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Find out more about the people working in lifelong health research.
Theme champion
Deborah Dunn-Walters is Professor of Immunology in the School of Bioscience and Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
Her group studies B cell development in health and disease, taking a systems immunology approach to elucidate changes in humoral immunity with age and to discover antibodies useful in cancer and infectious disease. Her lab is currently working on improved tools to study immune repertoires, including novel methods for single cell analysis at a large scale and particularly as applied to elucidating the immunological responses to SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections. She has collaborated with many different laboratories worldwide, and has chaired a number of international B cell conferences.
Deborah encourages interdisciplinary ways of working and is particularly keen to support discovery research into the biology of ageing, she currently serves as Trustee for the Dunhill Medical Trust. She is also a Trustee for the British Society for Immunology and chairs the BSI Expert Advisory panel on COVID-19. Deborah sits on various UKRI Strategy and funding panels and is co-chair of the UKRI-BBSRC COVID-19 agile response panel. She is also Editor for Frontiers in Immunology and Visiting Professor of Immunobiology at King's College London.
Deborah has over 90 publications and her work has been funded by programme awards from the MRC, the Human Frontiers Science Program and currently the BBSRC. In addition she is extremely grateful to the Dunhill Medical Trust, Research into Ageing and the Rosetrees Trust charities for supporting her research.
- Email: d.dunn-walters@surrey.ac.uk
- Theme email: lifelonghealth@surrey.ac.uk
- Twitter: @Lifelonghealth_ and @SurreyResearch
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Find out more about the interests of researchers in specific fields.
If you would like to contact any of our researchers, then you'll find details on their profiles via the links.
| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| Alex Couto Alves | Life course genetic epidemiology |
| Anne Skeldon | Sleep/wake regulation: how sleep changes with age and in dementia. |
| Brendan Howlin | Design of anti-ageing drugs by molecular design of protein inhibitors, e.g. NADPH oxidase 2. |
| Bridget Dibb | Living with and managing chronic illness. |
| Carol Lane | Neuroimaging in psychiatry. |
| Carol Woodhams | Promoting healthy workplaces in the NHS through equality and respect. |
| Caroline Nicholson | Integrated care for frail older people |
| Caroline Scarles | Creating virtual mobilities for those who have limited physical mobility. |
| Chinyere Okoro | Antimicrobial resistance. |
| Dan Horton | The science and policy of zoonotic diseases. |
| Dan McCarthy | Health and inequalities within prison populations and their long term consequences. |
| Daniel Abasolo | The analysis of biomedical signals (e.g. electroencephalograms) for the characterisation of healthy ageing and the diagnosis of disease, e.g. Alzheimer's. |
| Daniel Whelligan | Synthetic chemistry to create new treatments for tropical diseases. |
| Dany Beste | Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism and how this affects the development of antibiotic resistance. |
| David Frohlich | The application of digital media technology to address loneliness, dementia and sight impairments. |
| Debbie Cooke | Supported self-management and technological innovation to manage long term conditions |
| Deborah Dunn-Walters | Investigating the humoral immune system in healthy ageing and disease |
| Derk-Jan Dijk | Technology for monitoring sleep and assessment of its role in health |
| Emma Ream | Technology in cancer and dementia care |
| Freda Elizabeth Mold | Early detection of infection and multi-morbidity in care homes. |
| Gianne Derks | Quantitative Systems Pharmacology |
| Gianni Lo Iacono | Mathematical modelling to understand the impact of environment on disease and microbial communities. |
| Giovanna Nalesso | Promoting the regeneration of articular cartilage to reduce disability. |
| Giuseppe Moscelli | Variations in the supply and demand of healthcare. |
| Giuseppe Schettino | Analysing the effects of ionizing radiation on cells and animals to improve radiotherapy |
| Heather Gage | Health Economics |
| Helen Griffiths | Dietary change or pharmaceutical intervention to support healthy ageing by changing metabolism. |
| Helen Treharne | Digital security for older age groups |
