Steven West
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| Steven West | |
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| Nationality | British |
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| Fields | Podiarty |
| Institutions | University of the West of England |
Professor Steven West BSc DPodM MPodA FChS is the vice chancellor of the University of the West of England.
He trained as a Podiatrist before becoming a lecturer and senior lecturer at The London Foot Hospital and Westminster University in 1984. In 1990 he became head of Podiatry at Huddersfield University and became Dean of the School of Health & Behavioural Sciences in 1992. In 1995 he moved to the University of the West of England in Bristol and held posts as Dean of the Faculty of Health & Social Care and Pro Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor before being appointed as Vice-Chacellor in 2008.[1]
He is a Fellow of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and serves on a number of national education and research committees advising on the future funding and contracting for Health related programmes and research in England, actuing as a non executive director of the South West Strategic Health Authority. He is Chair of the Council of Deans of Health and holds a Clinical Consultancy appointment with Scholl.[1] He maintains research interests in Dynamic and Static Foot Pressure.[2]
His leisure-time interests include scuba diving.[3] He lives in Mangotsfield, Bristol and is married with five children.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Profile of Professor Steve West. University of the West of England. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ Professor Steven West - Research Interests. University of the West of England. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ West leads West of England University. Higher Education and Research Opportunities. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ Professor Steven West. ZoomInfo. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
