School of Society, Community and Health

Staff email Personal email addresses follow this format: firstname.surname@beds.ac.uk

Senior Team

• Dr Alberto Poletti - Interim Head of School
• Laura Shephard - Principal Lecturer and Portfolio Lead for Social Work
• Dr Krishna Regmi - Principal Lecturer and Portfolio Lead for Public Health
• Andrea Thompson - Principal Lecturer and Portfolio Lead for Allied Health

Clinical Skills and Simulation

• Louise Adams - Technician for Healthcare Simulation and Clinical Skills
• Gary Jones - Technical Team Leader

Social Work

• Dr Matthew Ellis - Senior Lecturer in Social Work (Children and Families)
• Kirsten Warren - Senior Lecturer in Social Work
• Bismark Twumasi - Senior Lecturer in Social Work
• Amanda Neville-Patterson - Lead for Practice Learning
• Christopher Short - Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Practice Learning Team
• Prof Ravi Kohli - Professor of Child Welfare
• Emma Murati - Senior Lecturer in Social Work
• Dr Kwanele Shishane – Senior Lecturer in Social Work
• Suzy Mosedale - Senior Lecturer in Post Qualifying Social Work
• Dr Lace Jackson - Senior Lecturer in Social work

Occupational Therapy

• Karen Benthall - Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
• Cara Burgess - Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
• Dr Benson Ip - Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
• Abbie Sinfield - Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Operating Department Practice (ODP)

• Chloe Merlo - Course Co-ordinator for Operating Department Practice and Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
• Ralph Lonzanida - Course Co-ordinator for Operating Department Practice apprenticeship and Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice
• Mary Beckwith - Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice

Paramedic Science

• Rob Cawston - Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science, Course Co-ordinator Paramedic Science
• Richard Green - Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science
• Richard Sargent - Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science and Allied Health
• Dominic Morton - Lecturer in Paramedic Science
• Aiden Pettet - Lecturer in Paramedic Science
• Lola Arch - Lecturer in Paramedic Science

Physiotherapy

• Jenny Catchpole - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
• Clare Jenner - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
• Ayodhya Karunaratne - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Public Health

• Professor Nasreen Ali - Professor of Public Health Equality and Course Coordinator
• Dr Dorcas Adeoye Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator for Public Health
• Dr Chris Papadopoulos - Principal Lecturer in Public Health
• Dr Shuby Puthussery - Reader in Maternal and Child Health
• Professor David Hewson - Professor of Health and Ageing, Institute for Health Research
• Chika Anyigor - Lecturer in Public Health
• Dr Bhavneet Singh - Lecturer in Public Health