Staff A-Z

Staff in the Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Aditya Acharya

Dr Aditya Acharya

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Aditya Acharya is a Computer Scientist with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and works as a Research Fellow in the Health Informatics, THINKING Research Group at the Department of Applied Health Sciences. His research work combines Data Analytics, Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), leading to several projects in diverse areas and topics.

Aditya's ...

Email
a.acharya.1@bham.ac.uk

Professor Peymané Adab

Professor Peymané Adab

Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology & Public Health

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Peymané is a public health physician and Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology & Public Health in the Department of Applied Health Sciences, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.  She is also Lead of the PHRESH consortium, part of the

Her research interests are in chronic disease epidemiology and behavioural medicine. This includes a portfolio ...

Email
p.adab@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nicola Adderley

Dr Nicola Adderley

Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Epidemiology
Health Informatics and Multimorbidity Team Lead
School of Health Sciences Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Nicki Adderley is an Associate Professor of Health Informatics and Epidemiology. She leads the multidisciplinary Health Informatics and Multimorbidity team in the Department of Applied Health Sciences, and is Deputy Lead for the Birmingham BRC Data, Diagnostics and Decision Tools theme.  Nicki is also the School of Health Sciences Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Nicki’s ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5643
Email
n.j.adderley@bham.ac.uk

Nafsika Afentou

Nafsika Afentou

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Nafsika’s research interests are in the Economics of Obesity and the use of health economics methods to support a systems approach to obesity policy. She is particularly interested in the application of economic evaluation and decision-analytic modelling to direct decision making in the realm of obesity. 

Nafsika joined the Centre for Economics of Obesity led by Professor Emma Frew in ...

Email
n.afentou@bham.ac.uk

Dr Fathima Fazla Ahamed Fayaz

Dr Fathima Fazla Ahamed Fayaz

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Fazla Fayaz is a committed researcher and global health advocate with an unwavering focus on improving women's health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).  A pivotal contributor to bridging the divide between research and practical application, adept at identifying and addressing policy gaps, engaging stakeholders, and navigating barriers to leverage opportunities that ...

Email
f.f.ahamedfayaz@bham.ac.uk

Dr Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi

Dr Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi

Associate Professor

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Lee is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director, at the Centre for Patient-Reported Outcome Research (CPROR), Department of Applied Health Sciences. His research focuses on the optimisation of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) assessments for clinical research, routine clinical practice, and regulatory purposes.

Lee is the Lead for WP2 of the £12 million LifeArc Centre for ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3354
Email
o.l.aiyegbusi@bham.ac.uk

Dr Motunrayo Ajisola

Dr Motunrayo Ajisola

Project Manager – Global Health Research

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Motunrayo Ajisola is an experienced project manager with a strong background in academic research. She has a proven track record of success in planning, management, and delivery of multidisciplinary and multi-country collaborative research projects in the United Kingdom (UK) and in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

Motunrayo is passionate about doing research, and her research ...

Email
m.m.ajisola@bham.ac.uk

Dr Esther Albon

Dr Esther Albon

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Esther works as a systematic reviewer in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluationteam conducting evidence syntheses, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and health technology assessments (HTA) to aid decision making within local and national healthcare. Esther has carried out systematic reviews in a range of therapy areas including head and neck cancer, obesity, neuroimaging, ...

Email
e.albon@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lailah Alidu

Dr Lailah Alidu

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Lailah's research interests are in health and wellbeing in vulnerable and hard to reach populations. 

Email
l.alidu@bham.ac.uk

Professor Hareth Al-Janabi

Professor Hareth Al-Janabi

Professor of Health Economics
Head of Health Economics Unit

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Hareth is a Professor of Health Economics, with a track record of innovation in health economics, and current interest in studying real-world resource allocation decisions. He has experience across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods.  Hareth is head of the Health Economics Unit, Associate Editor for Social Science and Medicine, and sits on the shortlisting panel for ...

Email
h.aljanabi@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nicola Elizabeth Anderson

Dr Nicola Elizabeth Anderson

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Nicola Anderson, PhD, is a Research Fellow within the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR) at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ and Lead Nurse for RD & I Research Education at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.  Nicola's primary research interests are mixed methods outcomes research, with a focus on the use and implementation of electronic patient-reported ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3354
Email
n.e.anderson.1@bham.ac.uk

Miss Ellie Ansell

Miss Ellie Ansell

Research Associate

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Ellie is a Research Associate in the Institute of Applied Health Research. She is currently working on two trials, NAP SACC UK and CANTEEN Study.

Email
e.m.ansell@bham.ac.uk

Dr Patricia Apenteng

Dr Patricia Apenteng

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Patricia Apenteng is a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Health Sciences and is funded by the West Midlands Applied Research Collaboration (ARC). 

Her research is centred on improving outcomes for patients and the efficiency of healthcare services.  She uses a range of research methodologies, and her work spans several disciplines including implementation science, ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8666
Email
p.n.k.apenteng@bham.ac.uk

Lucinda Archer

Lucinda Archer

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Lucinda is an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics, in the Tests and Prediction group at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡. Her research focuses on prediction modelling research, both prognostic and diagnostic, with a particular interest in statistical methods development and improving methodological quality of published research.

 

 

Email
l.a.archer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Evans A Asamane

Dr Evans A Asamane

Research Fellow/Project Manager

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Asamane is a nutritionist and worked previously as a district nutrition officer with the Ghana Health service for 5 years in the areas of maternal and child health nutrition.

As a Marie-Sklodowska Curie early stage researcher at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ (UK), Dr Asamane obtained his PhD exploring nutrition and physical function of ethnic older minorities, using mixed methods. Afterwards, ...

Telephone
+44 (0)7835781821
Email
e.a.asamane@bham.ac.uk

Dr Justin Aunger

Dr Justin Aunger

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Justin Aunger is a research fellow in the NIHR Midlands Patient Safety Research Collaboration, focused on improving clinical decision-making across acute and maternal settings. He has a background in behavioural science and is interested in working on complex behavioural challenges in healthcare; he has recently worked on projects seeking to understand and improve inter-organisational ...

Email
j.aunger@bham.ac.uk