Since joining the University in 2013, Bob has held numerous senior roles here – most recently as Associate Dean for Research.
Professor Dame Judith Petts DBE
Emeritus Professor
Plymouth is home to outstanding education and research. It is a place where we work as a team to provide our students with the best possible experience, and to deliver world-leading health research.
The University of Plymouth has one of the broadest health education portfolios in the country – stretching from medicine to dentistry, optometry to podiatry, bioscience to psychology and adult nursing to midwifery, and almost everything in between.
Professor Robert Fern
Executive Dean
Faculty of Health
Exceptional clinical and academic learning, social engagement and research in medicine, dentistry, nursing, psychology and health professions.
Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research
From basic research discovering the causes of disease, through to evaluating novel ways of delivering care to the most vulnerable people in society, our thriving community conducts adventurous world-leading research.