People in the Health Professions Education Unit

Our health professions research experts

The Health Professions Education Unit brings together a team of high-profile world-class researchers, who have an international reputation for developing and disseminating innovative approaches to medical education.

Our scholars, researchers and educators represent a wide range of health professions such as medicine, nursing, dentistry and allied health, as well as having academic backgrounds in disciplines such as psychology, psychometrics, sociology, biomedical sciences and more.

In addition to our senior academic team, we have a vibrant postgraduate student community who are engaged in research projects at both masters and doctoral level. We welcome students to study with us - please see our postgraduate study information for further details.

Interim Director of the Health Professions Education Unit

Paul Crampton

Dr Paul Crampton, PhD, SFHEA, FAcadMEd

Paul is the lead for the HPEU scholarship activity including: discovery, integration, teaching and application. Paul's research is in both quantitative and qualitative paradigms with interests in workplace learning, professionalism, professional identity, fitness to practise, continuing professional development, workplace bullying and dignity, curriculum development, and regulation in the health professions.

Paul is Deputy Editor at the leading international journal in the field, Medical Education.

More about Paul and his work

Academic and research staff

People in the Health Professions Education Unit
Name	Role
Professor Lucy Ambrose	MB BS Programme Director
Professor Peter Bazira	Director of the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences, Chair Board of Studies
Dr Jason Boland	Director of Gateway to Medicine Year, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Dr Lauren Clunie	Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy
Dr Gill Durham	Lecturer in Biomedical Science
Dr Charlotte Dyer	Lecturer in Biomedical Science
Dr Georgios Efthimiou	Lecturer in Microbiology
Dr Sean Frost	Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Alison Graham	Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science and Medical Education
Dr Becky Hill	Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Programme Leader for the BSc in Human Biology
Dr Amelia Kehoe	Lecturer in Medical Education Research
Professor Matt Morgan	Deputy Dean and Professor of Renal Medicine and Medical Education
Dr Lewis Paton	Lecturer in Data Science
Dr Joanne Reeve	Professor of Primary Care Research
Dr Kat Sanders	Senior Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy
Dr Marina Sawdon	Director of Assessment
Professor Paul Tiffin	Professor of Health Services and Workforce Research
Dr Frank Vonken	Lecturer in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
Dr Cheryl Walter	Lecturer in Biomedical Science
Dr Graham Williams	Professor of Forensic Science, Programme Director
Dr Paul Whybrow	Senior Lecturer in Health and Society
Dr John Williams	Lecturer in Forensic Science

Programme tutors

Programme tutors in Health Professions Education Unit
Name	Role
Dr Andy Brown	Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and Rheumatology
Dr Marie Cohen	Director of Problem Based Learning
Dr Amaya Ellawala	Lecturer in Medical Education
Dr Anna Hammond	Director of Communication Teaching and Academic Lead for Clinical Skills & Reasoning
Dr Trevor Johnson	Module Lead and Programme Tutor
Dr Dilmini Karunaratne	Lecturer in Medical Education
Dr Bill Laughey	PGCME Clinical Director
Dr Laura Mongan	Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Education
Dr Laura Sadofsky	Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine

Honorary staff

Professor Gabrielle Finn
Dr Kishan Rees
Professor Chris Roberts
Professor Martin Veysey

Postgraduate research students

Find out more about the research undertaken by our PhD researchers on our postgraduate study page.

Current postgraduate students:

Lauren Aylott - PhD
Adam Durnin - PhD
Karen Kirkness - PhD
Rebecca Quinn - PhD
Dr Kishan Rees - MD
Dr Dane Vishnubala - PhD by Publication

Completed postgraduate students:

Dr Katie Bird - MD
Dr Megan Brown
Dr Angelique Dueñas
Dr Bill Laughey
Dr Alexandra Macnamara
Dr Usmaan Omer – PhD