Professor Jennifer Walsh
MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FHEA
School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Clinical Education
MBChB Programme Director
+44 114 215 9702
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Metabolic Bone Centre, Sorby Wing
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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For enquiries please contact - SMPH-West-Operational@sheffield.ac.uk
I trained in Endocrinology in Sheffield, and completed my PhD on Determinants of Peak Bone Mass and Bone Size.
My clinical practice is in metabolic bone disease, especially young adults.
I am Programme Director for the Sheffield MBChB.
- Research interests
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My research interests are in bone pathophysiology and microarchitecture, skeletal maturation and ageing, the interactions of fat and bone, and treatment of osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases.
Current projects
- The effects of obesity on bone and muscle
- TOPaZ trial in osteogenesis imperfecta
- MOI-A losartan in osteogenesis imperfecta
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- Teaching interests
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I completed the RCP/UCL Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education in 2012
I am Programme Director of the undergraduate medicine degree. My teaching in the programme includes lectures and seminars on calcium physiology and metabolic bone disease.
I also lecture on several Masters programmes in the Faculty of Health.
I teach regularly on the ECTS PhD training course and Mellanby courses on bone biochemical markers and vertebral fracture.
I am a member of the RCP teaching team, and a tutor on the Doctors as Educators programme.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Royal Osteoporosis Society Clinical Advisor
- Brittle Bone Society Medical Board