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Dr Doug Richards

Dr Doug Richards

Honorary Research Fellow

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Dr Richards has published over 40 research papers in scientific journals, as well as reviews and book chapters. He is an expert in analytical biochemistry and, in particular, high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. He has also applied the technique of microdialysis in both basic science (absence epilepsy) and in clinical studies.

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 4497

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

Dr Hugh Rickards

Dr Hugh Rickards

Honorary Reader in Neuropsychiatry
Consultant in Neuropsychiatry Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Hugh Rickards is programme lead for the MSc Clinical Neuropsychiatry. He is also a consultant in neuropsychiatry at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust which provides a service to the West Midlands Region.

 

Telephone +44 (0) 121 301 2316

Email clinicalneuro@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Dr Sharon Riordan

Programme Lead/Lecturer MSc PGD Forensic Mental Health Studies

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Telephone +44(0)121 678 3088

Email s.a.riordan@bham.ac.uk

Dr Elizabeth Sapey

Dr Elizabeth Sapey

Clinical Lecturer

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Dr Sapey’s goal has always been to pursue a career in Academic Respiratory Medicine. She is excited by the prospect of applying her evolving understanding of neutrophil function and trafficking to developing new therapeutic strategies in COPD. Her goal over the next 10 years it is to extend her expertise in neutrophil biology, to develop a team to investigate inflammatory signalling ...

Email e.sapey@bham.ac.uk

Wing Commander Professor Robert AH Scott

Wing Commander Professor Robert AH Scott

Consultant Ophthalmologist

School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

 

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8855

Email d.d.gordon@bham.ac.uk

Dr Yotis Senis

Dr Yotis Senis

Senior Research Fellow

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Yotis is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and a senior member of the Birmingham Platelet Group. Yotis has a strong background in haemostasis, thrombosis and signal transduction.   His main research interests are platelet protein tyrosine phosphatases and how they regulate platelet activation and thrombosis.

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Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8308

Email y.senis@bham.ac.uk

Dr Peter Seville

Dr Peter Seville

Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics

Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Peter is part of the team developing the new Master of Pharmacy undergraduate degree programme.

Peter teaches and researches in pharmaceutics, one of the core scientific disciplines of pharmacy. His primary research interests are in the development of medicines that can be inhaled by a patient, either to treat diseases of the lung (e.g. asthma, COPD) or as a means ...

Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 3209

Email p.c.seville@bham.ac.uk

Profesor Attila Sik

Profesor Attila Sik

Professor of Cellular Neuroscience

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Attila Sik (pronounced “sheek”) is professor of cellular neurophysiology. He published several book chapters and ~50 research articles in scientific journals. His research papers have been cited over 3000 times. He has received major national grants in Hungary, Canada (Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research), UK (Medical Research Council) ...

Telephone +44(0)121 414 6018

Email a.sik@bham.ac.uk

Dr Alexandra Sinclair

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Neurology

Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8857

Email a.b.sinclair@bham.ac.uk

Dr Vicki Smith

Dr Vicki Smith

Research Fellow

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Vicki Smith is an MRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working with Professor Chris McCabe and Professor Jayne Franklyn in the Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Vicki’s current research focuses on increasing radioiodine efficacy in the treatment of thyroid cancer.

Vicki has authored a number of publications and has presented data at both national and ...

Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8705

Email v.e.smith@bham.ac.uk