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 School for Nursing and Midwifery, Head of Department for Children’s and Young People’s Health, Deputy Programme Leader for Children’s Nursing, Senior Lecturer 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...

Salim Khan

Head of Life Sciences

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

Professor Maxine Lintern

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences

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...

Professor Maria Uther

Associate Dean Research, Enterprise and Innovation

Professor Uther is a member of the Faculty’s Executive Team. As the Associate Dean for Research, Enterprise and Innovation, she has responsibility for strategic direction for research, enterprise and innovation in Health, Education and Life Sciences. She is also a Professor of Psychology with specialist knowledge and her...