Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios With 13 different speakers & chairs featuring at the East Midlands Asthma Day, please find below a short bio for each: Dr Charlotte Bolton Programme Clinical Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, & Clinical Lead – East Midlands Respiratory Programme Charlotte’s clinical and research interests are chronic respiratory disease, particularly COPD; pulmonary rehabilitation and co-morbidities. She is one of the Clinical Leads for the East Midlands Respiratory Programme and leads COPD work at NUH. She has an active research profile across clinical studies, translational and epidemiological projects. She was chair of the first BTS pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines and cochair of the associated Quality Standards. [email protected] Ann Broadbent Patient Representative, Carer, & Asthma UK Volunteer Ann has been a ’Stand Up For Asthma’ volunteer for Lincolnshire for over 15 years visiting local groups and schools to collect fundraising donations and give talks to increase the awareness of asthma. She welcomed the support of Asthma UK back in the late 1980s when her first child became seriously ill as a baby and received over 10 doses of medicine a day to control her breathing difficulties, which was eventually diagnosed as asthma. Her children are now adults and members of her family experience asthma in a variety of ways, often changing for each individual over time. A former teacher, Ann runs her own company providing Primary Maths support to schools both in the UK and internationally [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 1 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands Alan McGurk Training Consultant & Account Manager – PRIMIS, University of Nottingham Alan has been involved in primary health care computing since 1991. Prior to joining PRIMIS in 2003 Alan held a number of positions with GP clinical IT system suppliers. Alan’s career has seen him develop and deliver training in clinical coding, report query writing, template construction, commissioning, change management, data quality, data migrations, medical terminology, and systems administration. Over the last twelve years work with PRIMIS has taken him to a variety of health care settings across all parts of the UK. [email protected] Professor Mike Morgan Respiratory National Clinical Director Professor Mike Morgan is the National Clinical Director for Respiratory Services in England. He is a consultant respiratory physician at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust at Glenfield Hospital and Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester. He is also a Vice President of the British Lung Foundation, the editor of Chronic Respiratory Disease and previously, Chairman of the Asthma UK research committee. He has recently demitted as Chairman of the Executive of the British Thoracic Society. [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 2 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands Professor Rachel Munton Managing Director – East Midlands AHSN Professor Rachel Munton is Managing Director of East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, a partnership organisation between the NHS, Higher Education and Industry. Her previous roles span national and regional portfolios, including Director of the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire: Director of the East Midlands Leadership Academy, Interim Director of Nursing for NHS East Midlands, Executive Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Deputy Chief Executive of the Mental Health Act Commission, Director of Mental Health Nursing at the Department of Health, and Associate for Leadership for Inclusion at the NHS Leadership Academy. Rachel is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Adult Nurse, with a passion for service user/patient involvement, inclusive leadership, equality and diversity. She is also a special advisor to Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group governing body, and was included in the HSJ's top 50 Inspirational Women in the NHS 2014. PA [email protected] Dr Anna Murphy Consultant respiratory pharmacist – University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, and Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Pharmacy – DeMontfort University Anna Murphy is a consultant respiratory pharmacist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Pharmacy, DeMontfort University. The clinical aspect of her post offers assessment, medicines optimisation, monitoring and advice to people with respiratory disease, working both in hospital and within medical practices. Working across Leicestershire the post includes interface care and the development of services for respiratory patients. She recently led a NHS Innovation Project investigating the role of community pharmacists in the management of people with asthma. Anna currently works with several national groups and organisations on issues surrounding prescribing in respiratory disease. Anna has published widely in peer reviewed journals. She is author of Asthma-in-Focus, a book primarily for pharmacists & other non-medical prescribers and recently produced the “7-Steps to Success” education materials. Research interests include medicine adherence in people with respiratory disease and pharmacy practice research. [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 3 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands