Management Team

Management Team
Paul Craven
Head of Research Operations
p.craven@imperial.ac.uk
Heidi Saunders
Head of Clinical Research Operations (Imperial College Healthcare Trust)    
Heidi.saunders@nhs.net
Tania Bennett
Head of Contracts     
t.bennett1@imperial.ac.uk 
Harriet Hallas
Head of Research - Pre-Award
h.hallas@imperial.ac.uk 
Scott Wheatley
Head of Grants - Post Award
s.wheatley@imperial.ac.uk

Grants and College Contracts teams

Department of Brain Sciences

Cost centres: WBCN, WBDT, WBID, WBNN, WBPP,& WBZA.
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Jennifer Landmann
j.landmann@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Manager
tbc

Contracts Manager
Reena Sharma
reena.sharma1@imperial.ac.uk

Proposal Coordinator
Breon De Soyza
b.de-soyza@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator
Debbie Tucker
d.tucker@imperial.ac.uk 
Contracts Negotiator
Jesse Mpolesha
j.mpolesha@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Officer
Philip Bagnall
p.bagnall@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officer
Eimear O' Rourke
e.o-rourke@imperial.ac.uk 
 
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Institute of Clinical Science

Cost centres: WCIA, WCMA
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Jennifer Landmann
j.landmann@imperial.ac.uk
Grants Manager
Neema Shivraj
n.shivraj@imperial.ac.uk 
Contracts Manager
Reena Sharma
reena.sharma1@imperial.ac.uk

Proposal Coordinator
Carmen Ungureanu
c.ungureanu@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator
Lara Adeyinka
o.adeyinka@imperial.ac.uk 
Contracts Negotiator
Jesse Mpolesha
j.mpolesha@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Officer
Mumine Kizilkaya
m.kizilkaya@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officer
Debbie Fitton
d.fitton@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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Department of Infectious Disease

Cost centres: WDAI, WDII, WDMM, WDPI, WDSS, WDVC, WDVM
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Victor Abah
v.abah@imperial.ac.uk 
Grants Manager
Priya Sutharssan
p.sutharssan@imperial.ac.uk
Contracts Manager
Yulia Borisova
y.borisova@imperial.ac.uk

Proposal Coordinator
Ebrima Trawally
e.trawally@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator
David Farrell
WDAI, WDII, WDVC, & WDVM
d.farrell@imperial.ac.uk 

Akposeba Mukoro
WDMM, WDPI, & WDSS
a.mukoro@imperial.ac.uk

Contracts Negotiator
Position vacant

Proposal Officer
Hasina Gibbs
h.gibbs@imperial.ac.uk 

Grants Officers
Francesca Villella
WDAI, WDII, WDVC, & WDVM
f.villella@imperial.ac.uk


Serena Sobotie
WDMM, WDPI, & WDSS
s.sobotie@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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National Heart and Lung Institute

Cost centres: WHCC, WHCF, WHCM, WHCP, WHCS, WHCV, WHRD, WHRG, WHRL, WHRR, WHZZ
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Jennifer Landmann
j.landmann@imperial.ac.uk
Grants Manager
Priya Sutharssan
p.sutharssan@imperial.ac.uk
Contracts Manager
Dimitra Chormova
d.chormova@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Coordinator
Carmen Ungureanu
c.ungureanu@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator
David Farrell
WHCM, WHCV, & WHCS
d.farrell@imperial.ac.uk

Tracey Bernard-Small
WHRD, WHRG, WHRL, WHRR, WHZZ
t.s.bernard@imperial.ac.uk

Akposeba Mukoro
WHCC, WHCF, & WHCP
a.mukoro@imperial.ac.uk

Contracts Negotiator
Position Vacant

Proposal Officer
Mumine Kizilkaya
m.kizilkaya@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officers
Craig Tharpe
WHRG, WHRL, WHRR, & WHZZ
c.tharpe@imperial.ac.uk

Teena Sivanandan
WHCC, WHCF, WHCP, & WHRD
t.sivanandan@imperial.ac.uk

Serena Sobotie
WHCM, WHCS & WHCV
s.sobotie@imperial.ac.uk

 

 

 
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Department of Immunology and Inflammation

Cost centres: WIIH, WIII, WIIS
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Jennifer Landmann
j.landmann@imperial.ac.uk
Grants Manager
tbc
Contracts Manager
Yulia Borisova
y.borisova@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Coordinator
Carmen Ungureanu
c.ungureanu@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator
Debbie Tucker
WIIH
d.tucker@imperial.ac.uk 

Danielle Lowther
WIII & WIIS
d.l.lowther@imperial.ac.uk

Contracts Negotiator
James Tate
james.tate@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Officers
Mumine Kizilkaya
m.kizilkaya@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officer
Eimear O' Rourke
WIIH
e.o-rourke@imperial.ac.uk

Tanya Montrose
WIII & WIIS
t.montrose@imperial.ac.uk

 
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School of Public Health

Cost centres: WPAA, WPCA, WPEA, WPER, WPGI, WPIA, WPPA
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Victor Abah
v.abah@imperial.ac.uk 
Grants Manager
Neema Shivraj
n.shivraj@imperial.ac.uk 

Contracts Manager
Contracts Manager
Dimitra Chormova
d.chormova@imperial.ac.uk 
WPIA - Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Contracts Manager
Reena Sharma
reena.sharma1@imperial.ac.uk 
All apart from WPIA

Proposal Coordinator
Grace Roberson
WPAA, WPEA, WPER, WPGI
g.roberson@imperial.ac.uk

Proposal Coordinator
Ebrima Trawally
WPCA, WPIA, WPPA
e.trawally@imperial.ac.uk

Grant Coordinator
Lara Adeyinka
WPAA, WPCA, WPEA, WPER, & WPGI
o.adeyinka@imperial.ac.uk

