Meet the Team

Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury (SCISCI) Staff

Spinal Cord Injury, QENSIU 

• Dr Mariel Purcell, Consultant in Spinal Injuries, NRS Senior Fellow. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Glasgow. Director of Research, Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury. 
• Dr Euan McCaughey, Associate Director of Research. Senior Research Scientist, Neuroscience Research Australia. Conjoint Senior Lecturer, UNSW, Australia 
• Dr Bethel Osuagwu, Clinical Research Fellow 
• Ms Claire Lincoln, Specialist Physiotherapist Spinal Injuries 

University of Glasgow 

Rehabilitation Engineering, Biomedical Engineering 

• Dr Aleksandra Vuckovic, Reader, Co-director of SCISCI 
• Dr Henrik Gollee, Senior Lecturer 
• Professor Manuel Salmeron Sanchez, Head of the Division of Biomedical Engineering and Chair of Biomedical Engineering 

Neuroscience and Psychology

• Professor John Riddell, Professor, Centre for Neuroscience 

Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation

• Professor Susan Barnett, Head of Glia Cell Biology Group 

University of Strathclyde 

• Professor Stuart Reid, Head Of Department 

Glasgow Caledonian University 

School of Health and Life Science 

• Professor Lorna Paul, Professor of Allied Health Science
• Dr Elaine Coulter, Lecturer in Physiotherapy 

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital 

• Mr Calan Mathieson, Consultant Neurosurgeon. Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Medicine), University of Glasgow 
• Mr Christopher Barrett, Consultant Neurosurgeon. Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Medicine), University of Glasgow 
• Dr Chris Hawthorne, Consultant in Head and Neck Anaesthesia and Neurocritical Care 
• Dr Celestine Santosh, Clinical Consultant Neuroradiologist. Honorary Clinical Associate Professor (Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology), University of Glasgow 
• Mr Tim Hems, Hand and Orthopaedic Surgeon. Lead clinician for the Scottish National Brachial Plexus Injury Service 

Affiliate Partners 

• Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow 
• School of Computer Science, University of Glasgow 
• Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow 
• School of Design, Glasgow School of Art 
• Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) Cellular therapy development centre 
• The Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen 
• School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds 
• Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London 
• Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles 
• Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney Australia