ProfHelen Steed

Professor of Gastroenterology and Medical Education

Faculty of Science and Engineering

  • Professor of Gastroenterology and Medical Education
    Faculty of Science and Engineering

BIO

Professor Helen Steed is a consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust with specialist and research interests in inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition and medical education. She is the Secretary for British Society of Gastroenterology and Chair of the BSG Food and Function research group. Her research focus is on microbiota, biomarkers and family planning in inflammatory bowel disease.

She has a strong education background and previously acted as Foundation Programme Director for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and now serves the trust as the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust overseeing the delivery of the postgraduate medical education program and as the West Midlands lead DME and Associate Dean supporting the Imaging and Endoscopy Academies and West Midlands Faculty Development Lead for Medicine.

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Consultant Gastroenterologist
    The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Gastroenterology, Wolverhampton1 Jan 2014
  • Faculty Lead for Educational Supervisor Training
    Health Education West Midlands, The School of Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom1 Sep 2019
  • Foundation Programme Director
    The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Postgraduate Medical Eduction, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 Aug 2017 - 1 May 2019
  • Clinical Tutor
    The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Postgraduate Medical Education, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom1 May 2019
  • IBD Section Member
    British Society of Gastroenterology25 Jun 2018 - 25 Jun 2021
  • Food and Function Research Group Member
    British Society of Gastroenterology15 Jun 2019 - 15 Jun 2022
  • Secretary
    British Society of Gastroenterology1 Jun 2021 - 1 Jun 2025

DEGREES

  • MBChB
    The University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom20 Sep 1997 - 1 Jul 2002
  • MD
    University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom2012

CERTIFICATIONS

  • MRCP
    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • SCE Gastroenterology
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review