Department of Medical eDUCATION leadership TEAM Head of Department: Professor Mike Okorie Head of Research: Dr Duncan Shrewsbury Departmental Administrator: Sue Brown Team directory A-Z Dr Muna Al-JawadSenior Lecturer in Medical Education and Honorary Consultant Geriatrician Muna is lead for curriculum development for the undergraduate MBMS course. She is also lead for personal and professional development and the F0 module in year 5. Muna uses comics and other creative research methods to do (and supervise) healthcare humanities research around practitioner/student experience, leadership and decolonising the curriculum. muna.aljawad@nhs.net See Dr Muna Al-Jawad's full profile > John AndersonPrincipal Lecturer J.Anderson@bsms.ac.uk See John Anderson's full profile > Ian AngellProgramme Administrator I.Angell@bsms.ac.uk See Ian Angell's full profile > Dr Gemma ArcherLecturer in Public Health Dr Gemma Archer is a lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Medical Education at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). She leads on the Public Health MSc dissertation module and co-leads on Epidemiology. g.archer@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Gemma Archer's full profile > Laura ArnoldAnatomy Admin Assistant l.arnold@bsms.ac.uk See Laura Arnold's full profile > Dr Wajeeha AzizSenior Lecturer in Medical Education Dr Aziz has vast experience of research in life sciences with enhanced skills in electron microscopy, high resolution imaging and electrophysiology. Dr Aziz's research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. w.aziz@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Wajeeha Aziz's full profile > Kate BascombeReader in Physician Associate Studies Kate Bascombe is the Course Lead for the Physician Associate (PA) MSc at BSMS. She undertook her PA training at St George’s University of London (SGUL) as the second cohort qualifying in 2011. Clinically, she has worked in secondary care across medical and surgical fields and primary care where she currently practices. k.bascombe@bsms.ac.uk See Kate Bascombe's full profile > Lelia BissellSenior Lecturer in Therapeutics L.Bissell@bsms.ac.uk See Lelia Bissell's full profile > Joanna BockingMedical Education Officer J.C.Bocking@brighton.ac.uk See Joanna Bocking's full profile > Sue BrownDivisional Assistant S.Brown@bsms.ac.uk See Sue Brown's full profile > Naomi BurnsClinical Teaching Fellow n.burns@bsms.ac.uk Naomi has worked within the field of medication safety for many years, with an interest in reducing risk with insulins and anticoagulants. This has led to national awards following presentations internationally in person and in poster form. Naomi has led on investigations involving medication including two attendances at coroners' courts. She has a keen interest in teaching in initiating training days, reviewing national teaching aids, acting as a mentor to diploma pharmacists and as supervisor to pharmacy undergraduates undertaking research. See Naomi Burn's full profile > Chay BurtLecturer in Medical Education Chay is a Lecturer in Public Health at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and a current Law PhD student at the University of Sussex. His PhD focuses on the approach to regulating assisted dying across different jurisdictions and the implications of different methods of regulation. He has been a student at the University of Sussex since 2014 as a Law with Business Management LLB undergraduate, before completing his LLM in Law in 2019. c.burt@bsms.ac.uk See Chay Burt's full profile > Ceri ButlerSenior Lecturer in Medical Education C.Butler@bsms.ac.uk See Ceri Butler's full profile > Hollie CartwrightSenior Anatomy Technician H.Cartwright@bsms.ac.uk See Hollie Cartwright's full profile > Clare CastledineSenior Lecturer in Medical Education C.Castledine@bsms.ac.uk See Clare Castledine's full profile > Dr Gaurish ChawlaSenior Lecturer Gaurish started his career as a junior doctor in North India before he completed his MSc in Healthcare Management at the University of Manchester (2011) for which he received a distinction. Before joining BSMS, Gaurish taught on the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme for the NHS Leadership Academy. Gaurish has been a member of the BSMS team since 2018 and teaches on a variety of postgraduate and undergraduate modules. G.Chawla@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Gaurish Chawla's full profile > Priyanka DanielAnatomy Demonstrator P.Daniel2@bsms.ac.uk Professor Kevin DaviesCourse Principal (Internal Medicine)Emeritus Professor Kevin helped to set up Brighton and Sussex Medical School in 2002. In the summer of 2009-10 Prof Kevin Davies worked for 18 months as Chief of Medicine for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and combined his academic work with the responsibility for leading the clinical service within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. In addition he