Health Sciences staff directory
-
Tracey Perks
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography / Course Leader for Preceptorship - MSc Medical Ultrasound
Tracey is a Diagnostic Radiographer with 20 years’ experience, focusing on trauma imaging and student support. She worked clinically in Southampton before moving to Heartlands Hospital as a Senior Radiographer. Tracey moved into academia in 2002 as a senior lecturer with Birmingham City University. She has fulfilled a number...
-
Lisa Pharaoh-Stokes
Senior Lecturer and Course Lead, MSc Therapeutic Radiography (pre-registration)
Lisa qualified as a Therapeutic Radiographer from the University of Liverpool and the Christie Hospital Manchester. Her experience as a clinical radiographer was at Mount Vernon Hospital. Christie Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital and Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. Lisa joined the therapeutic radiography teaching team at...
-
Kiri Pointon-Bell
Lecturer in Dietetics
Kiri joined BCU after working for the British Dietetic Association (BDA) as their Policy Officer for Professional Development. In this role she supported the dietetic profession across the UK in various aspects of professionalism, digitalisation and also led a key project on safe workload and safe staffing levels for NHS...
-
Jonathan Potter
Lecturer in Academic Skills
Jonathan provides academic skills support for students at all levels within the Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences. This includes in-course sessions, as well as extracurricular provisions such as workshops and one-to-one tutorials, and online resources. Previously, he has taught academic writing across all...
-
Dr Andy Powell
Associate Professor and Head of Life Sciences
In 1996 Andy graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from the University of Manchester; he then completed a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Bristol where he investigated the Modulation of Neurotransmitter release by Purinoceptors. After completing 3 postdoctoral research positions at the Universities of Bristol and...
-
Dr Jane Powell
Joint Programme Leader for the MSc Transforming and Leading in Health Care
Jane is joint programme leader for Transforming and Leading in Health Care. She is project lead for external projects within the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, more recently for NIHR WoundTec Health Technology Cooperative. Jane is a member of Women Leading Education Research Interest Group. Jane joined...
-
Julie Quick
ODP Apprenticeship Course Leader / Senior Lecturer Clinical Lead & Enterprise/Research
Julie has spent 25 years working within the perioperative environment. In her last NHS post she worked as a Surgical Care Practitioner in general surgery at Trust within the West Midlands. Julie is passionate about perioperative care and has a particular interest in surgery, research and advancing surgical roles.
-
Lynsey Richards
Senior Lecturer and Course Lead for MSc Dietetics
Lynsey qualified as a Registered Dietitian in 2010 at the University of Nottingham, and has over a decade of experience in the NHS in a range of clinical areas, including home enteral tube feeding, nutrition support, weight management, renal and diabetes. Lynsey joined BCU in 2017 as a Lecturer in Dietetics and an admissions...
-
Dr Hazel Richards
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Hazel is a registered Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) who worked in NHS for over 20 years as a specialist SLT, with a focus on complex special needs including AAC (alternative and augmentative communication), dysphagia, CAMHS, and multi-disciplinary working. She completed a Level 5 Institute of Leadership and Management...
-
Tracey Righton
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy (Acquired Disorders)
Tracey returned to Birmingham City University as a Senior Lecturer in 2016, having previously lectured at BCU (University of Central England) from 1995 to 2000. She qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1988, since qualification she has worked in the NHS and in independent practice and lectured as a Speech and...