Yr Athro Mandy Tonks
(hi/ei)
BSc(Hons), PhD, PgD Med Ed, SFHEA
Timau a rolau for Mandy Tonks
Deon Addysg Ôl-raddedig Coleg y Gwyddorau Biofeddygol a Bywyd (BLS), Cyfarwyddwr ar gyfer ansawdd, llywodraethu a gwella Canolfan Addysg Feddygol
Biofeddygol a Gwyddorau Bywyd
Trosolwyg
Rwyf wedi datblygu fy ymarfer proffesiynol dros y 25 mlynedd diwethaf (ar draws addysgu, rheolaeth a threfniadaeth ac arweinyddiaeth UG, PGT a PGR). Rwy'n ymrwymedig i ddatblygu amgylchedd addysgol diogel ac agored i'n myfyrwyr a'n cydweithwyr. Rwy'n parhau i esblygu ac addasu fy ymarfer i ddiwallu anghenion ein myfyrwyr, cyfyngiadau'r sector ac anghenion ehangach cymdeithas. Trwy ddylunio rhaglenni cyfannol wedi'i ategu gan gefnogaeth integredig ac ymatebol i fyfyrwyr, gallwn feithrin amgylchedd dysgu cynhyrchiol lle gall ein myfyrwyr a'n staff ffynnu. Mae fy safbwyntiau wedi datblygu ochr yn ochr ag ehangder a dyfnder fy mhrofiad fel addysgwr ac arweinydd.
Yn fy rôl bresennol fel Deon Addysg (coleg y Gwyddorau Biofeddygol a Bywyd), rwy'n aelod o dîm Addysg Hŷn y Brifysgol, ac rwy'n ymwneud â phob mater sy'n ymwneud ag addysg a phrofiad myfyrwyr.
Mae egwyddorion allweddol sicrhau ansawdd, llywodraethu a gwella yn cyd-fynd â'm gwerthoedd personol fy hun o onestrwydd, agoredrwydd, tegwch a thosturi. Trwy brosesau a gweithdrefnau clir, gallwn sicrhau ansawdd y ddarpariaeth, cyfeiriad clir ar gyfer rheoli materion sy'n codi a phrosesau ar gyfer adfer a gwella parhaus.
Rwy'n addysgwr profiadol, ar ôl arwain, datblygu a chyflwyno darpariaeth addysgol ar draws rhaglenni israddedig, ôl-raddedig a addysgir a lefel doethuriaeth yn yr ysgol feddygaeth ym meysydd meddygaeth a gwyddorau biofeddygol. Rwyf wedi dysgu ers fy amser fel myfyriwr PhD (ers 1996). Dros y cyfnod hwn, rwyf wedi cael cyfle i ddatblygu fy sgiliau, gwybodaeth a phrofiad ar draws UG, PG a PGR trwy amrywiaeth o rolau gan gynnwys arweinydd modiwl, dirprwy gyfarwyddwr rhaglen, Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau Ymchwil Ôl-raddedig, Cyfarwyddwr Ansawdd a Llywodraethu ac yn fwy diweddar yn y rôl fel Deon Addysg Ôl-raddedig. Trwy gydol y cyfnod hwn mae fy ffocws bob amser wedi bod ar ansawdd profiad y myfyrwyr a phwysigrwydd strwythurau cymorth i sicrhau bod myfyrwyr yn gallu cyflawni eu potensial. Wrth wraidd hyn mae sylw i sail i addysgeg ac alinio dylunio, cyflwyno ac asesu addysgu rhaglenni gyda sylw i'r disgwyliadau ar gyfer lefel addysg a diwallu anghenion rhanddeiliaid mewnol ac allanol.
Mae gen i gyfoeth o brofiad mewn arweinyddiaeth addysgol, dealltwriaeth weithredol ac addysgol glir a gwerthfawrogiad o ryngweithio a dibyniaeth cynnig addysgol, enw da ac ansawdd ymchwil o fewn sefydliad fel ysgogwyr allweddol ar gyfer denu myfyrwyr, cyllid a phartneriaid. Mae gen i ddiddordeb proffesiynol brwd ym meysydd sicrhau ansawdd, llywodraethu, profiad myfyrwyr a gwella rhaglenni cyffredinol i ddiwallu anghenion newidiol ein myfyrwyr a'r gymdeithas amrywiol sy'n gysylltiedig â byd-eang yr ydym yn ei gwasanaethu, tra'n helpu i gynnal safonau academaidd.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Hatch, S., Fitzgibbon, J., Tonks, A. J. and Forty, L. 2024. Diversity in patient and public involvement in healthcare research and education—Realising the potential. Health Expectations 27(1), article number: e13896. (10.1111/hex.13896)
2018
- Tonks, A. J. and Williams, A. S. 2018. Identifying unmet training needs for postgraduate research students in the biomedical sciences through audit of examiners' reports. International Journal of Doctoral Studies 13, pp. 169-191. (10.28945/4003)
2017
- Kou, Y. R., Hutchinson, N., Gibbs, A., Tonks, A. and Hope-Gill, B. D. 2017. Airway expression of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Vanniloid-1 and Ankyrin-1 channels is not increased in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PLoS ONE 12(11), pp. e0187847. (10.1371/journal.pone.0187847)
2009
- Tonks, A. J. 2009. Immunomodulatory components of honey. In: Cooper, R., Molan, P. and White, R. eds. Honey in Modern Wound Management. Aberdeen: Wounds UK Limited, pp. 188-197.
