Education:
MSc
1992
Pembroke College, Oxford University, UK
Post Doctoral Training
1984
Oxford University, UK
PhD
1984
Bristol University Medical School, UK
BSc Hons
1980
St Andrews University, UK
Awards and Honors:
Physiological Society (London) awards (2007 – 2011), UK
William Ramsay Henderson Trust Research Grant, Scotland, UK
Nuffield Foundation Grants, UK
Consultant on NIH Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Wellcome Trust Travel Grant, Hong Kong
Wellcome Trust Research Grants, UK
Human Frontier Science Program fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
European Training Programme Winter School at Zuoz, Switzerland
Royal Society Equipment Grant, UK
Medical Research Council Research Grant, UK
Science and Engineering Research Council (BBSRC) Research Grant, UK
Science and Engineering Research Council (BBSRC) CASE Studentship, UK
Appointments:
Associate Professor, Alfaisal University 2012-present
Lecturer, University of Stirling, 1994-2012
Research Lecturer, University of Stirling, 1990-1993
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Medical Research Council), University of Oxford, 1984-1989
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, GradStat
Member of the British Pharmacological Society
Fellow of the Physiological Society of London
Research Interests:
Statistical inference using the likelihood approach (book).
Neuroscience: Transmission mechanisms in somatosensory pathways, with specific attention to excitatory amino acid receptors and potassium channels. Electrophysiological methodology in the primary somatosensory (barrel) cortex of the rat and using an in vitro isolated rat vibrissa preparation.
I am currently collaborating with Dr S. Senok, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and with Dr Guy Bewick, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen and Dr Bob Banks, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University.
Current projects:
Mechanosensory lanceolate nerve terminals of mammalian hair follicles, Aberdeen & Durham.
The role of potassium channels in mechanotransduction in slowly adapting mechanoreceptors.
Teaching:
Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA (since 2012)
Pharmacology lectures contributing to years 1 - 3 medical student blocks
Faculty Advisor for student projects, statistical advisor
Biostatistics, 2nd year medical students block BEP 235
Director of MBS Statistics core course
Director of MBS track Clinical Embryology & Reproductive Biology (2015)
Director of Masters in Applied Research (2020 - )
Member of Clinical Research Committee (King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, 2014 - 2018)
University of Stirling, UK (1990-2012)
Chief Examiner and Exams Officer
Contributor to PSY9A4 Brain & Behaviour: clinical perspectives
Coordinator for PSY914 Research Methods
Supervisor for PhD, Master and Undergraduate students
Oxford University, UK (1987-1989)
College tutor in statistics
