The Institute of Health and Society brings together a range of staff with a wealth of expertise drawn from health, social care, nursing, midwifery, psychology and other related backgrounds. The majority of staff have extensive work-based experience and are able to offer a 'real world' view to the educational experience.

Institute of Health & Society

• Dr Jan Quallington
  Head of the Institute of Health & Society

Deputy Heads of Institute

• Robert Dudley
  Deputy Head /Head of Department for Nursing and Midwifery
• Lizzie Ludlow
  Senior Administrator: Nursing and Midwifery
• Deborah Sabbato
  Senior Administrator: Department of Allied Health & Social Sciences

Associate Head of Quality

• Jo Rouse
  Associate Head: Quality & Student Experience

Professors

• Professor Eleanor Bradley
  Director of Research, Professor of Health Psychology
• Professor Erica Bowen
  Professor of Violence Prevention
• Professor Dawn Brooker
  Director of The Association for Dementia Studies, Professor of Dementia Studies
• Professor Liz Gilchrist
  Professor of Psychology
• Professor Lisa Jones
  Professor of Psychological Medicine
• Associate Professor Theresa Mitchell
  Associate Professor of Nursing
• Professor Kay Mohanna
  Professor of Values Based Healthcare Education
• Professor Mary Nolan
  Professor of Perinatal Education
• Professor Derek Peters
  Professor of Sport, Health & Exercise Science      
• Professor Jo Smith
  Professor of Clinical Psychology 

Department of Allied Health & Social Sciences (AHASS)

AHASS Senior Management Team - Academic Group Leads           

• Dr Kerry Gaskin
  Principal Lecturer in Advancing Clinical Practice/Academic Group Lead
• Dr Janina Iwaszko
  Principal Lecturer -  Physician Associate MSc/Academic Group Lead
• Lisa Mauro-Bracken    
  Senior Lecturer - Foundation Degrees/Academic Group Lead
• Kate Thackeray
  Senior Lecturer - Youth and Community Studies/Academic Group Lead
• Yvonne Thomas
  Principal Lecturer and Academic Group Lead for Allied Health Professions 

Other members of the AHASS Senior Management Team 

• Ruth Jones OBE
  Principal Lecturer
• Dr Frances Howie
  FFPH

Advanced Clinical Practice/BSc (Hons) Health Sciences           

• Dr Elaine Bevan-Smith
  Senior Lecturer    
• Dr Janice Clarke
  Senior Lecturer
• Deborah Cook
  Senior Lecturer - BSc (Hons) Health Sciences
• Rebecca Denham
  University Tutor - Paramedic Science
• Emma Innes
  Admissions Tutor, MSc Advancing Practice/Honorary Diabetes Specialist Nurse Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Tim Kilner
  Senior Lecturer
• Dr John Leah
  Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead - MSc Public Health
• Sue Lillyman
  Sessional Lecturer 
• Dr Brian Nyatanga
  Senior Lecturer and Lead for Centre for Palliative Care
• Elizabeth Pearce
  Academic Tutor Allied Health and CPD Programmes
• Dr Maxine Pryce-Miller
  Senior Lecturer - International Studies
• Alison Rushworth
  Course Leader- BSc (Hons) Health Sciences     

Foundation Degrees/BSc CAMHS Top Up

• Joanne Augustus
  Course Leader / Senior Lecturer Foundation Degree in Mental Health
• Naomi Blaikie
  Work Based Learning Tutor
• Maddie Burton
  Course Leader and Senior Lecturer - Child & Adolescent Mental Health
• Kathy Clarke
  Senior Lecturer
• Anna Dodd
  University Tutor - Health & Social Care
• Kam Everton   
  Work Based Learning Tutor
• Kirsty Fraser
  Work Based Learning Tutor
• Dawn Goodall
  Senior Lecturer - Foundation Degrees
• Jennifer Hill
  Senior University Tutor / Course Leader Level 4 Foundation Degree
• Daniel Howarth
  Sessional Lecturer
• Denisse Levermore
  Senior Lecturer - Child and Adolescent Mental Health 
• Erica Pavord
  Lecturer - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Lisa Porter
  Course Leader - Health & Social Care
• Maggie Reeves
  Sessional Lecturer
• Dr Jay Vickers     
  University Tutor - Health & Social Care
• Rebecca Weston
  University Tutor - Health & Social Care
• Dr Josephine-Joy Wright
  Senior Lecturer - Child and Adolescent Mental Health  

