Claire is currently the Phase 1 Lead for the newly accredited Aston University Medical School MBChB. Previously, she was a member of the MBChB Programme Executive at Buckingham University Medical School and Course Director of their PGCert in Medical Education.  Claire is a Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a Fellow and council member of the Academy of Medical Educators and chairs their Education Committee. In 2022, Claire was awarded the Academy of Medical Educators President’s Medal Award for Outstanding and Sustained Achievement in Supporting Medical Education.

Claire is an active researcher in the fields of medical education theory and metabolic disease with over 50 peer-reviewed publications, 7 international plenary talks, and an H index of 31. Her current interests include teaching and assessing professionalism, enhancing mindfulness and resilience in learners, developing learning aids, as well as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

For more information see my profile and GoogleScholar profile.

International Coaching Federation Accredited Coach. November, 2018.

PGCert Medical Education (Grade A+), University of Bedfordshire, UK. June, 2018.

PGCert Teaching in Higher Education, Oxford Brookes, UK. August, 2014.

PhD: Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. February, 1999.

BSc (Hons): Upper second class, Biology, University of Southampton, UK. June, 1992.

2020 - present: Phase 1 Lead and Year 1 Lead, Aston Medical School, Aston University, UK

2014 - 2020: Reader with Learner and Educator Domain Leads, Unit Lead and Senior Lecturer, Medical School, University of Buckingham, UK

1999 - 2013: Research Fellow, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Buckingham

2002 - 2003: Principal Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline, Medical Research Centre, Stevenage, UK (Sabbatical)

2005 - 2006: Principal Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline, Medical Research Centre, Stevenage, UK (Sabbatical)

2007 - 2008: Research Fellow, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia (Sabbatical)

Aston Medical School Phase 1 Lead and Year 1 Lead MBChB

Chair of the University Admissions Concerns Group

Chair of the College of Health and Life Sciences Research Ethics Committee

Member of the College of Health and Life Sciences Exceptional Circumstances Review Panel

Member of the Aston Medical School Senior Management Team

Academy of Medical Educators: Council member and assessor for fellowship/membership applications

Academy of Medical Educators: Chair of Education Committee

Honorary Secretary UK Council for Educators of Medical Professionalism

Fellow Royal Society Medicine

Fellow Academy of Medical Educators

Senior Fellow AdvanceHE

Phone number: +44 (0) 121 

Email: [email protected]

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