College of Health, Psychology and Social Care staff

Sarah Brown
Lecturer in Social and Community Studies

Sarah is a Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Health & Social Care degree. She teaches and supports students across this programme. She is a qualified Social Worker and Systemic Practitioner.  She is Module Lead for Safeguarding Children, and Public Health & Health Promotion. She also supervises students doing their Independent Study and Placement modules.

Sara Almasifard
Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Module Leader

As a Senior Lecturer and Module leader on the MSc Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy programme, Sara teaches across the board on different modules including Current Developments in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Theory and Practice and many more.

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Jayne Leverton
Lead Midwife for Education / Senior Lecturer

Jayne joined the University as the Lead Midwife for Education and Senior Lecturer of Midwifery in April 2020. She has worked in many specialist areas within midwifery, the majority of her time at Derby was as matron in the inpatient maternity areas. Jayne was also part of the consulting team when designing the new maternity unit which forms a significant part of the new hospital build.

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Dr Peter Macaulay
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Peter is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology within the College of Health, Psychology, and Social Care. Peter primarily teaches social and developmental psychology. Peter's research focuses on cyberbullying, face-to-face bullying, online safety, and bystander intervention. 

Dono Widiatmoko
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology Statistics and Research Methods

Dono is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the College of Health, Psychology, and Social Care at the University of Derby.

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Shane Reynolds
Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Shane is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Derby. He is a Registered Nurse with a background in District Nursing. Shane is enthusiastic about research on developing student nurse experience of simulation training and is a passionate advocate for student nurses promoting positive change in practice.

Sophie Davies
Lecturer in Pre-Qualifying Healthcare

Sophie is a lecturer on the pre-registration BSc Adult Nursing Programme and Practice Assessment Module Leader for stage 2, based at the St Helena Chesterfield campus.