Dr Philip Wood

Programme Leader Health Care and Mortuary Science

Dr Philip Wood has worked at Chester for 16 years, initially in the Department of Health and Community Studies and more latterly as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Overview

He is currently Programme Leader for the Foundation Degrees in Health Care Sciences and Mortuary Science, having previously served as Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences degree.

Teaching

He teaches biochemistry and microbiology across a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and foundation degree modules. Thus, in addition to delivering introductory courses in these disciplines, his teaching also includes the more specialised areas of environmental microbiology, medical microbiology and infection control, clinical biochemistry, and pharmacology.

Research

His research interests centre on the characterisation of microbes found in mineral waters and on the effectiveness of various cleaning regimes at controlling microbial growth. In addition, he is very interested in the utilisation of technology to enhance the student experience of learning, teaching and assessment.