Department for Health academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Our duties include:
- teaching on our undergraduate courses
- research expertise across our portfolio
- supervision of postgraduate students
Head of Department
Dr Fiona Gillison, Head of Department, Reader and Deputy Director of Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change
Academic and teaching staff
- Dr Rachel Arnold, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Sheree Bekker, Prize Fellow
- Professor James Betts, Professor/Chair of REACH
- Professor James Bilzon, Professor in Human and Applied Physiology
- Dr Brian Blacklidge, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Adam Brazil, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Alan Buckingham, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Anthony Bush, Senior Lecturer
- Dr John Campbell, Lecturer
- Dr Dario Cazzola, Lecturer
- Mr James Chapman, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Bryan Clift, Lecturer
- Dr Nikki Coghill, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
- Dr Steffi Colyer, Lecturer
- Dr Jo Cranwell, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
- Dr Sean Cumming, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Christopher Eccleston, Professor / Director of Centre for Pain Research team
- Miss Lana Evans, Teaching Fellow
- Mr James Fern, Teaching Fellow / Director of Studies
- Dr Jess Francombe-Webb, Lecturer
- Professor Anna Gilmore, Professor
- Dr Javier Gonzalez, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Tania Griffin, Lecturer
- Dr Francoise Koumanov, Lecturer
- Dr Jeff Lambert, Lecturer
- Dr Andrew Manley, Lecturer
- Dr Desmond McEwan, Lecturer
- Dr Darragh McGee, Lecturer
- Dr Polly McGuigan, Deputy Head of Department and Senior Lecturer
- Dr Carly McKay, Lecturer and Director of Studies
- Dr Stephanie Merchant, Lecturer
- Dr Brad Millington, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies
- Dr Lee Moore, Lecturer
- Dr Haydn Morgan, Lecturer
- Ms Sian Morgan, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Lucy Noble, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Oliver Peacock, Lecturer
- Dr Ezio Preatoni, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies
- Professor Emma Rich, Professor/Director of Studies
- Dr Peter Rouse, Lecturer
- Dr Elena Seminati, Lecturer
- Mr Rhys Shorney, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Emma Solomon-Moore, Lecturer
- Professor Paul Stallard, Professor
- Professor Martyn Standage, Professor
- Professor Keith Stokes, Professor
- Dr Abby Tabor, Lecturer
- Dr Mary Thomas, Teaching Fellow
- Professor Dylan Thompson, Director of Research
- Dr Alison Tincknell-Smith, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Nicholas Townsend, Senior Lecturer
- Dr James Turner, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies
- Dr David Wainwright, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies
- Dr Jean-Philippe Walhin, Lecturer
- Dr Max Western, Lecturer
- Dr Julian Widdowson, Clinical Director
- Dr Sean Williams, Lecturer
- Dr Shaun Williams, Teaching Fellow
- Mr Nick Willsmer, Teaching Fellow / Director of Studies
- Dr Cassie Wilson, Senior Lecturer / Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching
Research staff
- Dr Zoe Anchors, Research Assistant
- Dr Lisa Austin, Research Manager
- Mrs Samantha Barrett, Primary Care Research Governance Facilitator
- Dr Frankie Brown, Research Associate
- Miss Danielle Byrne, Research Assistant
- Miss Mercedes Carballo, Research Assistant
- Dr Enhad Chowdhury, Research Associate
- Mr James Clynes, Research Assistant
- Dr Madeleine Davies, Research Associate
- Dr Jolanthe de Koning, Research Assistant
- Dr Stuart Edwards, Project Administrator
- Dr Karen Evans-Reeves, Research Fellow
- Dr Emma Fisher, Research Fellow
- Ms Iona Fitzpatrick, Research Associate
- Dr Elisabeth Grey, Research Associate
- Dr Jenny Hatchard, Research Fellow
- Dr Rosemary Hiscock, Research Officer
- Ayush Joshi, Research Associate
- Jennifer Maher, Research Associate
- Britta Matthes, Research Associate
- Laurie Needham, Research Associate
- Silvy Peeters, Research Project Coordinator
- Dr Oliver Perkin, Research Associate
- Dr Simon Roberts, Research Fellow
- Dr Lindsay Robertson, Research Fellow
- Mr Andrew Rowell, Research Fellow
- Ms Karin Silver, Research Assistant
- Dr Richard Stevenson, Research Associate
- Dr Logan Wade, Research Associate
- Dr Ross Watkins, Research Associate
- Dr Scott Watkins, Research Manager
- Miss Georgina Wellock, Research Software Engineer
- Dr Janet Withall, Trial Manager
- Mr Mateusz Zatonski, Research Associate
Technicians
- Miss Jade Creighton, Exercise Physiology Technician
- Mr Andreas Wallbaum, Senior Technician
- Dr Mark Thomas, Laboratory Technician
Honorary staff
- Professor Cara Aitchison
- Professor David Andrews
- Dr Miranda Armstrong, Research Fellow
- Dr Nina Attridge, Research Fellow
- Stewart Brock, Research Fellow
- Geert Crombez, Professor
- Dr Matt Cross, Research Fellow
- Dr Michael Harris, Research Fellow
- Dr Tim Jenkinson, Senior Lecturer (Clinical)
- Professor Roy Jones, Professor
- Dr Faith Martin, Honorary Lecturer
- Dr David Moore, Research Fellow
- Professor Roger Orpwood, Professor
- Professor John Osborne, Professor
- Maggie Rae, Research Fellow
- Dr Mark Rayson, Research Fellow
- Professor David Rowe, Professor
- Dr Aki Salo, Reader
- Professor Deborah Stevenson, Professor
- Professor Kristine Toohey, Professor
- Dr Grant Trewartha, Reader
- Dr Elaine Wainwright, Research Fellow
- Dr Joseph Walsh, Research Fellow
- Professor Brian Wilson, Professor
Visiting staff
- Dr Nigel Harris, Professor
- Dr Lara Larissa, Research Fellow