| Ioannis Smyrnias | Understanding mitochondrial homeostasis and the stress responses in cardiovascular |
| Ines Violante | Development and application of neuromodulatory techniques to understand brain function and improve cognitive performance |
| Jo Armes | Digital health solutions in cancer |
| Jo Blanden | Productivity of the medical workforce |
| John H. McVey | Cardiovascular pathology and innovation in haemophilia treatment |
| Julie Hunt | Skeletal muscle and vascular adaptations to exercise and exercise training in healthy and clinical populations. |
| Kamalan Jeevaratnam | Computational approaches to prediction of cardiovascular disease |
| Kathrin Cohen Kadosh | Social cognitive brain development and plasticity in childhood and adolescence and the contribution of the microbiome gut-brain axis. |
| Kathryn Hart | The role of nutrition in early life and its impact on later health and wellbeing |
| Katriina Whitaker | Cancer care and health inequalities. |
| Kimberley Smith | The intersection of physical, mental and social health. |
| Kourosh R Ahmadi | Linking micronutrient "status" to aberrant epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial function and increased risk of vascular diseases. |
| Lilian Tang | Machine learning and health data to facilitate personalised medincine. |
| Lisiane Meira | Cellular responses to stress and their importance in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of cancer and other chronic diseases associated with ageing. |
| Mark Plumbley | Sound recognition to monitor activity for assisted living or for diagnosis of disease (e.g. heart sound recognition) |
| Martha Betson | Understanding the spread of parasitic diseases of humans and animals and determining strategies to control them |
| Masoud Fakhimi | Sustainability and behavioural analytics in the healthcare system. |
| Matthew Oldfield | Causes and management of late life incontinence. |
| Monique Raats | Food-related behaviour / practices and policy interventions to achieve positive health and sustainability change |
| Natalie Riddell | Understanding endocrine regulation of the immune system in ageing |
| Nicolas Locker | Pathogens and neurodegenerative diseases impacting on cellular stress responses in models relevant to animal and human heath |
| Nigel Gilbert | The modelling and simulation of social phenomena, including health and illness. |
| Paola Campagnolo | Tissue engineering for cardiovascular diseases |
| Patricia Pulham | History of women's professionalisation in the caring sector. |
| Patrizia Camelliti | Tissue engineering and cardiac fibrosis. |
| Paul Hodkinson | New fathers experiences of mental health difficulties. |
| Peter Roth | Biodegradable polymers with tuneable properties for tissue engineering and drug release. |
| Philip Aston | Medical signal analytics and machine learning for diagnostics. |
| Philip Evans | Imaging in cancer diagnostics |
| Roman Bauer | Computational modelling and analysis of biological dynamics, in particular those of the brain. |
| Rosalind Malcolm | Environmental Health Law: Food safety and standards, pollution. |
| Susan Lanham-New | The effect of micronutrients on musculo-skeletal health and how to prevent vitamin D deficiency in vulnerable population groups |
| Sai Gu | Complex system modelling and digital technology |
| Samaneh Kouchaki | My research objectives include developing intelligent tools, based on hybrid architectures of advanced probabilistic and deep learning techniques, that facilitate improved patient outcomes. |
| Simon C. Archer | Early life health of farm animals: optimising health management to benefit welfare and productivity. |
| Simon N. Archer | Sleep and health |
| Simon Evans | Factors (including diet, sleep) that influence cognition, brain function and mental health. Interventions to support mental health and promote healthy brain ageing |
| Suzie Hingley-Wilson | Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis. |
| Tao Chen | Computer modelling of skin and inhalation routes of therapeutic delivery. |
| Terri Grassby | Novel polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in food to reduce glycaemic load. |
| Thorsten Barnhofer | Changes in trajectories of mental disorders and ageing that can be achieved by training people to respond more adaptively to stress. |
| Vicki Harman | The changing nature of grandparenting in the UK. |
| Victoria Revell | Optimisation of mental and physical health through sleep and circadian biology |
If you would like to contact any of our researchers, then you'll find details on their profiles via the links.
| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| Andrew King | Health inequalities experienced by LGBT people |
| Carol Woodhams | Promoting healthy workplaces in the NHS through equality and respect. |
| Caroline Nicholson | Integrated care for frail older people |
| Dan McCarthy | Health and inequalities within prison populations and their long term consequences. |
| Debbie Cooke | Supported self-management and technological innovation to manage long term conditions |
| Freda Elizabeth Mold | Early detection of infection and multi-morbidity in care homes. |
| Giuseppe Moscelli | Variations in the supply and demand of healthcare. |
| Heather Gage | Health Economics |
| Jo Blanden | Productivity of the medical workforce |
| Katriina Whitaker | Cancer care and health inequalities. |
| Kimberley Smith | The intersection of physical, mental and social health. |
| Kourosh R Ahmadi | Linking micronutrient "status" to aberrant epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial function and increased risk of vascular diseases. |
| Martha Betson | Understanding the spread of parasitic diseases of humans and animals and determining strategies to control them |
| Masoud Fakhimi | Sustainability and behavioural analytics in the healthcare system. |
| Monique Raats | Food-related behaviour / practices and policy interventions to achieve positive health and sustainability change |
| Nigel Gilbert | The modelling and simulation of social phenomena, including health and illness. |
| Patricia Pulham | History of women's professionalisation in the caring sector. |
| Paul Hodkinson | New fathers' experiences of mental health difficulties. |
| Rosalind Malcolm | Environmental Health Law: Food safety and standards, pollution. |
| Vicki Harman | The changing nature of grandparenting in the UK. |
| YingFei Héliot | Identity and its impact on wellbeing in people’s working lives |
If you would like to contact any of our researchers, then you'll find details on their profiles via the links.
| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| Bridget Dibb | Living with and managing chronic illness. |
| Carol Lane | Neuroimaging in psychiatry. |
| Carol Woodhams | Promoting healthy workplaces in the NHS through equality and respect. |
| Caroline Nicholson | Integrated care for frail older people |
| Caroline Scarles | Creating virtual mobilities for those who have limited physical mobility. |
| Chinyere Okoro | Antimicrobial resistance. |
| Dan Horton | The science and policy of zoonotic diseases. |
| Dan McCarthy | Health and inequalities within prison populations and their long term consequences. |
| Daniel Abasolo | The analysis of biomedical signals (e.g. electroencephalograms) for the characterisation of healthy ageing and the diagnosis of disease, e.g. Alzheimer's. |
| Daniel Whelligan | Synthetic chemistry to create new treatments for tropical diseases. |
| Dany Beste | Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism and how this affects the development of antibiotic resistance. |
| David Frohlich | The application of digital media technology to address loneliness, dementia and sight impairments. |
| Debbie Cooke | Supported self-management and technological innovation to manage long term conditions |
| Deborah Dunn-Walters | Investigating the humoral immune system in healthy ageing and disease |
| Derk-Jan Dijk | Technology for monitoring sleep and assessment of its role in health |
| Emma Ream | Technology in cancer and dementia care |
| Freda Elizabeth Mold | Early detection of infection and multi-morbidity in care homes. |
| Gianne Derks | Quantitative Systems Pharmacology |
| Gianni Lo Iacono | Mathematical modelling to understand the impact of environment on disease and microbial communities. |
| Giovanna Nalesso | Promoting the regeneration of articular cartilage to reduce disability. |
| Giuseppe Moscelli | Variations in the supply and demand of healthcare. |
| Giuseppe Schettino | Analysing the effects of ionizing radiation on cells and animals to improve radiotherapy |
| Heather Gage | Health Economics |
| Helen Griffiths | Dietary change or pharmaceutical intervention to support healthy ageing by changing metabolism. |
