Archives: Team members

Miranda Scanlon

Miranda is a member of the BHF Data Science Centre Public Advisory Group and contributes to the Kidney Data Science Catalyst. Miranda has been a kidney patient all her adult life, diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at 18. She had a living… Read more

Jessica Farrow

Role:Jessica is the Communications Manager for the Centre, leading on communications and events around cutting-edge cardiovascular research, to tell the compelling story of the Centre’s impact.Credentials:Jessica previously worked in the Research Communications team at Diabetes UK. She led on Diabetes… Read more

Kate McAllister

Kate is Head of Engagement (Science and Engineering), University of Edinburgh. Kate was the BHF Data Science Centre Communications Manager. Previously, Kate was a PR and Media Manager for Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Kate has a PhD… Read more

Poh-choo Pang

Poh-Choo is a business strategist and life science innovator, with specialisation in real-world data, drug discovery, and translational sciences.  Poh brings a unique perspective to the BHF Data Science Centre Public Advisory Group. Her expertise lies in business development within the… Read more

Samira Bell

Role: Dr Samira Bell is the BHF Data Science Centre Associate Director and Theme Lead for the Kidney Data Science Catalyst.Funded by Kidney Research UK in partnership with the BHF, the overarching aim of the Kidney Data Catalyst… Read more

Amy Hodgkinson

Role: Amy is a PPIE manager at HDR UK working across several areas, including the BHF Data Science Centre, to support the meaningful involvement and engagement of the public and patients in data research.Credentials:Prior to joining HDR UK, Amy worked… Read more

Phyllis Windsor

Dr Phyllis Windsor MBE qualified in medicine from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London in 1977, spending four decades working in the NHS, with 28 years as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist in Dundee. She has been active in… Read more

Amy Coombe

Role: Amy is a Research Project Coordinator working across our areas of work. Credentials:Prior to joining HDR UK, Amy was working as a Project Support Administrator for an operational research and data science research team based within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South… Read more