HELS senior faculty staff

Associate Professor Lisa Abbott

Associate Dean (Teaching, Education and Student Experience)

Throughout her 19 years working at BCU Lisa has enjoyed a variety of roles including Associate Dean (Teaching, Education and Student Experience) Associate Head of Nursing and Midwifery, Head of Department for Children’s and Young People’s Health, Deputy Programme Leader for Children’s Nursing, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer...

Michael Adams

Head of the College of Health and Care Professions

After qualifying as Registered General Nurse in 1995 Mike worked clinically in local Birmingham Hospitals before joining BCU as a nursing lecturer in 2004. He held several roles over a 13 year period, including Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for Practice Learning, ultimately becoming Head of the College of Health and...

Professor Ian Blair

Executive Dean of Faculty

Professor Blair holds an Honours degree in Environmental Health from the Ulster Polytechnic and a PhD from the University of Ulster. He began his post-PhD academic career in the University of Ulster in 1989. He developed an extensive publication record in the area of microbiology and was awarded a personal research chair as...

Charlotte Burnside

Deputy Head of the College of Health and Care Professions

Charlotte graduated from University of Central England in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography; then she completed a Pg Diploma and MSc in Advanced Practice Nuclear Imaging at Salford University in 2006. She was practising as a Diagnostic Radiographer from 1999-2008 specialising in Radionuclide Imaging. In 2008...

Salim Khan

Head of the College of Life Sciences

Salim has previously held the post of Head of Department – Public Health and now Head of the College of Life Sciences within the Faculty. His teaching interests include human physiology/bioscience and more recently health inequalities and disparities. As Head of the College of Life Sciences, he provides visible strategic...

Professor Maxine Lintern

Dean of Research, Enterprise and Engagement

As part of the senior management for the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS), Maxine has responsibility for setting the vision and deciding the direction of travel of the Faculty, contributing to all major strategic decisions and ensuring the smooth running and implementation of operational policy. She is...