Dr Duncan Sharp
Dean of School Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds West Yorkshire
Dr Duncan Sharp's primary research focuses on new technologies to allow measurements to be performed outside of conventional laboratories.
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Duncan joined Leeds Beckett University as Senior Lecturer in 2009 and has undertaken many roles within the university through Reader, Head of School, and most recently appointed as Dean in 2016.
Duncan’s scientific career started as a Trainee Biomedical Scientist at Nottingham University Hospitals whilst completing his first degree in Biomedical Sciences at Nottingham Trent University, becoming certified by the Institute for Biomedical Science in 2006. After this, Duncan completed his PhD at Nottingham Trent University, entitled 'The Development of Smart Bandage Technologies'.
The challenge and rewards of research and working with upcoming scientists first attracted Duncan to higher education, where his interests have broadened across many areas of science, healthcare and pedagogy. He remains research active; supervising postgraduate research award students, publishing in peer-review journals, presenting at conferences. and peer-reviewing for journal and grant submissions. In 2017 Duncan was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society for Biology.
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Fellowship of the Royal Society for Biology
2017
Education
Nottingham Trent University
Ph.D.
Development of Smart Bandage Technologies
2009
Nottingham Trent University
B.S.
Biomedical Sciences
2006
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- English
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Leading and Managing in Higher Education
Advance HE online
2019-02-28
If you are in, or are considering, a leadership and/or management role in Higher Education the following five reflections and provocations may promote some thought about your approach, how you handle situations, how you build trust and integrity, and to avoid wasting people’s time!
Academics team up for the future of medical technology
Medical Plastics News online
2017-11-21
Dr Duncan Sharp, Dean of the School of Clinical and Applied Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, said: “We are delighted to sign the MoU with Axxonet, who are an exciting and innovative company. This partnership brings a fantastic opportunity to our University and we are currently exploring the application of the technological innovations Axxonet bring across a number of sectors.
Event Appearances
Pain sensitivity response and body fatness: A systematic review of experimental studies on the differences between healthy pain-free humans with different body fat content
Annual Scientific Conference of the British Pain Society Manchester
A Preliminary Investigation Of The Relationship Between Pain Sensitivity, Body Fat Distribution And Blood Levels Of Il-6, Crp, Tnf-Α And Leptin
th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC Vienna, Austria
2015-09-02
The influence of body mass index, body fat percentage and waist to hip ratio on sensory detection and pain sensitivity responses
nnual Scientific Conference of the British Pain Society Glasgow
2015-04-01
Articles
Pad-printed Prussian blue doped carbon ink for real-time peroxide sensing in cell culture
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry2020
Hydrogen peroxide has important roles within cellular functions, as a prevalent form of Reactive Oxygen Species, detection within mammalian cells is of metabolic importance; typically requiring cell lysis or fluorescence-based methods to quantify.
Ubiquinone modified printed carbon electrodes for cell culture pH monitoring
Biosensors and Bioelectronics2018
The measurement of pH is important throughout many biological systems, but there are limited available technologies to enable its periodical monitoring in the complex, small volume, media often used in cell culture experiments across a range of disciplines.
A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Studies Comparing Response to Experimentally-evoked Pain Between Obese and Non-Obese Individuals
The open pain journal2018
The relationship between obesity and pain remains unclear. The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether response to experimentally-evoked pain differed between obese and non-obese individuals. Studies that compared responses to experimentally-evoked pain between obese and non-obese human participants post-puberty (i.e. >16 years) were sought.
Body mass index and distribution of body fat can influence sensory detection and pain sensitivity
European Journal of Pain2017
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of body fat percentage and its distribution on sensory detection and pain sensitivity responses to experimentally induced noxious stimuli in otherwise pain-free individuals.
Submicromolar quantification of pyocyanin in complex biological fluids using pad-printed carbon electrodes
Electrochemistry Communications2017
Pyocyanin, a toxin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, offers potential as a biomarker for the indirect detection of this bacterium of major importance for infections in burns, woundcare and cystic fibrosis.
