Meet our team

Meghan Adrain
Anatomy Administrator 

m.adrain@bsms.ac.uk

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Dr Muna Al-Jawad
Senior 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.

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John Anderson
Principal Lecturer

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Dr Nina Arnesen
Year 5 Lead

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Dr Wajeeha Aziz
Senior 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.

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Kate Bascombe
Reader 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. 

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Dr Clio Berry
Co-lead for Module 404

Clio provides teaching in support of Module 404 “Individual Research Project” (IRP) in the medical undergraduate curriculum. She lectures on research and evaluation methods in years 2, 3 and 4 of the undergraduate medical curriculum and supports students and supervisors in IRP design, delivery and analysis, both quantitative and qualitative. Clio supervises fourth year medical student IRPs and MSc and PhD students and has  previously lectured in undergraduate and postgraduate modules including advanced research methods, applied, developmental and clinical psychology, global mental health, professional issues in clinical psychology, and advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at University of Sussex, University of Surrey, and the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre.

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Lelia Bissell
Senior Lecturer in Therapeutics

Leila has worked at BSMS since 2007 and have been closely involved in the development of the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) curriculum and teaching delivery to undergraduate medical students across the entire course. In 2015, alongside colleagues in BSMS, she developed the idea of a digital student drug formulary to consolidate learning of core and commonly prescribed drugs, and SmartDrug® was implemented for Years 3 and 4 medical students.  In 2022, SmartDrug® was expanded to incorporate MyPrescribing®, which is a hybrid of a NHS Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system and the UK Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA).  Both SmartDrug® and MyPrescribing® continue to receive positive student feedback for the impact on contextualising of CPT learning, and preparation prescribing learning and the PSA. Leila is also involved in Interprofessional Education development and delivery between BSMS and School of Applied Sciences (Pharmacy) University of Brighton.

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Joanna Bocking
Medical Education Officer

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Steve Bowman
Deputy Head of Knowledge and Libraries (Learning and Teaching)

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Alice Brooke
Lead for Module 306

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Sue Brown
Divisional Assistant

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Chay Burt
Lecturer 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.

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Ceri Butler
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education

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Professor Dorina Cadar
Reader in Neuroepidemiology and Dementia (Clinical Neuroscience)

Professor Dorina Cadar is a Reader in Neuroepidemiology and Dementia at the Centre for Dementia Studies at BSMS and the director of the Cognitive Epidemiology, Dementia, and Ageing Research (CEDAR) lab. Dorina's research interests and expertise are in the field of neuroepidemiology and dementia, including immunology, biomarkers, socioeconomic inequalities, psychosocial factors, and other modifiable risk factors, such as lifestyle behaviours, social isolation, cognitive and social resilience. Dorina has extensive experience with teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including being the Course Leader for the MSc Dementia Studies at BSMS. 

D.Cadar@bsms.ac.uk

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Clare Castledine
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education

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Charley Chatterjee
Reader in Pharmacology and Year 1 Lead

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Dr Gaurish Chawla
Associate Professor

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.

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Jessie Cunnett
Lecturer

Inspired by her own and others’ experiences of health and care services, Jessie has pursued a 25-year commitment to enabling people to have a strong and powerful voice in their own health and care.Jessie provides independent advice, support and practice in human-centred leadership, strategy, engagement and change across the health and care system. She is a lecturer in Leadership, Commissioning and Change Management, a Trustee at National Voices the leading coalition of health and social care charities and a mentor for the Fabian Women’s Network promoting the participation of women in politics and public life. Jessie has worked nationally, regionally and locally, in the NHS and with the NHS as well as within professional regulation, qualitative and social research, post graduate education and as part of the VCSE sector. 

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Dr Stephanie Daley
Associate Professor in Mental Health andd Dementia (Medical Education)

Stephanie is an Senior Fellow of Advance HE, and is an experienced lecturer and trainer, and has developed face-to-face and e-learning educational programmes for healthcare students, staff, and those who use services. Stephanie has led the development and expansion of the Time for Dementia programme, and set up the Time for Autism programme, as well as post-graduate teaching modules. Stephanie is a PhD supervisor and Deputy Director of Doctoral Studies at BSMS. 

