The universities of the West Midlands have a track record of supporting our regional partners to deliver the strategic goals of economic prosperity, effective public services and robust, evidence-based policy. Our directory of experts from across our twelve universities enhance relationships with regional partners, allowing the West Midlands Combined Authority, Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Authorities and other public bodies to tap directly into our wealth of academic and professional knowledge, giving you direct access to experts in priority areas that support economic growth, public service reform and research and intelligence capability for the West Midlands.

Our experts - 641 match your search

Our experts

Alex Cheong

Senior lecturer in Pharmacology

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Thematic area: Gene regulation; Subheading: Oxygen, Hypoxia, Ageing

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Expert on gene regulation in hypoxia - i.e. the condition where oxygen demand exceeds supply. This has impact on normal physiological health and also pathophysiology of diseases. Techniques include molecular biology and mathematical modelling. Has also conducted research on the impact of pharmacy and health policies on healthcare.

  • a.cheong@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043420

Enrico Onali

Senior Lecturer

Expertise:

  • Housing

House prices and economic growth

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Expert on economic growth, has conducted research on role of financial system on local economic growth.

  • @OnaliEnrico
  • e.onali@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043060

Raj K. Singh Badhan

Lecturer in Pharmacokinetics

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Clinical trial design and analysis

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Education/teaching - adult skills
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Expert in clinical trials data analysis, specializing in optimising approach to improve brain drug delivery.

  • r.k.s.badhan@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043288

Nisha Dhanda

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Hearing impairment in elderly

Activity:

  • Education/teaching - undergraduate

Summary of expertise

I am a qualified clinical Audiologist with experience working with elderly patients to aid their hearing difficulties. I have recently begun a part-time PhD and teaching role for under-graduate Audiology students.

  • n.dhanda1@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212045001

Ed Turner

Senior Lecturer, Head of Politics and International Relations

Expertise:

  • Housing

Housing and planning in international comparison

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Civic engagement (third sector, charities etc)
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
  • Education/teaching - adult skills

Summary of expertise

Conducted research on housing and planning policy, especially in relation to brownfield development, planning gain and land assembly, in European comparison, notably England and Germany.

  • e.turner@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212045169

Pam Lowe

Senior Lecturer

Expertise:

  • Public service reform: Troubled individuals

Reproductive and sexual health

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

I have researched extensively in the area of reproductive and sexual health and early parenting. Most of research looks at the experiences in the community but this has also included relationships with service providers. Topics have included abortion and pregnancy and specialist areas such as child sexual exploitation and the sexual health needs of sex workers.

  • p.k.lowe@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043807

Ian Nabney

Professor of Systems Analytics

Expertise:

  • Digital and creative

Data analytics

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Civic engagement (third sector, charities etc)
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
  • Education/teaching - apprenticeships
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

My expertise spans both the theory and applications of neural networks and other pattern recognition techniques, with a special focus on data visualisation and probabilistic modelling. Much of my work is inspired, directly or indirectly, by industrial problems in bioinformatics, biosignal processing, condition monitoring, remote sensing and financial forecasting.

  • i.t.nabney@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043645

Carol Holland

Reader in Psychology

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Healthy ageing and cognition

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Civic engagement (third sector, charities etc)
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Expert on the Psychology of Ageing with an emphasis on prevention of cognitive decline and frailty, impact of the combination of effects and coping and compensating to achieve personal resilience and quality of life. Safe mobility including driving and pedestrian behaviour, and socio-emotional aspects of cognition (autobiographical memory) are emphases.

  • c.holland1@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212044063

Asif Ahmed

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Health and Executive Dean of Aston Medical School

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Translational Medicine and drug repurposing and founder the new Adton Medical School

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
  • Education/teaching - 16-18 year group
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Discovered two protective pathways to prevent pregnancy complications. Led and complicated the world's first RCT on statins (StAmP Trial) in preeclampsia. Developed a new financial and educational model for a medical school and implemented it at Aston University.

  • @ProfAsifAhmed
  • asif.ahmed@aston.ac.uk
  • 07973553123

Jonathan Tritter

Professor

Expertise:

  • Public service reform: Mental health

User involvement and patient experience

Activity:

  • Research and innovation
  • Civic engagement (third sector, charities etc)
  • Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)

Summary of expertise

Expert on patient and public involvement and service reform based on service user experience has conducted research advised government and policy makers nationally and internationally

  • j.tritter@aston.ac.uk
  • 01212043401