Our leadership team

Our College aim is to advance knowledge and educate the next generation to improve the lives of people and animals and the health of our planet. The College leadership team supports delivery of that mission. In 2025, our community is reshaping to form six Schools by 1 August.

This short video explains how our Schools and research Institutes relate.

New Schools and Institutes

The people listed on this page fulfill leadership roles across the College and University and contribute to decision making via College Operations Group and College Executive Group.

 

 

Professor David Argyle

Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

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Dr Anne-Marie Coriat

College Registrar

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Professor Lorna Marson 

Deputy Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and Dean of Clinical Medicine

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Heads of Schools and Directors of Institutes

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Professor David Kluth

Head of Edinburgh Medical School

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Professor Lisa Boden

Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies 

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Professor Stuart Forbes

Head of School of Regeneration and Repair and Director of the Institute for Regeneration and Repair 

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Professor Joris Veltman 

Head of School of Genetics and Cancer and Director of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer

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Professor Julie Jacko

Interim Head of School of Population Health Sciences and Interim Director of the Usher Institute 

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Professor David Wyllie 

Joint Head of School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences and Co-director of the Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

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Professor David Newby

Joint Head of School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences and Co-director of the Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

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Professor Bruce Whitelaw

Director of the Roslin Institute

Professional Services Leads

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Dr Jen Cusiter

Head of Research and Innovation Operations

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Alex Laidlaw

Head of Strategic Education Operations

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Hazel Lambert

Head of Communications, Engagement and Marketing

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Dr Wendy Inglis Humphrey

Head of Strategic Business Operations and Planning

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Janet Philip

Head of Strategic Infrastructure

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Andrea Scott

Head of Change and Community

College Deans

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Professor Gill Aitken 

Dean of Education

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Professor Liz Baggs

Dean of Research

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Professor Sue Fletcher Watson

Dean of Equity, Inclusion and Community

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Professor Mohini Gray

Dean of Students and Alumni

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Professor Julie Jacko

Dean of Innovation and Engagement

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Professor Sarah Walmsley 

Dean of Medical Research

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