Aisha Begum
WPIA
a.begum@imperial.ac.uk 

Huma Hussain
WPPA
huma.hussain@imperial.ac.uk 

Contracts Negotiator
Position Vacant 
(Works with Dimitra)

Jesse Mpolesha
(Works with Reena)
j.mpolesha@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Officer

Farishta Yousuf
WPAA, WPEA, WPER, WPGI
f.yousuf@imperial.ac.uk

Hasina Gibbs
WPCA, WPIA, WPPA
h.gibbs@imperial.ac.uk 


Grants Officers
Tapsi Qaiyum

WPAA, WPCA, WPEA, WPER, & WPGI 
t.qaiyum@imperial.ac.uk 

Gaston Tshiota
WPIA
g.tshiota@imperial.ac.uk


Deborah Fitton
WPPA 
d.fitton@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Cost centres: WRDH, WRDN, WRDP, WREC, WREE, WREM, WRIB, WROC, WROG
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Victor Abah
v.abah@imperial.ac.uk 
Grants Manager
Neema Shivraj
n.shivraj@imperial.ac.uk 
Contracts Managers
Reena Sharma
reena.sharma1@imperial.ac.uk 
WREC, WREE, & WREM

Yulia Borisova
y.borisova@imperial.ac.uk 

WRDH, WRDP, WROC, WROG, WROP, WRZA,  WRIB 

 

Proposal Coordinator
Grace Roberson
g.roberson@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinator

Huma Hussain
huma.hussain@imperial.ac.uk
WRDH, WREC, WREE, WREM, WROC, WROG

Aisha Begum
a.begum@imperial.ac.uk 
WRDN, WRDP, WRIB

Contracts Negotiators
Jesse Mpolesha (Works with Reena)
j.mpolesha@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Officers
Farishta Yousuf
f.yousuf@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officer
Debbie Fitton
d.fitton@imperial.ac.uk
WRDH

Dilshan Senanayake
WREC, WREE, WREM, WRIB, WROC, & WROG
d.senanayake@imperial.ac.uk


Gaston Tshiota
WRDN & WRDP
g.tshiota@imperial.ac.uk 

 
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Department of Surgery and Cancer

Cost centres: WSAA, WSCA, WSCC, WSGG, WSGN, WSGO, WSGP, WSGX, WSSC, WSST, WSSU, WSSV, WSSY, WSSO
Individuals cover all cost centres unless indicated.

 
Pre-award Post-award Contracts
Proposal Manager
Jennifer Landmann
j.landmann@imperial.ac.uk
Grants Manager
tbc
Contracts Manager
Kirti Patel
kirti.patel@imperial.ac.uk 

Proposal Coordinator
Breon De Soyza
b.de-soyza@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Coordinators
Danielle Lowther
WSAA, WSCA, & WSCC
d.l.lowther@imperial.ac.uk

Emily Hue
WSGG, WSGN, WSGO, WSGP, WSGX, WSSC, WSST, WSSU, WSSV, WSSY, WSSO
e.hue@imperial.ac.uk 

Contracts Negotiator
Position Vacant 

Proposal Officer
Philip Bagnall
p.bagnall@imperial.ac.uk

Grants Officers
Tanya Montrose
WSAA, WSCA, & WSCC
t.montrose@imperial.ac.uk  

Ana-Maria Butuzar
WSGG, WSGN, WSGO, WSGP, WSGX, WSSC, WSST, WSSU, WSSV, WSSY, WSSO
a.butuzar@imperial.ac.uk 
 
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EU (grants only)
  • If you have any queries regarding an ongoing H2020 and Horizon Europe grant, or the costing of an Horizon Europe (HEu - UKRI underwrite) application to the EU Commission, please contact the JRO team that works with your department
  • Online resources can be found on the EU Projects webpage.
  • For funding or contractual questions, please contact our colleagues in the Research Office EU Team.
Special Projects Team

This fixed-term team supports the post-award teams (see above) with closing accounts and account reviews:

Research Grants Coordinator
Marc Craw
marc.craw@imperial.ac.uk  

Research Grants Officer
Sofia Goole
Primarily covers: Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction (WR) and School of Public Health (WP)
s.goole@imperial.ac.uk  

Gabriela Villalba Marecos
Primarily covers: School of Public Health (WP) and Department of Infectious Diseases (WD)
g.villalba-marecos@imperial.ac.uk  

Tapsi Qaiyum
Primarily covers:  National Heart and Lung Institute (WH) and Department of Infectious Diseases (WD)
t.qaiyum@imperial.ac.uk 

JRO support

Dan Nicholls
Technical Support Coordinator
dan.nicholls@imperial.ac.uk

 

ICHT Contacts

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Heidi Saunders
Head of Clinical Research Operations
Heidi.saunders@nhs.net
Christopher Khuoge
Clinical Research Operations Manager
c.khuoge@nhs.net
Karol Piotrowski
Research Data Manager
Karol.piotrowski@nhs.net
Nadia Shabbir
Research Contracts Manager
nadia.shabbir1@nhs.net
Kurt Romaquin
Research Contract Specialist
kurt.romaquin@nhs.net
Zara Khan
Research Contract Specialist
zara.khan15@nhs.net
Faisal Husain
Research Costing Specialist
faisal.hussain4@nhs.net
Luam Ethiopia
Research Costing Specialist
luam.ethiopia@nhs.net
Melanie Ewane
Research Finance Coordinator
melanie.ewane@nhs.net
Natalia Fiuta
Research Finance Coordinator
natalia.fiuta@nhs.net
Amanda Henry
Research Finance Administrator
amanda.henry@nhs.net
Fatima Hassan
Research Administrator
fatima.hassan6@nhs.net