Staff

We have attracted a team of high achieving staff from both clinical and research backgrounds. During your time with us you will learn from their real world experience and ground-breaking research. The wider team is made up of academic tutors and professors supported by administrative staff to ensure that you receive the support, knowledge, skills and attitude necessary to become a safe and caring medical professional.

• Professor Asif Ahmed - Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Health and Executive Dean Aston Medical School
• Professor Helen Cameron - Dean of Medical Education
• Dr Afshan Ahmad - Teaching Fellow
• Dr Bishoy Hanna-Khalil - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Boris Kysela - Senior Lecturer in Human Molecular Genetics
• Dr Dan Ma - Research Fellow and Deputy Director of Regenerative Medicine Centre
• Dr Shahid Merali - Clinical Senior Lecturer / Lead for Primary Care Education
• Dr Shakil Ahmad - Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Emanuele Fino - Senior Lecturer in Psychometrics 
• Dr Gopi Kolluru - Research Fellow
• Gregg Smith - Programme Administrator
• Dr Ioannis Kyrou - Clinical Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition
• Dr Irundika Dias - Teaching in MBChB programme and block lead for Pathological Processes
• Dr Jaimy Saif - Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Janet Drury - Academic Administrator
• Dr Jurgen Muller  - Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Karina Litvinova - Research Fellow
• Dr Keqing Wang - Associate Dean Research and Lecturer
• Dr Lisette Sanchez-Aranguren - Aston Prize Fellow/Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Mandeep Kaur Marwah - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Mark J Pearson - Teaching Fellow
• Dr Meng Cai - Research Fellow
• Dr Nadia Lascar - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Noor Alantary - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Professor George Tadros - Professor of Dementia & Psychiatry
• Dr Rada Mihaela Alexandrescu - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Ray Carson - Medical Studies Coordinator and Phase 1 Lead
• Rob Stevens - Examinations and Assessment Manager
• Dr Ruth Joplin - Anatomy Lead, Fundamentals of Body Structure Block Lead
• Dr Sami Al-Ani - Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the Aston Medical School
• Mrs. Shagaf Bakour - Director of Medical Education and Phase 2 Lead
• Dr Theo Kantidakis - Senior Lecturer
• Dr Wendy Leadbetter - Senior Lecturer for PPD and IPE, Head of Student Support for Aston Medical School
• Professor Yuchun Gu - Professor in Molecular Physiology Director of Regenerative Medicine Centre
• Dr Liz Bridges - Business Manager
• Emma Western - Exams and Assessments Coordinator
• Veronica Bartlett - PA to the PVC and the Dean of Medical Education