Research Team

  • Dr Iona Campbell
    • Clinical Research Fellow for Glasgow sites  
  • Catarina Farinha Fandinga
    • Dietetic researcher associate  
  • Kelly Stewart
    • Laboratory post-doctoral research assistant based in Prof Gerasimidis’ Lab 
  • Caroline Kerbiriou
    • Laboratory post-doctoral research assistant based in Prof Gerasimidis’ Lab 
  • Tom Fenton
    • Laboratory post-doctoral research associate based in Prof Milling’s Lab 
  • Dr Jonathan McDonald
    • Clinical PI for Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Gartnavel General Hospital and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital) 
  • Dr John Paul Seenan
    • Clinical PI for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Gartnavel General Hospital and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital) 
  • Prof Daniel Gaya
    • Clinical PI for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (Glasgow Royal Infirmary) 
  • Dr Shahida Din
    • Clinical PI for NHS Lothian (Western General Hospital) 
  • Dr Elaine Robertson
    • Clinical PI for NHS Lanarkshire (University Hospital Hairmyres)  
  • Dr Craig Mowat
    • Clinical PI for NHS Tayside (Ninewells Hospital)  
  • Prof Simon Milling
    • Academic PI focussed on immunological aspects 
  • Prof Konstantinos Gerasimidis
    • Academic PI and overall study lead  
  • Dr Amirhosein Kefayat
    • Clinical Fellow for Edinburgh  
  • Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho
    • Gastroenterologist based at Western General Hospital

More distant researchers/collaborators  

  • Dr Nicholas Rattray
    • Study co-investigator and lead of LC-MS metabolomics analysis  
  • Dr Jaroslav Havlik
    • Study co-investigator and lead of NMR metabolomics analysis 
  • Dr Umer Ijaz
    • Study co-investigator and lead of bioinformatics analysisr 
  • Dr Chris Quince
    • Study collaborator on metagenomics analysis and bioinformatics 

Previous team members  

  • Bryn Short
    • Former laboratory post-doctoral researcher based at Prof Gerasimidis lab 
  • Jenn Clowe
    • Former research clinical dietitian 
  • Dr Emily Brownson
    • Former clinical research fellow for Glasgow sites 
  • Elena Bowles
    • Former project research co-ordinator 
  • Aleksandra Jatkowska
    • Former PhD student