Academic Departments
Dr. Francis Ajeneye
Route: Professional Docterate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of Thesis: Implementation and avaluation of a blood products traceability procedure in a District General Hospital.
Examination date: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Graduated: July 2013
Dr. David Gurney
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Development and implementation of a regional platelet diagnostic laboratory in order to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of inherited platelet function disorders
Examination date: 14th March 2013
Graduated: July 2013
Dr. Victoria Bradley
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Sub-Arachnoid haemorrhage determination in the clinical biochemistry laboratory utilising cerebro-spinal fluid samples.
Examination date: 13th March 2013
Graduated: July 2013
Dr. Aderemi Adelugba
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The assessment of reticulocyte and erythrocyte haemoglobin contents and its use in the evaluation of iron status in hospitalised patients
Examination date: Thursday, 1st March 2012
Graduated: July 2013

Dr. Yasin Abdi
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The appropriateness of clinical microbiology laboratory investigations: a retrospective study of the cost and clinical relevance of specimen management and processing patients
Examination date: Wednesday, 14th March 2012
Graduated: July 2012

Dr John Kenning
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: In-vitro synergy of tigecycline and other antimicrobials against Burkholderia cepacia complex and other non-fermentative Gram negative bacilli from cystic fibrosis patients
Examination date: Tuesday, 28th February 2012
Graduated: July 2012
Dr. John Harvey
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The contribution of molecular testing for histocompatibility in improving haematopoietic stem cell transplant outcomes
Examination date: Wednesday, 8th June 2011
Graduated: July 2011

Dr. Saman Aghighi
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Global Coagulation Assays in Haemophilia: Comparisons and Correlation with Conventional Assays and Clinical Phenotype.
Examination date: Friday, 12th November 2010
Graduated: July 2011

Dr. David Ricketts
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The reconfiguration and modernisation of a District General Hospital Clinical Biochemistry Service
Examination date: Tuesday, 4th May 2010
Graduated: July 2010

Dr. Chris Gonde
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Considering the adverse effects of the calcineurin inhibitors ciclsporin and tacrolimus in liver transplant recipients.
Examination date: Friday, 11th December 2009
Graduated: July 2010

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The production of soluble proteins having blood group activity, and their use in quantifying red cell antibodies in pregnant women.
Examination date: Thursday, 17th July 2008
Graduated: July 2009

Dr. Jane Moorhead
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Differential Cellular Kinetics and Survival Features of the Main Types of Malignancy by Patient Age
Examination date: Monday, 20th October 2008
Graduated: July 2009

Dr. John Bligh
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Development of enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay for post-treatment serological follow-up of patients with schistosomiasis
Examination date: Friday, 23rd May 2008
Graduated: July 2008

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Introducing Professional Change in Histopathology
Examination date: Tuesday, 27th May 2008
Graduated: July 2008

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The development of the LOUIS test as a rapid cost-effective screening test for the presumptive identification of Salmonella and Shigella directly from enteric isolation media
Examination date: Friday, 18th May 2007
Graduated: July 2007

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the psychological effects of different follow-up regimes for breast cancer patients
Examination date: Monday, 10th April 2006
Graduated: July 2006

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The evaluation of the role of an International External Quality Assessment Scheme in haematology laboratory practise over a sixteen year period
Examination date: Friday, 26th May 2006
Graduated: July 2006

Dr. Shaun Webb
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Development and Assessment of a Biomedical Scientist led Anticoagulant Therapy Management Service
Examination date: Monday, 12th June 2006
Graduated: July 2006

Dr. Julie Cullen
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: The gate keeping role of general practice nurses in accessing primary medical care for patients requesting unscheduled consultations
Examination date: Friday, 12th November 2004
Graduated: July 2005

Dr. John Wood
Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: A Model for the Implementation of Point of Care Testing Facilities within an Acute Hospital Environment
Examination date: Friday, 21st May 2004
Graduated: July 2004

Route: Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science (DBMS)
Title of thesis: Optimisation of the diagnostic potential of coagulation assays for the laboratory diagnosis of lupus anticoagulants
Examination date: Thursday, 20th February 2003
Graduated: July 2003
