Prof Alison Curnow

Honorary member

Professor Alison Curnow is a senior member of the University of Exeter Medical School’s academic teaching faculty, developing and delivering the School’s medical and scientific undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

She is director of medicine for the School’s undergraduate medical programme and associate professor in science & scholarship.

With over two decades’ experience of conducting translational photobiological and oncological related research, she is known worldwide for her photodynamic therapy (PDT) research and leadership of the International Photodynamic Association.

Alison is an ASPIRE senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), you can access more information about her research here.

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Research project

Beyond Greenspace

Beyond Greenspace aimed to improve our understanding in this area by examining how different types and qualities of natural environment have varying relationships with human health and wellbeing. The project used some of the UK’s extremely valuable existing (‘secondary’) datasets to address this research question.
Research project

Sensing Nature

Sensing Nature is exploring how people with varying forms and severities of sight impairment experience diverse types of nature.
Research project

Is antimicrobial resistance in rivers a public health risk?

This PhD project is investigating the public health implications of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in rivers and lakes across three novel studies.