Global Health Collaborative: our people

Members of the Global Health Collaborative

Who we are

The Global Health Collaborative (GHC) is comprised of individuals and organisations based across the South West region of England who have Global Health (GH) interests and work within GH projects or partnership. The GHC is currently chaired by Dr Poorna Gunasekera and Dr Kerri Jones , and led by Dr Tara Harrop and Mr Matt Griggs .

Our GHC steering group representatives currently span:

primary care
paramedic science
emergency care
pharmacy
physiotherapy
palliative care
orthopaedic and general surgery
anaesthesia and critical care
general medicine
nursing and midwifery
improvement science and leadership
dentistry
psychiatry
inter-professional education

The Collaborative also has experience of working with other disciplines around the university and region across:

geospatial open street mapping
business school (entrepreneurship and innovation)
technology – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
art and illustration - Creative Associates , Teaching resources - Lung health education materials for use in schools in Uganda

University of Plymouth

Dr Poorna Gunasekera

Associate Dean International

GHC co-chair
Dr Kerri Jones

Honorary Associate Professor

GHC co-chair
Dr Tara Harrop

Clinical Lecturer in Postgraduate Education

GHC lead
Mr Matt Griggs

Lecturer in Clinical Education (Global Health)

GHC lead
Professor Sheena Asthana

Director of Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research
Dr Zoe Brookes

Associate Professor of Dental Education and Research
Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee

Visiting Professor of Digital Health and Education
Professor Tom Gale

Professor of Medical Education
Professor Hilary Neve

Honorary Professor
Dr Veronica Maynard

Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Lucy Obolensky

Associate Lecturer (Annualised Hours)
Professor Jill Shawe

Professor of Maternal and Family Health
Miss Hannah Hobbs

Research Administrator

GHC administrator