Executive Team | Health Sciences | University of Southampton

Professor Sara Demain, Head of School, Health Sciences

Main responsibilities

Professor Sara Demain is currently the Head of School of Health Sciences at Southampton

Sara is an academic physiotherapist who specialises in neurological rehabilitation and self-management. Her research focusses on how health services and professionals can best engage people in their rehabilitation, helping people to develop the skills and confidence to manage their health. She is interested in developing treatments and services that are easy for people to engage with and cause minimal disruption to their lives. This includes how technology such as apps, games and robots be improved for better user experiences and rehabilitation outcomes.

Contact:

Email: sara.demain@soton.ac.uk

Executive Assistant: Sarah Mead
Email: S-L.Mead@soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 6677

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Dr Jane Prichard, Deputy Head of School (Education)

Main responsibilities

Jane has executive responsibility for managing and leading the development of the School's education portfolio and student experience. She is committed to ensuring excellence in our educational programmes and placing the student experience at the heart of all that we do. Jane represents the School of Health Sciences on the Faculty Education Committee.

Jane is a psychologist with research interests in team performance, trust, knowledge management and new models of service delivery in urgent and emergency care. Jane makes a major contribution to the educational provision of leadership development in Health Sciences. She leads on modules across both the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum and is a supervisor to MSc and PhD students.

Contact
Senior Administrative Officer: Michelle Wilson
Email: M.L.Wilson@soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 7963

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Professor Jackie Bridges, Deputy Head of School (Research & Enterprise)

Main responsibilities

In her role as Deputy Head of School (Research & Enterprise) Jackie has executive responsibility for managing and leading the development of the Health Sciences research portfolio. She represents Health Sciences on the Faculty Research and Enterprise Committee.

Jackie is a registered nurse and has a chair in Older People's Care, leading a team of researchers and postgraduate students doing research to improve care and support independent living and quality of life when older people have complex health needs.

Contact

Email: Jackie.Bridges@soton.ac.uk

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Paula Libberton, Head of Department: Nursing, Midwifery and Health

Main responsibilities

As Head of Department for Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Paula is responsible for implementing the school strategy and ensuring that all staff work towards agreed objectives reflecting the university strategy. Paula provides strong, creative, academic leadership, striving for excellence and distinctiveness in the department’s education provision.

Paula is a nurse specialising in mental health and is a member of the Mental Health Nursing Team. She also contributes to pre-registration nursing education in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and leads a mental health nursing module.

Paula is a personal academic tutor, delivering teaching and is involved in marking.

Contact
Executive Assistant: Paloma Aguado-Styles
Email: P.Aguado-Styles@soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 7929

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Dr Julian Pearce, Head of Department: Allied Health Professions

Main responsibilities

As Head of Department for Allied Health Professions, Julian is responsible for implementing the school strategy within the department and ensuring that all staff work towards agreed objectives reflecting the university strategy and the 10- year plan.

Julian provides strong, creative, academic leadership, striving for excellence and distinctiveness in all the pre-registration education provision. He actively contributes to education as module lead, personal academic tutor and contributes to teaching, marking and student research supervision.

Julian is a Principle Teaching Fellow, undertaking research into practice education and identity in chronic pain.

Contact
Senior Administrative Officer: Michelle Wilson
Email: M.L.Wilson@soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 7963

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