Dr Lara Alamad
Lara is a Senior Lecturer at the Elizabeth Bryan Multiple Birth Centre, where she conducts research on multiple birth families, develops educational resources for health and social care professionals, and works with third-sector organisations to raise awareness of their needs. She has contributed to research on health visitors’ experiences of supporting multiple birth families and completed a PhD exploring the experiences of adolescent identical female twins. She is passionate about supporting families, promoting child-centred care, and delivering practice-focused education to enhance care quality.
Lara qualified as a Registered Children’s Nurse in 2003 and has worked across orthopaedics, perioperative care, neonates, and clinical research. She later gained M.Ed. and MA qualifications in Education and Childhood and Youth Studies, respectively. Following a move into higher education, she has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students and led at module and course level. Lara has also supported research ethics throughout her time at BCU and currently chairs the Health & Life Sciences Ethics Committee.