Meet the director and members of the Lothian Birth Cohorts team, and find out about their roles. Image Lothian Birth Cohorts director, Professor Simon CoxSimon received his PhD in 2012 at the University of Edinburgh, and has worked with the Lothian Birth Cohorts for more than a decade. He is interested in how the brain facilitates complex cognitive abilities, and how and why people differ in their abilities across the life course.Simon leads the Disconnected Mind Phase 4 funded by Age UK, and is Principal Investigator on the current MRC-funded LBC1936 neuroimaging study. He is a Senior Research Fellow within the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and was recently awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship by Wellcome and The Royal Society.Since December 2020 Simon is the Director of the Disconnected Mind project and the Lothian Birth Cohorts.Lothian Birth Cohorts team membersProfessor Simon CoxPrincipal InvestigatorIan Deary, Professor EmeritusCo-Investigator and Founding DirectorProfessor Joanna WardlawCo-InvestigatorDr Tom C. RussCo-Investigator and Principal Medical ContactProfessor Michelle LucianoCo-InvestigatorProfessor Mark BastinCo-InvestigatorProfessor Susan ShenkinCo-InvestigatorDr Janie CorleyCo-InvestigatorDr Sarah HarrisCo-InvestigatorDr Susana Munoz-ManiegaCo-Investigator Dr Sarah McGroryStudy CoordinatorMr Paul RedmondDatabase ManagerMr David LiewaldComputer ManagerMs Sabela MendezResearch AssistantDr Barbora SkarabelaKnowledge Exchange and Impact Officer Dr W. David HillMRC Research FellowDr Gail DaviesResearch AssociateDr Colin BuchananResearch AssociateDr Charley XiaResearch AssistantDr Joanna MoodieResearch AssociateDr Anna FurtjesResearch Associate Ms Austeja CiulkinytePhD StudentMr Jonny FlintPhD StudentMr Sam GibbonPhD StudentMr Otto JutilaPhD StudentMr Arish RakshasaPhD StudentMs Hannah SmithPhD StudentMs Josie RobertsonPhD StudentMs Katie RobertsonMSc Student This article was published on 2023-11-23
