Our Team

The AIR SAFETY programme, led by Professor Lovat from the Division of Surgery (UCL), will bring together a critical mass of researchers working across varied disciplines including engineering, health economics, virology, infection prevention and control, gastroenterology, environmental microbiology, medical sociology and computational modelling. The team also includes various NHS partners (Royal Brompton Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Occupational Medicine, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust), researchers at the University of East Anglia, and a dedicated PPIE team and Patient Advisory Group (PAG).

  • Prof Laurence Lovat

    Professor of Gastroenterology &  Biophotonics

    Clinical Director of WEISS Centre, UCL

  • Prof Manish Tiwari

    Professor of Nanonengineering

    WEISS Centre & Dept of Mechanical Engineering, UCL

  • Prof Andrea Ducci

    Associate Professor of Mixing and Experimental Fluid Mechanics

    Mechanical Engineering Department, UCL

  • Prof Ryo Torii

    Application of Integrated Computational Biomechanics and in vivo imaging

    Dept of Mechanical Engineering, UCL

  • Dr Catherine Houlihan

    Consultant Virologist  UCLH & Clinical Lecturer, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, UCL

  • Dr Danielle Morris

    Consultant Gastroenterologist

    The Lister Hospital, East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

  • Prof Lena Ciric

    Professor of Built Environment Microbiology

    Dept of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL

  • Dr Ruth Epstein

    Consultant Clinical Voice Specialist  Head of Speech & Language Therapy, Royal

    National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals,  UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dr Zarnie Khadjesari

    Associate Professor in Health Sciences

    University of East Anglia

  • Jeremy Slann

    Authorising Engineer

    Institute of Occupational Medicine

  • Simon Watt

    Public Engagement Manager 

    WEISS Centre, UCL

  • Prof Cecilia Vindrola

    Medical Anthropologist

    Director of the Rapid Research, Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL), UCL

  • Prof Fiona Stevenson

    Professor of Medical Sociology

    UCL​

  • Prof Rachael Hunter

    Professor of Health Economics

    Head of the Health Economics Analysis and Research methods Team (HEART), UCL