Haemodynamic Modelling 4D-Flow MRI Fluid-Structure Interaction
	Isuru Wijesinghe	Graduate Student	3D Shape Reconstruction Computer Vision Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis
	Kun Wu	Graduate Student	Cardiac MRI Super-Resolution Reconstruction Deep Learning - Computer Vision Medical Images Synthesis Images Reconstruction

PEOPLE Data Scientists

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Kattia Lisette Hoz de Vila	Research Software Engineer	Cloud-Based Applications Systems Implementations Research Software Systems Analysis Tools and Hardware User Interfaces & Big Data
	Milton Hoz de Vila	Research Technology Officer	Research Software Systems Analysis Tools and Hardware Systems Architecture Team Management
	Dr Christopher Kelly	Research Software Engineer	Medical Image Analysis Cardiac Imaging Clinical Translation
	Alejandro Daniel Lebrero	Research Software Engineer	Cloud-Based Applications Systems Integration Research Software Systems Computer Languages Analysis Tools and Hardware

PEOPLE Project Managers

Picture		Name		Position		Expertise
		Amy Barker		Project Manager		Time management Effective communicating Active listening Problem solving Adaptability and Prioritisation

PEOPLE Collaborators

Picture	Name	Position	Expertise
	Dr Baiying Lei	Lecturer	Medical Image Analysis Machine Learning Pattern Recognition
	Prof. Dong Ni	Professor of Medical Image Computing	Medical Ultrasound Image Analysis Machine Learning and Virtual Reality
	Prof. David Sebag-Montefiore	Professor	Personalisation of Radiotherapy for Primary and Recurrent Lower Gastrointestinal Cancers
	Dr Yitian Zhao	Director and Professor	Organ Disease Imaging Modality Computer Vision

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