Andrew Evenden

Job title: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: A408, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Postal address: A410, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584622
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 584605
Email: A.Evenden@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences in The School of Biological Sciences, Deputy Head of School and Programme Leader for the proposed degrees in Healthcare Science. I am also currently project leader for the Faculty of Science & Technology Technical and Physical Resources Review

Qualifications & background

1988 BSc Biomedical Sciences - University of Bradford

1993 PhD University of Plymouth

1999 PGCert Ed - University of Plymouth

Professional membership
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Roles on external bodies
Member: Modernising Scientific Careers Implementation Board - NHS South West

Teaching interests

Integrated Human Physiology

Contemporary Biosciences in Healthcare Education.

Online Education in Healthcare & Biomedicine.

Novel Teaching, Learning & Assessment strategies in Healthcare & Biomedicine.

Research interests

Pedagogical research & scholarship : Technology Enhanced Learning

Grants & contracts

2006 University of Plymouth CETL/CEPPL Innovations Award: £5,000 Supporting genetics in midwifery placements.

2006 Higher Education Assistive Technology/ TECHDIS Award £386.25 for a teaching/learning intervention entitled: ' Play it again: enhancing learning using portable digital recorders'.

2005: BBSRC £2,000. ‘Images and Experience – exploring the human impact of genetics’. Including sixth form and general public genetics debate.

2003 – 2004: University of Plymouth Teaching Fellowship - The GeneSense project (online genetics resource for health education).

2003: Royal Society Education Partnership Grant (in collaboration with Eggbuckland Community college) £585.

2003: BBSRC £2,000. Brain Awareness Event. B³L: Brain, Biology, Behaviour and Learning (16^th and 18^th March 2004).

Publications

In Books :

Evenden, A.J. & Gresty, K.A. (2007) The Physiology of Ageing in Medication Management and the Older Person (Edited by M. Banning). Blackwell Publishers.

In Journals:

Gresty, K., Skirton, H. & Evenden, A. (2007) Addressing the issue of e-learning and online genetics for health professionals. Nursing and Health Sciences 9 (1) p14-22.

Skirton, H., Gresty, K.A. Green, G & Evenden, A.J. (2006). A proposed set of learning outcomes for genetic competency in nursing and midwifery.
Available at Education Online: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/150944.htm

Green, G., Skirton, H., Gresty, K. & Evenden, A. (2004) Genetic education for health professionals - GeneSense, an online interactive resource. Journal of Medical Genetics, 41: S84-S84 Supplt. 1.

Devendra, D., Keller, U., Galloway, T.S. Horton, S.J. Evenden, A. Wilkin, T.E.J. (2002).Determining the immunodominant epitopes of insulin antibody using phage display technology. Diabetes 51: Suppl 2 p211.

Other academic activities
Outreach Activities on Cancer Genetics, Stem cells, Biomedical Investigations, Ethics in Biomedicine

Links
Technology Enhanced Learning http://technologyenhancedlearning.net/

Degrees in Healthcare Science http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/4281/BSc+%28Hons%29+Healthcare+Science+%28Life+Sciences%29

Healthcare Scientists in the NHS http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/hcsci.shtml