Issy MacGregor

Issy MacGregor

BiographiesTeam Members   Issy MacGregorPPIE Manager   Issy is the Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Manager at the Rare Respiratory Disease Centre, where she works to embed inclusive, people-centred approaches throughout research. She is...
Prem Sarikonda

Prem Sarikonda

BiographiesTeam Members   Prem SarikondaLived Experience Advisory Panel   Prem is a Senior Physiotherapist at Cambridge, leading work to improve patient flow, discharge pathways, and integration between hospital and community services, with a focus on...
Melanie Smith

Melanie Smith

BiographiesTeam Members   Melanie SmithResearcher   Dr Melanie Smith is the LifeArc Rare Respiratory Disease (RRD) Research Fellow based at the University of Southampton (UoS) with the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)  research team, under the leadership of...
Basma Naiisseh

Basma Naiisseh

BiographiesTeam Members   Basma NaiissehResearcher   Basma is a postdoctoral researcher enthusiastic to tackle rare respiratory diseases through development of genome editing approaches, as part of theLifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseasesfocusing...
Hilmi Arica

Hilmi Arica

BiographiesTeam Members   Hilmi AricaResearcher   Hilmi holds an MSci (Hons) in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Cancer, Stem Cell, and Developmental Biology from Utrecht University. During the MSc...