Staff

Dr Jorge Caamaňo

Senior Lecturer

School of Immunity and Infection

Jorge Caamaño is Senior Lecturer in Immunology at the School of Immunity and Infection.

Jorge has published more than 50 papers in scientific journals, as well as book chapters and reviews in gene expression and signal transduction. He has received major funding from MRC, BBSRC, and the European Union.

Dr Anna Beth Caley

Senior Clinical Tutor

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Anna Caley is a course organiser for the final year medical students on their Community Based Medicine placements and a General Practitioner.

 

Miss Helen Callaghan

Clinical Tutor in Physiotherapy

Nursing and Physiotherapy

Helen Callaghan is a Clinical Tutor in Physiotherapy and an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist. Helen has a specialist interest and background in the assessment and treatment of spinal disorders. 

Helen has an interest in Work related Health issues and uses this to collaborate with colleagues on ergonomic studies and factors affecting healthcare ...

Dr Melanie Calvert

Dr Melanie Calvert

Reader in Epidemiology and Director of Graduate Studies, School of Health and Population Sciences

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Melanie Calvert, PhD, has extensive experience in the design and analysis of clinical trials, trials methodology research, economic evaluation and clinical epidemiology. Her primary research interests focus on outcomes research, including the use of composite and patient reported outcomes, notably quality of life. Dr Calvert has over 50 publications, including work in major international journals ...

Mr Alastair Canaway

Mr Alastair Canaway

Doctoral Researcher

Health Economics

PhD title: Capturing family benefits of end of life care for resource allocation.

Supervisors: Professor Joanna Coast and Doctor Hareth Al Janabi

Alastair Canaway is a Doctoral Researcher within the Health Economics Unit’s team.

Alastair is in the infancy of his research career but has already made significant steps towards ...

Mrs Karen Carter

Postgraduate Manager

Medical and Dental Sciences

Karen joined the University in 2001 and worked in the School of C&EM until January 2009 when she commenced her current role. Karen has overall administrative management responsibility for postgraduate research and postgraduate taught programmes in the College and works closely with the Head of College Graduate School, Professor John Gordon and the College Director of PG T, Dr Geoff ...

Dr Andrea Eugenio Cavanna

Dr Andrea Eugenio Cavanna

Honorary Reader in Neuropsychiatry

School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Andrea E. Cavanna is Honorary Reader in Neuropsychiatry and Consultant in Behavioural Neurology at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust. He is also Deputy Director for the MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry.

Dr Odette Chagoury

Dr Odette Chagoury

Senior Trials Manager

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Dr Odette Chagoury is the Senior Trials Manager within the Primary Care Clinical Research and Trials Unit (PC-CRTU). She leads the Trial Management Team on an operational level.

Odette has a PhD in Cancer Immunology and her main research interest is Immunity and Infection. She directly manages this portfolio of studies within the Unit.

Mrs Leigh Challinor

Governance Support Officer

Medical and Dental Sciences

Leigh works as a Governance Support Officer, providing administrative support to the Clinical Trials Quality Assurance Manager and the Director of the Human Biomaterials Resource Centre (HBRC). 

Leigh’s role involves providing assistance with the preparation and updating of key policies and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents and providing ...

Dr Shiao-yng Chan

Dr Shiao-yng Chan

Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician

Reproduction, Genes and Development

Shiao Chan is a practicing Consultant Obstetrician who heads the Endocrine Antenatal Clinic at the Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She is also a Health Foundation Clinician Scientist who runs a research program at the Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, UK. Her particular research interest is in thyroid hormone action in the fetal brain and in ...