Explore Principal Investigators in our institute with surnames beginning S-T. Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman Personal Chair of Clinical NeurologyMy clinical work and research focus on stroke. I investigate the causes of bleeding in the brain and do clinical trials of treatments to improve outcomes.Rustam.Al-Shahi@ed.ac.uk Professor Robert Semple Chair of Translational Molecular MedicineI study rare human disorders of insulin action, both to improve their diagnosis and care, and to learn about mechanisms of related common diseases.Rsemple@exseed.ed.ac.uk Professor Scott Semple Personal Chair of Medical Imaging and PhysicsAs Scientific Director of Edinburgh Imaging, I manage the scientific program and development of clinical imaging using MRI, PET and CT scanners.Scott.Semple@ed.ac.uk Professor Emily Sena Personal Chair of Meta Science and Translational MedicineOur focus is on improving how biomedical studies are designed, reported and evaluated so they are more reliable and translate to better health.Emily.Sena@ed.ac.uk Dr Nadine Seward Chancellor's FellowNseward@ed.ac.uk Professor Mike Shipston Chair of PhysiologyWe invetestigate how cellular excitability is dynamically controlled, and how this regulation is disrupted in stress-related diseases.Mike.Shipston@ed.ac.uk Dr Dirk Sieger Senior LecturerWe study how brain tumour cells hijack immune cells to support their growth and how we can block these harmful interactions to improve treatments.Dirk.Sieger@ed.ac.uk Dr Paul A. Skehel ReaderOur work uses experimental models based on inherited forms of neurodegeneration to better understand and ultimately treat these diseases.Paul.Skehel@ed.ac.uk Dr Karen Smillie Senior LecturerMy research focuses on investigating the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration at the presynapse using Huntington’s Disease as a model.K.Smillie@ed.ac.uk Professor Colin Smith Personal Chair NeuropathologyI use human brain tissues, generously donated by patients when they die, to study common human disorders such as dementia and stroke.Col.Smith@ed.ac.uk Professor Daniel Smith Chair of PsychiatryMy work investigates the causes and treatment of bipolar disorder, combining circadian neuroscience, metabolic and data science approaches.D.Smith@ed.ac.uk Professor Tara Spires-Jones Personal Chair of NeurodegenerationOur research focuses on the brain changes that cause Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, and age-related cognitive decline.Tara.Spires-Jones@ed.ac.uk Dr Andy Stanfield Senior Clinical Research FellowAs a medical academic psychiatrist, I research better ways to understand and support people with genetic conditions affecting brain development.Andrew.Stanfield@ed.ac.uk Dr Maria Stavrou Rowling Scholar // Senior Clinical Research FellowMstavrou@ed.ac.uk Professor Roland Stimson Personal Chair of EndocrinologyOur group investigates how to increase energy expenditure as a novel treatment for obesity and associated diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.Roland.Stimson@ed.ac.uk Dr Gemma Sullivan Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neonatal NeuroscienceWe use stem cell models and neonatal brain MRI to study sex differences in how the brain responds to infection in early life.Gsulliv2@ed.ac.uk Dr Gulsen Surmeli Senior LecturerOur research is focused on how neural circuits for cognition are built and operate.Gsurmeli@exseed.ed.ac.uk Professor Adriana Tavares Personal Chair of Translational Molecular ImagingMy research is focused on developing new medical imaging tools, including whole-body methods of analysis, to help diagnosis and treatment of patients.Adriana.Tavares@ed.ac.uk Dr Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj Senior Research FellowI aim to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration in ALS/FTD and develop novel therapeutics.Bthangar@exseed.ed.ac.uk Dr Thomas Theil ReaderWe are working out how primary cilia control cell signalling in the developing brain and how this regulation goes wrong in autism spectrum disorders.Thomas.Theil@ed.ac.uk Dr Gerry Thompson Senior Clinical Lecturer in RadiologyI use brain imaging to improve diagnosis and treatment of conditions including dementia, tumours, inflammation, head injury and mental health.Gerard.Thompson@ed.ac.uk Professor Lindsay Thomson Personal Chair of Forensic PsychiatryL.D.G.Thomson@ed.ac.uk Dr Michael Thrippleton Senior Research FellowI develop and evaluate quantitative medical imaging methods, and use these to investigate mechanisms and treatments of neurological diseases.M.J.Thrippleton@ed.ac.ukImage credit: From https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30595 Dr Sally Till Senior LecturerWe study how biological factors shape brain networks, social and emotional processing, and autonomic and cardiovascular function across development.S.Till@ed.ac.uk Dr Carole Torsney ReaderWe investigate processing of touch and pain by the nervous system and how this is dysregulated in neurodevelopmental disorders and pain conditions.Carole.Torsney@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2026-04-15