2008
- Morris, R. H. K., Tonks, A. J., Jones, K. P., Ahluwalia, M. K., Thomas, A. W., Tonks, A. and Jackson, S. K. 2008. DPPC regulates COX-2 expression in monocytes via phosphorylation of CREB. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 370(1), pp. 174-178. (10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.052)
- Al Shaer, L. et al. 2008. Heat shock protein 90 inhibition is cytotoxic to primary AML cells expressing mutant FLT3 and results in altered downstream signalling. British Journal of Haematology 141(4), pp. 483-493. (10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07053.x)
2007
- Tonks, A. J., Dudley, E., Porter, N. G., Parton, J., Brazier, J. S., Smith, E. L. and Tonks, A. 2007. A 5.8KDa component of manuka honey stimulates immune cells via TLR4. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 82(5), pp. 1147-1155. (10.1189/jlb.1106683)
2005
- Tonks, A., Parton, J., Tonks, A. J., Morris, R. H. K., Finall, A., Jones, K. P. and Jackson, S. K. 2005. Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC. AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 288(6), pp. 1070-80. (10.1152/ajplung.00386.2004)
2004
- Tonks, A. et al. 2004. Expression of AML1-ETO in human myelomonocytic cells selectively inhibits granulocytic differentiation and promotes their self-renewal. Leukemia 18(7), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1038/sj.leu.2403396)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2004. Expression of AML1-ETO in human myelomonocytic cells selectively inhibits granulocytic differentiation and promotes their self-renewal. Leukemia 18(7), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1038/sj.leu.2403396)
2003
- Tonks, A. et al. 2003. The AML-1 fusion gene promotes extensive self-renewal of human primary erythroid cells. Blood 101(2), pp. 624-632. (10.1182/blood-2002-06-1732)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2003. The AML1-ETO fusion gene promotes extensive self-renewal of human primary erythroid cells. Blood 101(2), pp. 624-632. (10.1182/blood-2002-06-1732)
- Tonks, A. J., Tonks, A., Morris, R. H. K., Jones, K. P. and Jackson, S. K. 2003. Regulation of platelet-activating factor synthesis in human monocytes by dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 74(1), pp. 95-101. (10.1189/jlb.1202601)
Articles
- Hatch, S., Fitzgibbon, J., Tonks, A. J. and Forty, L. 2024. Diversity in patient and public involvement in healthcare research and education—Realising the potential. Health Expectations 27(1), article number: e13896. (10.1111/hex.13896)
- Tonks, A. J. and Williams, A. S. 2018. Identifying unmet training needs for postgraduate research students in the biomedical sciences through audit of examiners' reports. International Journal of Doctoral Studies 13, pp. 169-191. (10.28945/4003)
- Kou, Y. R., Hutchinson, N., Gibbs, A., Tonks, A. and Hope-Gill, B. D. 2017. Airway expression of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Vanniloid-1 and Ankyrin-1 channels is not increased in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PLoS ONE 12(11), pp. e0187847. (10.1371/journal.pone.0187847)
- Morris, R. H. K., Tonks, A. J., Jones, K. P., Ahluwalia, M. K., Thomas, A. W., Tonks, A. and Jackson, S. K. 2008. DPPC regulates COX-2 expression in monocytes via phosphorylation of CREB. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 370(1), pp. 174-178. (10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.052)
- Al Shaer, L. et al. 2008. Heat shock protein 90 inhibition is cytotoxic to primary AML cells expressing mutant FLT3 and results in altered downstream signalling. British Journal of Haematology 141(4), pp. 483-493. (10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07053.x)
- Tonks, A. J., Dudley, E., Porter, N. G., Parton, J., Brazier, J. S., Smith, E. L. and Tonks, A. 2007. A 5.8KDa component of manuka honey stimulates immune cells via TLR4. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 82(5), pp. 1147-1155. (10.1189/jlb.1106683)
- Tonks, A., Parton, J., Tonks, A. J., Morris, R. H. K., Finall, A., Jones, K. P. and Jackson, S. K. 2005. Surfactant phospholipid DPPC downregulates monocyte respiratory burst via modulation of PKC. AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 288(6), pp. 1070-80. (10.1152/ajplung.00386.2004)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2004. Expression of AML1-ETO in human myelomonocytic cells selectively inhibits granulocytic differentiation and promotes their self-renewal. Leukemia 18(7), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1038/sj.leu.2403396)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2004. Expression of AML1-ETO in human myelomonocytic cells selectively inhibits granulocytic differentiation and promotes their self-renewal. Leukemia 18(7), pp. 1238-1245. (10.1038/sj.leu.2403396)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2003. The AML-1 fusion gene promotes extensive self-renewal of human primary erythroid cells. Blood 101(2), pp. 624-632. (10.1182/blood-2002-06-1732)
- Tonks, A. et al. 2003. The AML1-ETO fusion gene promotes extensive self-renewal of human primary erythroid cells. Blood 101(2), pp. 624-632. (10.1182/blood-2002-06-1732)
- Tonks, A. J., Tonks, A., Morris, R. H. K., Jones, K. P. and Jackson, S. K. 2003. Regulation of platelet-activating factor synthesis in human monocytes by dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 74(1), pp. 95-101. (10.1189/jlb.1202601)
Book sections
- Tonks, A. J. 2009. Immunomodulatory components of honey. In: Cooper, R., Molan, P. and White, R. eds. Honey in Modern Wound Management. Aberdeen: Wounds UK Limited, pp. 188-197.