The CDT management group will work closely with internationally leading domain experts and external partners from the public and private sector to deliver the vision of the CDT.
The CDT Team are key to ensuring that our students are well supported and that our ethos of a positive research cultures is pro-actively pursued. We want our students to thrive and emerge from the program with a broad range of skills and experience in the application of artificial intelligence to real-world health & biomedical problems.
Core Team
The CDT core team oversee the activities of the CDT with the assistance of the broader management group and research & theme leaders. They co-ordinate the development of CDT strategy and its implementation with a special focus on building relationships with external partners.
Ian Simpson
Professor of Biomedical Informatics & CDT Director
Ava Khamseh
Lecturer in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence & CDT Deputy-Director
Ekaterina Churkina
CDT Programme Manager
CDT Business Development Executive
to be appointed
Research Theme Leads
Cellular and Molecular Systems Medicine
Andrea Weisse
Chancellor’s Fellow & Research Theme Leader in AI for Cellular and Molecular Systems Medicine
Biomedical
Imaging
Sotos Tsaftaris
Professor of Machine Learning and Computer Vision & Research Theme Leader in AI for Biomedical Imaging
Biomedical & Health Informatics
Thanasis Tsanas
Professor of Digital Health and Data Science & Research Theme Leader in AI for Biomedical & Health Informatics
Genomic
Medicine
Ava Khamseh
Lecturer in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence & Research Theme Leader in AI for Genomic Medicine
Training Leads
Entrepreneurship
Ndali Liita Cairney
Training Lead in Entrepreneurship
Responsible Research & Innovation
Luciana D’Adderio
Chancellor’s Fellow & Training Lead in Responsible Research & Innovation
Support Team
Lola Springbett
CDT Administrator
Computing Support Officer
to be appointed