is an Associate International Director for Europe for the Royal College of Physicians and is actively engaged in developing closer links with European medicine, both clinically and academically. K.A.Davies@bsms.ac.uk See Professor Kevin Davies' full profile > Ursula DaviesCourse Lead (Internal Medicine) U.Davies@bsms.ac.uk Nikki DearnelyLecturer in Physician Associate Studies Nikki has taught on the PA programme since it began in 2016. She is the lead for OSCE exams, facilitates weekly case-based learning, and runs the elderly care teaching block. She works for University Hospitals Sussex as a Specialty Doctor in Elderly Medicine, and enjoys working alongside Physician Associates including graduates from BSMS. She is passionate about PA education, and the benefits the role can bring to the NHS. N.Dearnley@bsms.ac.uk Dr Sara DonettoLecturer in Medical Education Sara has experience teaching on a range of subjects including qualitative research methodologies and methods, co-design and co-production, and the sociology of health and healthcare. They supervise MSc and MRes dissertations based on qualitative empirical projects and/or bibliographic work. S.Donetto@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Sara Donetto's profile > Dr James FallonClinical Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Undergraduate Lead for Psychiatry James is a teaching academic with roles throughout the course in mental health and in the phase 3 (final year) leadership team. His interests are in incorporating simulation into undergraduate psychiatric education and ways to maximise learning in online and hybrid teaching. James works clinically with people with chronic psychotic illnesses at Sussex Partnership. J.Fallon@bsms.ac.uk Adam Faux A.Faux@bsms.ac.uk Jon Fenn J.Fenn2@bsms.ac.uk Breda FlahertyCourse Leader for the MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Commissioning Breda is Course Leader for the Healthcare Leadership and Commissioning MSc and Deputy Chair of the Board of Study, responsible for curriculum assurance across the department’s postgraduate programme offer. She is also a principal lecturer and leads on course design, offers tutorials and dissertation supervision at masters and PhD level, leads on curriculum development and manages the faculty teaching and administration team. B.Flaherty2@brighton.ac.uk See Breda Flaherty's full profile > Vanessa FludderCourse Lead (Anaesthesia) V.Fludder@bsms.ac.uk Dr Anne GatugutaCourse Lead (Global Health) Anne is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Infection in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Prior to joining BSMS, Anne was completing a PhD in Public Health and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. While there, Anne taught part-time on the Basic Mathematics and Statistics for Epidemiology and Population Health modules. A.Gatuguta@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Anne Gatuguta's full profile > Sam GreenhouseSenior Lecturer in Healthcare Leadership and Service Sam is a project manager for the Multiprofessional Fellowship Programme, having also managed the Leadership and Education Fellows programme, both run at BSMS in conjunction with Health Education England Kent, Surrey and Sussex. In this role she provides development support to the Fellows on the programme and liaises with Directors of Medical Education and other stakeholders across the region to promote the programme and facilitate shared learning. S.Greenhouse@bsms.ac.uk See Sam Greenhouse's full profile > Shereen Habib S.Habib@bsms.ac.uk Catherine HennessyHead of Anatomy Catherine Hennessy, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., P.C.A.P., F.H.E.A., Ph.D., is the Head of Anatomy at BSMS. She teaches anatomy to undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and trainees, as well as students from various allied health science courses. In 2021, she completed a PhD exploring how medical students and doctors develop their understanding of social media professionalism and the development of a professional online identity. Her research interests include social media professionalism and the development of anatomy core curricula for health professionals. C.Hennessy@bsms.ac.uk See Catherine Hennessy's full profile > Charlotte HillSenior Medical Officer C.Hill@bsms.ac.uk See Charlotte Hill's full profile > Caroline HopperSenior Lecturer in Leadership and Commissioning Following a career in universities, local government and the voluntary sector; Caroline Hopper joined the NHS in London and was then an Executive Director in health authorities and primary care trusts in Surrey and Sussex for over 12 years. She held a wide range of general management roles on NHS Boards including Director of: commissioning; strategic and service development; public engagement and human resources and organisational development. C.M.Hopper@brighton.ac.uk See Caroline Hopper's full profile > Camilla IngramProsector