Staff directory
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Dr K Louise McKnight
Senior Lecturer in Radiography
Louise is a Senior Lecturer in Radiography and Researcher at Birmingham City University. She enjoys teaching and supervising undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral research students. As a diagnostic radiographer, Louise worked in clinical practice for many years and brings that experience to vocational degree teaching in a...
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James Michael
Co-course Lead and Senior Lecturer in Medical Ultrasound
James has previously worked as a Radiographer and Sonographer at University Hospital Birmingham NHS trust for 15 years before joining the BCU lecturing team. He is Co-Course lead of the MSc Medical Ultrasound Course. James teaches on both the BSc Medical Ultrasound and MSc Medical Ultrasound courses, along with radiology...
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Geraldine Nevin
Associate Professor - Faculty Lead Apprenticeships
Gerri is an Associate Professor and Faculty Lead for Apprenticeships. Gerri qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1982, worked in a variety of clinical settings including Cardiology/Neurology, Coronary Care and Intensive Care. Before joining University Gerri was a Clinical Teacher for the Intensive Care course and a Lecturer...
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Craig Newton
Lecturer
Craig joined BCU after 10 years teaching physical education at both primary and secondary level. During this time Craig gained experience as a head of department, educational visit coordinator and led a whole school initiative of mentoring SEN pupils from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Whilst teaching he studied part time to...
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Katie O'Connor
Lecturer in Operating Department Practice / Admissions Tutor
Katie's career as an ODP began at Birmingham City University 15 years ago when she undertook the Diploma in Higher Education in Operating Department Practice, she has been qualified for almost 13 years. Since qualification Katie has worked full time in the clinical environment working pre-dominantly in anaesthetics and...
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Dr George Oguntala
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering - Course Leader in MSc in Medical Engineering, Applications for Healthcare and MSc in Medical Imaging Technology
George is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering with specialism in Smart Homes and Infrastructures, Internet of Things, Sensors and Wearable Electronics at the Department of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University. He is the Programme Leader of the MSc in Medical Engineering Applications for Healthcare and MSc in...
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Melanie Packer
Lecturer/ Placement Coordinator in Speech and Language Therapy
Melanie Packer has always demonstrated a keen interest in communication. After graduating from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, in 1994, Melanie spent a number of year working for television companies based in Birmingham. In 2000, Melanie’s interest shifted from the media to human communication. By 2006, Melanie had...
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Jenny Page
Dentist and Accredited member of BSCAH.
Jenny is a dentist and Accredited member of BSCAH. She completed BSCAH’s foundation training in 2003 then went on to successfully achieve her Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis at Stafford University (also ran by BSCAH). She is now part of the teaching team at Birmingham City University having helped for many years. She is also the...
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Chelsea Papworth
Lecturer for BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
Chelsea is a member of The Society of Sports Therapist and has a range of clinical and sporting experience spanning the past 10 years. She has worked in basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, athletics and rugby, within the UK and Canada. Her primary roles included; lead Sports Therapist within a non-league football club, Sports...
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Dr Ashok Patel
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Ashok has a number of research interests, and is developing research projects with clinicians based in hospitals in Birmingham, as well as colleagues within BCU. He has had a number of published studies in the field of genetic predisposition to complex disease such as diabetic kidney disease and dementia in Down’s syndrome. He...