Our Team

Our team is made up of a wide variety of investigators and those working with the council

Community Outreach Team

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Dr Lindsay Bramwell
(Senior Research Associate)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Engineering and Environment,
Ellison Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: lindsay.bramwell@
northumbria.ac.uk

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Dr Danielle Baguley
(Research Associate)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Engineering and Environment,
Ellison Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: dani.baguley@
northumbria.ac.uk

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Dr Shyamalie Balasooriya
(Senior Research Assistant)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Engineering and Environment,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: shyamalie.balasooriya@northumbria.ac.uk

Behind the Scenes

Air Quality

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Prof. Jane A Entwistle
(Co-Principal Investigator)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences,

Engineering and Environment,
Sutherland Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: jane.entwistle@northumbria.ac.uk

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Dr Michael Deary
(Air Quality Monitoring)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Engineering and Environment,
Ellison Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: michael.deary@northumbria.ac.uk

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Prof Anil Namdeo
(Air Quality Management)

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Engineering and Environment,
Ellison Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: anil.namdeo@northumbria.ac.uk

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Stuart Upton
(Independent Expert
in Air Quality)

Computer Science

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Dr Kay Rogage
(Assistant Professor)

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Ellison Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: k.rogage@northumbria.ac.uk

Energy

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Dr Tarek Ahmed
(Architect, Building Performance)

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Sutherland Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8ST

E: tarek2.ahmed@northumbria.ac.uk

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Dr Zi Qian
(Assistant Professor)

Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Sandyford Building,
Northumbria University,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8QH

E:  z.qian@northumbria.ac.uk

Health Economics

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Prof Luke Vale
(Health Economics)

London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Department of Health Services Research and Policy

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Dr Malkeet Singh
(Research Associate)

London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Department of Health Services Research and Policy

E: malkeet.singh@lshtm.ac.uk

Local Government Partner

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Mr Colin White
(Housing Renewal
Intervention lead)

Senior Housing Renewal Officer
Fairer Housing Unit,
Civic Centre ,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8QN

E: colin.white@newcastle.gov.uk

Statistics

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Dr Richard McNally
(Co-Principal Investigator)

Population health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP

E: richard.mcnally@newcastle.ac.uk

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Dr Adam Errington
(Research Associate)

Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
NE1 4LP

E: adam.errington2@newcastle.ac.uk