
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Acute Medicine
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences
Dr Larissa Fabritz studies novel mechanisms of heart disease and performs translational research towards mechanism-based therapies of cardiovascular diseases. She joined the SWBH NHS trust as a Consultant in Acute Medicine with a special interest in the cardiovascular system.
Dr Larissa Fabritz continues research on molecular cardiovascular imaging as ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 41 46938 (lab)/+44 (0)121 41 48259 (office)
Email l.fabritz@bham.ac.uk

Lecturer in Disability Studies and Behavioural Science
Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration
Qulsom is a social psychologist with an interest in all things human. She is particularly interested in the social and cultural factors that influence psychological illness and mental wellbeing both in terms of the role they play in triggering mental illness and also in terms of presentation of illness Whilst working with families with disabled children in 2000 and 2001 she developed both ...
Telephone +44 (0) 415 8119
Email q.a.fazil@bham.ac.uk
Honorary Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
Medical Science and Education
Robin Ferner and his team are interested in medication errors and adverse drug reactions, and how to prevent them. In addition to over 70 original papers and over 50 reviews, he has written commentaries for the Lancet, BMJ, and British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology on these topics.
His current research includes monitoring of patients for the development of adverse ...
Telephone +44(0)121 554 3801
Email r.e.ferner@bham.ac.uk

Research Fellow
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences
Brenda Finney is a postdoctoral research fellow working in Professor Steve Watson’s Birmingham Platelet Group. Her current project is understanding the role of platelets in the development of the embryo, specifically with regards the lymphatic system and the lung. She is also working with the in vivothrombosis models used in the group. Brenda got her PhD from Cardiff University in 2009 ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8679
Email b.a.finney@bham.ac.uk

Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Paul is an established figure in the endocrinology and cancer fields. With over a decade of experience in both academic and industrial environments, he has extensive research knowledge on a wide-range of areas. He is an author on over 30 scientific papers, covering endocrinology, oncology, inflammation, cardiology, and drug development, and has various reviews and book chapters to his ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2540
Email p.a.foster@bham.ac.uk

Head of School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and William Withering Professor of Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Jayne is William Withering Professor of Medicine, Consultant Endocrinologist and Head of the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine.
Jayne has published over 200 research papers, as well as review articles and book chapters, in the field of endocrinology, and largely on the topics of pathogenesis, treatments and long-term consequences of thyroid diseases ...
Telephone +44 (0) 121 415 8711
Email j.a.franklyn@bham.ac.uk