School of Medicine and Biosciences

Professor Woodman is Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor with a remit to drive research, enterprise, innovation and external engagement across the University.

Until 2007 Professor Woodman was Professor of Translation Medicine at Cranfield University, prior to becoming chief executive of ICRI Global Research; a privately owned knowledge-based organisation providing support and training in clinical drug development in India, Singapore and the UK. Anthony joined the University of West London in October 2011.

After completing my PhD I joined the MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, and subsequently the Hubrecht Laboratory in Utrecht to continue my studies of transcriptional control in development and cancer as a postdoctoral researcher. Subsequent academic posts included senior lectureships at St. George’s Hospital Medical School in London and the University of Surrey. In 2015 I became Professor of Molecular Oncology and Director of the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics at the University of Bradford. I joined the University of West London as Dean of Biosciences in June 2020.

Raymond Playford is a clinician scientist who serves as Professor of Molecular Medicine at UWL. He is also Chairman of the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee of the MHRA, member of the Policy and Education Advisory Committee of the General Osteopathy Council, and a visiting Consultant Gastroenterologist at St Georges NHS Trust.

Professor Playford received a medical degree from St. Bartholomew's Medical School and obtained both a PhD and a DSc.

Professor Hafiz Khan is a Professor of Public Health and Statistics at the University of West London (UWL). Prior to joining at UWL, he was a Reader in Statistics at School of Health Sciences of Birmingham City University, UK.  He first trained himself as a statistician and then has developed his academic career in the area of public health over the last 30 years.