Teaching
SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES
BIOS102 ORIGINS, SPECIALISATIONS, CHALLENGES AND THERAPEUTICS I will be delivering 5-6 sessions of immunology content under the new Biosciences curriculum which will provide an introduction to the innate and adaptive immune responses, using examples of bacterial and viral respiratory infections to demonstrate host defence. LIFE130 / LIFE223 COMMUNICATION AND STUDY SKILLS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES I act as Academic Advisor for 12 students, and am LIFE130 / LIFE223 tutor for first and second year undergraduate students in the School of Life Sciences. LIFE332 SPECIALISED BODY SYSTEMS I am taking over the Module Organiser role for LIFE332 from 2024/25. I also provide Masters projects across several different programs: MRes Clinical Sciences, MRes Advanced Biological Sciences, MRes Biomedical Sciences & Translational Medicine, and MBiolSci as well as undergraduate Honours projects
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
MBChB YEAR 1 FOUNDATION BLOCK I provide 5-lectures for first year medical students on haematopoiesis and cell-mediated immunity.
Modules for 2024-25
BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Module code: LIFE102
Role: Teaching
Origins, Specialisations, Challenges and Therapeutics
Module code: BIOS102
Role: Teaching
RESEARCH PROJECT
Module code: LIFE700
Role: Teaching
SPECIALISED BODY SYSTEMS: DEVELOPMENT, DISEASE AND REGENERATION
Module code: LIFE332
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Supervised Theses
- Metabolic regulation of human neutrophils in rheumatoid arthritis
- Regulation of apoptosis of myeloid immune cells: implication for cancer therapy and inflammation
- Role of Neutrophils in Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- The role of neutrophils in autoimmune disease
- The use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to study the genetic basis of human diseases