Mellanby Members

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If you're unsure of who to contact, you can get in touch with us at mellanbycentre@sheffield.ac.uk

Director

Professor Richard Eastell

Professor of Bone Metabolism
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: r.eastell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9006

Deputy Director

Professor Janet Brown

Professor of Translational Medical Oncology
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: j.e.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 226 5007

NHS Investigators

Name	Job Title	Organisation
Dr Paul Arundel	Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Bone Disease	Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Ashley Cole	Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon	Sheffield Children’s & Northern General Hospitals
Professor Paul Dimitri	Professor of Child Health and Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology	Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Dr David Hughes	Consultant Histopathologist and Cancer Lead Clinician	Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Syazrah Salam	Consultant Nephrologist	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Further information on our NHS Investigators

University Investigators

Professor Meena Balasubramanian

Professor of of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
School of Medicine and Population Health

Genomic Medicine;
Characterisation of zebrafish models for bone fragility and genetic skeletal disorders;
Functional characterisation of rare paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

Email: m.balasubramanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9008

MED - Meena Balasubramanian — Dr Meena Balasubramanian

Professor Nick Bishop

Chair in Paediatric Bone Disease
School of Medicine and Population Health

Lifelong Mellanby Centre Member

Email: n.j.bishop@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya

Senior Lecturer in Solid Biomechanics
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics | musculoskeletal disease | computational medicine

Email: p.bhattacharya@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0156

Cellular mechanisms driving chronic inflammation and tissue damage in musculoskeletal diseases

Email: H.Ismail@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2390

Professor Damien Lacroix

Professor of Mechanobiology
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: bone mechanobiology (osteoarthritis, bone tissue engineering, fracture healing) | spine biomechanics (disc degeneration, angiogenesis & implant analysis)

Email: d.lacroix@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Michelle Lawson

School Director of Postgraduate Research
School of Medicine and Population Health

Sheffield Myeloma Research Team

Email: m.a.lawson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9054

Professor Christine Le Maitre

Professor of Musculoskeletal Cell Biology and Tissue Regeneration
School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: c.lemaitre@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9010

Dr Xinshan Li

Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research interests: biomechanics of paediatric bone in the application of child abuse | risk of fracture prediction in adults | biomechanics of the female pelvic floor muscles and the cervix