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
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
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
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
Summary of expertise
Kate leads the MBChB degree programme, while researching professionalism with medicine and medical education.
- c.p.thomas@bham.ac.uk
- 01214144046
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
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
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