Dr. Imose Itua

Biography

Dr Imose Itua is an Assistant Professor and the programme lead for the BSc Public Health and Community Wellbeing programme. She is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health UK and a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Higher Education Academy. In addition to her role at the University, she is the lead family planning teacher for the Natural Family Planning Teachers Association and a member of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. She has extensive teaching, leadership and research experience. At the University of Bradford, she sits on the review panel for new programmes and the ethics committee. She is also PhD/Phil/MPhil Examiner and Independent Chair. Prior to joining the University of Bradford, Imose was the programme lead for two postgraduate programmes at Arden University; Master of Public Health and MSc Global Health Management. Within that role, she developed two Master’s programmes from conception, to the running of the programmes and she lead the University to validation and accreditation by the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation, and Chartered Management Institute, UK. She sits on the University review panel for development of new programmes. Imose is an external examiner for MSc/PgDip/PgCert in Integrated healthcare practice and strategic leadership at the University of Bedfordshire.

Research:
Imose completed her PhD studies in Medicine (specifically cardiovascular science) in 2003 at the University of Manchester where she investigated the modulation by anaesthetic agents of the interaction between Injury and the cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage. Her research interests include cardiovascular health, women and men’s health (specifically fertility/infertility/modern contraceptives) in minority ethnic groups, and dementia. She joined the Centre for applied Dementia Studies recently. She is also interested in interprofessional education research and is a member of the Centre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She is currently developing and leading research in the area of social prescribing in relation to collaborative practice as well as developing research in the area of fertility choices in minority ethnic groups.

Research

Imose completed her PhD studies in Medicine (specifically cardiovascular science) in 2003 at the University of Manchester where she investigated the modulation by anaesthetic agents of the interaction between Injury and the cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage. Her research interests include cardiovascular health, women and men’s health (specifically fertility/infertility/modern contraceptives) in minority ethnic groups, and dementia. She joined the Centre for applied Dementia Studies recently. She is also interested in interprofessional education research and is a member of the Centre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). She is currently developing and leading research in the area of social prescribing in relation to collaborative practice as well as developing research in the area of fertility choices in minority ethnic groups.

Teaching

The Modules I have taught and are currently teaching are:

HWS600C Project Management
HWS4009C Social Policy, Society and Welfare
HWS5015B Evaluating Public Health Research
ACYR Community Development and Engagement  
HWS5002B Health Education and Promotion   
NUR4016 Promoting Health
NUR5504 Promoting Health  
RES7016C Research Methods and Data Analysis  
NUR7070 Research in Contemporary Public Health  

Publications