Ian trained in medicine at the Universities of St Andrews and Manchester. Following qualification, he specialised in general practice and public health and has worked in a number of different settings both in the UK and abroad. In addition to his work with HYMS and in the Department of Health Sciences, Ian job-shares as a GP principal in the Harewood Medical Practice and a Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the NEYNL Strategic Health Authority.
Tony qualified in medicine at St George's, London, in 1981. Following five years as a full-time GP in Surrey, he was awarded a national Mental Health Foundation Research Training Fellowship, completing his MD at St George's on the care of the long-term mentally ill in general practice. He then became Senior Lecturer and then Reader in General Practice and Primary Care at St George's. In 1998 he was appointed as Professor and Head of the Department of Primary Medical Care at the School of Medicine, University of Southampton. In 2001 he became Director of the Community Clinical Sciences Division of the School and in 2008 was appointed Associate Dean for Clinical Research for the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences. He led the development of the highly successful clinical academic training programme at Southampton. As co-director of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Comprehensive Local Research Network, he helped the network achieve the highest accrual figures in England in 2009. He has continued to practise part-time as a GP in inner-city Southampton.
David's research interests include education and learning theory; communication; underperformance; appraisal and assessment. He is also clinically active as a GP.
Sue is an NHS manager with a background in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Before joining HYMS, she managed the East Riding Medical Education Centre based at Hull Royal Infirmary. Sue has a dual role within HYMS, managing both University and NHS resources.
John's role as Director of the Medical Education Unit has a focus on staff development, links between undergraduate and postgraduate education, research strategy in medical education, and addressing the quality agenda. He is also HYMS lead for overseas educational developments, support the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, and serves as a senior advisor to the Management Board.
Jane has worked in epidemiology and public health, developing interests in quality of life measurement and services for people with physical handicaps. She was Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Wheatfield's Hospice Leeds and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust from 1996-2002, and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Leeds School of Medicine.
Jonathan's research interests encompass areas of cell signalling and motility, and he has also worked on inflammatory responses of white cells, cytoskeletal molecules, contraction of smooth muscle, and signalling by neurons. He first taught biochemistry to medical students as a research student and has developed teaching expertise across a range of medical sciences, from cell and molecular biology to human anatomy.
Ian's research interests focus upon reproduction, especially in the male, and the effects of drugs, radiation and environmental pollutants, on subjects ranging from men to frogs. He serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Endocrinology, Reproduction and Reproductive Toxicology and was a committee member of the Society for Medicines Research. Currently he serves on the UK government's Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment as well as the Research for Patient Benefit program of the Department of Health.