Health Professions staff
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Natalie Quinn – Walker
Deputy Course Leader and Senior Public Health Lecturer
Natalie Quinn-Walker is a public health professional with a strong background in LGBTQ+ sexual health, particularly within LGBTQ/MSM communities. Her work as a Sexual Health Specialist focused on investigating and responding to the sexual health needs of LGBTQ+ and MSM individuals, delivering tailored health promotion and...
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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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Lee Rollason
Lecturer
Lee is a lecturer in Operating Department Practice and a BCU alumnus. In clinical work, Lee was based in a major trauma center in the West Midlands where he specialised in trauma and orthopedic surgery. Lee has practices across all areas of Operating Department Practice and was one of the first ODPs to be awarded a Chief Nurse...
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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
Senior Lecturer in 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 and Research Cluster Lead (Public Health)
Dr Ayazullah Safi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life and Sport Sciences and Public Health Research Cluster Lead at School of Life and Health Sciences at Birmingham City University (BCU). He is also the Founder and Chair of the Global Majority Staff Network (GMSN) at BCU, an initiative that promotes inclusivity,...
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Dr Bismillah Sehar
Lecturer in Public Health
Sehar has a background in medicine and has been working with academics and in research for the last 10 years. She has diverse experience of teaching, ranging from medical universities to students of widening participation. Sehar is completing her PhD in Public Health, focusing on health inequalities within the health sector of...
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Sharvila Shah
Lecturer
Sharvila is a Lecturer in Operating Department Practice at Birmingham City University. She contributes to undergraduate teaching across the programme and provides module leadership, supporting students to develop the professional knowledge, skills, and behaviours required for contemporary perioperative practice. Sharvila is an...
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Emily Sharp
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Emily completed a Speech and Language Therapy degree at Birmingham City University in 2014. She has now gained a place on the University’s Graduate Teaching Assistant scheme which involves undertaking a PhD and teaching undergraduate students. Emily’s PhD is looking at the risk factors associated with voice problems in teachers...