Health Professions staff
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Kirsty Patel
Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Kirsty qualified as a diagnostic radiographer from Derby University in 2011 and completed her postgraduate qualification in Mammography Practice in 2015. Kirsty’s clinical experience in the NHS ranges from general radiography, training and development, and breast imaging and screening. Kirsty joined BCU in 2021 as a Graduate...
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Tracey Perks
Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography / Course Leader for Preceptorship - MSc Medical Ultrasound
Tracey is a Diagnostic Radiographer with 20 years’ experience, focusing on trauma imaging and student support. She worked clinically in Southampton before moving to Heartlands Hospital as a Senior Radiographer. Tracey moved into academia in 2002 as a senior lecturer with Birmingham City University. She has fulfilled a number...
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Lisa Pharaoh-Stokes
Senior Lecturer and Course Lead, MSc Therapeutic Radiography (pre-registration)
Lisa qualified as a Therapeutic Radiographer from the University of Liverpool and the Christie Hospital Manchester. Her experience as a clinical radiographer was at Mount Vernon Hospital. Christie Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital and Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. Lisa joined the therapeutic radiography teaching team at...
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Kiri Pointon-Bell
Lecturer in Dietetics
Kiri joined BCU after working for the British Dietetic Association (BDA) as their Policy Officer for Professional Development. In this role she supported the dietetic profession across the UK in various aspects of professionalism, digitalisation and also led a key project on safe workload and safe staffing levels for NHS...
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Julie Quick
ODP Apprenticeship Course Leader / Senior Lecturer Clinical Lead & Enterprise/Research
Julie has spent 25 years working within the perioperative environment. In her last NHS post she worked as a Surgical Care Practitioner in general surgery at Trust within the West Midlands. Julie is passionate about perioperative care and has a particular interest in surgery, research and advancing surgical roles.
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Lynsey Richards
Senior Lecturer and Course Lead for MSc Dietetics
Lynsey qualified as a Registered Dietitian in 2010 at the University of Nottingham, and has over a decade of experience in the NHS in a range of clinical areas, including home enteral tube feeding, nutrition support, weight management, renal and diabetes. Lynsey joined BCU in 2017 as a Lecturer in Dietetics and an admissions...
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Dr Hazel Richards
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Hazel is a registered Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) who worked in NHS for over 20 years as a specialist SLT, with a focus on complex special needs including AAC (alternative and augmentative communication), dysphagia, CAMHS, and multi-disciplinary working. She completed a Level 5 Institute of Leadership and Management...
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Gillian Rudd
Senior Lecturer and Joint Programme Lead (MSc Speech and Language Therapy)
Gillian has extensive experience of supporting children and young people with a wide range of communication needs and additional expertise in supporting children and adults who stammer and/or clutter. She promotes a person-centred, solution-focused approach in both her teaching and practice. Gillian is actively engaged with...
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Michelle Ryland
Admissions Tutor / Senior Lecturer - Radiotherapy
Michelle qualified from the University of Liverpool and Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment (Newcastle) in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) in Radiotherapy and started work as a therapeutic radiographer at UHCW. She then moved to London in 2001 and worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital, in Chelsea, as Senior 2/Band 6 clinical...
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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)...