Health Professions staff
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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...
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Professor Ahmad Alkhatib
Professor of Life Sciences
Professor Alkhatib is a world-leading expert in lifestyle medicine, with a 30-year career at top academic, clinical and industry roles, combining the disciplines of public health, nutrition and exercise sciences. Professor Alkhatib's most recent role was leading Preventative Healthcare and Doctorate of Health Program at...
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Dr Olatunde Aremu
Health Economist & Joint Programme Leader, Master of Public Health (MPH)
Dr. Aremu specialises in Health Economics and Management and Population health. Dr. Aremu completed doctoral training at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. He has more than 15 years of experience spanning MedTech consulting, Public Health, clinical practice and academia. Dr. Aremu has held a couple of postdoctoral academic...
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Richard Armstrong
Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Richard qualified as a speech and language therapist from Newcastle University. He has worked with teenagers and adults with autism, learning disabilities, and mental health difficulties in several psychiatric settings. Most recently he worked on an acute rehabilitation trauma unit with patients with acquired neurological...
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Lorraine Bamblett
Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Lorraine qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist from De Montfort University in 2002. She has worked in various roles within the NHS and independent practice. Most recently she worked within a Key Stage 1 and 2 Speech and Language Centre in Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire with children with Developmental Language Disorder...
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Alistair Bardwell
Lecturer in Radiography
Alistair is part of the Birmingham City University (BCU) alumni having qualified in 2014 achieving a First-Class degree classification in Diagnostic Radiography. He went on to work as a Diagnostic Radiographer at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for over 8 years. During this time, he maintained a solid foundation in Plain...
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Dr Fouad Berrahou
Senior Lecturer (subject lead), Health Leadership and Management
Dr Fouad Berrahou joined the University in 2014 as Subject Lead in Health Leadership and Management and Programme Director for the online MBA in Health. In 2010, founded a start-up company, Founouvel Informatics, Inc., in Oran, Algeria and directed the development and testing of an intuitive and integrated electronic health...
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David Bignell
Course Lead BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist (Children and Young People)
David is the Course Lead for BSc (Hons) Qualified Habilitation Specialist. David has also been the Course Lead for the Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Work (Vision Impairment) and the BSc (Hons) Specialist Complex Needs Rehabilitation Work top up degree. David studied at the Guide Dogs School of Vision and Rehabilitation...
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Nick Brewin
Lecturer
Nick completed his training as a Diagnostic Radiographer at Birmingham City University in 2015. Since then he as worked mainly in Birmingham across a wide range of roles as a Radiographer including General Xray, CT, Interventional, Cardiology and most recently Vascular Access. Nick joined BCU in March 2022 as a lecturer and...
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Jodie Bryant
Simulation Lead: Health Professions
Jodie has been a HCPC registered Physiotherapist since 2006 after graduating from Oxford Brookes University. She has worked predominantly in NHS settings, completing the majority of her clinical work in London at Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust. Jodie has also worked privately and has run her own private domiciliary...