Meet the team
Scientific Leadership
Samira Bell
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for the Kidney Data Science Catalyst.
Tim Chico
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Smartphones and Wearables.
Spiros Denaxas
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Defining Disease.
Ewan Pearson
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for the Diabetes Data Science Catalyst.
Steffen Petersen
Director (Interim) of the BHF Data Science Centre.
Reecha Sofat
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Cohorts.
William Whiteley
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for the Stroke Catalyst.
Michelle Williams
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Imaging.
Angela Wood
BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Whole Population Data.
Operations Team
Jemma Austin
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Amy Coombe
Research Project Coordinator for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Ross Forsyth
Research Project Manager for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Amy Hodgkinson
PPIE Manager
Annette Jackson
Executive Assistant for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Samaira Khan
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Sarah Lessels
Research Project Manager for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Jackie MacArthur
Senior Scientific Programme Manager for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Lynn Morrice
Operations Director of the BHF Data Science Centre.
Rouven Priedon
Research Project Manager for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Melissa Webb
Communications and Administrative Assistant for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Health Data Scientists
Tom Bolton
Senior Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Fionna Chalmers
Early Career Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
James Farrell
Early Career Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science.
Jadene Lewis
Early Career Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Mehrdad Mizani
Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Lars Murdock
Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
John Nolan
Senior Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Anna Stevenson
Early Career Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Zach Welshman
Health Data Scientist for the BHF Data Science Centre.
Alumni
Kate McAllister
Kate McAllister was the Communications Manager at the BHF Data Science Centre.
Cathie Sudlow
Prof. Cathie Sudlow was inaugural Director of the BHF Data Science Centre from January 2020 to August 2024.
Matt Sydes
Professor Matt Sydes was BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for Data Enabled Clinical Trials.