Nutritional Therapy

• Alison Benbow
  Course Leader and Senior Lecturer - Nutritional Therapy
• Justine Bold
  Senior Lecturer - MSc Nutritional Therapy 
• Miranda Harris
  University Tutor - MSc Nutritional Therapy
• Jane Richardson
  Senior Lecturer - MSc Nutritional Therapy  

Occupational Therapy 

• Dr Alison Blank
  Course Leader and Senior Lecturer - Occupational Therapy                    
• Alison Double
  Senior Lecturer - Occupational Therapy 
• Terri Grant
  Senior Lecturer - Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy

• Helen Frank
  Course Leader – Physiotherapy BSc
• Samantha Gillard
  Senior Lecturer - Physiotherapy
• Rachel Kyte
  Senior Lecturer - Physiotherapy
• Becky Ransley
  Senior Lecturer - Physiotherapy
• Gordon Smith
  Senior Lecturer - Physiotherapy
• Katharine Wood
  Lecturer - Physiotherapy       

Social Science/Social Work/Youth & Community

• Diane Asamoah    
  Senior Lecturer - Health & Social Care
• Peter Ayling
  Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer - BA (Hons) Social Work
• Jennifer Dale
  Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead - MA Social Work
• Mark Farmer
  Senior Lecturer- BA (Hons) Youth and Community Studies
• Joy Gauci
  Senior Lecturer - MA Social Work and Community Studies (International)
• Joanne Lewis
  Senior Lecturer and Course Leader Youth and Community
• Olu Hyde     
  Lecturer
• Lesley Parish
  Practice Facilitator Social Work  
• Dr Wayne Richards
  Programme Leader - MA Transformative Practice and PG Cert Working with Offenders
• Raluca Sarbu
  Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader MA Social Work      
• Clive Sealey
  Programme Leader – BA (Hons) Applied Social Policy
• Dr Peter Unwin
  Principal Lecturer and IMPACT Service User and Carer Project
• Kay Wall
  Senior Lecturer - Social Work Studies        

Paramedic Science

• Matthew Collett
  Lecturer Practitioner
• Rebecca Denham      
  University Tutor - Paramedic Science 
• Paula Gardner
  University Tutor - Paramedic Science  
• Karen Gubbins
  Senior Lecturer   
• Tom Hancock
  University Tutor - Paramedic Science  
• Sharon Hardwick 
  Senior Lecturer  
• Gemma Howlett
  Senior Lecturer - Paramedic Science   
• Poppy Valenti
  University Tutor - Paramedic Science   
• Yuet Wah Patrick
  Lecturer/Practitioner  
• David Woolford
  Senior Lecturer - Paramedic Science

Physician Associates

• Ally Hale
  Sessional Lecturer
• Neil Howie
  Admissions Tutor and Course Leader - Physician Associate Programme
• Helen McMillan
  Sessional Lecturer
• Lorraine Murphy
  Work-based Learning Educational Co-ordinator
• Adam Ryder
  Senior Lecturer - Physician Associate Programme
• Dr Clare Smith
  Sessional Lecturer   
• Kate Straughton
  Clinical Placement Leader and Senior Lecturer - Physician Associate Programme 

