Health Professions staff
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Helen Hopkins
Course Leader for MSc Radiography
Having qualified from University of Central England (now BCU) in 2000, Helen worked for City Hospital, Birmingham for 13 years. She became an Advanced Practitioner in 2004 as a reporting radiographer. She maintained her clinical expertise by working evening shifts alongside her university work up until October 2013. Having...
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Dr Thomas Hopkins
Senior Lecturer in SLT, Research Coordinator and Deputy Chair
Tom is a senior lecturer in speech and language therapy at Birmingham City University, teaching on areas of psychology and child development including language and literacy development. Tom’s background is in psychology having worked and studied in areas related to developmental and forensic psychology. This led to an interest...
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Dr Muhammad Hossain
Lecturer in Public Health
Dr Hossain holds a deep-seated passion for both teaching and research within the field of Public Health, recognizing its pivotal role in promoting well-being, preventing diseases, and empowering individuals to manage health challenges. His teaching and research endeavours transcend disciplinary boundaries and often involve...
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Dr Feroz Jadhakhan
Lecturer in Public Health
Dr Feroz is a public health professional with over 10 years’ experience across the healthcare sector, including the NHS, public health intelligence, and third sector organisations. His work centres on using electronic health records and health data analytics to uncover disease trends, improve population health insights, and...
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Dr Wouter Jansen
Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead for Research and Enterprise
Wouter teaches (clinical) linguistics, phonetics, and research methods on all 3 Speech and Language Therapy programmes offered by the university. He is currently the module lead for two MSc SLT modules: SPR7003 The Science of Speech, Swallowing and Hearing and SPR7004 Understanding Human Communication and Development. He also...
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Professor Steven Jeffery
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Steven Jeffery joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a medical student in 1986. He qualified from the Universities of St Andrews and Manchester in 1989, and served as a Medical Officer with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders before completing his basic surgical training, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of...
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Jason Jeffries-Lloyd
Teaching Fellow Paramedic Science
Jason Jeffries-Lloyd has nearly 30 years of experience in paramedicine, beginning with West Midlands Ambulance Service, where he worked as a solo Paramedic, acted as a Clinical Supervisor, and served as Team Leader for the Hazardous Area Response Team. His experience also includes working as part of an ambulance crew, providing...
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Leanne Job
Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Leanne started her physiotherapy career in 2005 at Worcester Royal Hospital where she stayed for 3 years gaining baseline experience in the main areas of physiotherapy. She then joined the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham where she has remained ever since. Here she gained experience in various musculoskeletal...
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Claire Jones
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Claire has been a registered physiotherapist with the HCPC since graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2007 MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration). Claire has worked primarily in the NHS but also in the private sector. Claire has worked in a variety of settings within physiotherapy and the majority of this time was...
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Henna Kaur Heir
Senior Lecturer
Henna is part of the Birmingham City University (BCU) alumni having qualified in 2014. She went onto work as a Diagnostic Radiographer working at University Coventry and Warwickshire. During this time, she worked as a rotational radiographer then went onto specialising in CT imaging from 2016. Henna completed her Pg Cert in CT...