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Find out more about the staff within the School of Health Sciences.
Meet the team
Head of School
Professor Melaine Coward
Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; Head of the School of Health Sciences
Academic leads
Professor Jo Armes
Professor of Cancer Care and Lead for Digital Health
Amy Dopson
Associate Professor & Head of Department: Continuing Professional Development and Post Graduate Education
Professor Jill Maben
Professor of Health Services Research and Nursing
Jackie McBride
Associate Professor in Integrated Care, Head of Professional Preparation within Integrated Care
Professor Emma Ream
Professor, Director of Health Sciences Research
Academic staff
Dr Ruth Abrams
Lecturer
Charlie Adler
Lecturer B in Paramedic Science
Dr Anand Ahankari
Lecturer in Maternal, Child and Family Health
Susie Aldiss
Research Fellow (Child Health)
Dr Justin Aunger
Research Fellow
Dr Carys Banks
NIHR Research Fellow
Professor Elizabeth Barley
Professor of Mental Health Sciences and Nursing
Zoe Bedford
Teaching Fellow
Simon Bettles
Lead for Simulation Education
Lisa Blazhevski
Lecturer Integrated Care
Dr Sarah Bolger
Midwifery Lecturer
Julia Boon
Teaching Fellow in Midwifery
Laura Boswell
Research Assistant
David Brighton
Teaching Fellow in health science (adult nursing)
Dr Anna Brown
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Midwifery)
Ash Brownett
Lecturer (Paramedic Science)
Dr Gemma Bryan
Research Fellow
Chloe Burch
Lecturer
Orlando Caetano
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Health (Moving and Handling)
Dr Alison Callwood
Senior Lecturer in Integrated Care (Midwifery)
Dr Hilary Causer
Research Fellow
Dr Theopisti Chrysanthaki
Lecturer in Integrated Care/ehealth
Rosalind Clegg
Teaching Fellow in Physician Associate Studies
Sarah Clements
Teaching Fellow
Zoe Clothier
Research Assistant
Jane Cockle Hearne
Research Fellow
Anita Combes
Teaching Fellow - Adult Nursing
Dr Sarah Combes
Research Fellow
Dr Debbie Cooke
Reader
Dr Anna Cox
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Lizzie Crowhurst
Teaching Fellow
Dr Laura Dando
General Practitioner (GP); Lecturer - Physician Associate Programme
Annette Davies
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care
Lisa Dennis
Lecturer- Children and Young People's Nursing
Cathy Derham
Associate Professor, Lead for Student Experience. School of Health Sciences
Dr Jia Doulton
Programme Leader for PGDip Physician Associate Studies
Simon Downs
Paramedic Field Lead & Lecturer (Paramedic Practice)
Laurence Drew
Teaching Fellow in Mental Health Nursing
Corinne Drummond
Teaching Fellow/ Lead for Non Medical Prescribing
Dr James Fisher
Lecturer in Physician Associate Studies PGDip
Christopher Gage
Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice
Bethany Gale
Mental Health Nursing Teaching Fellow
Professor Nophar Geifman
Professor of Health and Biomedical Informatics
Professor Faith Gibson
Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care
Dr Nyangi Gityamwi
Research Fellow
Dr Richard Green
Research Fellow in Palliative Care and Ageing
Jonny Green
Lecturer in Mental Health Nurse Research and Education
Rebecca Greenacre
Lead Midwife for Education, Director of Studies, Teaching Fellow Midwifery
Dr Hanna Groothuizen
Research Fellow
Mx Jordan Harrington- Phillips
Lecturer in Child and Young People's Nursing
Dr Jenny Harris
Lecturer in Cancer Care
Louise Harris
Midwifery Teaching Fellow
Sam Harrison
Midwifery Teaching Fellow
Louise Havercroft
Teaching Fellow - Independent / Supplementary Prescribing and Advanced Assessment
Emily Hilling
Adult Nursing Lecturer
Deanna Hodge
Teaching Fellow and Lead for Practice Education
Dr Athena Ip
Research Fellow
Dr Haomiao Jin
Lecturer in Health Data Sciences
Felicity Jones
Senior Lecturer in Integrated Care (Population Health), Director of Studies for Specialist Practice
Dr Robert Kerrison
Lecturer in Cancer Care
Zeni Koutsi
Lecturer
Jacqueline Laden
Teaching Fellow
Heather Lane
Lecturer and Pathway Lead for Community Children's Nursing (CCN) SPQ Programme
Liz Langley
Teaching Fellow in Mental Health
Dr Sarah Lea
Research Fellow
Kathy Leach
Teaching Fellow - Adult Nursing Field
Dr Agnieszka Lemanska
Senior Lecturer in Health Data Science
Danny Long
Lecturer Integrated Care (Mental Health)
Kimberley Lucini
Adult Nurse Lecturer
Professor Richard Lyon
Professor in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine
Professor Jill Maben
Professor of Health Services Research and Nursing
Dr Carin Magnusson
Lecturer in Health Services Research
Dr Afrodita Marcu
Research Fellow (RA II)
Dr Freda Elizabeth Mold
Senior Lecturer in Integrated Care
Linda Moore
Teaching fellow
Vicky Naidoo
Teaching Fellow in Mental Health
Professor Caroline Nicholson
Professor of Palliative Care and Ageing
Dr Jennifer Oates
Senior Personal Tutor, Lead for Wellbeing, Senior Teaching Fellow
Lucie Ollis
Research Fellow
Tony Onoja
Research Fellow
Neesha Oozageer Gunowa
Senior Lecturer and Pathway Lead in Community Nursing
Dr Treena Parsons
Research Fellow
Zoe Polly
Lecturer, Children and Young People's Nursing
Dr Karen Poole
Teaching Fellow
Dr Ruth Riley
Senior Lecturer
Sarah Roberts
Lecturer, Pathway Lead for Health Visiting, Lead for Student Admissions
Dr Ann Robinson
Senior Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Midwifery)
Clare Royal
Teaching Fellow
Vikki Saravia
Teaching Fellow Integrated Health (Midwifery)
Dr Christopher Sartori
Teaching Fellow
Helen Sherriff
Teaching Fellow (Paramedic Science)
Colin Shore
Research Fellow
Pippa Sipanoun
Research Fellow
Dr Karen Stenner
Lecturer in Health Services Research
Mark Stobbart
Senior Teaching Fellow
Jaime Sutherland
Midwifery Teaching Fellow
Dr Katie Sutton
Research Fellow
Claire Tarrant
Senior Lecturer
Professor Cath Taylor
Professor of Healthcare Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing
Suzie Thorpe
Midwifery Teaching Fellow (integrated)
Dr Renske Visser
Research Fellow
Hayley Ward
Director of Studies for Healthcare Practice Programme and Leadership in Healthcare Programme
Professor Katriina Whitaker
Professor of Psychology and Lead for Cancer Care
Nikki White
Senior Teaching Fellow
Ali Whitehouse
Lecturer in Integrated Care (Children's Nursing)
Dr Emily Williams
Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Professor in Health Inequalities and Chronic Disease
Dr Magdalena Zasada
Lecturer in Workforce, Organisation and Wellbeing
Suzanne van Even
Research Fellow