Staff

Dr Victoria Weston

Dr Victoria Weston

Research Fellow

School of Cancer Sciences

Victoria currently is driving new areas of paediatric acute leukaemia research, teamed with Dr Pam Kearns, Director of Birmingham Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU).

Specifically, she is interested in molecular mechanisms underlying chemo-resistance and relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, with the goal of informing and testing ...

Dr Herman Wheeler

Lecturer in Health Sciences, Medical Law & Ethics, Nursing Sciences & Psychology
Lead for Joint University of Birmingham & University Hospital Birmingham NHS (F) Trust Mentor Preparation Programme
Clinical link tutor to NHS Trusts

Nursing and Physiotherapy

Dr Wheeler lectures in Health Sciences, Medical and Nursing Law & Ethics; Psychology and Professional Development, to undergraduate and post-graduate healthcare students, including nursing, medical and physiotherapy students, and supervises Masters and PhD Research.

He gained his PhD from the University of Birmingham in 1994. His doctoral research focused ...

Ms Jan Whetstone

Ms Jan Whetstone

Non-Clinical Tutor in Primary Care Clinical Sciences - Interactive Studies Unit

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Jan Whetstone is a member of the Clinical Communication team in the Interactive Studies Unit, and is involved in teaching and lecturing in Clinical Communication both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is also involved in the teaching of several Medicine in Society modules in the UG programme.

Through the ISU Jan works with the Doctors in Difficulty programme organised by ...

Professor Deborah White

Professor Deborah White

Associate Professor Director of Education

School of Dentistry

Deborah White is Associate Professor and Director of Education in the School of Dentistry.

Her research interests centre on dental epidemiology and health services research. She has contributed to four major UK surveys of dental health, which have been funded by the Department of Health.

Dr Kevin Whitehead

Dr Kevin Whitehead

Lecturer in Neuropharmacology

Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Kevin Whitehead is a lecturer in the Neuropharmacology team, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and principal investigator of the Pain Signalling Group.

Kevin has extensive experience of in vivomonitoring of neurochemistry and his current research is aimed towards an understanding the role of central neuroinflammatory processes in chronic pain. This is ...

Mr Adrian Wilcockson

School of Cancer Sciences

Adrian Wilcockson has been a Senior Analyst Programmer for the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) programming team since 2003.

The programming team creates and supports bespoke database applications for trials run by the unit. These are typically SQL Server/ASP.NET systems for large, multi centre/international phase 3 studies.

Mr Stuart Wildman

Mr Stuart Wildman

Lecturer

Nursing and Physiotherapy

Stuart Wildman is a lecturer in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences.

Stuart has over twenty years of experience in teaching and supporting nursing students at undergraduate and post graduate levels.

 

Mr Geraint Williams

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology

School of Immunity and Infection

Geraint Williams is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology. His sub-specialist area is in cornea and external disease, with an interest in ocular surface immunity and infection. He was awarded a Wellcome Trust clinical research fellowship in 2008 and completed his PhD in Immune Regulation of Acquired Ocular Immunobullous Disease in 2012.

Geraint is currently ...

Miss Helen Williams

Miss Helen Williams

Research Support Administrator

Medical and Dental Sciences

Helen developed key skills in organisation and communication through experience in both private and public sector work before joining the University in May 2010. Her current role underpins the effective operation of the Research and Knowledge Transfer Office for the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, assisting project management and academic engagement with sponsors and ...

Dr Brian Willis

Dr Brian Willis

NIHR Clinical Lecturer

Primary Care Clinical Sciences

Brian Willis is an NIHR Clinical lecturer in Primary Care.

This divides his time between working in clinical practice as a GP and being a research investigator where his principal interest is in diagnostic test research.