CLAHRC Fellows 2019
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Dr Amelia Eleftheriades Since qualifying as a clinical psychologist in 2001 Amelia has developed two main areas of specialism: autism and clinical health psychology. Experienced in NHS, education, social care and third sector settings, Amelia has worked at a senior level supporting a variety of multi-disciplinary teams. She is committed to providing quality psychological services, particularly to people with complex needs and continues to enjoy opportunities to learn something new from her contact with interesting people every day. Her current NHS role is with iCaSH sexual health clinic where she leads the psychology team in offering specialist services to people…
Cathy Alban Jones Cathy Alban Jones is a Nurse Consultant at St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich. She has been working in palliative and end of life care for over 25 years both in hospital and hospice. She sees patients with both malignant and non malignant diseases and has been increasingly aware of, and interested in the impact of fatigue, a prevalent symptom, on these patients and their families. For the CLAHRC Fellowship Cathy will be looking at the perception and understanding of patient fatigue among hospice staff and the impact on them of caring for patients with fatigue. She is…
I am currently a Public Health Nutritionist registered with the Association of Nutrition and currently working at BeeZee Bodies CIC. I primarily working in child weight management where I aim to implement nutrition information with practical behaviour change strategies for children and families. After completing my MSc in Public Health at the Univeristy of Southampton I joined the BeeZee Bodies team as I’ve always been passionate about decreasing health inequalities and supporting children to live healthier lives.
Dr Emily Clark is a GP living in Norwich and working as a salaried GP in a clinic which serves hard to reach groups (homeless & asylum seekers). She has a passion for global health. She has been involved in a volunteering charity which has taken her to work in Ghana, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India and Zambia. She studied Human Sciences at UCL and medicine at UEA. She was Beyond Europe Lead for the RCGP Junior International Committee for 3 years, leading on global health opportunities and collaborations relevant GPs. In 2015 she volunteered in Kisiizi hospital in South West…
Judith is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine based in Cambridge who meets people recovering from brain injury at all stages of the recovery pathway. She has had a particular interest in Neurological rehabilitation and recovery mechanisms after traumatic brain injury ever since her laboratory based PhD on the role of cell cyle genes in nerve cell regeneration. She is based in Addenbrookes and has been the Clinical Lead for the County wide head injury service for the last 10 years and is now Chief Investigator with the Cambridge research team investigating multimodal assessments of prolonged Disorders of Consciousness. She is…
Juni West is a mental health nurse. After qualifying in 1991 she worked in older people’s services, beginning as a staff nurse on a mental health assessment ward, then in continuing care for people with dementia. She later worked leading care teams promoting person centred care using the practice development methodology Dementia Care Mapping™. She moved to a research role in 2008, delivering NIHR portfolio dementia studies while completing a Master’s degree in Leadership in Dementia Care at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 2015. Juni currently holds the position of research development lead for older people’s services for…
Dr Kate Psaila is a Clinical Psychologist working within Neurorehabilitation in Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS). Currently she is providing Neuropsychology services across both CPFT (stroke) and CCS (acquired brain injury) as well as working to support NHS staff wellbeing and resilience. Having worked at both the Oliver Zangwill Centre and the Learning Disability Partnership, in 2009 she became part of the team involved in setting up the Evelyn Community Head Injury Service (ECHIS), for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families in 2009. The CLAHRC Fellowship is giving her the opportunity to use the systematically collected data to…
Kate Spence has 30 years’ experience as a nurse. After a number of roles in various hospitals, in 1997 she attained her Specialist practitioner qualification in District Nursing (DN) and moved to the community. In 2014 she was supported by NIHR to complete a MSc in Clinical Research at Newcastle University. Kate’s current role is Clinical lead for District nursing and Community Matrons at East Coast Community Healthcare, a social enterprise providing community services across Norfolk and Waveney. Kate is passionate about delivering evidence based clinical practice in the community. During her CLAHRC fellowship, she will explore what is required…
Dr Katie Burton Katie is a community paediatrician working in Cambridgeshire. Her research degree was on children with epilepsy in a community in Tanzania. Her project is focussed on the use of outcome measures in children in community services.
Louisa is a Clinical Psychologist, specialising in work with adults with learning disabilities since qualifying in 2007. Louisa currently works in Cambridge Learning Disability Partnership, and has a special interest in work understanding behaviours that challenge. Her project will be to develop a pathway to promote and support the use of Positive Behaviour Support within the LDP.
Serge Engamba is a GP and Honorary Research Associate at the University of East Anglia. He holds an MD and MSc (Public Health and Partnerships in Care) and has recently completed an Academic Clinical Fellowship in General Practice. His research interest is focused on enhancing health service delivery for patients with mental health problems, multimorbidity, and complex social issues. During the CLAHRC Fellowship he will carry out a service evaluation of a novel Nurse-led home visiting service initiated by the Norwich GP Provider Organisation OneNorwich
Dr Thomas O’Connor is Senior Dentist with the Cambridge Community Dental Services, and CLAHRC Fellow with the Department of Design Engineering Cambridge University. He is a member of the Cambridge Postgraduate Dental Education Committee, and The Academy of Medical Educators, delivering education and courses to medics and dentists. He is Tutor in Medical Leadership with Cambridge University, with particular focus on Quality Improvement, and is Freedom to Speak up Champion with the Trust. He works at Brookfields and Addenbrookes in Cambridge, and the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely.