Members of staff
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Charlotte Jones
Research Assistant
Charlotte moved to Birmingham City University (BCU) in January 2022 after working at the University of Birmingham (UoB) as a Research Technician for 11 years. Here she worked on several projects investigating immune responses to Mycobacteria tuberculosis, Salmonella Typhimurium and, briefly, SARS-COV-2 infection. Charlotte has...
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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 Life Sciences
Salim has previously held the post of Head of Department – Public Health and now Head of College – Life Sciences within the Faculty. His teaching interests include human physiology/bioscience and more recently health inequalities and disparities. As Head of College, provides visible strategic business and academic leadership...
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Dr Irfan Khawaja
Senior Lecturer in Physical Education
Irfan has over 12 years teaching experience including in mainstream Primary and Secondary schools, Higher Education, and internationally in South Africa. Prior to teaching, Irfan worked in schools as part of the Extended Schools Programme in a Multi-skills Community Sports Coach role and has experience of organising...
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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...