by AdminRRD | Feb 11, 2026
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...
by AdminRRD | Feb 5, 2026
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...
by AdminRRD | Nov 11, 2025
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...
by AdminRRD | Oct 28, 2025
BiographiesTeam Members Laura McDiarmidCommunications Manager Laura is Research Communications Manager at the RRD Centre in Edinburgh. She is responsible for planning and implementing the Centre’s communication and engagement strategy, delivering...
by AdminRRD | Oct 15, 2025
BiographiesTeam Members Roya Babaei-JadidiResearcher Roya is research fellow with over 15 years of experience in biomedical research, spanning cancer biology, metabolic disease, and respiratory pathology. Her work focuses on understanding molecular...
