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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
Head of Continuing Professional Development (CPD); Director of Studies Integrated Care (Nursing); Principal Teaching Fellow
Professor Jill Maben
Professor of Health Services Research and Nursing
Jackie McBride
Senior Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care, Head of Professional Preparation within Integrated Care
Professor Emma Ream
Professor, Director of Health Sciences Research
Academic staff
Ruth Abrams
Lecturer
Charlie Adler
Teaching Fellow 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
Research Fellow
Professor Elizabeth Barley
Professor of Mental Health Sciences and Nursing
Zoe Bedford
Teaching Fellow
Simon Bettles
Director of Studies (HCPC Programmes) and Lead for Simulation Education
Lisa Blazhevski
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Moving and Handling)
Dr Sarah Bolger
Midwifery Teaching Fellow
Julia Boon
Teaching Fellow in Midwifery
Laura Boswell
Research Assistant
David Brighton
Teaching Fellow in health science (adult nursing)
Sue Brooks
Senior Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care
Dr Anna Brown
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Midwifery)
Ash Brownett
Teaching Fellow (Paramedic Science)
Dr Gemma Bryan
Research Fellow
Orlando Caetano
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Health (Moving and Handling)
Dr Alison Callwood
Senior Lecturer in Integrated Care (Midwifery)
Dr Theopisti Chrysanthaki
Lecturer in Integrated Care/ehealth
Rosalind Clegg
Teaching Fellow in Physician Associate Studies
Sarah Clements
Teaching Fellow
Jane Cockle Hearne
Research Fellow
Anita Combes
Teaching Fellow - Adult Nursing
Sarah Combes
Research Fellow
Dr Debbie Cooke
Reader
Dr Anna Cox
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Lizzie Crowhurst
Teaching Fellow
Dr Laura Dando
Teaching Fellow
Annette Davies
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care
Lisa Dennis
Teaching Fellow - Child Health
Cathy Derham
Principal Teaching Fellow, School of Health Sciences
Dr Jia Doulton
Programme Leader for PGDip Physician Associate Studies
Simon Downs
Paramedic Field Lead & Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Paramedic Practice)
Laurence Drew
Teaching Fellow in Mental Health Nursing
Corinne Drummond
Teaching Fellow/Co-lead for Non Medical Prescribing
Dr James Fisher
Teaching Fellow
Christopher Gage
Teaching Fellow
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
Rebecca Greenacre
Lead Midwife for Education, Director of Studies, Teaching Fellow Midwifery
Dr Hanna Groothuizen
Research Fellow
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
Deanna Hodge
Teaching Fellow and Lead for Practice Education
Karen Hughes
Senior Teaching Fellow
Dr Athena Ip
Research Fellow
Dr Haomiao Jin
Lecturer in Health Data Sciences
Felicity Jones
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Population Health), Director of Studies for Specialist Practice and Pathway Lead for Health Visiting
Dr Robert Kerrison
Lecturer in Cancer Care
Jacqueline Laden
Teaching Fellow
Heather Lane
Teaching Fellow Child Health
Liz Langley
Teaching Fellow in Mental Health
Kathy Leach
Teaching Fellow - Adult Nursing Field
Dr Agnieszka Lemanska
Senior Lecturer in Health Data Science
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
Neesha Oozageer Gunowa
Pathway Lead in Community Nursing
Ihinosen Ovbude
Teaching Fellow
Dr Treena Parsons
Research Fellow
Zoe Polly
Teaching Fellow, Integrated Care, Children's Nursing
Dr Karen Poole
Teaching Fellow
Dr Ruth Riley
Senior Lecturer
Sarah Roberts
Teaching Fellow, Lead for Student Admissions (Health Sciences)
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 Teaching Fellow
Professor Cath Taylor
Professor of Healthcare Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing
Dr Clive Tobutt
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Mental Health Nursing)
Dr Renske Visser
Research Fellow
Hayley Ward
Teaching Fellow (Paramedic Science)
Dr Katriina Whitaker
Reader in Cancer Care
Nikki White
Senior Teaching Fellow
Ali Whitehouse
Teaching Fellow in Integrated Care (Children's Nursing)
Dr Emily Williams
Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Reader in Health Inequalities and Chronic Disease
Dr Magda Zasada
Lecturer in Workforce Organisation and Wellbeing
Suzanne van Even
Research Fellow