College of Health, Psychology and Social Care staff

Dr Amy Baraniak
Dr Amy Baraniak
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology

Amy is Programme Director for our MSc Health Psychology programmes (campus and online). She is also involved in supervising undergraduate and postgraduate student projects.

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Dr Alex Barker
Lecturer in Psychology

Alex Barker joined the University of Derby as a lecturer in June 2022. Previously, he was a lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University from 2021 to 2022 and held a researcher position at the University of Nottingham between 2016 and 2021.

Dr Christopher Barnes
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Barnes is a chartered psychologist conducting and supervising doctoral research in the areas of parenting, child development and nature connection. He works with a diverse range of populations, such as with babies born prematurely, typically developing children and those with a developmental disorder.

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Jaskaran Basran
Postgraduate research student

Jaskaran started working at the university in 2015 and, over the years, she has been involved in several research projects and teaching modules within the Psychology department and Centre for Compassion Research and Training.

Elaine Beddingham
Senior Lecturer in Nursing

Henriette Bergstrøm at our One Friar Gate Square site.
Dr Henriette Bergstrøm
Senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology Assistant Discipline Lead (Discipline: Forensic and Health Psychology)

Henriette is a senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology. Her main research interest is psychopathy within a developmental and life-course perspective.

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Julie Bernstein
Senior Lecturer

Julie Bernstein is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, teaching across all the Occupational Therapy programmes run at the University of Derby.

Amanda Biggam
Lecturer in Pre-Qualifying Healthcare

Amanda is a lecturer within the pre-qualification healthcare team, and teaches on the foundation degree for Nursing associates and assistant practitioners. She is a registered occupational therapist.

Dr Simon Bignell
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Simon is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Derby; a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society; and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Dr Jamie Bird
Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Professional Psychological Practices

Dr Bird is based within the Health and Social Care Research Centre. His role is focused on helping to develop the College of Health and Social Care's research activity. This includes the development of funding bids, the conducting of research and the dissemination of findings. Dr Bird's research interests include art therapy, migration, domestic abuse, and climate crisis.