Members of staff
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Salim Khan
Associate Professor - Life and Sports Sciences
Salim has previously held the post of Head of Department – Public Health and now Associate Professor - Life and Sports Sciences. 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 business and...
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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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Craig Newton
Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education
Craig Newton is a lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education with over a decade of applied teaching experience in both primary and secondary school settings. His academic journey began with a Sports degree from Manchester Metropolitan University, followed by a PGCE in Secondary Physical Education at Newman University...
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Dr George Oguntala
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering - Course Leader for MSc Medical Imaging Technology
George is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering with specialism in Smart Homes and Infrastructures, Internet of Things, Sensors and Wearable Electronics at the Department of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University. He is the Programme Leader for MSc in Medical Imaging Technology Courses under the Biomedical Engineering...
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Chelsea Papworth
Lecturer for BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
Chelsea is a member of The Society of Sports Therapist and has a range of clinical and sporting experience spanning the past 10 years. She has worked in basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, athletics and rugby, within the UK and Canada. Her primary roles included; lead Sports Therapist within a non-league football club, Sports...
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Dr Andy Powell
Associate Professor - Life and Sports Sciences
In 1996 Andy graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from the University of Manchester; he then completed a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Bristol where he investigated the Modulation of Neurotransmitter release by Purinoceptors. After completing 3 postdoctoral research positions at the Universities of Bristol and...