 Department of Nursing and Midwifery

Nursing

• Heath Barclay
  Senior Tutor - Child Field
• Kath Baume
  Senior Lecturer and International Pre-Registration Nursing Lead
• Dr Jackie Bentley
  Senior Lecturer - Child Field
• Zoe Broad
  Lecturer/Practitioner Leadership, Mentorship and Coaching
• Louise Carter
  Senior Lecturer
• Dr Melody Carter
  Principal Lecturer - Pre-Registration Nursing
• Sally Carvalho
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Nursing and Admissions Tutor - Pre-Registration Nursing
• Caroline Donley
  Practice Education Facilitator
• Claire Evans
  Senior Lecturer - Mental Health Field
• Jackie Fernell
  Sessional Lecturer    
• Helen Ford
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Field   
• Gavin Hayden
  Lecturer/Practitioner Skills and Simulation - Pre-Registration Nursing
• Wendy Hayes
  Sessional Lecturer - Assessment & Treatment of Leg Ulceration Module
• Anita Hobday
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Field  
• Helen Jones           
  Sessional Lecturer  
• Dr Martin Lipscomb
  Senior Lecturer   
• Phil Lister
  Senior Lecturer - Mental Health Field
• Hazel Luckhurst
  Sessional Lecturer
• Dr Leo Mayers
  Senior Lecturer - Pre-Registration Nursing
• Karen Mayne
  Senior Lecturer - Primary Care
• Dr Theresa Mitchell
  Associate Professor of Nursing
• Dr Kay Norman
  Principal Lecturer - Adult Nursing
• Sherri Ogston-Tuck
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Field
• Lisa Panzavecchia
  Senior Lecturer/ Programme Leader for Return to Nursing Practice
• Jenny Pinfield
  Programme Leader - Pre-Registration Nursing
• David Robson
  Senior Lecturer - Mental Health Field and Induction Tutor
• Dr Paul Snelling
  Principal Lecturer - Adult Field
• Sethu Sundari
  Senior Lecturer
• Jo Thomas
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Field
• Susan Thomas
  Senior Lecturer - Adult Field
• Steve Wilding
  Clinical Educator

Midwifery

• Tina Dennis
Senior Lecturer
• Rebecca Godwin
  Lecturer
• Dr Lucy Hope
  Senior Lecturer                       
• Toni Martin
  Programme Leader and Principal Lecturer
• Lynne Mason
  Senior Lecturer      
• Julie Smith
  Senior Lecturer  
• Ellie Sonmezer       
  Lecturer       
• Lisa Stephens   
  Senior Lecturer       
• Kate Taylor
  Senior Lecturer      
• Rosalind Weston
  Senior Lecturer

Academic Unit of Psychology

• Professor Liz Gilchrist
  Head of Psychology/Criminology/NCSPVA Academic Unit
• Dr Kazia Anderson   
  Senior Lecturer - Occupational Psychology           
• Lee Badham
  Psychology Technician
• Dr Sarah Davis
  Senior Lecturer - Psychology
• Dr Derek Farrell
  Principal Lecturer and Course Leader - MSc EMDR Therapy
• Dr Daniel Farrelly
  Senior Lecturer - Psychology
• Dr Peter M Forster
  Senior Lecturer and Course Leader - MSc Counselling
• Dr Amy Rose Grubb   
  Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
• Dr Diane Haigney   
  Senior Lecturer - Psychology
• Dr Gillian Harrop
  Senior Lecturer - Forensic Psychology   
• Matthew Jellis
  Principal Lecturer and Course Leader  - MSc Occupational/Business Psychology   
• Dr Berenice Mahoney
  Senior Lecturer and Course Leader - MSc Psychology  
• Dr Gabriela Misca
  Senior Lecturer and Course Leader - MSc Applied Psychology   
• Dr Kate Muse
  Senior Lecturer - Psychology   
• Dr Helen Nicholas
  Senior Lecturer - Counselling Psychology 
• Dr Laura Rees-Davies
  Lecturer - Psychology    
• Dr Helen Scott
  Principal Lecturer - Occupational Psychology    
• Laura Scurlock-Evans 
  Psychology Technician, PhD Student and Sessional Lecturer - Psychology    
• Dr Darrelle Villa   
  Lecturer - Clinical Psychology 
• Elaine Walklet
  Lecturer - Health Psychology    
• Dr Dean Wilkinson
  Senior Lecturer - Forensic Psychology  
• Amy Johnson
  Research Assistant

Centre for Violence Prevention (CVP)

• Professor Erica Bowen
  Professor of Research Violence Prevention
• Rosie Erol
  Senior Lecturer
• Beverley Gilbert
  Senior Lecturer
• Amy Johnson 
  Research Assistant
• Claire Richards
  Senior Lecturer
• Dr Danielle Stephens-Lewis
  Research Fellow and Sessional Lecturer - Psychology/CVP
• Dr Holly Taylor-Dunn
  Senior Lecturer

