Graduation | Friday 17 July pm

Professor Natalie Armstrong joined City St George’s as Executive Dean of the School of Health & Medical Sciences in January 2025. Natalie is an internationally recognised health services researcher whose work uses ideas and methods from the social sciences to better understand, and seek to address, problems in the delivery of high quality healthcare.

Prior to joining City St George’s, Natalie was the Deputy Head of the College of Life Sciences at the University of Leicester, having previously been a Head of Department. As part of her role, Natalie was also the University-appointed Non-Executive Director to the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Group.

Natalie is Professor of Health Services Research having completed a BSc (Hons) Politics & Sociology at the University of Warwick, an MSc in Medical Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London, and her PhD at the University of Nottingham. Following postdoctoral positions at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Warwick, Natalie took up her first academic post in 2008 as Lecturer in Social Science Applied to Health at the University of Leicester. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in 2014, and to Professor in 2017.

Natalie’s appointment as the inaugural Executive Dean of the School of Health & Medical Sciences at City St George’s, followed the completion of the merger between City, University of London and St George’s, University of London. As part of her role, Natalie is delighted to be the University-appointed Non-Executive Director to the St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group.

Presiding officer: Professor Elisabeth Hill, Deputy President & Provost, City St George’s, University of London

The procession will enter the Hall, accompanied by Marshals, in the following order:

1. Students’ Union Mace
2. Officers of the Students’ Union
3. Chaplains
4. Academic Staff
5. Departmental presenters
6. Senate
7. Council
8. Executive Dean of School
9. Assistant Vice-President
10. University Mace
11. Deputy President & Provost

Order of the ceremony

1. Incoming procession: accompanied by ‘Prelude to Te Deum’ by Charpentier
2. Opening address: Professor Elisabeth Hill, Deputy President & Provost, City St George’s, University of London
3. Officiating Dean’s speech: Professor Natalie Armstrong, Executive Dean, School of Health & Medical Sciences
4. Award of degrees
5. Closing address: Zainab Umarah (BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science)
6. Pledge: Dr Robert Nagaj
7. Outgoing procession: accompanied by ‘La Réjouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks’ by Handel

Advanced Clinical Practice MSc

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Alexis Fisher

Prize for achieving the highest mark for the RES701 module

• Bronwyn Davidson

Biomedical Science BSc and Intercalated BSc

Cell & Molecular Biology Prize

• Sania Safdar

Elek Prize in Immunology

• Evie Mannakee

Professor Fran Gibson Memorial Prize

• Nikolina Bajaka

Genomics Prize

• Nikolina Bajaka

Professor Gill McGauley Memorial Prize in Psychiatry

• Nazakat Suleymanova

Henry Charles Johnson Medical Prize in Anatomy

• Faizal Humaid

Horton Achievement Prize

• Israth Alam

Hounsfield-Ambrose Clinical Neuroscience Project Prize

• Muengnao Genis

Medical Ethics & Law Prize

• Khushi Jhunjhunwala

Pharmacology Prize Nominee

• Ning Lau

Physiological Society Prize Nominee

• Hailey Parkin

Physiology & Pharmacology Prize

• Ning Lau

Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience Prize

• Naomi Babayemi

Society of Biology Top Student Award Nominee

• Nikolina Bajaka

The David Winterbourne Prize in Genomics and Bioinformatics

• Hanifa Imanbarre

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Nikolina Bajaka

Undergraduate Programme Prize - Intercalated BSc

• Anusha Shivji

Biomedical Science MSCi

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Pearl Gibson

Biomedical Science with Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer MRes"

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Ikram Abdi

Clinical Neuroscience Practice MSc

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Ruby Eileen Fryer

Clinical Pharmacology BSc

Best overall performance in Advanced Data & Statistics

• Juwayriya Mohammed (joint winner)
• Nifemi Talabi (joint winner)

Best overall performance in Advanced Drug Development

• Eitan Fengas

Best overall performance in Advanced Drugs in Healthcare

• Sophia Susi

Best overall performance in Advanced Pharmacokinetics

• Ryan Harvey

Best overall performance in Drugs & Disease A

• Angel Doan

Best overall performance in Drugs & Disease B

• Juwayriya Mohammed

Best overall performance in Hot Topics

• Juliana Cano

Best overall Written Research Project

• Ibitokun Alaka

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Angel Doan

Clinical Practice PGCert

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Kathryn Glynn

Diagnostic Radiography BSc

Clinical Prize

• Kareena Saroyia
• Sabreen Sultan

Highest Mark for Project of Clinical Relevance

• Naema Ali

Learning Gain Award

• Aliyah Mohammed

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Kareena Saroyia

Genomic Medicine MSc

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Michael Jones

Global Health MSc

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Anteneh Gezmu

Healthcare Research Skills and Methods PGCert

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Ayesha Saleem

Healthcare Science BSc

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Salma Sulayman

Achievement Prize: Cardiac Physiology

• Salma Sulayman

Medical Ethics, Law & Humanities MSc MA

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Priya Chandrasekaran

Paramedic Science BSc

Georgia McCoy Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Paramedic Programme