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Dr Bethany Davies 
Senior Lecturer in Infection and Phase 2 Lead
Dr Davies teaches throughout the BSMS undergraduate programme, delivering the vertical infection theme. One of the highlights is the microbiology wet lab practical in module 102, but she enjoys small and large group teaching across the years.  As undergraduate teaching lead for infection, she intends to ensure that the infection theme is well structured, well delivered and fit for purpose. She also teaches the physician associates and teach at post-graduate level, as well as contributing to the RCP exam question writing for part 1 and 2. Her interest in medical education has led to an HEA fellowship (D2) as well as ongoing participation in delivering the BSMS teaching in medical education course. 

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Dr Sara Donetto
Associate Professor 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.

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Dr James Fallon
Clinical 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.

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Jo Firth
Course Coordinator

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Breda Flaherty
Course 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.

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Charlotte Fowler
Deputy Course Lead for Nuclear Medicine

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Dr Anne Gatuguta
Course 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. 

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Sam Greenhouse
Senior 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.

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Justin Hau
Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education Assessments

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Catherine Hennessy
Head 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.

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Dr Andreas Hiersche
Academic Project Lead for Remediation

Andreas studied medicine in Germany and obtained his medical degree from the University of Cologne, Germany. Thereafter, he completed his training in General (Internal) Medicine in Germany. Andreas moved to England to pursue a career in Palliative Medicine. In 1998, he was appointed Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Brighton where he practised until retirement (hospice, community and hospital setting).

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Charlotte Hill
Senior Medical Officer

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Luke Hodgson
Co-lead for Module 404

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Caroline Hopper
Senior 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.

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Dominic Hughes
Course Coordinator

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Theresa Hunter
Assistant Curriculum and Assessment Manager

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Dr Katharine Hurt
Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Academic Lead for Student Welfare  

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Professor Malcolm Johnston
Chair of Radiology and Medical Education and Consultant Radiologist

Malcolm is professor of radiology and medical education at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) leading all aspects of radiology and imaging anatomy education in the undergraduate course. He is the academic lead for medical school admissions and the deputy Phase 3 (year 5) lead.

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Dr Anna Jones
Clinical 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.

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Dr John R Jones
Senior Lecturer in Haemato-oncology and Lead for Module 302

Dr John Jones is a Consultant Haematologist and basic scientist specialising in blood cancer, with a particular focus on multiple myeloma. In 2020, he joined Brighton and Sussex Medical School as a Senior Lecturer in Haemato-oncology. His clinical practice is undertaken at Eastbourne and King’s College Hospitals. 

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Dr Sarah Kehoe
Assistant Professor in Global Health; Course Lead MSc Global Health

Sarah lectures in Global Health and has extensive experience of teaching a wide range of topics including determinants of health and disease, nutrition, research methods, numeracy and statistics and professional practice. She supervises students at BSc, MSc and PhD level and has led on several training and capacity building activities within global health research and education.

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Goldie Khera
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Jacquline King
Programme Administrator

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Dr Jackie Knight
Senior 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.

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Michael Koenig
Lead for Module 102

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Dr Tom Levett
Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning

Tom gained his medical degree from Cardiff University and completed postgraduate training in Cardiff, London and across Sussex. He undertook his PhD at BSMS where he investigated the prevalence and predictors of frailty in older adults living with HIV. Tom shares his time between teaching and research for BSMS, as Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Frailty, and the Royal Sussex County Hospital where he is an Honorary Consultant in Elderly Medicine.

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Meg Locke
Assistant Administrator

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Jane Lodge
Lecturer, Healthcare Leadership, Commissioning and Change Management 

Jane joined BSMS as a lecturer in October 2024, after working for 24 years in the NHS in non-clinical roles, including leading a range of partnerships and collaborations across the Sussex health and care system. A specialist in public involvement, Jane has experience in commissioning, quality improvement, equality, diversity and inclusion, complaints management and Population Health Management approaches. Working at neighbourhood, local and national level has brought a depth and breadth of perspectives that Jane now brings to teaching. Passionate about reducing health inequalities, Jane has experience in leading projects across Sussex to ensure the voices and experiences on those who are marginalised are heard and used to shape and improve care and outcomes. 

