
Senior Lecturer and NIHR Senior Research Fellow
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Amanda Daley is a Senior Lecturer and holds a NIHR Senior Research Fellowship (2008-2014) award focused on physical activity and health, particularly women’s heath. She is the principal investigator on several ongoing trials that are examining the effectiveness of physical activity and weight control interventions. She is also an applicant on several other funded trials ...
Email a.daley@bham.ac.uk
Senior lecturer – Programme Lead for Undergraduate Quality Assurance & Enhancement
Nursing and Physiotherapy
Dr Daly is a Senior lecturer in Nursing and Programme Lead for Quality Assurance & Enhancement
Dr Daly’s clinical experience and early educational career were closely involved with the critical care domain and the management of English National Board specialist courses. This enabled him to hold several posts and develop professionals links with institutions ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3231
Email w.m.daly@bham.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Sarah joined Primary Care Clinical Sciences in September 2008 as a Research Fellow on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) project examining Healthcare Workers' Attitudes to Working During Pandemic Influenza. This project concluded in March 2009, and she is currently working on a number of projects centred around cancer and chronic disease, ...
Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 3343
Email s.l.damery@bham.ac.uk

Theme Co-ordinator (CLAHRC Theme 5)
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sophie Dann is the Theme Co-ordinator for CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) Theme 5 – Maternity Support Services.
This currently involves working as Trial Co-ordinator on a trial called ELSIPS (Evaluation of Lay Support in Pregnant Women with Social Risk), which is evaluating Pregnancy Outreach Workers (POWs) in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6524
Email s.dann@bham.ac.uk
Clinical Research Fellow
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Clare Davenport is a specialist public health practitioner coming to the end of a doctoral research programme concerned with the development of methods of conducting and presenting the results of systematic reviews of test accuracy that meet the needs of decision makers. Clare’s main area of expertise is systematic review methodology. In addition to systematic reviews and ...
Telephone +44 (0) 121 414 8036
Email c.f.davenport@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Public Health Ethics & Head of Medicine, Ethics, Society & History (MESH)
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Angus Dawson is Professor of Public Health Ethics and Head of Medicine, Ethics, Society & History (MESH).
Angus has published extensively on many issues in bioethics. In recent years he has been particularly focused on public health ethics (e.g. vaccinations and issues related to lifestyle choices) and the use of empirical evidence in moral arguments (e.g. in relation to ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2957
Email a.j.dawson@bham.ac.uk
Lecturer
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Gilles de Wildt teaches on the Intercalated BSc course “International Health”, which was initiated by Dr Michael Innes with support of Dr Lesley Roberts, Dr Paramjit Gill and others.
Telephone +44 (0)121 415 8626 /Ms Julie Shore +44 (0)121 414 3616
Email g.r.dewildt@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Biostatistics, Joint School Research Lead
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Jon Deeks is Professor of Biostatistics, Director of the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, and leads the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation Research Group in the School of Health and Population Sciences, where he also holds a position of Joint Research Lead.
Jon trained as a medical statistician, and has followed a career which has given him broad experience across ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 5328/PA: Anne Walker +44(0)121 414 7578
Email j.deeks@bham.ac.uk

Research Fellow
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Andy Dickens is a Research Fellow on an NIHR-funded study entitled ‘The Birmingham COPD cohort study: a primary care cohort of COPD patients’.
Over the past 11 years Andy has worked in the field of health service research, developing particular research interests in trials methodology, complex interventions, health outcomes for older people and public health.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7422
Email a.p.dickens@bham.ac.uk