Staff A-Z

Staff in the Department of Applied Health Sciences

Professor Miranda Pallan

Professor Miranda Pallan

Professor of Child and Adolescent Public Health

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Miranda’s research mainly focuses on the health of children and adolescents. She undertakes research in the areas of the epidemiology, prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children, school food provision and environments, and adolescent nutrition, mental wellbeing and physical activity. Her research seeks to improve health at an early stage of the life course to reduce ...

Email
m.j.pallan@bham.ac.uk

Dr Helen Parretti

Dr Helen Parretti

Honorary NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer
Clinical Senior Lecturer at University of East Anglia

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Helen is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and GP working in the child, maternity and lifestyle research group. Her work is focussed on weight management and obesity. She primarily works on clinical trials investigating new weight management interventions.  

She has also published a systematic review on the clinical effectiveness of very low energy diets. She led the development of a ...

Email
h.m.parretti@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jayne Parry

Professor Jayne Parry

Professor of Policy and Public Health
Clinical Academic

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Jayne is Professor of Policy and Public Health in the Institute of Applied Health Research. She holds an honorary consultant contract with Public Health England. 

Jayne’s research focuses on the assessment and evaluation of the health impacts of national policy initiatives. Her present main focus of enquiry is on the impact of policies directed at changing the recruitment, ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3191
Email
j.m.parry.1@bham.ac.uk

Professor Devin Peipert

Professor Devin Peipert

Professor of Health Outcomes Measurement
125th Anniversary Chair

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Professor Devin Peipert’s research focuses on use of patient reported outcomes in drug development and to optimise treatment decision-making.

Devin has been appointed as a 125th Anniversary Chair at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, which recognises global talent with an outstanding record of research excellence. 

 

Email
j.peipert@bham.ac.uk

Dr Rosina Pendrous

Dr Rosina Pendrous

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Dr Rosie Pendrous is a Research Fellow specialising in mixed methods eating disorders and suicide research. She currently works on the MRC-funded “Rethinking Eating Disorders through Anthropology” project. Rosie is interested in employing mixed methods to explore mental health, focusing on risk and protective factors for suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders. She has a background ...

Email
r.pendrous@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nicole Pilarski

Academic Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Nicole is an academic clinical lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She works clinically as an O&G postgraduate doctor in training based at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. Nicole's research interests include the prevention and management of preterm birth and research in acute obstetrics.  Nicole is the clinical research fellow for the C-STICH2 trial, an NIHR funded RCT and ...

Email
n.pilarski@bham.ac.uk

Professor Thomas Pinkney

Professor Thomas Pinkney

George Drexler & Royal College of Surgeons Chair of Surgical Trials
Honorary Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Professor Thomas Pinkney received his Medical Degree from the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ in 2000. He was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Surgery in 2012 and awarded an honorary consultant appointment at the University Hospitals Birmingham at the same time.  In 2019 Tom was promoted to Professor as George Drexler and Royal College of Surgeons Chair of Surgical Trials at the University of ...

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 371 5888
Email
t.pinkney@bham.ac.uk

Miss Emma Plant

PhD Student

Emma comes from a mathematical background and chose to apply her mathematical skills to solving medical problems rooted in statistics. She is based in the Centre for Childhood Cancer Survivor Studies and is working on several projects simultaneously.

Email
exp973@student.bham.ac.uk

Irina Pokhilenko

Irina Pokhilenko

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Irina joined the Health Economics Unit and the Centre for Economics of Obesity led by Professor Emma Frew in 2021.  Irina’s research interests are in the field of economics of mental health and obesity, and the use of health economics methods to capture the complexity of public health interventions.

Email
i.pokhilenko@bham.ac.uk

Mr Matthew Popplewell

Mr Matthew Popplewell

Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Mr Popplewell has been recently appointed as Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡. He works clinically at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire. Mr Popplewell's keen interest is in limb ischaemia, peripheral arterial disease and interventions for patients with infrapopliteal arterial disease.

 

Email
m.a.popplewell@bham.ac.uk

Dr Malcolm James Price

Dr Malcolm James Price

Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Malcolm Price is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Modelling (BESTEAM), and Health Informatics research groups in the Institute of Applied Health Research.  He is also a member of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Health.

Malcolm trained as a medical statistician and has extensive ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2530
Email
m.price.2@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ruth Pritchett

Dr Ruth Pritchett

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Ruth Pritchett is a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Health Sciences. Ruth is experienced in the fields of behavioural medicine and public health and has particular interests in maternal health and cardiovascular research. Ruth has experience in a range of research methodologies including randomised controlled trials, observational studies, analysis of national datasets, systematic ...

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 6891
Email
r.v.blamey@bham.ac.uk

Dr Anita Pye

Dr Anita Pye

Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Clinical Trials Co-ordinator

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Anita Pye works predominantly in respiratory research and Phase 1 to 3 clinical trials looking at new treatments for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She also has considerable experience of assessment of bacteria in chronic lung disease.

 

Telephone
+44 (0)121 371 3886
Email
a.pye@bham.ac.uk