
Professor of Rehabilitation
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Catherine is Professor of Rehabilitation in Primary Care Clinical Sciences and an NIHR Senior Investigator. She has published nearly 100 papers and has major funding from NIHR streams. She is dedicated to clinical research career development for non-medical clinicians and has supervised many clinical therapists to achieve research degrees.
Catherine is a member of grant ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4198
Email c.m.sackley@bham.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer and Director of Education for Occupational Health
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Steven Sadhra is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Education for Occupational Health at the School of Health and Population Sciences. He is the programme lead for the MSc in Occupational Health and CPD programmes. Steven is also the joint lead for another MSc programme (Science of Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment) which he developed with Environmental Health and Risk ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6008
Email s.sadhra@bham.ac.uk

Regional Manager for Primary Care Research Network – Central England
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Ros Salter is the Regional Manager of the Primary Care Research Network in Central England.
She has many years of experience of working with Academic partners and NHS Trusts delivering research infrastructure through Research Networks.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6505
Email r.a.salter@bham.ac.uk
Doctoral Researcher
Health Economics
PhD: Outcome assessment for use in economic evaluations of interventions for menorrhagia
Supervisors: Prof Tracy Roberts, Dr Emma Frew, Prof Janesh Gupta (Obs and Gynae), Prof Joe Kai (Primary Care)
Sabina Sanghera is currently a Doctoral Researcher in Health Economics. In her research she is attempting to identify which outcome measure is most ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8176
Email sxs574@bham.ac.uk
Senior Horizon Analyst
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Biruntha is a senior horizon analyst for the medtech team at the National Horizon Scanning Centre, based in the Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics department.
The NHSC provides early warning to national policy makers and the NHS of new and emerging technologies that may require evaluation, consideration of clinical and cost impact, or modification of ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7657
Email b.senthinathan@bham.ac.uk

Senior lecturer in health service research
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Jonathan Shapiro is a senior academic who uses his extensive experience of healthcare in the public sector to offer strategic advice and practical solutions to a wide variety of health care organisations both in the UK and abroad. He brings to this role the skills learned over the years as a qualified doctor, a University academic, and the Chair of a large UK Mental Health Trust. He also ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 3169
Email j.a.shapiro@bham.ac.uk
Birmingham Research Fellow
Nursing and Physiotherapy
Karen Shaw is a Research Psychologist with a track record in children’s health service development and research. Her work generally focuses on service improvement for children with long-term or life-shortening conditions. Areas of particular interest include transitional care, end-of-life care, user involvement, and psychosocial aspects of childhood illness.
Karen ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8370
Email k.l.shaw@bham.ac.uk

Research Fellow
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
James Sheppard is a research fellow in the department of Primary Care Clinical Sciences. His current research interests lie in the diagnosis and management of chronic disease, in particular cardiovascular disease. He is currently funded by a grant from the National Institute for Health Research studying the optimisation of management of stroke and transient ischemic attack as part of the ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7573
Email j.p.sheppard@bham.ac.uk
Senior Clinical Tutor Community Based Medicine
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Kirsty Shires is a Senior Clinical Tutor in Community Based Medicine with responsibility for Years 1 and 2 and GEC1.
Kirsty is also a salaried general practitioner in the North Birmingham area.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 6491
Email k.m.shires@bham.ac.uk
Research Associate in Primary Care
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Manbinder Sidhu, PhD, is a research associate working in health services research with a background in sociology. Dr Sidhu has a specific interest in understanding the health needs of minority-ethnic groups living in developed countries.
Manbinder specialises in:
- Interpreting health beliefs and practices
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Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2244
Email m.s.sidhu@bham.ac.uk