Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Our people

Our researchers, survey specialists, data experts, cohort maintenance team and communications staff each play their own important part in what we do. Our work is overseen by a strategic advisory board who help guide our scientific and strategic management.

Senior leadership team

With responsibility for our overall strategic and scientific management, this group includes the team leader from each of the different working areas within the centre.

Alissa Goodman

Professor of Economics and Co-Director of Generation New Era

alissa.goodman@ucl.ac.uk

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Matt Brown

Professorial Research Fellow, and Senior Survey Manager

matt.brown@ucl.ac.uk

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Lisa Calderwood

Professor of Survey Research, CLS Managing Director, Co-Director of Generation New Era and Director of GUIDE

l.calderwood@ucl.ac.uk

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Emla Fitzsimons

Professor of Economics and CLS Director

E.Fitzsimons@ucl.ac.uk

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Alice Goisis

Professor of Demography

a.goisis@ucl.ac.uk

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Morag Henderson

Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Millennium Cohort Study and Next Steps

morag.henderson@ucl.ac.uk

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George Ploubidis

Professor of Population Health and Statistics, and Director of the National Child Development Study and 1970 British Cohort Study

g.ploubidis@ucl.ac.uk

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Meghan Rainsberry

Head of Communications and Engagement

M.Rainsberry@ucl.ac.uk

Aida Sanchez

Head of Research Data Management

a.sanchez@ucl.ac.uk

Felicia Teague

Centre Manager

f.teague@ucl.ac.uk

Administration team

Our administration team supports the management of the centre as a whole. This includes matters concerning HR and recruitment, and finance.

Felicia Teague

Centre Manager

f.teague@ucl.ac.uk

Jay Kubler

Programme and project manager

j.kubler@ucl.ac.uk

Cohort maintenance team

Our cohort maintenance team works to keep our study members’ contact details secure and up to date. They also trace study members who we might have lost touch with, for example if they have moved home.

George Andrew

Cohort Maintenance Officer

g.andrew@ucl.ac.uk

Tony Ball

Database Manager

t.ball@ucl.ac.uk

Denise Brown

Cohort Studies Administrator

denise.brown@ucl.ac.uk

Robert Browne

Database Manager

robert.browne@ucl.ac.uk

Peter Deane

Cohort Maintenance Officer

p.deane@ucl.ac.uk

Lucy Feldman

SQL Developer

lucy.feldman@ucl.ac.uk

Shaadi Shidfar

Senior Database Manager (SQL Developer)

shaadi.shidfar@ucl.ac.uk

Mary Ukah

Cohort Maintenance Officer

m.ukah@ucl.ac.uk

Communications team

The communications team works to maximise the use and impact of our study data and research findings. They also work with the cohort maintenance team to keep study members up to date on the latest findings from each survey and on plans for future surveys.

Meghan Rainsberry

Head of Communications and Engagement

M.Rainsberry@ucl.ac.uk

Katherine Butler

Senior Communications Manager

k.butler@ucl.ac.uk

Ryan Bradshaw

Editorial Content Manager

r.bradshaw@ucl.ac.uk

Richard Steele

Events and Marketing Officer

richard.steele@ucl.ac.uk

Naomi Yohendran

Communications and Engagement Officer

naomi.yohendran@ucl.ac.uk

Katie Allen

Digital Channel Manager

katie.allen@ucl.ac.uk

Data management team

The data management team manages the information collected by field work agencies. They are responsible for cleaning and depositing the data with the UK Data Service. They also produce data documentation to help researchers understand and use the study data.

Vilma Agalioti-Sgompou

Senior Research Data Manager/Engineer

v.agalioti-sgompou@ucl.ac.uk

Maggie Hancock

Senior Research Data Manager/Engineer

maggie.hancock@ucl.ac.uk

Sarah Kerry-Barnard

Research Data Manager/Engineer

sarah.kerry.15@ucl.ac.uk

Silvia Mendonca

Research Data Manager/Engineer

silvia.mendonca@ucl.ac.uk

Nureen Hanisah Mohamad Zaki

Research Data Manager/Engineer

nureen.zaki@ucl.ac.uk

Andrew Peters

Research Data Manager/Engineer

andrew.peters@ucl.ac.uk

Sarab Rihal

Research Data Manager/Engineer

s.rihal@ucl.ac.uk

Rachel Rosenberg

Research Data Manager/Engineer

r.rosenberg@ucl.ac.uk

Aida Sanchez

Head of Research Data Management

a.sanchez@ucl.ac.uk

Information governance and data protection

The Information governance and data protection team for CLS.

Yvonne Benjamin

Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

y.benjamin@ucl.ac.uk

Records linkage team

The Records linkage team are responsible for coordinating and overseeing the centre’s programme of work to link administrative or other relevant records to the study data. These data linkages enhance the research potential of the information we collect through our regular study sweeps.

Karen Dennison

Records Linkage Manager

k.dennison@ucl.ac.uk

Danielle Freitas Gomes

Record Linkage Manager

danielle.gomes@ucl.ac.uk

Research team

Our team of researchers analyse data from our four cohort studies and conduct their own research projects. The team is made up of researchers from a variety of different academic disciplines.