Dr Mitesh Patel NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine – University of Nottingham Mitesh is a clinical researcher working at the Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit and the severe asthma service at Nottingham City Hospital. Mitesh gained experience of electronic monitoring to measure inhaler use whilst working in Professor Richard Beasley's team at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand in Wellington. He undertook a RCT of two inhaled asthma treatment regimens in 300 people at-risk of severe exacerbations, and used electronic monitoring to study the risks and benefits of these treatments. [email protected] Melanie Perry Smoking Cessation Specialist for Secondary Care – Leicester City Stop Smoking Service Melanie’s career with the NHS began some twenty-five years ago, nursing within secondary care and then within primary care. This is where she developed her skills and experience in health promotion. She joined Leicestershire County Stop Smoking Service as a pregnancy advisor for two and a half years before joining Leicester City in 2008 taking the lead for acute care, a newly created role that has seen referrals increase from 30 to 750 per quarter at their peak. Part of Melanie’s role is to educate all health care professionals on the health benefits of not smoking, including reduced risk of serious smokingrelated diseases through cessation or harm reduction. She also teaches and informs those who have limited knowledge of smoking cessation treatments and the health harms of smoking. Melanie feels that her approach is one of “hearts & minds”, engaging people through an inspirational and committed approach. She aims to deliver and reach as many health care professionals as possible in order to shift the mind-set and attitudes towards smoking and its impact on the patient. On several occasions she has supported the Department of Health and Government Office East Midlands with national initiatives such as CQUIN, QIPP and with the launch of the Secondary Care Smoking Cessation Guidance in 2009. She has most recently worked on the creation of a new training film, which has been endorsed by the British Thoracic Society. [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 4 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands Dermot Ryan GP Dermot Ryan was a GP in Loughborough for 30 years with a long standing interest in Asthma. He was twice chairman of the PCRS: during his tenure he established the Chair of Primary care Respiratory Medicine at the University of Aberdeen and was instrumental in establishing the npjPrimary Care Respiratory Medicine. He was Clinical Lead for COPD for The East Midlands Strategic Health Authority until its closure in April 2013, and he continues his interests as an Honorary Clinical Researcher, University of Edinburgh and member of the Respiratory Effectiveness Group. He was a co-author on the Difficult Asthma position paper of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. [email protected] Jane Scullion Respiratory Nurse Consultant, UHL Glenfield, & Clinical Lead – East Midlands Respiratory Programme Jane works at University Hospitals Leicester (UHL) as Respiratory Nurse Consultant. Jane’s areas of interest include chronic disease management in respiratory disorders, inhaler use, COPD/Asthma/ILD, palliative care, primary and secondary care interface. [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 5 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands Dr Dominick Shaw Associate Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Dominick is a clinical academic and lead for the Nottingham Difficult asthma service. He specialises in campus to clinic asthma research. Other research interests include the use of information technology to capture novel forms of clinical data Dominick also co-leads the medical informatics workstream for the East Midlands Academic Health Sciences Network. [email protected] Professor Mike Thomas Professor of Primary Care Research – University of Southampton Prof. Thomas holds the Chair of Primary Care Research at the University of Southampton, UK, an institution with an international profile in asthma and respiratory research, and leads the community-based respiratory research programme. His research interests centre on respiratory disease management in community settings, including the diagnosis and management of asthma and COPD and the assessment of effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies in every-day clinical settings. He has a particular interest in ‘real-world’ outcomes and pragmatic clinical research, and has published and lectured widely on these topics. He is the chief investigator in a number of current respiratory studies. He is an associate editor of the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. He is former Chief Medical Officer of Asthma UK, the research chairman of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group and has acted as an expert advisor on several UK NICE evaluations in the respiratory field. He was a steering group member of the UK National review of Asthma deaths [email protected] East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 6 of 7 Flying the kite for respiratory care in the East Midlands This event will be sponsored by the following industry partners, by way of an exhibition trade space/stand East Midlands Asthma Day - Speaker Bios v3.docx Page 7 of 7
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