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
Francis Pope
Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow
Expertise:
- Environmental technologies
air quality measurement and understanding
Activity:
- Research and innovation
- Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
- Education/teaching - undergraduate
- Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research
Summary of expertise
Francis focuses on the measurement of air pollutants including particulate matter (PM) and trace gas species. He works on developing low cost sensor techniques and strategies.
- f.pope@bham.ac.uk
- 01214149067
Summary of expertise
Lee is interested in the impact of weather and climate on the built environment. He uses both the Internet of Things and Smart City approaches to provide low cost sensing solutions for environmental monitoring, such as winter road maintenance.
- l.chapman@bham.acuk
- 01214147435
Summary of expertise
Peter is an expert on application of molecular biology and genetic techniques to problems in microbiology. He is interested in novel treatments for wound infections, roles of chaperonins in Mycobacterial infections, evolution of resistance to stress and mechanisms of responses to stress.
- @lundpa
- p.a.lund@bham.ac.uk
- 01214145583
Summary of expertise
Marianne is researching the modification of activity levels in neurological conditions, particularly multiple sclerosis (MS). She has conducted research into the assessment and implications of sedentary behaviour.
- m.y.hensman@bham.ac.uk
- 01214158591
Dr John Round
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
Expertise:
- Exploiting the economic geography
Informal Economies and Economic Development
Activity:
- Research and innovation
- 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
John's work revolves around the nature of informal and alternative economies and their relationships to the formal economy.
- j.round@bham.ac.uk
- 07889179969
Dr Alison Rushton
Deputy Director and Research Co-Lead, Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine)
Expertise:
- Medical and life sciences
Precision musculoskeletal rehabilitation sciences
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
Alison researches the assessment and management of musculoskeletal and spinal pain disorders to inform precision rehabilitation. She is working on the development and validation of new opportunities to objectively characterise the presentation of patients presenting with musculoskeletal pain of spinal and traumatic origin, to enable effective targeted rehabilitation.
- @abrushton
- a.b.rushton@bham.ac.uk
- 01214158597
Dr Nigel Maxted
Senior Lecturer in Genetic Conservation
Expertise:
- Environmental technologies
Conservation of socio-economic and agricultural species
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
- Education/teaching - apprenticeships
- Education/teaching - undergraduate
- Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research
Summary of expertise
Nigel has professional expertise in in situ and ex situ plant genetic conservation.
- n.maxted@bham.ac.uk
- 01214145571
Dr Zhaoya Gong
Lectuer in Human Geography (Big Data)
Expertise:
- Exploiting the economic geography
Modelling spatial economy and urban-regional structure
Activity:
- Research and innovation
- Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
- Public service engagement (local authorities, NHS, police etc)
- Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research
Summary of expertise
Zhaoya is an expert in evaluating policy impact by modelling spatial economy, dynamic processes of urbanisation and complex modalities of spatial structures generated at various scales, with respect to the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of resulting urban settlements.
- z.gong@bham.ac.uk
- 01214145536
Professor Deborah Falla
Chair in Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy and Director of the Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain
Expertise:
- Medical and life sciences
Precision musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Activity:
- Research and innovation
- Business engagement (industry, facilities, initiatives etc)
- Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research
Summary of expertise
Deborah is an expert in rehabilitation science and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Her research utilises state of the art electrophysiological measures to evaluate the control of human movement and how it is affected or adapted in response to various states including pain, injury, fatigue and training. Her research interests also include optimising the management of musculoskeletal conditions with a particular interest in neck pain, low back pain, whiplash and headache.
- @Deb_Falla
- d.falla@bham.ac.uk
- 01214147253
Summary of expertise
Alessandro is a Human Motion Analysis expert. His research deals with sensory integration, motor control in normal and pathological human conditions (neurological and musculoskeletal disorders) with special interest in locomotion and posture. He also investigates evaluation of motor rehabilitation with robotic devices and/or limb orthoses, new methodologies for chronic pain treatment.
- @aledenunzio
- a.m.denunzio@bham.ac.uk
- 01214158389