Staff profiles
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Úna Kerin
Associate Professor
Úna is an Associate Professor in Nursing and Midwifery at Birmingham City University. Úna trained as a general nurse at the National University of Ireland Galway and later undertook specialist postgraduate courses in emergency nursing and clinical education. Úna has extensive experience designing and delivering educational...
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Cathy Liddle
Senior Lecturer (Skills and Simulation)
In 2000 Cathy joined Birmingham City University when it was known as University of Central England (UCE) following a career working at local Trusts. Cathy qualified at Good Hope Hospital and worked on a general medical ward before moving to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital or University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) as it is known now....
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Claire Lynch
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Claire has a clinical background in Neuroscience Nursing. She enjoys working across different areas relating to both medical and surgical nursing skills but has a keen interest in trauma, high dependency and acute care. Claire worked her way through nursing roles from a health care assistant 15 years ago, undertaking her...
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Robert Mapp
Associate Professor of Nursing & Midwifery
Rob has worked at Birmingham City University since 2010. He is passionate about student engagement and how this relates to attrition. Rob is a proud advocate for Nursing at BCU and is currently working on several projects within the university that involve both students and staff.
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Sharon McLeod
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Admissions Tutor for Adult Nursing
Sharon qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1991 and has worked in both acute and critical care settings. Additionally, Sharon has also worked as a Practice Nurse, Tissue Viability Nurse and Practice Development Nurse. Following the completion of a Master's degree in Advanced Nurse Practice in 2002, she moved into...
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Hannah Mosley
Senior Lecturer
Hannah graduated from Queens’ University, Belfast in 2010 and has spent most of her clinical career nursing in critical care, except for a year spent working across a variety of specialties in Australia. In 2015 Hannah completed a PGCert in Adult Critical Care from Birmingham City University. This allowed Hannah to develop...
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Nusrat Nadir
Assistant Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Nusrat is an experienced Registered Nurse, and Operating Theatre and Cath-Lab Specialist with critical care and cardiac intensive care experience, and a motivated postgraduate doctoral researcher with knowledge and experience in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Having up to date knowledge and training...
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Paul Nix
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Since qualifying in January 2018 as a registered nurse Paul has been working in coronary care and cardiac catheter labs. This is where he developed highly specialised skills and knowledge in the management of critically unwell cardiac patients. During his time as a registered nurse, Paul spent two years on a specialist...
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Cara Norwood
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Cara has had a dynamic and interesting career working in construction as a Quantity Surveyor with a Higher National Certificate in Building Studies, a role that took her all over the UK, working in challenging environments. In 2014, she began studying adult nursing, graduating with a 1 st Class Hons Degree Bachelor of...
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Joanna O’ Brien
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Having completed her training in Ireland in 2015, Joanna began her career as a theatre practitioner across a variety of fields, eventually specialising in plastics and general surgery. Seeking a new challenge, Joanna then moved to critical care nursing and has worked across several specialist areas including liver and neuro...