• Molly Carrington

Olly King and Immersive Education Award

• Andrew Huet
• Aviha Faija Begum

Outstanding Endeavour Award

• Lauren Lacey
• Jameda Barrie

Overall Achievement Award

• Summer Cook-Trout

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Zainab Umarah

Physiotherapy BSc

BSc Physiotherapy Endeavour Award

• Ashley Chan

Prize for outstanding performance on Practice Placements

• Max Merrien

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Thomas O'Mahoney

Physiotherapy MSc

MSc Physiotherapy Endeavour Award

• Emma Gagnon

Prize for outstanding performance on Practice Placements

• Keyana Anderson

Postgraduate Programme Prize

• Lakshmi Mahendru

Radiography & Oncology BSc

Highest Mark for Project of Clinical Relevance

• Suad Dualeh

Excellence in Clinical Performance

• Mary Theresa Vijayakumar

Learning Gain

• Jessica Law

Promoting the Profession

• Humaira Istia

Undergraduate Programme Prize

• Sarah Haroune

Presenter: Tony Dennis

BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography

• Tamara Abas
• Zuhur Abdullahi Bashir
• Iman Ahmed
• Mawa Abdullahi Ahmed
• Nashita Ahmed
• Tasneem Akther
• Mustafa Ahmed Ali
• Naema Ali
• Aamina Habib Alvi
• Tyra Akyaa Amankwah
• Nana Ekua Andowa Ampiah
• Sarah Ashrafi
• Navdeep Kaur Atwal
• Shaheen Aziz
• Sumaya Dhaqane Barrow
• Serhat Bezgingol
• Holly Abigail Bolton
• Mehdi Brahimi
• Ilhan Cali
• Zainab Emaan Chohan
• Mifa Choudhury
• Assia Derdour
• Raina Faugooa
• Meil Josh Fordan
• Eva Henry
• Ibnat Hossain
• Hafsa Fowzi Ibrahim
• Maryam Aneesah Islam-Ramzan
• Nabihh Rashid Jama
• Hajra Rashid Jamal
• Amanpreet Kaur
• Walid Khan
• Saraswati Limbu
• Kulthum Mamun
• Sarah Masood
• Aula Memar
• Idris Moalin Ali
• Taghreed Mohamad
• Aliya Ahmed Sharif Mohamed
• Aysha Aman Mohammed
• Afnan Mohamud
• Sumaya Abdulaziz Mohamud
• Naana Araba Nyimo Morrison-Arthur
• Zahraa Amir Mousa
• Asha Muriidi
• Eleanor Kate Myers
• Crystal Destiny Naggie
• Dania Naseem
• Omobolaji Oreoluwa Olufemi
• Asli Sheeg Ibrahim Omar
• Sevval Firdevs Ozger
• Prijil Prasad
• Annelieze Quirit
• Arielle Quirit
• Sadia Rahman
• Alin Kurian Reji
• Kareena Kaur Saroyia
• Sabreen Sultan
• Jesline Thannikuzhiyil Joy
• Rahma Sheekh Usman
• Dileepan Vignarajah
• Rhaf Ahmed Osman Ahmed Mohammed Wagialla
• Isahaq Mohamed Yusuf
• Maryam Zakir

Undergraduate Diploma in Imaging Studies

• Diena Hayder
• Faiza Ahmed Osman

Undergraduate Certificate in Imaging Studies

• Rayyan Mselem
• Nana Mensah
• Shemul Ahmed-Hossain

Presenter: Matthew Foster

MSc in Advanced Breast Practice

• Elizabeth Clare Loftus
• Catherine Elizabeth Marshall
• Erin Jane White

Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Breast Practice

• Krishna Shashikant Trikam Bhalsod
• Rebekah Alice Clarke
• Chiara Morgantini
• Aaishah Tanvir

Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Breast Practice

• Crescencia Ndlovu

Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Mammography

• Hafcha Begum Ahmed
• Anna Georgieva Antonova
• Ajinu Ashraff
• Deirdre Asare Atuahene
• Kristien Mae Bantigue
• Alia Bibi
• Hermelynda Locaylocay Caymo
• Umahmah Choudhury
• Itoro Aniekan Daniel
• Joelle Anne Davis
• Richelle Cui De Asis
• Rebecca Jayne Dickens
• Rizalyn De Jesus Domingo
• Daria Drakulic
• Emnet Nerayo Ghaim
• Urooj Hassan
• Amara  Favour Ikegwuonu
• Aneeta Joseph
• Jaina Valji Kerai
• Annissa Fatima Thowoba Khan
• Esra Kir
• Carly Lyn Leeks
• Helga Isabel Lima Pires MacEdo
• Elizabeth Mafukidze
• Aneta Mazurek
• Shannon Maureen Monaghan
• Jiltha Muralidharan
• Hajra Niazi
• Chinedum Mirian Obiatuegwu
• Ofonmbuk Ikenna Okeka
• Racheal Adeyinka Oshijo
• Arya Premchandran
• Jana Svitanova
• Hira Tabassum
• Peace Wanyana
• Noshin Zaman

Presenter: Brogan Guest

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

• Toluwalope Richard Adams
• Juliet Baffuor-Adjei
• Maria Aniela Czajewska
• Rebecca Kathryn Edwards
• Sean Liam Edwards
• Alexis Susan Fisher
• Ritu Karlekar
• Jonathan Timothy Lowe
• Sunil Mahay
• Tamara Alexis Olseen
• Samantha Louise Paul
• Jacob Alexander David Redden-Owen
• Carolyn Anne Williams

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Critical Care)

• Christopher Demaine
• Andrew John Elphinstone
• Benjamin Thomas Fussell
• Ola Græsli
• Danielle Marie Gray
• Isabel Rose Horne
• Samuel Alexander Martin
• Benjamin Edward Paul
• Casey Pennington
• Caleb Jake Sargeantson
• Joseph Phillip Charles Steer
• Michael Strutt
• Tamara Leigh Van Zyl
• Richard Andrew Vaughan

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Musculoskeletal)

• Viola Vajova

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Urgent and Emergency Care)

• Christine Grace Cannon
• Bronwyn Louise Davidson
• Leanne Charlotte De’Souza
• Andrew James Foster
• Kevin Graham Gurney
• Rychelle Anne Henderson-Drife
• Hannah Christina Knight
• Rune Kveen
• David John Martin
• Rebecca Jade Mepstead
• Andrew James Mildon
• Daniel Mole
• Ian Michael O'Brien
• Martina Palmieri
• Anna Rebekah Peskett
• Ibrahim Salih
• Stuart Gordon Smith
• Peter William Swain
• Lucy Samantha Thomson
• Gregory Robert George Vincent

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice

• Andrew Thomas Breeden
• Ella Reseigh Chandler
• Nádia De Fátima De Sá Batista Brownett
• Kay Celia Doody
• Andrew John Fitzgerald
• Lucy Elizabeth Frank
• Kathryn Anna Margaret Glynn
• Matthew Leigh Jones
• Ken Seng Liew
• Alison Mary Trenchfield
• Poppy Olivia Wilson
• Mark Graham Wright

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice (Critical Care)

• Lydia Chanta Amoabeng
• Andrew Jonathan Mills
• Junaid Naseer Mughal
• Joseph Robert Stevens

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice (First Contact Provider Musculoskeletal)

• Ali Momeni Pour

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Practice (First Contact Provider Paramedic)

• Julie Ana Ambler
• Jane Battle
• Emily Charlotte Fiona Bouttell
• Madeline Rose Bregazzi
• Dexter Maxwell Carroll
• Shaylee Mariano
• Karolina Owczarek
• Lauryn Beth Pountney
• Maddison Fay Robson
• Sarah Louise Vickers
• Richard Paul Joseph Worrall

