List of research institutes and centres

Our research centres are usually grouped within institutes that bring together internationally outstanding, thematically linked research. In addition, we are proud to host several philanthropically funded centres that focus on specific disease areas.

The Queen's Medical Research Institute
Institutes and centresHost School/DeaneryNameRoleEmail
Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceClinical SciencesCatriona AndersonResearch managerc.a.anderson@ed.ac.uk
  Professor A BakerDirector

Andy.Baker@ed.ac.uk 

M.Kavanagh@ed.ac.uk

 

Institute of Genetics and Cancer
Institutes and centresHost School/DeaneryNameRoleEmail
Institute of Genetics and CancerMolecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesHelen NickersonResearch managerHelen.Nickerson@ed.ac.uk
  Professor Joris VeltmanDirectorjveltman@ed.ac.uk 
MRC Human Genetics UnitMolecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesProfessor Wendy BickmoreDirector

HGU.director@ed.ac.uk

Katie.browne@ed.ac.uk

Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre Molecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesProfessor Charlie GourleyDirector

Charlie.gourley@ed.ac.uk

laura.wood@ed.ac.uk

Edinburgh Cancer ResearchMolecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesProfessor Neil CarragherDirector

n.carragher@ed.ac.uk

jan.irvine@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Genomic & Experimental MedicineMolecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesProfessor Tim AitmanDirector

Tim.Aitman@ed.ac.uk

 

 

The Usher Institute 
Institutes and centresHost School/DeaneryNameRoleEmail
The Usher Institute Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Phyllis Quinn

 

Research managerpquinn@ed.ac.uk
  Professor Julie JackoInterim DirectorJulie.Jacko@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Population Health SciencesMolecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor David Weller

Professor Linda Bauld

Director

David.Weller@ed.ac.uk

Linda.Bauld@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Medical InformaticsMolecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Ewen Harrison

 

Professor Julie Jacko 

Director

Ewen.harrison@ed.ac.uk

 

Julie.Jacko@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Global Health ResearchMolecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Harish Nair

Professor Igor Rudan

Directors

Harish.nair@ed.ac.uk 

igor.rudan@ed.ac.uk 

Centre for Biomedicine, Self and SocietyMolecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley

Professor Steve Sturdy

Professor Martyn Pickersgill 

Directors

 

Martyn.Pickersgill@ed.ac.uk 

Edinburgh Clinical Trials UnitMolecular, Genetic and Population Health SciencesProfessor John NorrieDirectorJ.Norrie@ed.ac.uk 

 

Edinburgh Neuroscience
Institutes and centresHost  School/DeaneryNameRoleEmail
Edinburgh NeuroscienceBiomedical SciencesMarja MainResearch managerMarja.main@ed.ac.uk
  

Professor Cathy Abbott

Professor Malcolm MacLeod

Directors

C.Abbott@ed.ac.uk

Malcolm.macleod@ed.ac.uk

edinburgh.neuroscience@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesClinical SciencesProfessor Colin SmithDirectorCol.Smith@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesBiomedical SciencesProfessor D WyllieDirectorHead.CDBS@ed.ac.uk 

 

The Roslin Institute
Institutes and centresHost SchoolNameRoleEmail
The Roslin InstituteR(D)SVSSam GamalResearch managerwgamal2@ed.ac.uk
  Professor Bruce WhitelawDirector

bruce.whitelaw@roslin.ed.ac.uk

info@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Centre for Comparative Pathology Professor M ArendsDirectorcomparativepathology@ed.ac.uk

 

 

The Institute of Regeneration and Repair
Institutes and centresHost School/DeaneryNameRoleEmail
Institute for Regeneration and RepairClinical SciencesFlorence GohardResearch managerFlorence.gohard@ed.ac.uk
  Professor Stuart ForbesDirectorStuart.Forbes@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Regenerative MedicineClinical Sciences

Professor Anna Williams

Professor Tilo Kunath

Co-directors

 

CRM-Director@ed.ac.uk

Centre for Inflammation ResearchClinical SciencesProfessor David DockrellDirectorDavid.Dockrell@ed.ac.uk
MRC Centre for Reproductive HealthClinical SciencesProfessor Andrew HorneDirectorAndrew.Horne@ed.ac.uk