Staff profiles

Helen Brown

Course Lead MSc Medical Ultrasound and Senior Lecturer

Helen originally trained as a radiographer qualifying in 1989, she has worked as a qualified sonographer since 1994 training in Abdominal, obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound. In 1997 Helen specialised in vascular ultrasound setting up a new department. She was involved in the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm...

Charlotte Burnside

Acting Head of Department for ODP and Paramedic Science

Charlotte is the Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Medical Ultrasound programme and Deputy for the BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography. Her role is the overall management of the programmes, as well as supporting students in their studies and helping them to manage their learning. Charlotte's door is always open for students who...

Kate Chadwick

Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy

I graduated from Cardiff University in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Therapeutic Radiography. Following this I worked as a Therapeutic Radiographer and a Senior 2 in Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and as a radiation therapist in Perth, Western Australia. At Bristol I spent a year working in localisation and took on the...

Julie Hall

Senior lecturer in Radiotherapy

Julie Hall is passionate about raising the profile of radiotherapy both as a cutting edge treatment for cancer and as a profession. To do this she helps to arrange open evenings at clinical radiotherapy departments in the West Midlands, she liaises with cancer networks and patient groups and writes a regular blog for NHS local,...

Helen Hopkins

Course Leader for MSc Radiography

Having qualified from University of Central England (now BCU) in 2000, Helen worked for City Hospital, Birmingham for 13 years. She became an Advanced Practitioner in 2004 as a reporting radiographer. She maintained her clinical expertise by working evening shifts alongside her university work up until October 2013. ...

Eilir (Sam) Hughes

Senior lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography/ Admissions Tutor

I trained as a Diagnostic Radiographer in Wrexham, North Wales. On qualifying I moved to the Midlands and have remained ever since. I worked in a number of hospitals, accumulating a broad range of experience and undertaking many imaging modalities. I began at Selly Oak Hospital with a busy District General Hospital portfolio...

Dr Louise McKnight

Senior Lecturer in Radiography

Louise is a Diagnostic Radiographer who worked in clinical practice for many years and brings that experience to vocational degree teaching in a higher education setting. Her research interest is the pedagogy of research in radiography, for which she continues to develop her Doctoral work on an innovative qualitative data...

Tracey Perks

Programme Leader BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography

Tracey is a Diagnostic Radiographer with 20 years’ experience, focusing on trauma imaging and student support. She worked clinically in Southampton before moving to Heartlands Hospital as a Senior Radiographer. Tracey moved into academia in 2002 as a senior lecturer with Birmingham City University. She has fulfilled a number...

Lisa Pharaoh-Stokes

Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy

Lisa is a qualified Therapeutic Radiographer who has been working in education for 20 years. She has experience of teaching at both undergraduate and Foundation degree level and currently coordinates one module at level 6 on the undergraduate radiotherapy programme. Lisa is involved in the marking and moderation of...

Michelle Ryland

Admissions Tutor / Senior Lecturer - Radiotherapy

Michelle qualified from the University of Liverpool in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) in Radiotherapy and started work as a therapy radiographer at UHCW. She then moved to London and worked at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Chelsea as Senior Dosimetrist and Treatment Planner as well as a clinical therapy radiographer gaining experience...