College of Health, Psychology and Social Care staff

Lucie Hutson
Lecturer in Health and Social Care

Yoon Irons standing at the front of a classroom in front of a projector screen that features a slide that reads 'Introduction to Music Therapy'.
Dr Yoon Irons
Associate Professor of Arts for Health and Wellbeing

Yoon Irons is an Associate Professor in the field of Arts in Health and Wellbeing at the University of Derby's Health and Social Care Research Centre.

Alexandra Jasper
Lecturer in Midwifery

As a lecturer in Midwifery, Alex delivers teaching to BSc and MSc students in addition to supporting them in clinical practice. 

Catherine John Baptiste
Programme Lead MA in Social Work

Helen Johnson
Lecturer in Pre-qualifying Health Care Practice

Nikki Jones-Ball
Lecturer in Operating Department Practice

Alison Kerr
Alison Kerr
Programme Leader MSc Advanced Occupational Therapy, Acting Programme Leader MSc Hand Therapy

As an Occupational Therapist and programme leader for the post registration MSc Advanced Occupational Therapy, Alison's interests lie in promoting career development opportunities for Occupational Therapists.

Dr Ann Kirkman
Lecturer in Psychology

In 2021, Ann Kirkman completed her PhD at the University of Derby. The PhD focused on investigating the relationship between implicit and explicit measures of optimism and examining changes in them using positive psychology interventions. During her PhD, Ann worked as an Associate Lecturer and Associate Academic at Derby.

Matt Le Mare
Senior Music Therapist

Dr Lisa Ledger
Head of Occupational Therapy, Discipline Lead Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Hand Therapy

Head of Discipline, Occupational Therapy. Areas of clinical specialism include posture management, wheelchairs and seating. PhD research focused on pressure ulcer prevention, person centred practice. Currently co-opted working with University of Leeds on a large scale NIHR funded study around pressure ulcer prevention for people with long term neurological conditions.