Members of staff
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Dr Faizan Ahmad
Lecturer
Dr Faizan Ahmad possesses experience in the multidisciplinary fields of engineering within the industry and academia. He has worked in different roles in mechanical and biomedical engineering disciplines, with a primary emphasis on engineering, biomedical and soft tissue material mechanics. He served as a design, stress,...
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Dr Huda Al-Kateb
Programme Leader BSc Food and Nutrition
Dr Al-Kateb is an experienced food and nutrition scientist with over 25 years’ experience of working in a variety of roles and initiatives in agri-food across the supply chain for academia, industry and the public health sectors. In recent years, she has developed new provisions and degree programmes in food and nutrition...
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Dr Olatunde Aremu
Health Economist & Joint Programme Leader, Master of Public Health (MPH)
Dr. Aremu specialises in Health Economics and Management and Population health. Dr. Aremu completed doctoral training at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. He has more than 15 years of experience spanning MedTech consulting, Public Health, clinical practice and academia. Dr. Aremu has held a couple of postdoctoral academic...
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Dr James Barnett
Senior Lecturer (Biomedical Sciences)
James graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Genetics. James’ first graduate job was at The Binding Site Ltd, where he was employed as a technician In the monoclonal antibodies department. James later embarked on a research career, and in 2002 joined the group of Professor Colin...
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Dr Fouad Berrahou
Senior Lecturer (subject lead), Health Leadership and Management
Dr Fouad Berrahou joined the University in 2014 as Subject Lead in Health Leadership and Management and Programme Director for the online MBA in Health. In 2010, founded a start-up company, Founouvel Informatics, Inc., in Oran, Algeria and directed the development and testing of an intuitive and integrated electronic health...
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Rachel Black
Course Leader BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Rachel gained qualified teacher status in Physical Education in 1999, and has a wealth of experience teaching, leading and advising in a range of both primary and secondary schools in Sussex and Shropshire. Rachel has gained considerable experience teaching in Higher Education, and prior to joining the team at Birmingham City...
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Jennie Carter
Leader BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Jennie is a Lecturer on the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Program at Birmingham City University. Jennie is a Performance Nutrition Practitioner who is passionate about applying sports nutrition knowledge into practice. She has 10 years’ experience of working within professional sport. Jennie has predominantly worked with...
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Dr Cain Clark
Associate Professor (Life Sciences) and MRes Course Leader
Dr Clark is skilled in statistics and data analytics applied to public health, nutrition, and sports and exercise. Dr Clark is an experienced academic with an extensive portfolio of scholarly work, including publications, grant acquisition, and supervision. He has a strong interest in systematic reviews and meta-analyses,...
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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...
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Dr Neil Clarke
Associate Professor
Neil joined BCU as an Associate Professor in January 2024 after twelve years at the Coventry University and is the joint cluster lead for Sport and Exercise Sciences research. Neil is also an accredited BASES Sport and Exercise Scientist, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and holds Chartered Scientist status...