Dr Jean Assender SF HEA, PGCAP, PGCE, PhD, BSc

Jean Assender

Department of Biomedical Sciences
Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 415 8808
Email
j.w.assender@bham.ac.uk
Address
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Denis Howell Building

Jean Assender is a Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Sciences with an interest in breast cancer.

As Programme Lead for the MSc in Clinical Oncology she has increased the scope of the programme introducing new modules, an FRCR route and now a full time programme with clinical observership. The programme offers students from a variety of oncology related disciplines a high quality learning experience, taught by experts in the field.

Qualifications

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2017
  • PGCert in Academic Practice, University 麻豆精选 2016
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2007
  • PGCert in Further Education, UWCN 1996
  • PhD in Cell Signalling, UWCM 1992
  • BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry with Medical Biochemistry, University of Kent, Canterbury 1988

Teaching

Programme Director for the MSc Clinical Oncology

Leading and teaching on modules in:

  • Molecular Pathology in Stratified Cancer Medicine
  • Research Methods and Statistics (Cancer Sciences)
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Dissertation module (Clinical Oncology)

BSc Biomedical Sciences

Module lead and teaching on:

  • Introduction to Research and Experimental Skills
  • Personal and Academic Development (Year 1)
  • Personal and Academic Development (Year 2)
  • Personal and Academic Development (Year 3)

Teaching on:

  • Cell Biology and Biochemistry
  • Foundations of Life Sciences
  • Cancer and Stratified Medicine
  • Cancer Pathogenesis and Treatment

BDS

Teaching on:

  • Introduction to Biomedical Sciences

Research

Student Engagement with Personal Academic tutoring

Other activities

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Beacon mentor and assessor for the University 麻豆精选

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Assender, J, Gee, JMW, Lewis, I, Ellis, IO, Robertson, JFR & Nicholson, RI 2007, '', Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 60, no. 11, pp. 1216-1221.

Fredholm, BB, Assender, J, Irenius, E, Kodama, N & Saito, N 2003, '', Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, vol. 23, pp. 370-400.

Hussain, S, Assender, J, Bond, M, Wong, LF, Murphy, D & Newby, AC 2002, '', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 277, pp. 27345-27352.

Harper, ME, Goddard, L, Glynne-Jones, E, Assender, J, Dutkowski, CM, Barrow, D, Dewhurst, OL, Wakeling, AE & Nicholson, RI 2002, '', The Prostate, vol. 52, pp. 59-68.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Assender, J & Freholm, B 1995, . in Adenosine and Adenine Nucleotides: From Molecular Biology to Integrative physiology. Springer.

Chapter

Assender, J & Leadbeater, W 2022, . in D Lochtie, A Stork & B Walker (eds), The Higher Education Personal Tutor鈥檚 and Advisor鈥檚 Companion. 1 edn, Critical Publishing, pp. 1-9. <>

Assender, J 2004, . in Teaching Bioscience- Enhancing Learning Guide 1 鈥淪elf and Peer Assessment鈥�, additional online case studies. The Higher Education Academy.

Conference contribution

Assender, J 2019, . in Advance HE STEM conference.

Assender, J 2017, . in Higher Education Academy Annual Conference .

Assender, J 2016, . in Higher Education Academy Conference .