in Anatomy C.Ingram@bsms.ac.uk See Camilla Ingram's full profile > Dr Anna JonesClinical Teaching Fellow: Project Lead for Sustainable Healthcare As a Clinical Teaching Fellow in Medical Education at BSMS from 2011 - 2016, Anna was the module leader for the electives and taught health protection and global health. Following this role, she was commissioned by Doctors of the World to undertake an evaluation of their service for vulnerable migrants in Brighton which aimed to remove the barriers to healthcare. She has recently returned to BSMS and is leading on implementing teaching in sustainable health and sustainable healthcare. A.Jones@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Anna Jones' full profile > Goldie KheraHonorary Clinical Senior Lecturer G.Khera@bsms.ac.uk Jacquline KingProgramme Administrator J.King@bsms.ac.uk See Jacquline King's full profile > Dr Jackie KnightSenior Lecturer in Medical Education Jackie joined BSMS with prior experience for successful delivery on large-scale change management projects at a local, national, and international level. Jackie has worked in multi-disciplinary contexts across her academic and clinical career actively managing new workforce roles, developing curricula, and establishing sustainable partnerships across geographical sectors. To achieve this objective, all health professionals, regardless of their discipline, need to practice collaboratively and essentially to champion both inter-professional and intra-professional learning opportunities. J.Knight@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Jackie Knight's full profile > Meg LockeAssistant Administrator M.Locke@bsms.ac.uk See Meg Locke's full profile > Charlotte Manu C.Manu@bsms.ac.uk Claire MartinProgramme Administrator C.A.Martin@brighton.ac.uk See Claire Martin's full profile > Elizabeth MorrisProgramme Administrator E.Morris@bsms.ac.uk See Elizabeth Morris' full profile > Dominic O'BrienLecturer in Anatomy At BSMS, Dominic primarily delivers teaching to first and second-year medical students, contributing to anatomy teaching across most modules, and leads the anatomy teaching for module 202 (Neuroscience and Behaviour). D.O'Brien@bsms.ac.uk See Dominic O'Brien's full profile > Rebekah OheneLecturer in Physician Associate Studies R.Ohene@bsms.ac.uk See Rebekah Ohene's full profile > Professor Mike OkorieProfessor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics M.Okorie@bsms.ac.uk See Professor Mike Okorie's full profile > Jemina Onimowo J.Onimowo@bsms.ac.uk Dr Sean O'NunainCourse Lead (Cardiology) S.O'Nunain@brighton.ac.uk See Dr Sean O'Nunain's full profile > Dr Lisa PageClinical Senior Lecturer in Medication Education and Psychiatry Lisa has worked as a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at the Royal Sussex County Hospital since 2011, where she sees a wide range of psychiatric presentations including self-harm, organic psychiatry, medically unexplained symptoms, adjustment disorders and trauma presentations. In January 2020, Lisa took up a new role as Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Psychiatry at BSMS. One of the aims of this role is to improve and enhance the Psychiatry training offered to BSMS medical undergraduates. lisa.page@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk See Dr Lisa Page's full profile > Dr Marija PantelicSenior Lecturer in Public Health Marija is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at BSMS. Prior to joining BSMS she was a Senior Advisor for Research and Evaluation the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (now Frontline AIDS), a global partnership of civil society organisations that work together to mobilise communities against HIV and AIDS. Marija is an associate member of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University; member of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the AIDS Impact Conference; and member of the Technical Working Group of the Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination. M.Pantelic@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Marija Pantelic's full profile > Dr Kamal PatelCourse Leader (Paediatrics and Child Health) Dr Kamal Patel works full time as a Consultant Paediatrician at The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. He is the Clinical Lead for Level 2 Paediatric Critical Care where he developed the unit’s expertise in paediatric acute non-invasive ventilation leading to 2 national innovation and safety awards in 2016 and the KSS leadership award in quality and safety in 2017. k.patel@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Kamal Patel's full profile > Dr Tilly PazLecturer in Public Health Tilly has a very extensive teaching experience in academic and non-academic settings and she lectured and facilitated workshops with people from many age groups and all walks of life. She currently leads on the Global Public Health module and contributes to many