Sport and Life Sciences staff

Dr Helen Clarke

Senior Lecturer

Dr Helen Clarke is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. She completed both her degree and PhD at Aston University. Her degree is in Applied and Human Biology and her PhD focuses on the effects of Metformin on the Vascular system. She joined BCU in 2003 and embarked on her teaching career in health education. She...

Dr Neil Clarke

Associate Professor

Neil is the course leader for the MSc. Sport and Exercise Nutrition. Neil joined BCU as an Associate Professor in January 2024 after twelve years at the Coventry University and is also the joint cluster lead for Sport and Exercise Sciences research. Neil is also an accredited BASES Sport and Exercise Scientist for support and...

Callum Davidson

Lecturer in Sports Therapy

As a Graduate Sports Therapist with a Masters in Strength and Conditioning, Callum has extensive experience working in professional football with both male and female athletes. His work experience started at Leicester City Women FC before accepting a role with Hartlepool United as Head of Medical. In 2020, Callum began studying...

Dr Kwabena Duedu

Associate Professor in Life Sciences

Kwabena joined BCU in 2023 as Associate Professor in Life Sciences having worked as Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences in Ghana and a Global Health Fellow at the Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, United States. He completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2015. He worked as a...

Dr Martin Figgitt

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Martin has a very strong and varied biomedical science background having been engaged in both research activities and clinical diagnostic services. His clinical science experience includes working in hospital blood sciences laboratories performing various blood tests, such as full blood counts, coagulation screening and blood...

Dr Syed Ghufran Khalid

Visiting Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering

Dr Syed Ghufran Khalid is a visiting lecturer for Biomedical Engineering within the department of life sciences, currently working with Bisola Biobaku-Mutingwende on the STEMM module for MSc students. He is also working as a MEMS engineer at Guys and St Thomas Hospital. Before joining the hospital, he had been working as a...

Dr Martin Goldberg

Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology

Martin has a wide range of expertise which includes clinical and diagnostic microbiology, bacterial molecular biology / genetics, food microbiology / safety, discovery of novel antimicrobial compounds and bacterial physiology. This range of expertise is vital when working in a biomedical environment where a broad knowledge is...

Dr Lewis Gough

Associate Professor in Nutrition and Physiology

Lewis is part of the Senior Leadership Team in the College of Life Sciences and is the College Academic Lead for REF (Research Excellence Framework). He also holds editorial board positions with numerous high quality international refereed journals and is known worldwide for his work on sodium bicarbonate supplementation. ...

Dr Helen Gravestock

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Biomechanics)

Helen is the course leader for BSc Sport and Exercise Science and has been teaching in Higher Education for 10 years across both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She holds a PgCert in Higher Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Helen completed her PhD at Leeds Beckett University, where she studied...

Richard Handyside

Lecturer – BSc Sport and Exercise Science | Course Lead - BSc Sports Coaching and Physical Education

Richard has extensive applied experience in the field of Performance Analysis, having provided Performance Analysis support to elite coaches and athletes at the The English Institute of Sport, England Netball, Arsenal Football Club and Leeds United Football Club. Winning a Gold Medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold...