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Dr Michael O'Reilly

Dr Michael O'Reilly

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow
Honorary Specialist Registrar in Endocrinology

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Dr. Michael O’Reilly is a Wellcome Trust-funded clinical research fellow in CEDAM in the Institute of Biomedical Research. He is also an honorary specialist registar in endocrinology in the Queen Elizabeth and Birmingham Women’s Hospitals. Michael is currently undertaking a PhD in the tissue-specific mechanisms linking insulin resistance and androgen excess in polycystic ovary ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 2764

Email m.oreilly@bham.ac.uk

Dr Hardev Pall

Senior Lecturer in Neurology

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Dr Pall is a clinical neurologist with an interest in teaching and research. His principal areas of clinical interest are movement disorders and motor neurone disease. The movement disorder patients that he looks after include those with Parkinson’s disease and dystonia.

Telephone +44 (0) 121 697 8239

Email h.s.pall@bham.ac.uk

Dr Silvia Parajes Castro

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow – FP7 programme

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2764

Email s.parajescastro@bham.ac.uk

Dr Alice Pollitt

Dr Alice Pollitt

Research Fellow

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Email a.y.pollitt@bham.ac.uk

Dr Andrew Powell

Lecturer in Neuropharmacology

Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Andrew Powell is a Lecturer in Neuropharmacology in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. Andrew’s research investigates the pathophysiology of disorders of the brain; potential treatments and the impact this has on normal brain function.

Telephone +44(0)121 414 7630

Email a.d.powell@bham.ac.uk

Dr Anita Pye

Dr Anita Pye

Research Fellow / Clinical Trials Co-ordinator

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Anita Pye is a Research Fellow in the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine working in Clinical Trials.

Telephone +44 (0) 121 371 3886

Email anita.pye@uhb.nhs.uk

Dr Elizabeth Rabbitt

Dr Elizabeth Rabbitt

Research Fellow

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Liz Rabbitt is a Research Fellow working with Professor Paul Stewart. She has published a number of high impact research papers in scientific journals and her work has won several grants and awards at international conferences.

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 3776

Email e.h.rabbitt@bham.ac.uk

Professor Ed Rainger

Professor of Chronic Inflammation

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Ed Rainger is Reader in Chronic Inflammation in the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. Ed has published over 80 research papers, reviews and book chapters in the field of inflammation research with a particular focus on vascular inflammation leading to atherosclerosis.

Ed is Deputy Director and Cardiovascular Theme Coordinator of the School of Clinical and ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 4040

Email g.e.rainger@bham.ac.uk

Dr Clare Ray

Dr Clare Ray

Lecturer in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Science

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Clare Ray is a lecturer in Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences.

She combines her teaching responsibilities on the MBChB, BMedSc and BDS programmes with a research interest in the regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow on which she has published a number of papers.

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 6930

Email c.j.ray@bham.ac.uk

Dr Martin Read

Dr Martin Read

Research Fellow

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Martin Read is a Research Fellow working with Professor Chris McCabe and Professor Jayne Franklyn in the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine.

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2764

Email m.l.read.20@bham.ac.uk