Dr. Imose Itua,

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr Imose Itua is an Assistant Professorand the programme lead for the BSc Public Health and Community Wellbeingprogramme. She is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health UK and a SeniorFellow of the Advanced Higher Education Academy. In addition to her role at theUniversity, she is the lead family planning teacher for the Natural FamilyPlanning Teachers Association and a member of the Manchester University NHSFoundation Trust. She has extensive teaching, leadership and researchexperience. At the University of Bradford, she sits on the review panel for newprogrammes and the ethics committee. She is also PhD/Phil/MPhil Examiner andIndependent Chair. Prior to joining the University of Bradford, Imose was theprogramme lead for two postgraduate programmes at Arden University; Master ofPublic Health and MSc Global Health Management. Within that role, she developedtwo Master’s programmes from conception, to the running of the programmes andshe lead the University to validation and accreditation by the Agency forPublic Health Education Accreditation, and Chartered Management Institute, UK. Shesits on the University review panel for development of new programmes. Imose isan external examiner for MSc/PgDip/PgCert in Integrated healthcarepractice and strategic leadership at the University of Bedfordshire.

Research:

Imose completed her PhD studiesin Medicine (specifically cardiovascular science) in 2003 at the University ofManchester where she investigated the modulation by anaesthetic agents of theinteraction between Injury and the cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage. Herresearch interests include cardiovascular health, women and men’s health (specificallyfertility/infertility/modern contraceptives) in minority ethnic groups, and dementia.She joined the Centre for applied Dementia Studies recently. She is alsointerested in interprofessional education research and is a member of theCentre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She is currentlydeveloping and leading research in the area of social prescribing in relationto collaborative practice as well as developing research in the area offertility choices in minority ethnic groups.