Anna Adamecz-Volgyi

Research Fellow in Quantitative Social Science

a.adamecz-volgyi@ucl.ac.uk

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David Bann

Associate Professor in Population Health, Strategic lead of social science genetics

david.bann@ucl.ac.uk

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Charlotte Booth

Research Fellow

charlotte.booth@ucl.ac.uk

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Charis Bridger Staatz

Senior Research Fellow

Charis.staatz.17@ucl.ac.uk

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Matt Brown

Professorial Research Fellow, and Senior Survey Manager

matt.brown@ucl.ac.uk

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Lisa Calderwood

Professor of Survey Research, CLS Managing Director, Co-Director of Generation New Era and Director of GUIDE

l.calderwood@ucl.ac.uk

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David Church

GIS Developer

utnvdch@ucl.ac.uk

Gabriella Conti

Professor of Economics

gabriella.conti@ucl.ac.uk

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Brian Dodgeon

Research Fellow

b.dodgeon@ucl.ac.uk

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Emla Fitzsimons

Professor of Economics and CLS Director

E.Fitzsimons@ucl.ac.uk

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Alice Goisis

Professor of Demography

a.goisis@ucl.ac.uk

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Alissa Goodman

Professor of Economics and Co-Director of Generation New Era

alissa.goodman@ucl.ac.uk

Full UCL profile

Morag Henderson

Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Millennium Cohort Study and Next Steps

morag.henderson@ucl.ac.uk

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Heather Joshi

Emeritus Professor

h.joshi@ucl.ac.uk

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Nicolás Libuy

Senior Research Fellow

nicolas.libuy.16@ucl.ac.uk

Rosie Mansfield

Senior Research Fellow

r.mansfield@ucl.ac.uk

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Bettina Moltrecht

Senior Research Fellow

b.moltrecht@ucl.ac.uk

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Darío Moreno-Agostino

Principal Research Fellow in Population Mental Health

d.moreno@ucl.ac.uk

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Tim Morris

Senior Research Fellow

t.t.morris@ucl.ac.uk

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Vanessa Moulton

Senior Research Fellow

vanessa.moulton@ucl.ac.uk

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Martina Narayanan

Research Fellow

m.narayanan@ucl.ac.uk

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Maria Palma

Research Fellow

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Sam Parsons

Principal Research Fellow

sam.parsons@ucl.ac.uk

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Praveetha Patalay

Professor of Population Health and Wellbeing

p.patalay@ucl.ac.uk

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Alina Pelikh

Principal Research Fellow in Demography and CLS Deputy Research Director

a.pelikh@ucl.ac.uk

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George Ploubidis

Professor of Population Health and Statistics, and Director of the National Child Development Study and 1970 British Cohort Study

g.ploubidis@ucl.ac.uk

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Alyce Raybould

Research Fellow (Survey Manager)

a.raybould@ucl.ac.uk

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Carole Sanchez

Survey Manager

carole.sanchez@ucl.ac.uk

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Richard Silverwood

Associate Professor and Chief Statistician

R.Silverwood@ucl.ac.uk

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Alice Sullivan

Professor of Sociology

alice.sullivan@ucl.ac.uk

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Aase Villadsen

Principal Research Fellow

a.villadsen@ucl.ac.uk

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Bozena Wielgoszewska

Senior Research Fellow

b.wielgoszewska@ucl.ac.uk

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Erica Wong

Survey Manager

erica.wong@ucl.ac.uk

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Liam Wright

Associate Professor in Statistics and Survey Methodology

liam.wright@ucl.ac.uk

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Alison Fang-Wei Wu

Research Fellow

Fang-wei.wu.15@ucl.ac.uk

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Students

Our doctoral candidates are supervised by CLS researchers and use the study data in research for their PhD.

Martin Danka

PhD student

Alice Deng

PhD student

Esme Elsden

PhD student

Laura Gimeno

Research Fellow

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Yiling Guo

PhD Student, Research Assistant

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Linxuan He

PhD student

Luke Kretschmer

PhD student

Matthew van Poortvliet

PhD student

Siqi Wu

PhD student

Survey team

The survey team is responsible for designing each study survey and working with the field work agencies to collect survey data from cohort members.

Tugba Adali

Research Fellow (Survey Manager)

t.adali@ucl.ac.uk

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Matt Brown

Professorial Research Fellow, and Senior Survey Manager

matt.brown@ucl.ac.uk

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Lisa Calderwood

Professor of Survey Research, CLS Managing Director, Co-Director of Generation New Era and Director of GUIDE

l.calderwood@ucl.ac.uk

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Lucy Haselden

Survey Manager

l.garcez@ucl.ac.uk

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Larissa Pople

Research Fellow (Survey Manager)

l.pople@ucl.ac.uk

Alyce Raybould

Research Fellow (Survey Manager)

a.raybould@ucl.ac.uk

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Carole Sanchez

Survey Manager

carole.sanchez@ucl.ac.uk

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Erica Wong

Survey Manager

erica.wong@ucl.ac.uk

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Visitors & Collaborators

We host a number of visiting researchers who are working towards a graduate or postgraduate degree at another institution. They use CLS study data in either their own research projects or in collaborative projects with other CLS researchers.

Jenny Chanfreau

Research Fellow in Demography

j.chanfreau@ucl.ac.uk

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Shirley Dex

Emeritus Professor

s.dex@ucl.ac.uk

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Ludovica Gambaro

Marie Skodowska-Curie Fellow, DIW Berlin

l.gambaro@ucl.ac.uk

Michelle Kelly-Irving

Senior Researcher/Visiting Fellow

michelle.kelly@inserm.fr

Mary Clare Lennon

Visiting Fellow

m.lennon@ucl.ac.uk

Jennifer Maggs

Visiting Research Associate

j.maggs@ucl.ac.uk

Ellen Thompson

Honorary Research Associate

ellen.thompson@ucl.ac.uk

Nikos Tzavidis

Research Associate

n.tzavidis@ucl.ac.uk

Dick Wiggins

Emeritus Professor

d.wiggins@ucl.ac.uk

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Afshin Zilanawala

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

afshin.zilanawala@ucl.ac.uk