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

Professor KK Cheng

Director of the Institute of Applied Health Research and Professor of Public Health and Primary Care

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Thematic area: Applied Health Research

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

KK focuses on public health and primary care research. He is interested in the development of primary care in middle income countries. He has experience of UK-China collaborations.

  • @KKCheng4
  • k.k.cheng@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214146757

Professor Kate Jolly

Professor of Public Health and Primary Care

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Public health and prevention,

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

Kate is an expert on public health, particularly prevention of long term conditions, through lifestyle and behaviour changes in the general population, in pregnancy and after childbirth. She has developed and undertaken evaluations of new public health services in disadvantaged and diverse communities.

  • c.b.jolly@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214147552

Professor Robert Lee

Head of Birmingham Law School

Expertise:

  • Environmental technologies

Technologies regulation

Activity:

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

Summary of expertise

Robert explores why and how technologies are regulated. He has a background in environmental law.

  • r.g.lee@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214145864

Dr Nicola Heneghan

Physiotherapy Lecturer and Researcher

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Personalised management approaches for spinal pain

Activity:

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

Summary of expertise

Nicola focuses on personalised rehabilitation for patients presenting with musculoskeletal pain of spinal and traumatic origin. She is heavily involved with the Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine). CPR Spine is developing and validating new assessment protocols which offer new opportunities more effectively target rehabilitation towards individuals.

  • @HeneghanNicola
  • n.heneghan@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214158367

Professor Kate Thomas

Vice Dean for Medicine and Programme Director (MBChB)

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

Medical education

Activity:

  • Education/teaching - undergraduate

Summary of expertise

Kate leads the MBChB degree programme, while researching professionalism with medicine and medical education.

  • c.p.thomas@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214144046

Dr Ian Litchfield

Research Fellow

Expertise:

  • Research & intelligence: Evaluation of interventions

Improving primary care access for all

Activity:

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

Summary of expertise

Ian has extensive experience of process improvement in general practice. In particular, he is keen to bridge the "digital divide" and support greater access to primary health care for vulnerable individuals or those from lower income or BME backgrounds.

  • i.litchfield@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214146006

Dr David Galindo

Lecturer in Computer Security

Expertise:

  • Digital and creative

Cyber Security

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

David is an expert on security and privacy, specialising in the design and and analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols. He is interested in the societal impact of computer-based technologies and how they might influence democracy, government and privacy rights.

  • d.galindo@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214143487

Dr Karl Dearn

Reader in Mechanical Engineering

Expertise:

  • New manufacturing economy

Skills, apprenticeships, graduates, engineering

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 - 16-18 year group
  • Education/teaching - adult skills
  • Education/teaching - apprenticeships
  • Education/teaching - undergraduate
  • Education/teaching - postgraduate taught & research

Summary of expertise

Karl is a researcher in mechanical engineering. He chairs a national panel, which supports apprentices entering higher education for the IMechE.

  • @Dr_KD_Dearn
  • k.d.dearn@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214144190

Dr Andrew Lovering

Senior Lecturer

Expertise:

  • Medical and life sciences

microbiology & structural biology

Activity:

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

Summary of expertise

Andrew studies how naturally antibacterial predators (predatory bacteria) are able to kill other bacteria. These organisms (and their protein products) have many potential uses in removing undesirable bacteria, for example infection, biofouling and agriculture.

  • a.lovering@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214145419

Marjorie Collaco

Instructional Design Consultant

Expertise:

  • Digital and creative

Flipped Classroom techniques & Blended Learning

Activity:

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

Summary of expertise

Marjorie is an expert in the design and development of technology to support learning and teaching throughout all subject areas and academic levels within the University.

  • @marjcoll
  • m.b.collac@bham.ac.uk
  • 01214144583