
Current lab members
Stuart Rushworth
Group Leader
I am the scientific group leader for molecular haematology research at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. I completed my bachelors degree at the University of Sunderland and my PhD at the University of Cambridge with a focus on immunology. I undertook post-doctoral training at the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia before setting up my own group in 2013.
Charlotte Hellmich
Clinical Lecturer - UEA and NNUH
I graduated from Bristol Medical School in 2013 and started work at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital as a Haematology Trainee in 2017. I first joined the Rushworth lab as an Academic Clinical Fellow and started my Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellowship in 2019. My research focus is ageing in the bone marrow microenvironment in the context of infection.
Matthew Markham
Postdoctoral Researcher - MRC
I graduated from Durham University with an integrated master’s in Biology and subsequently completed my PhD at the University of East Anglia with a focus on the resolution of the inflammatory response in human macrophages. I am currently a postdoctoral scientist investigating how macrophages within the bone marrow microenvironment contribute to the clearance of acute myeloid leukaemia.
Rebecca Maynard
PhD Student - NMS
I graduated from the University of Manchester with an integrated master's in Biomedical Sciences. I am a PhD student investigating the effects of obesity on the blood stem cell niche and what changes are made to the bone marrow microenvironment. I am interested in how these changes affect the immune cell and therefore the progression of acute myeloid leukaemia.
Kristian Bowles
Professor of Clinical Haematology
I studied medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, London. I trained as a junior doctor in London, Kent and South Africa before specialist training in haematology in Cambridge and Norwich. I undertook my PhD at the University of Cambridge, studying haematopoietic stem cell self renewal. I have been a Consultant Haematologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital since 2006 and Professor of Haematology at Norwich Medical School since 2013.
Annalisa Altera
Senior Research Associate - BBSRC
I am a BBSRC founded Postdoctoral researcher in the Rushworth lab. My project is aimed at investigating the effect of plant-based diet on immune system function using in vivo models and also bioinformatic approaches.
Before joining the group, I completed my PhD at the University of Siena, where I researched the impact of faecal microbial transplant on gut-brain axis in aging.
Katherine Hampton
PhD Student - NRP DTP
I graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BSc in Biomedicine and an MSc in Molecular Medicine. My research focuses on the role of LC3 associated phagocytosis in regulating and maintaining the haematopoietic stem cell niche, and is funded by the NRPDTP.
Former lab members
Genevra Pillinger
Intercalating MRes 2015
Left for
Academic FY Training program​
Eoghan Forde
Masters 2017
Left for PhD studentship
University of Glasgow
Rachel Piddock
PhD 2018
Left for post-doc
Weill Cornell Medicine,
New York
Yu Sun
PhD 2019
Left for post-doc
University of Cambridge
Jamie Moore
PhD 2022
Left for senior scientist
CRUK, Cambridge
David Riley
Post Doc
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Alvin Katumba
Intercalating MRes 2016
Left for
Academic FY Training program
Manar Shafat
PhD 2018
Left for post doc
University College London
Becky Horton
Intercalating MRes 2018
Left for
Academic FY Training program
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Prakrit Kumar
Intercalating MRes 2020
Left to complete medical degree
Norwich Medical School
Aisha Jibril
PhD 2023
Left for post-doc
Imperial College London
Niamh Loughran
Intercalating MRes 2016
Left for
Academic FY Training program​
Megan Murray
Post Doc
Left for post doc
UEA
Adam Morfarkis
Intercalating MRes 2018
Left to complete medical degree
Norwich Medical School
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Amelia Lambert
Intercalating MRes 2020
Left to complete medical degree
Norwich Medical School
Martha Ehikioya
Intercalating MRes 2023
Left to complete medical degree
Norwich Medical School
Amina Abdul-Aziz
PhD 2017
Left for post-doc
Ohio State University​
Lyubov Zaitseva
Post Doc
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Chris Marlein
PhD 2018
Left for post-doc
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Jayna Mistry
PhD 2021
Left for post-doc
Jackson Laboratory, USA
Edyta Wojtowicz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Left for principle ingestigator role at Earlham Institute