Dr Judith Williams
Faculty Training Manager (MHS) and Teaching Fellow (Manchester Medical School)
- Email: judith.c.williams@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 1468
- Alternative Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 1454 (training team)
- Fax: 0161 275 1432
Faculty Training Team,
Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences,
The University of Manchester,
Room 3.44b, Simon Building , Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL
Role
Faculty Training Team
As the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences Training Manager I am responsible for the research and generic skills training and career development needs of postgraduate students, early career researchers and academics. As a team we deliver bespoke training programmes to meet the needs of a diverse cohort of staff and students ranging from physicians to dentists to molecular biologists and health-service researchers. I chair the Faculty Skills Training Committee and coordinate all of the postgraduate research trainers from each school.
My current remit covers:
- Postgraduate Research Student Training
- Postgraduate Taught Student Training
- Supervisor Training
- New Academics Programme
For details of all of these initatives please visit the researcher support website: www.researchsupport.manchester.ac.uk
Manchester Medical School
I am a teaching fellow based in Manchester Medical School. I assess the training needs of postgraduate research students within the school and deliver appropriate training.
Vitae North West Co-ordinator
The University of Manchester hosts the North West hub of the Vitae Programme. Vitae is committed to enriching professional and career development support for early career researchers. I coordinate and chair the hub steering group comprising members from each key Higher Education Institution in the North West. We deliver a range of regional and national events to nurture and support students, staff and trainers.
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
Chartered Insititue of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Vitae National Training Programme
Biography
I gained my undergraduate honours degree in Biochemistry with Studies in the USA 1994 from Salford University and went on to study for my doctorate in Molecular Microbiology in at the University of Southampton. Having very much enjoyed the research experience I continued within my research group employed as a clinical scientist. In 1999 I joined the University of Manchester as a BBSRC funded Postdoctoral Research Associate on a project in association with AstraZeneca to study viral directed Gene Therapy. In 2002 I moved to the Heart Failure Research Group as a Lecturer focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying Heart Failure. While in this post I became responsible for delivering workshops on the graduate training programme and moved to a full time position designing and delivering training across the Faculty in 2004.
Qualifications
PhD Molecular Microbiology
BSc Hons Biochemistry
Selected publications
2007
- Oceandy, D, Cartwright, EJ, Emerson, M, Prehar, SS, Baudoin, FMH, Zi, MM, Alatwi, N, Venetucci, LL, Schuh, K, Williams, JC, Armesilla, A, Neyses, L. (2007). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase signaling in the heart is regulated by the sarcolemmal calcium pump 4b. Circulation, 115, 483-492. eScholarID:1d27406 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.643791
2006
- Williams, JC, Armesilla, A, Mohamed, TM A, Hodgkinson, CCL, McIntyre, FH, Schomburg, S, Zaki, A, Oceandy, D, Cartwright, EJ, Buch, M, Emerson, M, Neyses, L. (2006). The sarcolemmal calcium pump, alpha-1 syntrophin and neuronal nitric oxide synthase are part of a macromolecular protein complex. J. Biol. Chem, 281(33), eScholarID:1d27314
2004
- Armesilla, A, Williams, JC, Buch, M. H., Pickard, A., Emerson, M, Cartwright, EJ, Oceandy, D, Oceandy, D., Vos, M. D., Gillies, S., Clark, G. J., Neyses, L. (2004). Novel functional interaction between the plasma membrane Ca2+ pump 4b and the proapoptotic tumor suppressor Ras-associated factor 1 (RASSF1). J Biol Chem, 279, 30, eScholarID:1d8485 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M307557200
- Schuh, K., Cartwright, EJ, Jankevics, E., Bundschu, K., Liebermann, J., Williams, JC, Armesilla, A, Emerson, M, Oceandy, D, Knobeloch, K. P., Neyses, L. (2004). Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase 4 is required for sperm motility and male fertility. J Biol Chem, 279(27), 28220-28226. eScholarID:1d8487
2003
- Stone D, Xiong W, Williams JC, David A, Lowenstein P-, Castro M-. (2003). Adenovirus expression of IL-1 and NF-kappaB inhibitors does not inhibit acute adenoviral-induced brain inflammation, but delays immune system-mediated elimination of transgene expression. Molecular Therapy, 8, 400-411. eScholarID:1d7324
2002
- Cowen RL, Williams JC, Emery S, Blakey D, Darling J, Lowenstein P-, Castro M-. (2002). Adenovirus vector-mediated delivery of the prodrug-converting enzyme carboxypeptidase G2 in a secreted or GPI-anchored form: High-level expression of this active conditional cytotoxic enzyme at the plasma membrane. Cancer Gene Therapy, 9, 897-907. eScholarID:1d4257