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Dr Mandy Tonks
(she/her)
BSc(Hons), PhD, PgD Med Ed, SFHEA
Teams and roles for Mandy Tonks
Postgraduate Education Dean for the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences (BLS), Director for quality, governance and enhancement Centre for Medical Education
Biomedical & Life Sciences
Overview
Hello, I’m Dr Mandy Tonks. I am a Reader in Medical Education. I completed my PhD in pulmonary immunology and lipid biochemistry in 2001, and PgDip Medical Education in 2005. My teaching focus is infection and immunity.
I teach on the MBBCh programme, the BSc Medical Pharmacology and the Intercalated BSc Medical Pharmacology and Molecular and Cellular Pathology programmes. I am a CBL facilitator, PCS tutor and SSC tutor.
I am the senior personal tutor for the MBBCh programme and I am passionate about the importance of individual support for students and the transformational power of access to education with mentorship and support through key educational transitions.
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Publication
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.