Members of staff
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Craig Newton
Lecturer
Craig joined BCU after 10 years teaching physical education at both primary and secondary level. During this time Craig gained experience as a head of department, educational visit coordinator and led a whole school initiative of mentoring SEN pupils from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Whilst teaching he studied part time to...
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Dr George Oguntala
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering - Course Leader in MSc in Medical Engineering, Applications for Healthcare and MSc in 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 of the MSc in Medical Engineering Applications for Healthcare and MSc in...
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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 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 Andy Powell
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the College of Life 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...
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Dr Sivaram Nishal Ramadas
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Ramadas is a passionate engineer, entrepreneur, and educator dedicated to advancing the field of ultrasonic instrumentation, with a special interest towards developing advanced transducers/systems with predictive analytics capabilities. With a distinguished career encompassing numerous leadership roles, Dr. Ramadas has...
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Dr Anne Robbins
Senior Lecturer, Public Health
Anne's background is in public health and health promotion, on research based projects at a local, regional and national level. This has been within the NHS, Local Authorities, BBC and National Charities. She has undertaken a wide range of research and consultancy appointments on health promotion and public health which have...
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Dr Charlie Roberts
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Charlie leads modules related to nutrition and exercise on the MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition and the BSc Sport and Exercise Science degrees. Charlie is research-active and has interest in areas such as supporting stakeholders, understanding disordered eating, and dietary intake of athletes. He is currently working with the...
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Dr Isabella Romeo-Melody
Assistant Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Romeo-Melody completed a BSc in Biology at the University of Portsmouth. Whilst completing her PhD ‘Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 and photo-activated XF-73 against clinically relevant microorganisms in planktonic and biofilm modes of growth’ at Aston University, she joined BCU as a research technician and became a project...
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Ayazullah Safi
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ayazullah Safi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Public Health, teaching across Foundation, BSc, and Master of Public Health courses at Birmingham City University (BCU). Prior to joining BCU, he was the Course Leader for MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Deputy Course Leader for Essential of Nutrition (Short Course)...