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Charlotte Manu
Lecturer in Physician Associate Studies

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Claire Martin
Programme Administrator

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Matthew Mill
Course Coordinator

Matt joined BSMS in January 2025. He previously worked as a Medical Secretary at Sussex County Hospital and, prior to that, worked at Sainsbury's for seven years as a retail assistant. Matt is currently an undergraduate student, part-time with the Open University, studying for a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing. Matt’s ultimate ambition is to publish a book one day.

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Nicoletta Moca
Assistant Professor in Anatomy (Medical Education)

Nicoletta holds a BA in Classics, awarded by Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio" di Chieti e Pescara in 2016. She then completed a MSc in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology (2018), and one in Human Anatomy and Education (2019), at The University of Sheffield. Nicoletta has extensive experience teaching regional and system-based anatomy across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, having worked as a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy for the University of Birmingham (2019-22), and as Assistant Professor in Anatomy at University of Nottingham (2022-24), before joining BSMS as Lecturer in Anatomy.  

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Leone Molitor 
Anatomy Technician

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Katie Morrigan
Assistant Professor in Physician Associate Studies (Medical Education)

Katie has been teaching on Physician Associate Education since 2022. She is also a practicing Physician Associate, and graduated from BSMS and has since worked in Elderly Care, General Medicine, and Endocrinology and Diabetes.

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Elizabeth Morris
Programme Administrator

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Dr Lisa Mullen
Reader in Biochemistry and Phase 1 Lead

Lisa leads the teaching of Biochemistry at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, with contributions in Modules 103 and 104. She also offers Student Selected Components (SSCs) in these modules.  Lisa is the Academic Lead for the Academic skills programme that runs throughout Phase 1 and supervises a number of student research projects in both BSMS and Life Science.

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Dominic O'Brien
Lecturer 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).

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Rebekah Ohene
Lecturer in Physician Associate Studies

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Professor Mike Okorie
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

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Dr Jemina Onimowo
Assistant Professor in Medical Education (Medical Education)

Studied Medicine (MBBS) and graduated from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. Went on to complete an MSc in Public Health and then a PGCE in Medical Education. Currently a dual AIM and ICM trainee with KSS Deanery. 

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Dr Luke Ottewell
Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Dr Luke Ottewell is a medical doctor currently working as an Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). After graduating in 2021, Luke worked in surgery in the NHS and earned his MRCS Part A in 2023, which deepened his interest in anatomy. Luke joined BSMS that same year as an Anatomy Demonstrator, completing a PGCE in Medical Education under the department’s guidance. Within the department, Luke became heavily involved in neuroanatomy dissection/prosection.

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Louise Pack
EM Lead for Module 306

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Dr Lisa Page
Clinical 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.

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Dr Marija Pantelic
Senior 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. 

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Dr Karen Patterson
Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine and Year 2 Lead

Karen is co-theme director for respiratory medicine teaching, and lectures on a range of respiratory topics (in Module 103). She also teaches for the Academic Skills course (Year 1), leads Student Selected Components across several year 1 and 2 modules, supervises student research projects for the year 4 Individual Research Project (IRP), and teaches for the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Internal Medicine course.

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Dr Tilly Paz
Associate Professor 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.

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Bella Penny
Lecturer in Pysician Associate Education

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Emily Pitt
Medical Education Manager 

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Dr Katherine Pitt
Assistant Professor B

Kate is an Assistant Professor B 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. 

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Dr Lisa Quadt
Principal Research Fellow and Lead for Module 202

Lisa is a cognitive neuroscientist whose interest in the central and autonomic nervous system, and the interactions between mind, brain and body are applied to the understanding of neurodivergent individuals. She is a research fellow within the Department of Neuroscience at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex. She attained her PhD at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, taking an interdisciplinary approach towards a theoretical framework for social cognition that integrated philosophy, cognitive psychology, predictive processing and social neuroscience. 

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Luke Reid
Deputy 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. 

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Willow Rivers
Anatomy Technician 

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Sarah Robinson
Assistant Professor in Physician Associate Studies

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Gabby Rose
Lecturer 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.

