Sarah is a lecturer in health management and leadership at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She has been a research investigator on national and international pharmacy projects and has published in international journals. At an international level, she is an editorial board member for Pharmacy Practice and Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. Sarah is an executive committee member of the Community Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation. At a national level, she is Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s New South Wales Branch, and appointed to the Expert Advisory Committee leading the Review of the Australian National Medicines Policy. Sarah was named Early Career Pharmacist of the Year in 2021.
Matt Dixon MSc, PGCert, BSc (Hons), FdSc, MCPara. Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Bank Specialist Paramedic (Urgent and Emergency Care).Matt began his career in 2007 as a community first responder, graduating as a paramedic in 2011. He initially worked on ambulances in Wiltshire, UK, providing the normal range of paramedic care, before taking on additional responsibility as a mentor and educator working with new students and developing colleagues. He moved into urgent care in 2016, completing an MSc and working in a senior admission avoidance role within the ambulance service. In 2018 he left to work in general practice in a surgery in Bristol, going on to be one of the first paramedic prescribers in the UK. He has a small portfolio of publications and recently has written on the topic of prescribing for paramedics and pharmacology.
Jennifer Dod BSc (Hons), FdSc, Paramedic. Lecturer – Paramedic Practice.
Jenny graduated from the University of Sussex in 2006 with a first class honours degree in chemistry. She then worked for 5 years as a research scientist for an Oxfordshire pharmaceutical company. She worked in early‐stage drug design and discovery on a variety of clinical projects, including those targeting Alzheimer disease and neuropathic pain via sodium ion channels. In 2011 she joined South Central Ambulance Service as an emergency care assistant. She qualified as an ambulance technician in 2014 and gained a foundation degree in paramedic sciences from Oxford Brookes in 2015. After gaining her paramedic registration, she worked at Kidlington Ambulance Station as a paramedic and clinical mentor. In 2018 she returned to Oxford Brookes to join the paramedic sciences teaching team as a lecturer specialising in pharmacology. She is also a qualified prehospital trauma life support instructor and is currently studying part time for a master’s in pharmacology.
Paul Doherty Paramedic Science (FdSc), Paramedic Science (PGCert), Medical and Healthcare Education (PGCert). Clinical Education Tutor.
Paul has worked for the NHS since 2012 and began his ambulance career with the London Ambulance Service in 2013. After graduating from Teesside University, Paul undertook a PGCert in paramedic science at Hertfordshire University. He has always been passionate about education and enjoyed mentoring paramedic students before deciding to join the clinical education department at the LAS in 2019 in a formal teaching role.
Alastair Dolan Biomedical Science (BSc), Medical and Heathcare Education (PGCert), Clinical Education Tutor.
Alastair graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2007. He has worked for the London Ambulance Service since 2009, starting as student paramedic and qualifying as a paramedic in 2012. Alastair undertook a PGCert at Anglia Ruskin University in 2019, when he joined the London Ambulance Services Clinical Education Team.
Suzanne Evans Physiology (BSc), Neuropharmacology (PhD), Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences.
Suzanne gained her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Wales in 1989 and has been researching and teaching in universities in the UK, USA, the Caribbean, New Zealand and Australia ever since, receiving numerous teaching awards along the way. She has taught human physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology at undergraduate and postgraduate level for many years and her special interest is teaching and assessing these subjects in health professional degrees.
Michael Fanner RN(Adult), SCPHN(HV), FHEA, PhD, PGDip, PGCert, BSc (Hons). Senior Lecturer.
Michael graduated in adult nursing (2012) and specialist community public health nursing/health visiting (2013) at King’s College London and was awarded a PhD in social policy at the University of Greenwich in 2020. Michael was a main architect of the UK’s first MSc in paramedic science (pre‐registration) and subsequent module leader for a range of paramedic theory modules. Michael is currently a senior lecturer in specialist community public health nursing at the University of Hertfordshire and is an external examiner for the BSc (Hons) paramedic science programmes at the University of Huddersfield. Michael has research interests in ethically complex social issues in clinical practice and is an associate editor for Child Abuse Review.
Deborah Flynn Doctor of Nursing, MA Medical Education, PGC Academic Practice, BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care, DipHE General Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Teacher (NMC), Fellow (FHEA), Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing, Northumbria University.
Deborah became a student nurse in 1986 at BG Alexander Nursing College and Johannesburg General Hospital (now Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital) in Johannesburg, South Africa, completing her studies as a registered nurse (general, community health and psychiatry) and midwife in 1990. Deborah worked across the South African public and private sector in general surgical and neuro medical wards. From 1993 to 2002, she worked as a staff nurse. rising to a charge nurse, in Germany and Switzerland in a variety of disciplines. In 2002, she returned to Britain to work as a staff nurse on an acute stroke unit. Entering the educational sector in 2005, Deborah progressed from practice educator to senior lecturer and has taught on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. In 2018, she completed her doctorate exploring student nurses’ experience of humour use in the clinical setting. Her key interests are clinical skills, humour in clinical care, stroke care, pharmacology and practice supervisor/assessor preparation.
Annette Hand Prof. Doc (Health), MA, PGDip (CR), Dip HE, RGN. Nurse Consultant/Associate Professor/Clinical Lead – Nursing.
Annette has a clinical academic position and divides her time between three roles. She has worked within the Parkinson’s Northumbria Team in the UK for over 23 years, starting as the research associate before obtaining a nurse specialist post. For the past 16 years she has worked as a nurse consultant in Parkinson’s. Her main role is to co‐ordinate the Parkinson’s service, support patients and their families and manage a team of Parkinson’s specialist nurses. As an autonomous practitioner she is responsible for diagnosis and management of all stages of Parkinson’s. She has worked on and been involved with multiple research studies at a local, national and international level, including non‐motor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, information prescriptions and care needs in Parkinson’s. Her doctorate focused on understanding carer strain and its relationship to care home placement for people with Parkinson’s. Annette was appointed to an associate professor post with Northumbria University in recognition of her research work within the field of Parkinson’s. She also has the UK national role of clinical lead for nursing within the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network, as part of the clinical leadership team. This role was developed to support service improvements through education, knowledge exchange and evidence‐based practice and support the role of the Parkinson’s nurse across the UK.
Ashley Ingram BSc (Hons), MCPara. Frailty Practitioner.
Ashley began his career with South Western Ambulance Foundation Trust as an ambulance care assistant. Over the space of 7 years he worked his way up to a registered paramedic, training whilst working full time. He worked as an ambulance paramedic for 3 years, during which time he took a keen interest in palliative and end‐of‐life care. He has recently embarked on a