School leadership

Our leadership team provides strategic direction for the School and aims to create a collaborative and supportive environment. The team is led by our Head of School, Professor Mathias Gautel, supported by our School Manager, Heads of Departments and Academic Leads.

Professor Mathias Gautel

Head of School, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences
Bethan Jones

School Manager, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences
Professor Stephen Harridge

Head of Department, Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences
Professor Franca Fraternali

Visiting Professor in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Professor John McGrath

Head of Department, St John's Institute of Dermatology
Professor Georgina Ellison-Hughes

School Academic Lead (Development, Diversity & Inclusion)
Dr Baljinder Mankoo

School Academic Lead (Education)
Professor Sasi Conte

Head of Randall Centre
Dr Marika Charalambous

Reader in Developmental Epigenetics