others. t.paz@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Tilly Paz's full profile > Bella PennyLecturer in Pysician Associate Education A.Penny@bsms.ac.uk See Bella Penny's full profile > Emily PittMedical Education Manager e.pitt@bsms.ac.uk See Emily Pitt's full profile > Dr Katherine PittLecturer in Medical Education Kate is a Lecturer in Medical Education and General Practitioner in Homeless and Inclusion Health. She studied Human Sciences at Oxford University, before achieving distinction in her medical degree from University College London. She combined academic with general practice training, and published research and educational articles, mainly on the healthcare response to domestic abuse. K.Pitt2@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Katherine Pitt's full profile > Dr Jim PricePrincipal Lecturer in Medical Education Dr Jim Price qualified in 1984 at Cambridge University and then joined the Royal Navy as a Medical Officer for six years, training in medicine & gastroenterology. After leaving the Navy he decided to enter General Practice, and became a partner in a Chichester practice for 21 years. In 2001, he joined the precursor of BSMS (the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine) to develop Postgraduate Masters courses, but with the announcement of a new Undergraduate School, rapidly became involved with its development, in particular the clinical aspects of the new curriculum. Latterly, he has returned to postgraduate teaching and currently leads Postgraduate Masters level programmes in Medical & Clinical Education. Jim.Price@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Jim Price's full profile > Luke ReidDeputy Head of Anatomy Luke holds a MSc in Human Anatomy from the University of Edinburgh. Since 2016, he worked as a Lecturer in Anatomical Science at the University of Dundee, with short-term post at the University of St. Andrews. Luke holds an honorary post as a research fellow in the NHS Tayside ENT department and has contributed anatomical expertise to a number of postgraduate surgical training courses. L.reid2@bsms.ac.uk See Luke Reid's full profile > Karen RobertsReader in Physician Associate Education Karen Roberts qualified as a Physician Assistant (PA) at the University of Colorado Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Programme and has worked in General Practice in the US and the UK. She has 15+ years of experience in PA education and was Programme Director of the St George's PA Programme for over seven years. Karen served on the boards of the UK PA national organisations 2010-2018. She was Chair of the PA National Exam 2014-2018. k.roberts@bsms.ac.uk See Karen robert's full profile > Sarah Robinson S.Robinson3@bsms.ac.uk Gabby RoseLecturer in Physician Associate Studies Gabby graduated as a Physician Associate (PA) from BSMS in 2020 and has worked as a PA in local hospital trusts ever since, predominantly in Elderly Care. She joined the BSMS team in 2023 as a lecturer for the Physician Associate course. G.Rose@bsms.ac.uk See Gabby Rose's full profile > Dr Sebastian ShawLecturer in Medical Education Seb grew up local to Brighton in the countryside of West Sussex. BSMS has been at the heart of his career since he first came to the university as a medical student. He returned to BSMS as an Honorary Research Fellow in 2017, before stepping up to the role of Honorary Clinical Lecturer in 2020. S.Shaw2@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Sebastian Shaw's full profile > Dr Duncan ShrewsburyReader in Clinical Education & Primary Care Duncan (they/them) is a queer academic GP, practicing in Brighton. As a Reader in Clinical Education & Primary Care at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, they are the Deputy Lead for Curriculum Development, the research lead for the Department of Medical Education, and the lead the Academic GP training for the medical school. d.shrewsbury@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Duncan Shrewsbury's full profile > Professor Claire SmithProfessor of Anatomy, BSMS, and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Education and Innovation), University of Sussex Professor Smith is a world leading expert on anatomy education, with over a hundred publications in the field. An award winning innovator and educator her passion is to understand how students learn anatomy. She has researched, and been a public advocator for increasing awareness of body donation and the positive impact learning on donors has. Professor Smith teaches on all aspects of the body at a range of levels, from 6th form students to the Royal College of Surgeons. Her leadership has placed BSMS Anatomy as a renowned centre for study and in her own words “It’s always a privilege to work with donors and students to help them advance their knowledge and practice to improve science understanding and patient care”. C.Smith@bsms.ac.uk See Professor Claire Smith's