Our People
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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...
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Dr Sarah Pemberton
Head of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Having initially studied Social Policy as an undergraduate Sarah became immersed in the study of the social world, this served as the foundation for an unrelenting interest in social research which she pursues to this day.
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Dr Martin Perkins
Head of Historical Performance, Senior Lecturer and Instrument Curator
Martin Perkins started his undergraduate studies at Birmingham Conservatoire in 1993 where he studied composition and French Horn. However, his interest in Early Music soon led him to the harpsichord and, after studies with Lucy Carolan, he graduated with an MA in 1998. For his MPhil, at the University of Birmingham, he studied...
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Claire Perkins
Senior Lecturer
Experienced nurse educator with a key interest in the the recognition and management of acute physiological deterioration. Also in the development of under graduate and post graduate nursing curricula.
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Jo Pond
Course Director
Discovering jewellery during her formative years at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Jo Pond progressed through Berkshire and Loughborough Colleges of Art and Design, establishing her design process some years later during her Master's at The School of Jewellery, Birmingham. Her work has been exhibited internationally, showcased...
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Dr Chrisa Pornari
MSc Forensic Psychology Co-Course Leader, Psychology Academic Lead for Distance & Transnational Education and Mobility
Dr Chrisa Pornari is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, a Chartered Psychologist, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She joined Birmingham City University in 2013 and she teaches on the MSc Forensic Psychology and the BSc Psychology courses.
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Lee Potiphar
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Lee Potiphar is a lecturer in Adult Nursing in our School of Nursing and Midwifery . He previously worked at Imperial College London as a senior research nurse, in charge of a team of Band 6 clinical research nurses. His respiratory research studies at the college included active and latent TB, TB and HIV co-infection,...
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Dr David Prytherch
Senior Research Fellow in Haptics and Computer Interface Design
David Prytherch is Senior Research Fellow in Haptics and Computer Interface Design. Originally trained as a teacher of Art and Design, he has 30 years' professional experience as a freelance glass engraver/sculptor and is a Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers. Following a disabling road accident in 1986, and a dawning...
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Emerita Professor Fatemeh Rabiee-Khan
Professor of Public Health Promotion
Emerita Professor Fatemeh Rabiee is a professor in Public Health Promotion and a registered Public Health Nutritionist with extensive experience of teaching, research, and research supervision in UK, Iran, Netherlands, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other countries of economic transition. She has initiated, designed,...
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Dr Khondokar Mizanur Rahman
Teaching and Research Fellow (Environmental Engineering)
Khondokar Mizanur Rahman is a Teaching and Research Fellow for Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. He has been involved in the field of environmental research since 2004. He has been a member of the Waste and Energy Research Group (WERG) since 2007, working in the field of...