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Kirstine Ross
Course Coordinator

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Joseph Severs 
Assistant Professor

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Kavi Sharma
Assistant Professor in Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials Management

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Rebekah Sharr
Lead for Module 301

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Dr Sebastian Shaw
Associate Professor 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.

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Dr Duncan Shrewsbury
Professor in Clinical Education & Primary Care

Duncan (they/them) is a queer academic GP, practicing in Brighton.

As a Professor 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.

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Professor Claire Smith
Professor 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”.

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Melissa Smith
Year 3 Lead

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Suneeta Soni
Elective Lead

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Sami Stagnell
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Course Leader for Dental Implant Reconstructive Surgery PGDip

Mr Sami Stagnell is a GDC registered Specialist Oral Surgeon, he graduated from Kings College London Dental Institute in 2009 and has since worked in practices and hospitals across the South of England and currently runs a specialist referrals practice in Bournemouth supporting both NHS and private patients. 

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Dr Roelof Joe Stammeijer
Lecturer 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.

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Dr Oliver Steele
Assistant Professor in Physiology (Clinical Neuroscience)

Oliver teaches across Phase 1 of the BM BS Course and BSMS, principally acting as the Module Lead for BSMS204: Reproduction & Endocrinology delivering a series of lectures on endocrine physiology. Oliver also assists with teaching on BSMS104 Nutrition, Metabolism and Exercise with multiple lectures on gastroenterology. In addition to delivery of lectures, Oliver delivers several tutorials and acts as an Academic Tutor to multiple BM BS students in Year 1. Oliver also delivers an SSC entitled ‘An Introduction to R’ and supervises IRP students. Additionally, in collaboration with academics in Life Sciences Oliver has acted as co-supervisor to multiple MSc and MRes students.

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Dr Edward Stephenson
Assistant Professor in Physician Associate Studies (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)

Ed is currently a Specialist Registrar in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine within the KSS deanery along with working in the Department of Medical Education here at BSMS.  His journey in academic medicine began during his undergraduate years, when he pursued a BMedSci in Molecular Therapeutics and discovered a deep interest in cardiomyopathies.

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Dr Jessica Stockdale
Assistant Professor in Research Methods

Jessica is an Assistant Professor in Research Methods at BSMS. She gained her PhD in the philosophy of medicine at the University of Sussex in 2023, investigating research integrity with a special focus on how epistemological and ethical issues affect medical research. She currently teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including the supervision of student research.

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Joanna Stokoe
Lead for Module 402 and & Personal Tutor Lead

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Danya Stone
Lecturer 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. 

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Mike Tarzi
Associate Professor (Honorary Consultant) in Clinical Immunology

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Heidi Taylor
Senior 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

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CJ Taylor
Learning Technologist

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Charlie Thompson
Deputy Lead for Assessment

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Rochelle Van Kan
Assistant Professor in Physician Associate Studies

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Tim Vincent
Senior Learning Technologist

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Nicola Walters
Learning Technologist

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Leigh Ward
Curriculum and Assessment Manager (PGT)

Leigh joined BSMS in June 2024, having previously worked in both independent and state schools for the previous 10 years. Prior to this Leigh worked in a variety of management roles within Higher Education at the University of Brighton, Queen Mary University of London, University of Stirling and SOAS University of London. Leigh completed his undergraduate degree in International Relations at the University of Sussex and his MBA at the Institute of Education University of London.

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Claire Webster
Digital 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

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Dr Geoffery Wells
Senior 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.

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Ann White
Year 4 Lead

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Dr Rachel Ann Wilkins 
Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow and Lead for Module 201

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Dr Rebecca Winter
Senior 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.

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Professor Harry Witchel
Professor of Physiology (Neuroscience and Imaging) and Lead for Module 103

At BSMS Harry has an extensive teaching and administration load; he serves as Intercalation Lead, he is the Module Leader for Module 103 (Heart Lungs and Blood), previous to that he was the Module Leader for Module 202 (Neuroscience and Behaviour) from 2009-2011, and he has been the Discipline Leader in Physiology from 2008 to the present. 

H.Witchel@bsms.ac.uk

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Dr Elaney Youssef
Associate Professor 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. 

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