Meet our team

Dr Emma Keeling 
Associate Dean for Educational Partnerships 
emma.keeling@imperial.ac.uk

Emma is the Academic Lead for the Collaborative Partnerships Team and a General Practitioner. Emma leads the team in developing and building new partnerships and works closely with our current partners. Emma has experience in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education with focus on curriculum design, development and review, digital learning and transnational education.

Dr Lesa Kearney
Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow (Collaborative Partnerships) 
l.kearney@imperial.ac.uk

Lesa is a senior clinical teaching fellow, having trained at St George’s and worked across other London medical schools with a background in management consulting. Her areas of expertise include curriculum design, clinical skills and simulation, data analysis and strategic planning. She is focused on curriculum development and planning for the new Pears Cumbria School of Medicine.

Angie Illman
Senior Project Manager: Pears Cumbria School of Medicine
a.illman@imperial.ac.uk

Angie is the Project Manager for the Collaborative Partnerships Office. They work to manage new projects and support the team in ensuring that new collaborations are delivered with rigour and on time. Angie has experience working across several universities, specialising in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, Knowledge Exchange, Curriculum Development and Delivery as well as Creative Project Management.

As manager of the Collaborative Partnerships team, Penny oversees all collaboration activity and works with Roxy and Lucie to ensure a high level of service is consistently provided in all aspects of the team's partnerships. She specialises in working with and understanding the needs of new partners to scope and plan their projects, so you can get in touch with her if you'd like to discuss an idea or potential partnership.

Roxy coordinates the student activities for students from Imperial’s collaborative partners, including elective programmes, clinical placements and the Imperial Immersion Week. She also provides support to scoping for new partnerships. Roxy has experience working at three Universities in a variety of roles, predominantly focusing on transnational education and quality assurance.

Lucie works closely with our new and existing partner medical schools to support governance-related activity including the alignment and implementation of academic regulations, policies, quality assurance and committee approval. 

Angela is the key point of contact for the office. Duties include managing the London Office of LKCMedicine; coordinating diaries, making sure the office has the resources it needs to run efficiently and dealing with any financial matters including ordering, purchasing and invoices. In addition, Angela coordinates domestic and international travel arrangements for collaborative activity.