| Helen Treharne | Digital security for older age groups |
| Ioannis Smyrnias | Understanding mitochondrial homeostasis and the stress responses in cardiovascular |
| Ines Violante | Development and application of neuromodulatory techniques to understand brain function and improve cognitive performance |
| Jo Armes | Digital health solutions in cancer |
| Jo Blanden | Productivity of the medical workforce |
| John H. McVey | Cardiovascular pathology and innovation in haemophilia treatment |
| Julie Hunt | Skeletal muscle and vascular adaptations to exercise and exercise training in healthy and clinical populations. |
| Kamalan Jeevaratnam | Computational approaches to prediction of cardiovascular disease |
| Kathrin Cohen Kadosh | Social cognitive brain development and plasticity in childhood and adolescence and the contribution of the microbiome gut-brain axis. |
| Kathryn Hart | The role of nutrition in early life and its impact on later health and wellbeing |
| Katriina Whitaker | Cancer care and health inequalities. |
| Kimberley Smith | The intersection of physical, mental and social health. |
| Kourosh R Ahmadi | Linking micronutrient "status" to aberrant epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial function and increased risk of vascular diseases. |
| Lilian Tang | Machine learning and health data to facilitate personalised medincine. |
| Lisiane Meira | Cellular responses to stress and their importance in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of cancer and other chronic diseases associated with ageing. |
| Mark Plumbley | Sound recognition to monitor activity for assisted living or for diagnosis of disease (e.g. heart sound recognition) |
| Martha Betson | Understanding the spread of parasitic diseases of humans and animals and determining strategies to control them |
| Masoud Fakhimi | Sustainability and behavioural analytics in the healthcare system. |
| Matthew Oldfield | Causes and management of late life incontinence. |
| Monique Raats | Food-related behaviour / practices and policy interventions to achieve positive health and sustainability change |
| Natalie Riddell | Understanding endocrine regulation of the immune system in ageing |
| Nicolas Locker | Pathogens and neurodegenerative diseases impacting on cellular stress responses in models relevant to animal and human heath |
| Nigel Gilbert | The modelling and simulation of social phenomena, including health and illness. |
| Paola Campagnolo | Tissue engineering for cardiovascular diseases |
| Patricia Pulham | History of women's professionalisation in the caring sector. |
| Patrizia Camelliti | Tissue engineering and cardiac fibrosis. |
| Paul Hodkinson | New fathers' experiences of mental health difficulties. |
| Peter Roth | Biodegradable polymers with tuneable properties for tissue engineering and drug release. |
| Philip Aston | Medical signal analytics and machine learning for diagnostics. |
| Philip Evans | Imaging in cancer diagnostics |
| Roman Bauer | Computational modelling and analysis of biological dynamics, in particular those of the brain. |
| Rosalind Malcolm | Environmental Health Law: Food safety and standards, pollution. |
| Susan Lanham-New | The effect of micronutrients on musculo-skeletal health and how to prevent vitamin D deficiency in vulnerable population groups |
| Sai Gu | Complex system modelling and digital technology |
| Samaneh Kouchaki | My research objectives include developing intelligent tools, based on hybrid architectures of advanced probabilistic and deep learning techniques, that facilitate improved patient outcomes. |
| Simon C. Archer | Early life health of farm animals: optimising health management to benefit welfare and productivity. |
| Simon N. Archer | Sleep and health |
| Simon Evans | Factors (including diet, sleep) that influence cognition, brain function and mental health. Interventions to support mental health and promote healthy brain ageing |
| Suzie Hingley-Wilson | Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis. |
| Tao Chen | Computer modelling of skin and inhalation routes of therapeutic delivery. |
If you would like to contact any of our researchers, then you'll find details on their profiles via the links.
| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| Adrian Hilton | Computer vision and machine learning for analysis and understanding of human behaviour |
| Alex Couto Alves | Life course genetic epidemiology |
| Anne Skeldon | Sleep/wake regulation: how sleep changes with age and in dementia. |
| Bridget Dibb | Living with and managing chronic illness. |
| Carol Lane | Neuroimaging in psychiatry. |
| Caroline Nicholson | Integrated care for frail older people |
| Caroline Scarles | Creating virtual mobilities for those who have limited physical mobility. |
| Daniel Abasolo | The analysis of biomedical signals (e.g. electroencephalograms) for the characterisation of healthy ageing and the diagnosis of disease, e.g. Alzheimer's. |
| David Frohlich | The application of digital media technology to address loneliness, dementia and sight impairments. |
| Debbie Cooke | Supported self-management and technological innovation to manage long term conditions |
| Emma Ream | Technology in cancer and dementia care |
| Giuseppe Schettino | Analysing the effects of ionizing radiation on cells and animals to improve radiotherapy |
| Helen Treharne | Digital security for older age groups |
| Jo Armes | Digital health solutions in cancer |
| Kamalan Jeevaratnam | Computational approaches to prediction of cardiovascular disease |
| Lilian Tang | Machine learning and health data to facilitate personalised medincine. |
| Mark Plumbley | Sound recognition to monitor activity for assisted living or for diagnosis of disease (e.g. heart sound recognition) |
| Masoud Fakhimi | Sustainability and behavioural analytics in the healthcare system. |
| Matthew Oldfield | Causes and management of late life incontinence. |
| Monique Raats | Food-related behaviour / practices and policy interventions to achieve positive health and sustainability change |
| Nigel Gilbert | The modelling and simulation of social phenomena, including health and illness. |
| Paul Hodkinson | New fathers' experiences of mental health difficulties. |
| Philip Aston | Medical signal analytics and machine learning for diagnostics. |
| Philip Evans | Imaging in cancer diagnostics |
| Sai Gu | Complex system modelling and digital technology |
| Samaneh Kouchaki | My research objectives include developing intelligent tools, based on hybrid architectures of advanced probabilistic and deep learning techniques, that facilitate improved patient outcomes. |
| Simon N. Archer | Sleep and health |
| Simon Evans | Factors (including diet, sleep) that influence cognition, brain function and mental health. Interventions to support mental health and promote healthy brain ageing |
| Tao Chen | Computer modelling of skin and inhalation routes of therapeutic delivery. |
| Terri Grassby | Novel polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in food to reduce glycaemic load. |
If you would like to contact any of our researchers, then you'll find details on their profiles via the links.
| Name | Research interests |
|---|---|
| Adrian Hilton | Computer vision and machine learning for analysis and understanding of human behaviour |
| Bridget Dibb | Living with and managing chronic illness. |
| Carol Lane | Neuroimaging in psychiatry. |
| Caroline Nicholson | Integrated care for frail older people |
| Chinyere Okoro | Antimicrobial resistance. |
| David Frohlich | The application of digital media technology to address loneliness, dementia and sight impairments. |
| Debbie Cooke | Supported self-management and technological innovation to manage long term conditions |
| Emma Ream | Technology in cancer and dementia care |
| Gianni Lo Iacono | Mathematical modelling to understand the impact of environment on disease and microbial communities. |
| Helen Griffiths | Dietary change or pharmaceutical intervention to support healthy ageing by changing metabolism. |
| John H. McVey | Cardiovascular pathology and innovation in haemophilia treatment |
| Julie Hunt | Skeletal muscle and vascular adaptations to exercise and exercise training in healthy and clinical populations. |
| Katriina Whitaker | Cancer care and health inequalities. |
| Kimberley Smith | The intersection of physical, mental and social health. |
| Kourosh R Ahmadi | Linking micronutrient "status" to aberrant epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial function and increased risk of vascular diseases. |
| Lisiane Meira | Cellular responses to stress and their importance in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of cancer and other chronic diseases associated with ageing. |
| Martha Betson | Understanding the spread of parasitic diseases of humans and animals and determining strategies to control them |
| Masoud Fakhimi | Sustainability and behavioural analytics in the healthcare system. |
| Monique Raats | Food-related behaviour / practices and policy interventions to achieve positive health and sustainability change |
| Paola Campagnolo | Tissue engineering for cardiovascular diseases |
| Patrizia Camelliti | Tissue engineering and cardiac fibrosis. |
| Philip Aston | Medical signal analytics and machine learning for diagnostics. |
| Susan Lanham-New | The effect of micronutrients on musculo-skeletal health and how to prevent vitamin D deficiency in vulnerable population groups |
| Simon N. Archer | Sleep and health |
| Simon Evans | Factors (including diet, sleep) that influence cognition, brain function and mental health. Interventions to support mental health and promote healthy brain ageing |
| Terri Grassby | Novel polysaccharides and oligosaccharides in food to reduce glycaemic load. |
| Thorsten Barnhofer | Changes in trajectories of mental disorders and ageing that can be achieved by training people to respond more adaptively to stress. |