Sport and Life Sciences staff

Tim Leary

Senior Lecturer in Sports Therapy

Tim is a Senior Lecturer who has been involved with the teaching and development of the BSc (Hons) degree in Sports Therapy degree at Birmingham City University since it started in 2017. He has considerable experience of course development and teaching having taught on two previous Sports Therapy degree programmes since 2005....

David Lee

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

David completed his degree and PhD at the University of Birmingham before embarking on a research career as a Senior Research and Teaching Fellow. He joined Birmingham City University in 2016 as lead for the Biomedical sciences programme. David maintains research links with the University of Birmingham where he continues to...

Professor Kiara Lewis

Professor of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Kiara is a BASES accredited researcher in psychology, a Fellow of BASES and the HEA and current chair of BASES Division of Physical Activity for Health and BASES Equality, Diversity and Inclusion champion. Kiara has sourced various external research income grants including from Sport England which led to the development of a...

Dr Robert Marshall

Assistant Lecturer

Rob is a molecular microbiologist with ten years of doctoral and post-doctoral research experience, mainly in the field of antibiotic resistance. Rob also has experience of working in a molecular diagnostics environment, at the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory during the CoViD-19 response. This experience contributes primarily to...

Dr Lidia Maryniak

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Lidia obtained a first class, honours degree in Medical and Pharmacological Sciences (2011) and a PhD in Cancer Pharmacology (2012-2016) from Coventry University. Her PhD research was focused on investigating the cytotoxicity and underlying mechanisms of action of artesunate (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA) (potent...

Joseph Matthews

Lecturer in Sports Therapy

Joe is a Lecturer in Sports Therapy at Birmingham City University with an interest in sports nutrition and muscle physiology. His research focuses on the physiological roles of carnosine and β-alanine, with applications in insulin-resistance and type-2 diabetic skeletal muscle. He has also published several projects on rapid...

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...

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...

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...

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...