Our People: Leading Experts

Professor Barry Percy-Smith

Professor of Childhood, Youth and Participatory Practice

Professor Brid Featherstone

Professor of Social Work

Professor Paul Bywaters

Professor of Social Work

Dr Bernard Gallagher

Reader in Social Work

Dr Berenice Golding

Lecturer, Social Sciences

Professor Adele Jones

Professor of Social Work

Pat Jones

Head of Division, Maternal and Child Health

Dr Sarah Kendal

Head of Division, Mental Health and Learning Disability

Gill Kirkman

Senior Lecturer, Social Work

Dr Joyce Marshall

Senior Lecturer, Midwifery

Professor Nigel Parton

Professor in Applied Childhood Studies

Ben Raikes

Senior Lecturer, Social Work

Dr Kate Smith

Research Fellow

Dr Jackie Vasey

Principal Lecturer in Child Nursing

Dr Nadia Wager

Dr Kate Wood

Lecturer, Social Work

Dr Jo Woodiwiss

Senior Lecturer, Sociology

Professor Eric Blyth

Emeritus Professor

Paul Hollingdale

Senior Lecturer

Dr Sarah Kendal

Head of Division of Mental Health Nursing, Learning Disability Nursing and Occupational Therapy

Professor Helen Masson

Emerita Professor

Dr Gráinne McMahon

Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in the Social Sciences

Dr Andy Mycock

Reader in Politics

Mari Phillips

Senior Lecturer, Midwifery