Staff Contacts
Staff Contacts
Administrative Staff
Ms Monica Bandeira
Graduate Student and Academic Support Administrator (Mental Health First Aider)
biol-grad@york.ac.uk - B/T/008 - ext 8546
Miss Cath Ainsworth
Student and Academic Support Administrator Assistant
biol-grad@york.ac.uk - B/T/008 - ext 8588
Monica and Cath are friendly and knowledgeable first points of contact for a range of issues, and can pass your query onto more appropriate people if necessary.
Mrs Ann Mathe
Student and Academic Services Team Manager (Mental Health First Aider)
ann.mathe@york.ac.uk - B/T/008 - ext 8543
Ann and Richard are happy to meet with PGR students 1-to-1 about wellbeing issues affecting their studies and guide them to appropriate University or other support. As they sit outside of the programme and can be a 'neutral' source of confidential support.
Academic Staff
Dr Peter Mayhew
Deputy Director of Graduate Studies (Mental Health First Aider)
For some issues affecting your studies, you may wish to speak to an independent or more senior member of academic staff. If so, please contact Peter who will be happy to speak to you in confidence.
Dr. Kanchon Dasmahapatra
Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of Biology Graduate School Board (BGSB)
Dr Amanda Barnes
Graduate Teaching Assistant Coordinator (Training and development officer until end of 2022)
amanda.barnes@york.ac.uk - B/L022 - ext 8740