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Our Team

​We have brought together a large range of stakeholders who already have the knowledge, networks and shared ambition to improve research in general and community paediatrics.

Meet the Team

The General Paediatric Incubator is led by Dr Katrina Cathie and Dr Lee Hudson.

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General Paediatric Incubator Co-Lead

Dr Katrina Cathie MBE

Consultant in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Research. Dr Cathie is the associate director of the NIHR clinical research facility at UHS for paediatrics. She is co-chair of GAPRUKI (general and adolescent paediatric research in the UK and Ireland) network. 

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General Paediatric Incubator Co-Lead

Dr Lee Hudson

Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant General Paediatrician.  Dr Hudson is a Clinical Associate Professor at the GOS UCL Institute of Child Health, consultant paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital working within the departments of General and Adolescent Paediatrics and Mental Health. Dr Hudson is section head at the Institute of Child Health for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Palliative Care and Paediatrics within the division of Population Policy and Practice.

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Incubator Steering Group

  • Dr Louisa Pollock - General and Adolescent Paediatric Research in the United Kingdom and Ireland (GAPRUKI) Co-Chair - Consultant Paediatrician at NHS Greater Glasglow and Clyde, and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at University of Glasglow

  • Heather Rostron - Nursing Lead - HEE/ NIHR Doctoral Fellow at University of Leeds, Senior Research Nurse/YPAG Lead, Leeds Children's Hospital Clinical Research Team and Leeds Young Research Owls PPI group Lead

  • Dr Mandy Wan - Pharmacist and Healthcare Professionals Lead - Pharmacist and Lead for pharmacy clinical trials service at Evelina London Children's Hospital, and Specialty Pharmacist Lead for Children and Young People for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network

  • Professor Michelle Heys - British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) Strategic Research Group Lead - Community Paediatrician and Professor of Global Child Health at University College London (UCL) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

  • Dr Bengisu Bassoy – District General Hospital Lead - Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead for Paediatric Respiratory Service at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

  • Dr Bhanu Williams - The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s (RCPCH) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) trustee Lead - Consultant Paediatrician (Specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases) and Director of medical education at London North West Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Dr Padmanabhan Ramnarayan – Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)/Paeds Critical Care Incubator Lead - Deputy Director of the Imperial Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH), Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care at St Mary's Hospital, and Clinical Reader in Paediatric Critical Care in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College.

  • Dr Shalini Ojha - Neonatal Lead - Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Deputy Director of Clinical AcademicTraining Programme at the University of Nottingham, and Honorary Consultant Neonatologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust

  • Dr Doug Simkiss - British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) Chair and LAC and safeguarding expertise - Associate Professor in Child Health at the University of Warwick and honorary Consultant Paediatrician in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Dr Colin Powell - British Association of General Paediatrics (BAGP) Academic Convenor – Honorary Chair at Cardiff University

  • Dr Simon Royal (who will be handing over to Greg Irving) - National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) RDN Primary Care Lead - National Specialty Lead for Primary Care at National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Research Lead at the University of Nottingham Health Service

  • Professor Saul Faust - NIHR RDN Children Speciality Lead - Professor of Paediatric immunology & infectious diseases at the University of Southampton and Director of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Clinical Research Facility Clinical Director of Wessex Clinical Research Network

  • Professor Paul Dimitri - The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Vice President for Science and Research - Professor of Child Health, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology and Director of Research & Innovation at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Vice President for Science and Research at The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

  • Professor Mary Barker - Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Science and Expertise in Research Across the Lifecourse - Professor of Psychology & Behavioural Science at the University of Southampton

  • Dr Kath Townsend - LifeLab Lead (CYP co-production) - Principal Research Fellow in the Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton and LifeLab Director and Programme Manager

  • Jacqui Watt - The National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) Rep - Participation Lead at The National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF)

  • Professor Damian Roland - Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) Rep - Consultant at the University of Leicester NHS Trust and Honorary Professor for the University of Leicester SAPPHIRE group.

Incubator Stakeholder Network

  • GAPRUKI

  • BACCH

  • Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI)

  • British Association of General Paediatrics (BAGP)

  • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)

  • Primary care

  • Neonatal networks (Neonatology NHS England)

  • NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) children's speciality group

  • NHS England

  • NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Paediatrics and Child Health

  • Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists

  • British Dietetic Association Paediatric Group

  • CYP Gender Service London

  • National primary care RDN Lead

  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society

  • Public First

  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgical Theme of the NIHR Biomedical Research Center GOSH Programme

  • Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN)

  • Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand (CIRCAN)

  • Royal College of Physicians Ireland, Faculty of Paediatrics

  • Pharmacy

  • Psychology and Psychiatry

  • Primary care

  • Dieticians

  • Academics experienced in research across the life course

  • Paediatric trainees

  • The Society of Health Play Specialists

  • Emergency Care Incubator

  • Paediatric Intensive Care Incubator

  • Radiology Incubator

  • National Network of Parent and Carers forums (NNPCF)

  • Lifelab

  • RCPCH&Us

  • Leeds Young Research Owls (LYRO) PPIE group

Contact

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General Paediatric Incubator Project Manager

Kirsty Phillips

Kirsty Phillips is the General Paediatric Incubator Project Manager. She works Monday and Tuesday and is based at UCL.

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Please reach out to Kirsty if you have any queries about the Incubator or GAPRUKI.

Address

UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

Phone

+44 20 8016 8492

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