The BRIGHT Team

Team Leaders

Clare Elwell
Principal Investigator

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London (UCL)

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Sarah Lloyd-Fox
Principal Investigator

Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge

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Sophie Moore
Principal Investigator

Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Science, King's College London (KCL)

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Current Team

Anna Blasi
Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London

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Luke Mason
Lecturer

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

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Bosiljka Milosavljevic
Lecturer

Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London

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Chiara Bulgarelli
Research Fellow

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

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Ebrima B. Mbye
Field Coordinator

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Ebou S. Touray
Field Coordinator

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Tijan Fadera
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Mariama Saidykhan
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Ousman Kambi
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

BRIGHT Ph.D. Students

Laura Katus, Ph.D.

School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich

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Sam McCann, Ph.D.

Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Science, King's College London

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Christine Torrance, Ph.D.

The Faculty of Medicine, University of Warwick

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Liam Collins Jones, Ph.D.

BRIGHT MSc Students

Affiliated Members

Co-Investigators & Collaborators

Andrew Prentice, Ph.D.

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

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Momodou Darboe, Ph.D.

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

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Michelle de Haan, Ph.D.

Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL)

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Topun Austin, Ph.D.

Evelyn Perinatal Imaging Centre, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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Scientific Officers and Field Staff

Lena Acolatse
Higher Scientific Officer

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Sophie Budge
Higher Scientific Officer

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Saikou Drammeh
Field Coordinator

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Lamin Sanyang
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Muhammed Ceesay
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Buba Jobarteh
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Ebrima Drammeh
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Kassa Kora
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Ansumana Barjo
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Omar Njie
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Fabakary Njai
Field Assistant

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Data Team

Ebrima Comma
Data Manager

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Padmaja Javkar
Senior Data Manager

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Musa Jarjou
Data Manager

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Abdoulie Faal
Data Manager

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Mohammad Ngum
Data Manager

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Natoma Jarra
Data Entry Clerk

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Research Assistants

Giulia Ghillia
Research Assistant

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Marta Perapoch AmadĂł
Research Assistant

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, UCL

Maria Rozhko
Research Assistant

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, UCL

Nathan Hayes
Research Assistant

MRC Human Nutrition Research Group, Medical Research Council

Placement Students and Interns

Phase I Team

Maria Papademetriou
Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical engineering, University College London

Katarina Begus
Research Assistant

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Helen Maris
Research Assistant

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London

Drew Halliday
Visiting Research Student

Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical engineering, University College London

Clinical Team

Fatai Akemokwe
Head of Clinical Services

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Rowena Neville
Head of Clinical Services

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Patrick Nshe
Doctor

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Edrisa Sinjanka
Nurse Coordinator

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Babatam Bah
Nurse

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Mustapha Joof
Nurse

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Fatou Sosseh
Midwife

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Yusufa Dampha
Midwife

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Jane Jackson
Midwife

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sherrifo Jarju
Lab technician

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Dawda Camara
Lab Technician

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine