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.

• Dr Afshan Ahmad - Admissions Lead

• Ashwaaq Hassan - Widening Participation Assistant
• Ashwin Patel - Programme Administrator
• Professor Asif Ahmed - Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Health and Executive Dean Aston Medical School
• Dr Bishoy Hanna-Khalil - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Boris Kysela - Senior Lecturer
• Dr Claire Hepburn - Teaching Fellow
• Dr Dan Ma - Research Fellow and Deputy Director of Novolife
• David Nagel - Research Facilitator
• Dr Duane Mellor - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Emanuele Fino - Senior Lecturer in Psychometrics
• Emma Western - Exams and Assessments Coordinator
• Professor Francisco Leyva - Professor In Clinical Cardiology
• Professor George Tadros - Professor of Dementia & Psychiatry
• Gregg Smith - Programme Administrator
• Professor Helen Cameron - Dean of Medical Education
• Dr Ioannis Kyrou - Clinical Lecturer in Metabolic Medicine and Nutrition
• Irene Bubb - Programme Administrator
• Dr Irundika Dias - Teaching in MBChB programme and block lead for Pathological Processes
• Dr Jaimy Saif - Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Janet Drury - Academic Administrator
• Jeanette Ikuomola - Academic Services Manager
• Jeremy Reid - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Karina Litvinova - Research Fellow
• Dr Keqing Wang - Associate Dean Research and Lecturer
• Lissette Sanchez-Aranguren - Aston Prize Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Liz Bridges - Business Manager
• Dr Mandeep Kaur Marwah - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
• Dr Mark J Pearson - Teaching Fellow
• Dr Meng Cai - Academic Research Fellow
• Dr Mustafa Ibrahim - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Nadia Lascar - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Naila Ali - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Naomi Matthewman - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Dr Noor Al-Antary - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• Osita Okafor - Clinical Research Fellow In Cardiology
• 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
• Professor Samuel Leinster - Professor
• Mrs. Shagaf Bakour - Director of Medical Education and Phase 2 Lead
• Dr Shahid Merali - Clinical Senior Lecturer / Lead for Primary Care Education
• Dr Shakil Ahmad - Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Sian Cree - Clinical Teaching Fellow
• 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