Mr David Bryson
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
Email: d.bryson@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: www.cladonia.co.uk
Phone No: 01332 593108
Room: Markeaton Street 110
I'm a media friendly expert
Latest news
Following the success of our earlier publication Jane McCann and myself are producing a new book for Woodhead Publishing on 'Textile-led design for the active ageing'.
Recent publications
Team based review and reflection. Continuing professional development. Journal of Visual Communication Media in Medicine 2010; 33(1): 39-40.Adding variety to your learning activities. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 2010; Vol. 33(2): 84-86.Google scholar and e-journals. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 2010; (3): 122-125McCann J & Bryson, D., eds. (2009) Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited.Designing smart clothing for the body. In: McCann J, Bryson, D. (2009) Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited.Smart clothing and wearable technology for the health and well-being market. In: McCann J, Bryson, D. (2009)Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited.Personalising your learning. Continuing professional development. Journal of Visual Communication Media in Medicine 2009; 32(3-4): 105-107.Unwearables. AI & Society (2007) 22(1): 25 - 35. DOI 10.1007/s00146-006-0072-3
Experience in Industry
After training a the University Hospital of Wales as a medical photographer I worked at Ninewells Hospital University of Dundee then ran my own business and a Medical and Personal Injury photographer in the Bromsgrove and Redditch area for over 12 years before moving to the University of Derby to become Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Biolological Imaging.
Current Activities / Links with Industry
Presenting workshops on use of Infrared photography for visualizing tattoos for the Fingerprint Society Seminar in partnership with the National Police Improvement Agency and Derbyshire Constabulary, Ripley, June 11th 2009.
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Art and Design
Subject Area: Forensic Sciences
I currently have a number of roles in the University:Programme Leader for the part-time Foundation Degree in Applied PhotographySchool Quality Contact for the School of Art & Design andSenior Lecturer in Forensic Science covering Forensic Imaging and Forensic Anthropology
Teaching responsibilities
I teach across a range of subjects including FdA Applied Photography and BSc Forensic Science/Forensic Science with Criminology where I teach modules in Forensic Imaging, Forensic Anthropology and Medical Forensics.
Professional interests
Forensic, medical, medicolegal, personal injury, and scientific photography. Examples of recent work includes; Medicolegal photographs for a defence solicitor of a prisoner in HMP Winsome Green and close-up photographs and photomacrographs of a chip from a Sinclair C5.
Research interests
Scientific, medico-legal and forensic photography, human identification, history of medicine including: 'History of acromegaly and gigantism' and 'Use of photography in medicine'. Education especially use of technology enhanced learning, learning objects and multimedia.
International Experience
Marketing trips on behalf of the School of Art and Design to Taiwan, China and Java.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
Fellow of Higher Education Academy, Member of the Institute of Medical Illustrators, Registered Medical Illustration Practitioner, Association for Learning Technology, Fingerprint Society. I am on the editorial board of the Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine responsible for the Learning and CPD section.
Recent Conferences
Identification through surgical and cosmetic implants, Fingerprint Society Seminar in partnership with the National Police Improvement Agency, Derbyshire Constabulary, Ripley, June 11th 2009.The role of photography in the learning teaching and assessment of human identification, FORREST Conference Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, June 30th/July 1st 2009.Learning from the evidence - Moving from paper to web, pdf and e-books from Bryson, D. Cassella, J. and McCartney, C. FORREST Conference, 29 - 30 June 2010, Coventry University, Coventry.Digital Infrared Photography - Principles and practice. FORREST Conference, 29 - 30 June 2010, Coventry University, Coventry.
Additional Interests and Activities
I have been involved in Web Design and E-learning development since 1995 including developing my own personal website, a website looking at the work of my Great Aunt Dorrie Nossiter www.dorrienossiter.co.uk and more recently developing the Digital and Material Arts Research Centre website with John Goto. One of my interactive learning objects was short listed for the Association for Learning Technology and I use interactive technologies to create learning materials for use in many of my modules.
Media experience
December 2009 - The use of infrared photography to see through cover-up tattoos and its forensic applications was on Radio 5 Live and Radio Derby as well as BBC, Central and Sky Local TV. Please see the video clip at www.derby.ac.uk/press-office/unitube/whose-tattoo-is-it-anyway
September 2006 - Mr Punch and Acromegaly, short clips in daily newspapers and interviews on local radio stations countrywide.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc in Anatomy, University of Aberdeen
Postgraduate qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (including Visual Education), University of Aberystwyth
