17 May 22. EUSA Teaching Awards

Several Edinburgh Imaging Academy tutors have been nominated for the Edinburgh University Students’ Association teaching awards!

The Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) hosts the Teaching Awards annually, to allow students the opportunity to thank their tutors and lecturers and celebrate teaching at the University of Edinburgh.

Out of 2,680 nominations submitted, four were Edinburgh Imaging Academy tutors:

• Dr Francesca Chappell for Student Tutor of the Year
• Dr Maria Valdes Hernandez for Student Tutor of the Year
• Dr Joana Leitão for Student Tutor of the Year
• Professor Andrew Farrall for Outstanding Course

Dr Francesca Chappell

Dr Chappell is a Senior Medical Statistician at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and lead tutor for the Edinburgh Imaging Academy Statistics course.

The student who nominated Dr Chappell praised her for “encouraging (her) academic development, consistent support, knowledge and expertise.”

Follow the link to read Dr Chappell discussing our Statistics short course, and the benefits of online learning.

Dr Maria Valdes Hernandez

Dr Hernandez is a Row Fogo Lecturer in Medical Image Analysis at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and lead tutor for the Edinburgh Imaging Academy Medical Image Analysis courses.

The nominating student commended Dr Hernandez for her “approachability, knowledge and expertise.”

Follow the link to find out more about our Applied Medical Image Analysis Certificate.

Dr Joana Leitão

Dr Leitão is a Research Associate in fMRI at the Edinburgh Imaging Facilities and is tutoring with the Edinburgh Imaging Academy for the first time this year.

The student who nominated Dr Leitão praised her for "encouraging my academic development, consistent support and approachability"

Follow the link to find out more about our Functional Imaging online short course.

Professor Andrew Farrall

Professor Farrall is Honorary Professor of Neuroimaging & Education, and a Consultant Neuroradiologist in the NHS.

Professor Farrall is the programme director for the Edinburgh Imaging Academy and lead tutor for the Techniques and physics course.

The nominating student wrote:

“Extremely dedicated tutor. The course allowed one to develop one's debate writing skills in the course whilst actually studying physics. An innovative way of developing skills and assessing it in the end of course assessment.

It was great to see the way a supposedly difficult topic was simplified to what's digestible for every students irrespective of background.”

Follow the link to read Professor Andrew Farrall discussing our Techniques and physics short course, and the benefits of online learning.

We would like to congratulate the Edinburgh Imaging Academy tutors nominated, and all of our tutors, for their hard work and dedication to our students and our programmes.

We would also like to wish good luck to the tutors and lecturers shortlisted for the Teaching Awards.