CLAHRC fellows 2014
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“What does a paramedic need to provide urgent care for an older person?” The Urgent and Emergency Care review (2013) stated “by supporting and developing paramedics, and providing direct access to the expertise of general practitioners and specialists, around half of all 999 calls which require an ambulance to be dispatched could be managed at the scene, avoiding an unnecessary trip to hospital.” Traditionally paramedics practice emergency medicine, however, now this only accounts for a small proportion of their workload. The majority of ambulance calls are to people requiring urgent but not emergency care. At present the evidence to support…
Carly is a Senior Counselling Psychologist and Lead Clinician at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Carly's substansive post is working in the Mental Health In-Reach Team at HMP Littlehey, a local Category C prison. For the last 2 years she has also been on an extended secondment 2 days a week at the CLASS clinic, an adult Asperger Syndrome diagnostic service in Cambridge. She has a specialist interest in autistic spectrum conditions particulalry within the forensic field.
Chris is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, with a PhD in health promotion education, and Masters’ degrees in clinical psychology and organisational and occupational psychology. He currently works in Colchester for the North Essex Learning Disabilities Service as part of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT), but has also worked with children and/or adults in a range of NHS settings including: acute hospital and community paediatric services, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), acquired brain injury services for adults, and child and adult learning disabilities services. His interests include the development and implementation of training and development programmes for…
Gabriel currently works as the Men’s Wellbeing Nursing Lead at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Gabriel has worked for NSFT since completing his Bachelor of Nursing Degree at the University of Dundee in 2005. During this time, he has gained a broad range of experience, working primarily with people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness. He completed an MSc in Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia in 2011, during which this he developed his knowledge of evidence based practice and research methodologies in health research. This qualification led to his current job as a…
Joanna is currently completing a professional doctorate in Child, Community and Educational Psychology at the Tavistock Institute, London, and has been working as a Trainee Educational Psychologist on placement with local authorities in London and Cambridgeshire. Before beginning her training, she worked for 10 years as a part-time Teaching Assistant at a primary school in Cambridge, supporting the learning and development of children with a range of special educational needs. She completed an MEd in Psychology and Education at the University of Cambridge in 2013 and then worked as a volunteer with CLAHRC for six months, helping to develop a…
Ruth qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2007. Since then she has been working primarily in a service providing early intervention to people with psychosis whilst also developing a special interest in mental health difficulties in people with neurodevelopmental disorders. She has also contributed to a range of clinical research projects based in the team in which she works, including studies that evaluate psychological intervention and recovery from psychosis. Ruth is particularly interested in developing further, and strengthening, the relationship between research and clinical work. She is looking forward to using the opportunities provided by a CLAHRC Fellowship to support…
Dr Rhian Simpson qualified from University College Hospital in 1990, and did an M. Phil. in Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge in 1995. She completed her MD “Determinants of Osteoporosis: A longitudinal Study” in 1999. Rhian completed her postgraduate training in Peterborough and Cambridge and was appointed a Consultant Community Geriatrician in 2003. Her areas of interest are Rehabilitation, Care Home Medicine and Frailty, particularly at the end of Life. Rhian's project for her CLAHRC Fellowship is titled: "Older peoples priorities for End of Life Care (EoLC).". She hopes to interview a group of older people to determine what…
Cheryl is a Learning Disability Nurse has gained a broad range of experiences working with children and more predominantly, adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities (LD) in the community since joining the Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust (Learning Disability Partnership) in 1995. In 2008, she qualified as an Adult nurse, and she now combines both knowledge and skills as a learning disability liaison nurse at Hinchingbrooke, North West Anglia foundation trust where she has worked since 2013. Cheryl has always been interested in using evidence from research to make change, and works with a wide range of partners, namely colleagues, people…
Clare Foster is a Research Officer in the Improving Outcomes Team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group. She is responsible for collating and critically appraising the research evidence base for the commissioning of services within the CCG and acts as a point of contact for advice on research, evaluation and evidence for a range of CCG and Local Commissioning Group staff. As an undergraduate, Clare studied for a BSc in Cell Biology at the University of Durham, and then stayed for a further four years to complete a PhD investigating the genomics and proteomics of colorectal cancer cells. After…
Donna qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1987. She has worked with people with acquired brain injury within NHS services for the majority of that time, from the acute stages post-injury, through inpatient rehabilitation and community rehabilitation provision. She gained a BSc (Hons) in Health Studies during this time. Donna joined the Oliver Zangwill Centre in 1998, became an Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist and subsequently gained an MSt in Primary & Community Care in 2005. Donna was seconded to the NIHR’s CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (Adult Theme) between 2008 and 2013 as a Practitioner Researcher. Studies explored current practice…
Annabel trained as a doctor at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, qualifying in 2001. After completing house jobs she spent a year in Australia working in A+E and palliative care. On returning to the UK she trained as a psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, combining her higher clinical with academic training as a clinical lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry. During this time she developed her interest in mental health at the end of life. Since August 2013 she has been a consultant liaison psychiatrist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital working in the older people’s service.…