Last updated December 2022
COVID-19 expert media group
The University of Manchester has a growing list of scientists and academics who are either working on aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak or can make a valuable contribution to the national discourse.
Please direct all initial enquiries to:
Mike Addelman
Media Relations Officer
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
The University of Manchester
michael.addelman@manchester.ac.uk
0161 275 2111
07717 881567
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Prof Arpana Verma
Clinical Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology
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Dr Ian Hall
Reader in Mathematical Statistics (honorary senior principal modeller in Public Health England)
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Prof Kimme Hyrich
Professor of Epidemiology and Consultant in Rheumatology
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Dr Lorenzo Pellis
Senior Lecturer, Applied Mathematics
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Prof Graham Lord
Professor and Dean of The University of Manchester's Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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Prof Ian Bruce
Chair in Rheumatology and head of Manchester's Rapid Research Response Unit
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Dr Tim Felton
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, ICU consultant and clinical lead for COVID-19 research at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Alex Casson
Reader in the Materials, Devices and Systems
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Prof Ben Bridgewater
Chief Executive Officer, Health Innovation Manchester
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Prof Kostas Kostarelos
Professor of Nanomedicine
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Prof Rob Field
Director of Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB)
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Dr Samuel Jones
Research focus: development of broad-spectrum virucidal antivirals and viral detection devices
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Prof Yi Li
Professor and Chair of Textile Science and Engineering
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Dr Larissa Fast
Senior Lecturer and Director of Research, Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute
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Prof Richard Heeks
Professor of Development Informatics, Global Development Institute
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Dr Nat O’Grady
Lecturer in Human Geography and Disaster, Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute
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Prof Anupam Nanda
Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate
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Dr Elisa Pieri
Lecturer in Sociology
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Prof James Evans
Professor of Human Geography
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Joe Ravetz
Research Fellow at Manchester Urban Institute
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Dr Elvira Uyarra
Reader in Innovation Policy and Strategy, AMBS
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Prof Cary Cooper
Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health
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Professor Chris Armitage
Chair in Health Psychology
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Dr Kimberly Dienes
Clinical Psychologist
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Dr Louisa Jackman
Clinical Lecturer/ Clinical Psychologist in the Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health
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Dr Nathan Smith
Research Fellow, Psychology, Security and Trust
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Prof Neil Humphrey
Professor of Education and Head of Manchester Institute of Education
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Dr Tracy Epton
Lecturer in Psychology
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Dr Warren Mansell
Reader in Clinical Psychology
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