CLAHRC Fellows 2015
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Andy Rose is a registered physiotherapist. Previous roles have included all aspects of acute and chronic rehabilitation. Previously to his current role he worked as a clinical research physiotherapist for the MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Now working for the East of England Neuromuscular Care Advisory Service he supports children and adults diagnosed with rare neuromuscular diseases. This involves supporting patients and their families when a diagnosis is made and subsequently whenever advice is needed regarding health, social care and education/employment. Andy's research during this fellowship will…
Dr Peter Simmons was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist for Older People in Hertfordshire in 2001, having trained in general practice, general adult psychiatry and old age psychiatry. His CLAHRC Fellowship project is on up to date evidence of mortality rates and mortality predictors in acute adult aged over 65 years psychiatric wards in-patients in Hertfordshire, to help inform admission decisions. He works for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and is also Honorary Lecturer (Clinical), School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire.
Gillian qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2006. Since then she has worked with children and adults with both acquired and developmental complex needs. She also completed additional training from NHS England on Change Management in the NHS. She went on to specialise in working with children with acquired brain injury and has worked at the Cambridge Centre for Paediatric Neuropsychological Rehabilitation since 2012.
Roland is a clinical psychologist working with children and young people with learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders in Cambridgeshire. He has previously worked with adults with learning disabilities in various NHS contexts. His project is focussed on understanding how local service provision might better support the needs of young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour who are at risk of exclusion and placement in out of county residential schools. There are significant challenges associated with out of area placements - in terms of monitoring placements, financial costs of those placements, maintaining links with family and community, and managing…
Jo is a clinical psychologist and CAT practitioner, currently working in a community adult mental health service in Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). She has also worked for a specialist neurorehabilitation service for adults with acquired brain injury. She has a particular interest in compassion focused therapy and is working towards becoming an accredited EMDR practitioner, having completed initial training. Jo has co-authored publications on experiences of stress and coping in mental health staff and in therapy process research in the context of computerised CBT for depression. NSFT is a pilot site for the national Implementing Recovery through…
Wendy currently works for Norfolk County Council as an Integrated Commissioning Manager for health and social care based with South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group. She has a professional background in social work and housing and has worked mostly with adults with a learning disability. Wendy lives in Norwich with her partner and son, and enjoys reading, cycling and camping.
Nic studied Psychology and Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths College before travelling for as long as he could afford to after Uni. He returned hoping for a career in medicine and began working in local authority children's homes in West Sussex. It was during these years of working with looked after children that Nic discovered that he actually wanted to be a Psychologist. Nic moved to Norfolk in 2002 to complete his clinical training and now can't think of a good reason to live anywhere else. Since completing his Doctorate Nic has worked in Community CAMHS in Great Yarmouth and since…
Angela Lee qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1994. She has worked in the NHS for 20 years, in various acute and community OT posts. Angela currently specialises in the rehabilitation of acquired brain injured adults with the Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. In 2014 she completed her MSc in Clinical Research and is an active member of the OT Research Network based in Cambridge. Controversy over the effectiveness of upper limb splinting for neurological conditions and the lack of published qualitative research seeking service users experience of this intervention, has led Angela to her 2015 CLAHRC fellowship…
Jocelyn is the Senior Renal Research Nurse at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. She arrived in the UK from the Philippines 15 years ago and worked as a staff nurse in the renal department caring for patients with acute, chronic and end stage renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy. She since completed her MSc Advancing Practice (Renal Care and Treatment) at the University of Hertfordshire. She moved to research in 2012 helping set up and run trials in the department. Her 18 years experience as a renal nurse fuelled her interest in cognitive dysfunction in renal disease. Cognitive impairment and…
Izzy is a Clinical Psychologist working in the Learning Disability Partnership. Since starting work with the LDP in 2010, her role has included service development work around people with learning disabilities who are parents. Her project examines the barriers that can prevent parents with a learning disability from receiving appropriately adapted support from specialist and mainstream services.
Suzanne has been the Resuscitation Services Manager at Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust since 1998. She recently completed an NIHR route MSc in Clinical Research at the University of East Anglia in 2014, during which she developed her knowledge of research methodologies in Health Services Research. Her work has led to a particular interest in improving patient and family involvement in end-of-life treatment decisions. It was through this mutual interest she started to collaborate with Dr Zoe Fritz, Consultant in Acute Medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, who has developed the Universal Form for Treatment Options (UFTO) as an alternative approach to a standard…
Dr Metastasio qualified from the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2000. His MD Thesis was on the “Cognitive decline in the elderly between normality and dementia: the role of functional neuroimaging”. He than trained as Geriatrician in Italy. Subsequently he moved to the UK and completed his postgraduate training in Adult Psychiatry (with endorsement in Addiction and in Rehabilitation Psychiatry) in Cambridge in 2012. Dr Metastasio also completed his MSc in Addiction Biology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London in 2012. He was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist the same year. He is currently Consultant Psychiatrist in the Suffolk Access…