BSc in Healthcare Practice

• Jake Guymer-Davies

Presenter: Professor Katie Pavoni

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science

• Jameda Keturah Yayu Barrie
• Annalie Regan Bayley
• Amina Begum
• Aviha Begum Faija
• Jessica Louise Diana Pamela Birt
• Katie Marie Blair
• Janik Boehm
• Chloe Louise Brain
• Emma Maria Carpenter
• Molly Carrington
• Noshin Chowdhury
• Amber Grace Clayton
• Summer-Dawn Linda Cook-Trout
• Amelia Coombs
• Shelby Victoria Craker
• Brooke Leanne Cuthbert
• George William Dayton
• Christopher Joseph Dee
• Liana Ellis
• Idil Mohamed Elmi
• Alicia Sophie Farrant
• Molly Elizabeth Ford
• Katy Eve Franklin
• Jessica Emily Gibbs
• Grace Olivia Goode
• Chloe Elizabeth Gray
• Imogen Rose Hall
• Holly Rose Hearn
• Amy Anna Hillel
• Rushil Hirani
• Harvey Jayden Hope
• Darcey Savanna Houghton
• Andrew Pierre Huet
• Ashlyn Daisy Jones
• Ella Grace Kourentis
• Lauren Eve Lacey
• Jasmin Catalina Lane
• Olivia Susan Law
• Edward Joseph Lousley
• Anya-Jade Phillippaa Loveridge
• Zofia Lowinska
• Jacob Jowan Luetchford
• Grace Elizabeth Marshall
• Olivia Sarah Jane McNeice
• Natalie Rhiannon Megill
• Kristos James Garvey Metaxas
• Samuel James Moffatt
• Connor Leonard Roger Moore
• Charlotte Maria Morton
• Hannah Jane Mulcahy
• Rebecca Beatrice North
• Frederick Daniel John Northfield
• Bethia Erela Oyelayo Oworu
• Bethany Faye Page
• Olivia Jane Pearce
• Alfie William Pickard
• William George Ring
• Katie Roberts
• Katie Jayne Tina Robinson
• Katie Roberts
• Ellen Elizabeth Sayell
• Mikey Barr Self
• Harrison MacKenzie Shaw
• Alexander William Smith
• Alfred Charles John Spanton
• Jade Kelis Stables-Thorne
• Isobel Emily Mary Stewart
• Jack Edward Stone
• Tobias Samuel Straus
• Reuben Mark Tarrant
• Chloe Florence Tierney
• Hannah Jo Tindall-Miller
• Zainab Umarah
• Emma Mary Whidborne
• Daisy Anne Whitworth

Bachelor of Science in Out of Hospital Care

• Summer Nicole Baldock

Presenter: Gwyn Owen

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

• Amina Ahmed Abdi
• Hamad Abdullah
• Tehmina Balqees Ahmed
• Nathan Adeolu Ajiboye
• Mohammed Al Russell
• Ali Al-Maiyah
• Davina Akua Appiah-Danquah
• Hiu Ching Au
• Sam William Bartlett
• Nazira Begum
• Rumana Begum
• Hannah Lisa Bellache
• Ruby Jean Boland
• Ashley Jie Yi Chan
• Kei Ting Chung
• Sujan Dahal
• Dirk Emrys Dale-Emberton
• Isabella Edda D'Amico
• William John Douglas
• Shahidah Sinead Bint Mukhtar Duhaney
• Derrick Gedylson Feca Marcos
• Lily Anne Francis
• Zoe Saideh Garnham
• Fatima Jalil Ghanim
• MacKenzie Lauren Glover
• Edward Samuel Harcombe
• Caitlin Amy Harvey
• Imad-U-Deen Hussain
• Donika Nedyalkova Ivanova
• Weronika Jedrzejewska
• Mansa Efua Jehu-Appiah
• Joe David Alexander Karsberg
• Nadir Asim Oglu Kazimli
• Precillia Ann Maduda
• Rhuenna Jennifer Sayer Magor-Elliott
• Zaynub Mahyoub
• Benjamin William Martin
• Lydia Rose Matthews
• Anna-Maria McMahon
• Max Anthony Merrien
• Thomas James George O'Mahoney
• Meghna Dilip Pattni
• Alfie Lawrence Pigram
• David James Pike
• Rehana Kajol Riaz
• Nicole Tanya Roldan
• Arjun Singh Sira
• Joseph Tolani Sowole
• Tabea Luisa Stieler
• Mihyun Sung
• Isabelle Greta Myfanwy Woolland

Certificate of Higher Education in Applied Health Studies

• Mark Andrew Edet

BSc (Hons) in Applied Health Studies

• Vlad Victor Venturina

Undergraduate Diploma in Applied Health Studies

• Robert Tsung-An Chang

MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)

• Miles Sebastian Adler
• Gerald Adomakoh-Kontoh
• Ilayda Akkaya
• Abas Aweis Ali
• Keyana Faye Anderson
• Aston Yolanda Buckby
• Wun Lam Chan
• Nathan Daniel Darosa
• Leah Dennehy
• Soma Fershi
• Emma Grace Gagnon
• Madeleine Emily George
• Isiah Eli Goddard-Joseph
• Jemima Lily Helm
• Elliott Oliver Housden
• Thomas George Ives
• Leeza Christina Kallinteris
• Luke Matthew Kane
• Charlotte Louise Keefe
• Aniela Luisa Kurzawa
• Lakshmi Mahendru
• Syllestina Tiffany Meade
• Eliza Barclay Onslow
• Stephanie Ranaudo
• Vebushan Ravishankar
• Marney Grace Ross-Johnson
• Amelia Rose Rowntree
• Amy Elizabeth Anne Stoker
• Matthew Jeffrey Taylor
• Nicholas David Tuttle
• Harry Aiden Vesey
• Alexandra Rose Wendling
• Isabella Victoria Whiting
• King Sum Tiffany Wu

