Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ruth is a Research Fellow who is currently working on the BLISS Programme (Birmingham Lung Improvement Studies) and is responsible for the TargetCOPD study that is being run as part of the programme
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 5042
Email r.backman@bham.ac.uk
Lecturer
Nursing and Physiotherapy
Cara Bailey is a lecturer in nursing in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences.
Cara’s research maintains a broad interest in the care of people at the end of their lives beyond cancer in palliative and end of life studies and for those who work closely with the dying, the bereaved and the critically ill. She is primarily involved in research activity ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3657
Email c.bailey.2@bham.ac.uk
Project Officer
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Sheila Bailey is currently working as a Project Officer on the Theme 7 BBC CLAHRC (Birmingham and Black Country, Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) project which is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The project is looking at the Optimisation of the Management of Stroke & TIA. She is primarily responsible for the administration of the ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7956
Email s.m.bailey.20@bham.ac.uk
Research Nurse
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Miriam Banting is a research nurse in the Centre for Behavioural Medicine Team. Since May 2010 she has been overseeing all the clinics that are run to recruit and follow up participants in the rapid reduction smoking cessation study.
She is involved with the preparation and setting up of clinics in the preloading trial that is due to start early 2012.
Miriam’s previous ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3105/+44 (0)121 414 3759
Email m.v.banting@bham.ac.uk
Manager, Interactive Studies Unit
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Karen holds a degree in Communication Processes. She joined the Department of Primary Care and General Practice at the University of Birmingham in September 2001. Karen is the first point of contact with the ISU if you have a training need to discuss or would like to book some role players. As well as co-ordinating the role play team Karen is also involved with recruitment, training and ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8534
Email k.barry@bham.ac.uk

Reader in Mathematical Modelling
Director of the MSc programme in Health Economics and Health Policy
Health Economics
Pelham Barton is a Reader in Mathematical Modelling in the Health Economics Unit and Director of the MSc programme in Health Economics and Health Policy. He has over 70 publications, of which around 50 are academic papers published in peer-reviewed journals. On almost all of these his contribution was to lead the economic and mathematical modelling aspects of the ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3170
Email p.m.barton@bham.ac.uk

Deputy Director, Primary Care Clinical Research & Trials Unit (PC-CRTU)
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Sarah Bathers is Deputy Director of the Primary Care Clinical Research & Trials Unit. Her role at the unit involves managing a portfolio of Primary Care Clinical Trials and a multidisciplinary team, with day-to-day responsibility for over 59 staff and indirect or partial management of the clinical trials activity of over 77 staff within PCCS, including statisticians, programmers, ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3323
Email s.bathers@bham.ac.uk

Information Specialist
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sue Bayliss is an information specialist who for the past 10 years has worked within the information support team in the Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Birmingham, developing search strategies to identify appropriate research literature for systematic reviews. These have included Cochrane reviews as well as many health technology assessment ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7914
Email s.bayliss@bham.ac.uk

Teaching Fellow in Clinical Communication
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Jackie Beavan is a Teaching Fellow in the Interactive Studies Unit. She is involved in teaching Clinical Communication at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and she contributes to the teaching of Medicine in Society and Literature and Medicine. She also works with the Referred Doctors and Dentists programme organised by the West Midlands Deanery and with the Professional Support Unit ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8587
Email beavanj@bham.ac.uk
Lecturer
Nursing and Physiotherapy
After gaining her qualification as a Chartered Physiotherapist from the Cardiff School of Physiotherapy, Rosalie worked clinically within the UK and abroad.
Rosalie practiced widely within both public and private sectors before moving into education in 1999.
She has a committed enthusiasm to maintain high quality standards in teaching and learning and ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8593
Email r.m.bennett@bham.ac.uk