National Childbirth Trust Team

• Judith Davies
  Principal Lecturer

Association for Dementia Studies staff     

Director

• Professor Dawn Brooker - Director

• Zuleika Sankey - PA to Prof. Dawn Brooker

Head of Association for Dementia Studies

• Gina Dutton - Head of Association for Dementia Studies

Research Team

• Dr Simon Evans - Principal Research Fellow

• Teresa Atkinson - Senior Research Fellow

• Dr Shirley Evans - Senior Research Fellow

• Dr Julie Barrett - Research Coordinator (Housing and Dementia Research Consortium - HDRC)

• Dr Claire Garabedian - Research Associate

• Faith Wray - Research Associate

• Jennifer Bray - Research Assistant

Education Team

• Michal Herz - Senior Lecturer and Head of Education 

• Mary Bruce - Senior Lecturer

• Christine Carter - Senior Lecturer

• Nicola Jacobson-Wright - Dementia Practice Development Coach

• Isabelle Latham - Senior Lecturer

• Kate Read - Senior Lecturer

Admin Team

• Michele Bowers - Finance and Projects Administrator

• Laura Bond - Departmental Administrator

• Mike Watts - Senior Departmental Administrator      

PhD Students

• Karen Gray - TAnDem PhD Student

• Amy Veale - TAnDem PhD Student

• Caroline Roseman - PhD Student

• Chris Russell - PhD Student

• Ruby Swift - TAnDem PhD Student

Associate Specialists

• Sarah Waller - Associate Specialist

• Sue Pinfold-Brown - Associate Specialist           

 

Mood Disorders Research Group

• Professor Lisa Jones
  Professor of Psychological Medicine
• Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith
  Senior Research Fellow - Psychological Medicine
• Sarah Knott
  Research Associate - Psychological Medicine
• Amy Perry
  Research Associate - Psychological Medicine

PhD Students

Please click here for a list of our current PhD students in the Institute of Health & Society.

The McClelland Centre - City Campus

• Briony Williams
  Head of McClelland Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Project Lead Mental Health Strategy
• Chris Bonell
  Exercise Physiologist
• Richard Dilworth
  Operations Manager
• David Hickman
  Clinic Administrator

Academic Support Unit

Julia Mathias 
Academic Support Unit Manager
01905 542234
j.mathias@worc.ac.uk

Esther Dobson
Study Day, Conference & Events Coordinator
01905 542711
e.dobson@worc.ac.uk

Jo Fleet
Study Day, Conference & Events Coordinator
01905 855147
j.fleet@worc.ac.uk

Michelle Jellis
Senior Project Administrator - Research & the Professoriate
01905 542767
michelle.jellis@worc.ac.uk

Rhiannon Jones
Departmental Administrator
01905 85 5480
rhiannon.jones@worc.ac.uk

Lizzie Ludlow
Senior Administrator to Nursing and Midwifery
01905 542856
e.ludlow@worc.ac.uk

Diane Prah 
Departmental Administrator - Nursing & Midwifery    
01905 855334
d.prah@worc.ac.uk

Emma Roper
Departmental Administrator - Psychology
01905 8555246 
e.roper@worc.ac.uk

Deborah Sabbato
Senior Administrator - Business & Workforce Development
01905 855546
d.sabbato@worc.ac.uk

Debbie Shotton
Projects & Finance Administrator
01905 855385
d.shotton@worc.ac.uk

Jacquie Twaits
PA to the Head of the Institute of Health & Society (Jan Quallington)
01905 855282
j.twaits@worc.ac.uk

Work Based Learning Support (WBLS)

Sandra Phillips 
Head of WBLS and Employer Engagement/Team Leader
01905 542201
s.phillips@worc.ac.uk

Lisa Band
WBLS Administrator
01905 542705
l.band@worc.ac.uk

Sarah Davies
WBLS Administrator
01905 542419
s.davies@worc.ac.uk

Deborah Guest
WBLS Administrator
01905 855375
d.guest@worc.ac.uk

Teresa Harrison
WBLS Administrator
01905 542207
t.harrison@worc.ac.uk

Louise Sylvester
Senior WBLS Administrator/Team Leader
01905 855461
l.sylvester@worc.ac.uk

Amy Taylor
WBLS Administrator
01905 855545
amy.taylor@worc.ac.uk

Academic Quality

Debbie Hancock
Senior Quality Administrator/Team Leader
01905 542042
debbie.hancock@worc.ac.uk

Leonie Shuck 
International and Quality Administrator
01905 857513
l.shuck@worc.ac.uk