Robert Fern

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Professor Robert Fern

Executive Dean
Faculty of Health

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The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Robert's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality Education

About Robert

Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor, Bob provides strategic leadership across the 6 schools of the faculty and is responsible for ensuring the faculty delivers excellence across all aspects of education and the student experience, research and innovation. His role includes:

  • Executive leadership of the Peninsula Medical School, the Peninsula Dental School and the Schools of Psychology, Nursing and Midwifery, Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences within the Faculty of Health
  • Membership of key institutional bodies, including Senate; Academic Development and Partnership Committee; IT and Digital Committee; University Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee; UEG Risk Review Group
  • Chair PMS (facilities)
  • Member of the Board of The Vaccine Group and Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise
  • Joint Exec, UP/UHP NHS trust
  • Plymouth Council Health and Wellbeing board
  • Oversight of JCRO
  • Plymouth Dental Liaison
  • Involvement in and leadership of specific projects of strategic importance to the University.

A Neurobiologist, Bob joined the University in 2013, having previously held roles at UCL, Yale, and the Universities of Washington and Leicester.

 

Supervised Research Degrees

PhD/MRes students:

  • 1) 2004-2008 James Alix PhD*. NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Sheffield.
  • 2) 2007-2010 Antonio Domingues PhD*. Currently post-doc at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden.
  • 3) 2004-2008/2010 Phillip Vermehren PhD*. Medical doctor in the Neurology department at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
  • 4) 2011-2012 Narasimha Murthy MRes*. Returned to India to pursue career.
  • 5) 2011-2012 Rebecca Arkell. MRes*. Technician at Phillips Research.
  • 6) 2009-2013 Badrah Alghamdi. PhD*. Associate Professor, Saudi Arabia
  • 7) 2009-2013 Huria Elmesmari. PhD*. Currently faculty in Libya.
  • 8) 2010-2014 Mellisa Trotman. PhD*. Post-Doc, University of Leicester.
  • 9) 2012-2016 Hiwa Latif. PhD (University of Leicester).
  • 10) 2014-2018 Sean Doyle. PhD*. Post-Doc, Ireland.
  • 11) 2015-2019 Sarah Ellwood*. PhD student, (University of Plymouth).
  • 12) 2016-2020 Chris Bulman* PhD student, (University of Plymouth).
  • 13) 2018-present Verity Mitchener*. PhD student, (University of Plymouth).
  • 14) 2019-present Gideon Stone*. ResM student, (University of Plymouth).
  • 15) 2019-present Dan Morgan*. PhD student, (University of Plymouth).
  • 16) 2019-present TBA*. PhD student, (University of Plymouth).

 

 * Principle supervisor.

 

 

Teaching

2015-present: Delivery: BHCS3001 (student projects). FoH, University of Plymouth.

 

2015-present: Delivery: BHC3007: (third year Biomedical sciences). FoH, University of Plymouth.

 

2016-present: Delivery: BHCS2001: (second year Biomedical sciences). FoH, University of Plymouth.


Contact Robert

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