full profile > Dr Roelof Joe StammeijerLecturer in Medical Education Dr Joe Stammeijer graduated from Guys, King’s and St Thomas’s School of Medicine with his MBBS and a BSc in Psychology in 2016, and after foundation years in Brighton and London trained in Core Psychiatry in Yorkshire. A brief detour into Emergency Medicine occurred during the Covid-19 Pandemic, where after working as the High Intensity User fellow he completed his PGCE in Medical Education at BSMS. j.stammeijer@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Roelof Joe Stammeijer's full profile > Danya StoneLecturer in Anatomy Danya has been an anatomy lecturer at BSMS since 2019 and teaches on undergraduate medical and biomedical science courses and the postgraduate physician associate course. Danya is also conducting a part-time PhD project looking at the emotional experiences of students learning anatomy through cadaveric dissection. d.stone@bsms.ac.uk See Danya Stone's full profile > Charlotte Street Course Coordinator C.Street@bsms.ac.uk Heidi TaylorSenior Medical Education Co-Ordinator Heidi is the Course Co-Ordinator for Internal Medicine, Simulation in Clinical Practice & Dental Implant Reconstructive Surgery. If you have any admin queries about modules, assignments, tutorials & need advice in general on any of the courses she looks after, Heidi is the person you need to speak to. H.Taylor@bsms.ac.uk See Heidi Taylor's full profile > Dr Phil ThompsonCourse Leader for the Clinical Radiology MSc Phil Thompson has been a Consultant General and Interventional Radiologist at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust since 2004, with particular interests in urological and gastrointestinal imaging and intervention. He has been Head of the Health Education England South East School of Radiology since 2014, having previously been Sussex Radiology Training Programme Director. phil.thompson2@nhs.net See Dr Phil Thompson's full profile > Anouk van der AvoirtHonorary Senior Lecturer Anouk van der Avoirt has always had a particular interest in teaching and training and has been the local PD for Higher Surgical Trainees for many years, and was TPD for Core Surgical Training in KSS for seven years. She is responsible for the undergraduate paediatric Surgical Curriculum at BSMS. From 2018, she will be running the Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrisp) course in Brighton, to which her Masters students will have priority access. a.vanderavoirt@nhs.net See Anouk van der Avoirt's full profile > Rochelle Van Kan R.VanKan2@bsms.ac.uk Dr Poothirikovil VenugopalanDeputy Course Leader, Paediatrics and Child Health, and Cardiology pvenugopalan1@nhs.net See Dr Poothirikovil Venugopalan's full profile > Claire WebsterDigital Projects Officer Claire has a background in genetic research and analytical approach to problem-solving; within BSMS this approach is applied to improvement projects that help systems run more smoothly. She enjoys problem-solving and working towards defined goals, making project work very rewarding. C.Webster@bsms.ac.uk See Claire Webster's full profile > Dr Geoffery WellsSenior Lecturer in Medical Education and Palliative Medicine Geoffrey is a Senior Lecturer at BSMS, and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT). Upon completion of specialist training in 2022 he undertook a locum consultant position at ESHT before obtaining his current substantive post at BSMS. See Geoffery Wells full profile > Dr Rebecca WinterSenior Lecturer in Medical Education and Geriatric Medicine Rebecca shares her time between teaching and research for BSMS and the Royal Sussex County Hospital where she is an Honorary Consultant in Elderly Medicine, with an interest in patients with frailty who have breast cancer. r.winter2@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Rebecca Winter's full profile > Esther YongTeaching Fellow in Medical Education E.Yong@bsms.ac.uk Dr Elaney YoussefLecturer in Medical Education Elaney is a lecturer and health services researcher with an interest in HIV, public health and medical education. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BSc in Physiology and an MSc in Public Health Nutrition before moving to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (formerly known as Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust), where she worked in clinical research within the field of HIV and sexual health. In 2015 Elaney received an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to undertake a PhD at BSMS entitled ‘Barriers and facilitators to testing for HIV in people aged ≥ 50 years’, which she completed in 2019. Since that time Elaney has worked as a lecturer at BSMS in the department of Medical Education. e.youssef@bsms.ac.uk See Dr Elaney Youssef's full profile >
Department of Medical eDUCATION leadership TEAM Head of Department: Professor Mike Okorie Head of Research: Dr Duncan Shrewsbury Departmental Administrator: Sue Brown