Members of staff
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Dr Adam L. Kelly
Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise and Course Leader for Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport)
Dr Adam L. Kelly is Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise and Course Leader for Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) at Birmingham City University. He also founded the newly established BCU Research for Athlete and Youth Sport Development (RAYSD) Lab , where he currently leads key projects with the FIFA Talent...
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Salim Khan
Head of the College of Life Sciences
Salim has previously held the post of Head of Department – Public Health and now Head of the College of Life Sciences within the Faculty. His teaching interests include human physiology/bioscience and more recently health inequalities and disparities. As Head of the College of Life Sciences, he provides visible strategic...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dr Alex McAuley
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Alex is an Assistant Lecturer and PhD Researcher at BCU, teaching across a range of subjects in both the Sport & Exercise and Life Science departments.
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Josh Newbury
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Josh is a post-doctoral researcher in sport nutrition and exercise physiology in collaboration with City of Birmingham Swimming Club. For his role, Josh works closely with the partner organisation as a sport science practitioner, helping to identify the most important areas for research that will benefit the health and...