Presenter: Rosie Hallett

BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

• Jadesola Esther Aina
• Iman Asif
• Nisa Bakirhan
• Tapiwa Leonnah Chitimbe
• Nosiku Kakanda
• Farah Christa Koodoruth
• Elizabeth Hannah Lines
• Charles Narteye Lokko
• Eleanor Justine Mead
• Phoebean Oyeyemi Olanrewaju
• Chelsey Amanda Robinson
• Claire Rooney
• Ahlam Salim
• Sze Hang Coco Tsai

Presenter: Angela Miguez Barreiro

MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration)

• Marcos Andre Alves Ferreira Pereira Da Silva
• Georgina Anna Armstrong
• Susan Bahij
• Ray Siu Wai Chan
• Yick Man Cheung
• Mary Elizabeth Conneally
• Ricardo De Castro Silva
• Petronella Araba Gyan
• Lauren Michelle Hemsley
• Yuen Kwan Lau
• Kate Louize Merchant
• Carmel Ndubu
• Oluwatomisin Olumayowa Ogunlolu
• Verity Imogen Winfield Platt
• Lauren Daisy Purkis
• Senthoory Selvachandran
• Zara Rachel Wallin

Presenter: Dr Julie Hendry

BSc (Hons) Radiotherapy and Oncology

• Sabrin Adan Abdullahi
• Manal Ibrar Bhatti
• Liam Barry Bunyan
• Amina Dilfi
• Suad Ahmed Dualeh
• Emerald Gifty Essuman
• Rozanne Fernandes
• Long San Jason Fung
• Sarah Haroune
• Riyan Hassan
• Taqiya Inas Hussain
• Humaira Istia
• Jessica Law
• Lamima Rahman Md Kholilur
• Desiree Luane Abena Okyerewaa Oppey
• Sayeedat Olaposi Osinowo
• Zaimah Adibah Rahman
• Riya Roby
• Marianne Jessica Said
• Malik Bushra Shujah
• Mary Theresa Vijayakumar

BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography

• Hamza Ali
• John Bely
• Faiza Choudhury
• Bhoomitre Singh Kodai
• Matthew Matiki
• Naimah Rahman

Undergraduate Certificate in Radiation Oncology Studies

• Asber Ali"
• Hammad Bin Mohammad Nowshed
• Shumera Tharmarajah
• Momina Virk

Undergraduate Diploma in Radiation Oncology Studies

• Amina Ahmed

The City St George’s, School of Health & Medical Sciences (Tooting) Skills and Recognition Award is an initiative where students can showcase the skills they’ve developed in academia and extra-curricular initiatives and activities outside of their programme of study. The Award offers students the
opportunity to make the most of their experience by reflecting on and demonstrating essential transferrable skills that will benefit them throughout their entire careers.

There are two types of Award – the School of Health & Medical Sciences' Skills and Recognition Award, which focuses on 7 skills, and the School of Health & Medical Sciences' Skills and Recognition Master Award, which focuses on all 11 skills: Commercial awareness, Communication, Digital literacy,
Innovation and creativity, Interpersonal, Leadership and management, Analysis, Planning & organisation, Research & investigation, Problem solving and Teamwork.

Congratulations to our recent City St George’s, School of Health & Medical Sciences (Tooting) Award Prize winners:

City St George’s, School of Health & Medical Sciences (Tooting) Skills and Recognition Award

• Desiree Oppey
• Diyendra Withana

City St George’s, School of Health & Medical Sciences (Tooting) Skills and Recognition Master Award

• Elnaz Abdollahi-Khormaie
• Aribah Ahmed
• Sinin Alattar
• Ashmeet Arora
• Aditi Atri
• Nikolina Bajaka
• Kabeerah Balogun
• Rabeea Bhutta
• Mary Carrillo-Evans
• Francesca Coppola
• Calynn Da Cunha
• Chrisel D'Souza
• Elvia Edison
• Emerald Essuman
• Thasmiya Khaja Israr Ahmed
• Kiranjit Khera
• Uhuru Amani Lambert
• Tomador Mohammed
• Aseel Nasser
• Shokat Niknezhad
• Ella Pakoglu
• Zafirah Rahman
• Nazakat Suleymanova