Teaching
I have experience of a number of teaching methods, including small group teaching, case-based discussions and lectures.
My experiences are: a) undergraduate teaching including clinical skills, clinical (OSCE) and written examinations, educator of Advanced Medical Practice (SAMP) students, research and scholarship supervisor; b) postgraduate teaching includes small group clinical teaching and lecturers of resident doctors, supervision of MSc, MRes and PhD students.
Since 2020, I have been first supervisor of 10 students across the Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine MRes Programme and Clinical Sciences MRes Programme. All students under my supervision presented their project in national and international conferences and published the research results in scientific journals.
Neurology Trainees/Fellows
1) 2023-2024: Dr Vita Marshtupa, Neurologist and PhD Student at Shupyk National Healthcare University (Ukraine), Grantee for the program entitled “Visiting Trainee Grant Program” of the Movement Disorder Society.
2) 2023: Dr Mariana Andriievska, Neurologist and PhD Student at Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University (Ukraine), Grantee for the program entitled “Visiting Trainee Grant Program” of the Movement Disorder Society.
3) 2023-2024: Dr Stephen McKeever, Academic Clinical Fellow – Internal Medicine Trainee, I have been the educational supervisor during the rotation in Neurology.
4) 2022-2023: Dr Rajish Shil, Academic Clinical Fellow – Internal Medicine Trainee, I have been the educational supervisor during the rotation in Neurology.
5) 2020: Dr Valeria Sajin, Resident in Neurology at the Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Department of Schön Klinik Neustadt in Germany / PhD-Student at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Republic of Moldova, visiting fellow of the deep brain stimulation service at Walton Centre.
6) 2019-2020: Dr Nestor Nsengiyumva, Neurology Trainee and PhD Student at Rostov State Medical University (Russia), Grantee for the program entitled “Visiting Trainee Grant Program” of the Movement Disorder Society.
PhD students
1) 2025-ongoing: Mr Luqi Zhou, PhD programme in partnership with Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Title: Investigating the neuroprotective mechanisms of antidepressant-like effects by deep brain stimulation of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex in an animal model of depression.
Co-supervisors: Prof. Lee Wei LIM (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool).
2) 2024-ongoing: Ms Dyonisia Kasiani, PhD programme: Doctoral Training Network in Technologies for Healthy Ageing (UoL).
Title: Remote Gait Evaluation for People with Parkinson’s Disease.
Co-supervisors: Prof Yifan Zhou (UoL) and Dr Kris D’Aout (UoL)
3) 2021-2025: Mr Yehia Ibrahim, PhD Programme: Doctoral Training Network in Technologies for Healthy Ageing (UoL).
Title: Will AI Identify Retinal Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Central Nervous System Neurodegeneration.
Co-supervisors: Prof Yalin Zhang (UoL), Prof Yaochun Shen (UoL), Dr Vito Romano (University of Brescia, Italy) and Dr Rodolfo Sardone (Research Institute De Bellis, Castellana Grotte, Italy).
4) 2021-2025: Mr Luke Andrews: PhD Programme: iCASE MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership with Boston Scientific (UoL).
Title: Predicting motor impairment and neurosurgical treatment success in Parkinson’s disease using advanced neuroimaging techniques.
Co-supervisors: Prof Simon Keller (UoL) and Mr Jibril Osman-Farah (The Walton Centre).
5) 2021-2025: Ms Bethany Facer: Anatomical Society PhD studentship.
Title: In-vivo dissection of white matter pathways in Parkinson’s disease: tracking progressive degeneration and biomarkers of treatment success.
Co-supervisors: Prof Simon Keller (UoL) and Mr Jibril Osman-Farah (The Walton Centre).
Mentorship Activities
1) 2025-onoging: Faculty Member of the NIHR Mentorship Programme
2) 2024-2025: LEAP- MDS (leadership training program of the Movement Disorders Society) mentor; mentee : Dr Alexandra Boogers (Consultant Neurologist, Belgium)
3) 2019-2020: Mrs Clare McCarroll, Senior Physiotherapist in the Intensive Community Care Team (ICCT) at Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, enrolled in the NIHR Clinical Research Networks North West Coast Early Career Research Pathway
Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience
Supervised Theses
- Using Neuroimaging to Identify Markers of Clinical Outcomes Following Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders