Members of staff

Jack Spencer

Jack is a postgraduate research student (GRTA) at Birmingham City University that assists academic members of staff with their teaching and research responsibilities while also conducting research for his doctorate (PhD). Jack’s research project focuses on a rare paediatric cancer called neuroblastoma that remains poorly...

Dr Peter Thain

Associate Professor and Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy

As a Chartered Physiotherapist and Sports Therapist, Peter has over a decade of experience working in basketball, football and netball. Peter is currently the clinical lead for the Great Britain Senior Women's Basketball Team, overseeing all performance and medical services. He has travelled the globe working at the...

Dr Kate Thomson

Associate Professor

Dr Kate Thomson is Director of Postgraduate Research Degrees for Health and leads on all aspects of recruitment, oversight and student experience for PhD (Health) . She is also a member of the Public Health & Therapies department.  Kate completed her postgraduate study at the University of Birmingham with a PhD on learning...

Loukia Tsaprouni

Research Director for Health Sciences

Loukia Tsaprouni is a Professor in Health with interests in the areas of Genomics and Epigenetics of common diseases, complex traits aiming at the discovery of molecular origins of human disease, and the development of novel diagnostic and intervention strategies. She completed her PhD and Post-Doctoral qualifications at...

Dr Martin Vreugdenhil

Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology

Martin studied Biomedical Science at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands) and developed a strong interest in neuroscience, especially in epilepsy. He did his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam (focus on changes in cell physiology in a rat model of epilepsy). After a post-doctoral research position at the...