Honorary Board
A key strength of the School of Health & Life Sciences is the depth of our partnerships and collaborations. The School sits firmly in the regional healthcare-biosciences ecosystem, and we like to work collaboratively with other fundamental components of these sectors.
Our Honorary and Visiting academic staff are an important aspect of our partnerships and are a key part of the School. They contribute expertise and knowledge to all of our activities across course development and delivery, research, and practice improvement.
Honorary/Visiting Professors
Michael Bowers
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of California at Santa Barbara
Prof David Croisdale-Appleby OBE
Chair of the Royal College of Physicians, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Advisory Board, National Institute of Health and Care ExcellenceRoyal College of Physicians
Anjan Dhar
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Clinical Lead for UGI Cancers and Deputy Chair of Education (British Society of Gastroenterology)County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Sam Eldabe
Consultant in Pain ManagementSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Graham Evans
Executive Chief Digital and Information Officer/SIRONHS North East and North Cumbria - Integrated Care Board
Professor Peter J Kelly
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Regional Director and NHS Director of Public Health (North-East & Yorkshire)
Nicholas Linker
National Clinical Director for Heart DiseaseNHS England and NHS Improvement
Professor W Andrew Owens
Consultant Cardiac SurgeonSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Margaret Stark
Forensic Physician & Immediate Past PresidentFaculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine
Y K S Viswanath
Professor of Surgery, Consultant Surgeon (Upper GI and Laparoscopic), and MCh Programme DirectorSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Yan Yiannakow
Clinical Director NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centre (Newcastle), and Consultant in GastroenterologyCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Staff
Karen Ainsworth
Cardiac Research SisterCardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
Paul Baker
Consultant Orthopaedic SurgeonSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Chireka Brighton
GP for Safeguarding Children and AdultsNHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group
Michael Chang
Programme Manager, Planning and HealthOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities, Department of Health and Social Care
Rosie Dawson
Consultant MidwifeSouth Tees, Doctor of Public Health
Helen Day
Director of Nursing and QualityNorth Yorkshire, York & Selby Care Group
Ellen Dyne
Member of SHLS Service User/carer group, Member of Teesside University Alumni, Expert Patient volunteer, Q Initiative, AHSN-NENC
Antony D'Emanuele
Emeritus Professor of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical and Higher Education Consultant
Garrison Draper
High Performance DirectorInter Miami CF
William Eardley
Consultant Orthopedic Trauma and Limb Reconstruction SurgeonUniversity of York Clinical Trials Unit
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ramit Imtiaz
Advanced Practitioner-RadiologyNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Ruwan D. Jayasinghe
Senior Professor and Chair of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Specialist in OMF Surgery Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya
Maria Angeles Juanes Ortiz
Principal Investigator, Group Leader of the Lab I-77: Cytoskeletal dynamics in cell migration and invasion. Molecular Basis of Human Diseases at 'Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe' in Valencia (Spain)
Michael Kinge
Emergency Planning ManagerCoal Authority
Chakri Munipalle
Consultant Upper GI and Laparoscopic SurgeonFriarage, Guisborough and James Cook University Hospitals
Rajesh Nanda
Consultant Orthopaedic SurgeonNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Alexander Nicholson
Consultant in Palliative MedicineCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Deepak Ravindran
NHS Consultant, Pain Medicine/Long Covid TrusteeBritish Society of Lifestyle Medicine
Venkatesh Shanmugam
Senior Staff Specialist - General SurgeryNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Scott Teasdale
Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging LeaderUNSW Sydney
Helen Watts
Advanced Practitioner Radiographer and Lead RadiographerSouth Tees NHS Trust, North East, and North Cumbria (NENC) Imaging Network
Heather Williams
Nurse Consultant and Honorary Lecturer Chronic Pain and NeuromodulationRoyal Victoria Infirmary, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
