Our researchers

Edward Antram

Academic Clinical Fellow in Clinical Radiology

• Research Interests: Embolisation procedures, imaging biomarker validation
• Funding: NIHR ACF

Joy Barber

Consultant Radiologist

Co-lead for Radiology Research Delivery

• Research Interests: Paediatric and gastrointestinal radiology, inflammatory bowel disease and bowel motility

Sam Beardsmore-Rust

Speciality Registrar, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

• Research Interests: Interventional radiology, including paediatrics, trauma and embolisation
• PI: Associate-PI: KID (IRAS: 340062)

Ruth Bescoby

Clinical Trials Practitioner

Madeleine Briggs

Diagnostic Radiographer

Chief Nurse Research Fellow

• Research Interests: Tuberculosis in underserved and high risk populations
• Funding: St George’s TACRI Chief Nurse Research Fellow (2025-2026)

Joo-Young Chun

Consultant Interventional Radiologist

Honorary Senior Lecturer

• Research Interests: Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology and Embolisation
• PI: KID (IRAS: 340062), Co-PI: EVOCC (IRAS: 323392)

Alison Elstob

Consultant Radiologist

• Research Interests: Imaging in genitourinary and gynaecological disease and tuberous sclerosis
• Funding: Co-applicant South East Kidney Patients Association (SEKPA) for MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)

Naren Govindarajah

Speciality Registrar, Radiology

RCR National Emergency Laparotomy (NELA) Fellow

• Research Interests: Colorectal cancer and GI radiology

George Hammerton

Specialty Registrar, Radiology

Head of Website Development, Imaging Research Group

• Research Interests: Imaging biomarker development and validation, neuroradiology

Róisín Jennings

Sonographer

• Research Interests: Ultrasound, elastography, hepatic steatosis
• PI: Associate PI: AMULET (IRAS: 333813)

Arjan Khattar

Speciality Registrar, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

• Research Interests: Aortic and peripheral arterial intervention, embolotherapy and cardiac imaging

Vishaal Ladva

Specialty Registrar, Radiology

• Research Interests: Imaging research in gastrointestinal disease, protocol validation

Daniel Livingstone

Locum Consultant Radiologist

• Research Interests: Imaging in Tuberous Sclerosis
• PI: Sub-investigator: MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS: 344415)

Asif Machhada

Speciality Registrar (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology)

• Research Interests: Exploring the different applications of AI in imaging and risk governance. Ultrasound and MRI imaging and microsurgical protocols and has published research on the innervation of the heart, Alzheimer’s, hypertension, and diabetes

Leto Mailli

Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist

• Research Interests: Imaging and intervention in interventional radiology
• PI: CALCIO (IRAS 337266)
• Funding: Greenshoots Funding

Robert Morgan

Consultant Radiologist

Director, Imaging Research Group

Professor Imaging City St Georges University of London

• Research Interests: Endovascular treatment of peripheral vascular disease

Chris Murphy

Speciality Registrar, Radiology

TACRI Junior Research Fellowship

• Research Interests: Imaging brain tumours, imaging biomarker validation
• Funding: St George’s TACRI Junior Research Fellowship (2025-2026)

Nirav Patel

Consultant Radiologist

Co-lead for Radiology Research Delivery

• Research Interests: Active research interests in HCC screening, rectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease
• PI: AMULET (IRAS: 333813), METEOR Sub-investigators: CONTEXT, PRESERVE (IRAS: 256736)
• Funding: Greenshoots Funding

Uday Patel

Consultant Radiologist

• Research Interests: Imaging in genitourinary medicine and tuberous sclerosis
• Funding: Co-applicant South East Kidney Patients Association (SEKPA) for MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)

Alistair Paterson

Speciality Registrar, Musculoskeletal Radiology

British Society of Skeletal Radiology (BSSR) Education Subcommittee

• Research Interests: Imaging biomarkers and intervention in osteoarthritis and characterisation of bone marrow lesions
• Funding: St George’s TACRI Junior Research Fellowship (2024-2025)

James Pilcher

Consultant Radiologist

• Research Interests: Sonographic imaging biomarkers in general practice and rare genetic disease
• Funding: Co-applicant Royal College of Radiologists Kodak Fellowship 2025

Lakshmi Ratnam

Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist

Honorary Reader in Interventional Radiology

• Research Interests: Imaging and intervention in lymphovascular anomalies and primary lymphoedema
• PI: BEST (IRAS: 248206), PAVE-2 (IRAS: 323715)
• Funding: Co-applicant MRC MR/Y013786/1 for Integrating deep phenotyping and functional genomics to understand the mechanistic basis of primary lymphatic anomalies. Co-applicant Royal College of Radiologists Kodak Fellowship 2025

Emily Redpath

Clinical Scientist (MRI Physics)

• Research Interests: Imaging in Tuberous Sclerosis
• PI: MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)
• Funding: Co-applicant South East Kidney Patients Association (SEKPA) for MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)

Clarrissa Sanders

Head of MRI (Physics) and non-ionising (Physics)

• Research Interests: AI in imaging
• Funding: Co-applicant South East Kidney Patients Association (SEKPA) for MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)

Matthew Smith

Medical Student

• Research Interests: GI radiology, vascular surgery, applied philosphy of science and epistemology

Mathew Storey

Speciality Registrar, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

• Research Interests: Safe and effective use of technology to improve the lives of patients and healthcare workers

Anita Wale

Deputy Director, Imaging Research Group

Consultant Radiologist

Honorary Senior Lecturer City St Georges University of London

• Research Interests: Imaging in bowel cancer and rare genetic disease, imaging biomarker validation
• CI: AI-rMRI (IRAS 345225)
• PI: PRESERVE (IRAS: 256736), SERENADE (IRAS: 135981) Sub-investigator: FOXTROT (IRAS: 1003812)
• Funding: Royal College of Radiologists Kodak Fellowship 2025, Greenshoots Funding, Co-applicant South East Kidney Patients Association (SEKPA) for MRI Techniques in TSC (IRAS 344415)