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GMC Number: 6118759

Specialty: Plastic surgery

GMC Number: 6067784

Year of first qualification: 2002, Aligarh, India

Specialty: Renal transplant, vascular access and general surgery 

Clinical interests: Adult and paediatric renal transplants, hernia surgery

The Child Speech Disorder Research Network aims to:

• Raise and maintain the profile of child speech disorder within the SLT profession and promote implementation of evidence based practice
• Drive the research agenda through building links between research, practice and service users and identifying opportunities for research both within and beyond the network
• Provide expert research and clinical knowledge in the field of child speech disorder

Members of the network are all SLTs with a track record in research, clinical work and/or teaching in the field of child speech disorder. They are drawn from a variety of HEIs and clinical settings in the UK and Ireland and work with different specialist clinical populations. The group also has representation from RCSLT. The network has a maximum of 15 individuals at any one time.

On the CSDRN pages, you will find useful information on current and completed research, guidelines relating to management and research priorities in child speech disorder.

Current members of the network are:

Chairperson

Silke Frike - University of Sheffield 

Membership

• Sally Bates - University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
• Jan Broomfield - Consultant SLT
• Joanne Cleland - Strathclyde University
• Alice Lee - University of Cork, Ireland
• Vicky Joffe - City University, London
• Emma Pagnamenta - University of Reading, Reading
• Lindsay Pennington - Newcastle University 
• Rachel Rees - University College, London
• Helen Stringer - University of Newcastle
• Jill Titterington - Ulster University
• Pam Williams - Nuffield Speech Clinic, London
• Sara Wood - Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
• Yvonne Wren - Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit

To contact the network, email Jo Cleland at joanne.cleland@strath.co.uk

Insight and social cognition across the spectrum of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

We are looking for people to volunteer their time to participate in a project exploring how different brain conditions affect personality and behaviour.

We know that changes to personality and behaviour are common in different conditions affecting the nervous system. Studying these changes can help us understand more about diseases of the nervous system.

The study involves having pen and paper tests and filling in questionnaires. We will also ask if you can have an MRI brain scan. If you can't have an MRI scan (because of metal in your body or because you don't want to for any reason) then you may still be able to take part in the study, and do the tests only.

The tests are done at Southmead Hospital and CRIC Bristol on St Michael's Hill. We can help with travel expenses if needed.

We are looking for volunteers aged 50 or older who:

• Have a diagnosis of any type of frontotemporal dementia,
• Have a diagnosis of ALS (also called Motor Neurone Disease),
• Have a diagnosis of dementia with behavioural change, OR
• Have no memory problems.

For more information, please contact: 

Carlos Muñoz

Telephone: 0117 414 8238

Email: carlos.munoz@bristol.ac.uk or Research.Volunteer@nbt.nhs.uk

Targeting dopamine to treat impaired memory consolidation in neurodegenerative disease

Our current study examines the role of a brain chemical called dopamine in storing memories overnight. Dopamine is commonly known as the 'reward chemical', but it also affects memory formation and storage, although the exact roles it plays are still being researched. We aim to see how dopamine during sleep affects the storage of different types of memory, and to see whether dopamine could be used to help treat memory problems.

Who can take part?

We are looking for volunteers who:

• are fluent in English;
• are aged 65+;
• do not have a diagnosis of memory impairment or dementia

What will happen if I take part?

If you are willing to take part you will be invited to four visits at the Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRIC Bristol) on St Michael’s Hill in Bristol. The first visit is a screening visit during which we ask you about your health to make sure it is safe for you to take part. You will also have a chance to get to know the research facility during this visit. The three other visits are overnight visits during which you will learn memory tasks. Before going to sleep, you will take a single dose of a medication or a placebo, and then your brainwaves will be recorded during sleep using sensors placed on your scalp. On one of the visits we will take a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of your brain. We also ask you to keep a sleep diary for a week before each overnight visit (3 weeks in total).

All our volunteers are given single doses of placebo and two types of medication, which both increase dopamine activity in the brain. We have a lot of experience in prescribing these medications; they are widely used and known to be well-tolerated.
We do not pay our volunteers, but we do cover all expenses. Does this sound like something you would like to do? If so, please get in touch with Hanna Isotalus or Dr Coulthard to find out more.

Telephone: 0117 414 8238

Email: elizabeth.coulthard@bristol.ac.uk or Hanna.isotalus@bristol.ac.uk

Sadly, despite our best efforts, not all our patients on Intensive Care will survive. We realise this is an extremely distressing time for relatives and friends and we want to assure you that we will do all we can to help if your loved one passes away.

In this situation, we can offer a memory box in which any items of personal significance, such as cards and locks of hair can be kept. We can also help with other keepsakes such as a handprint if this is something that you would like.

We will make sure you are given information for what happens next, with a bereavement leaflet containing contact details for the hospital bereavement service.

In addition, we aim to call you within a few days to offer our support. At this time, we will ask if you would like any further input from the wider medical and nursing team responsible for the care of your loved one. If you need to call us before this, please do not hesitate to contact us via the ICU Reception on 0117 414 1400.

Towards the end of the year, we hold an annual ICU memorial service to celebrate the lives of those that have died on our ICU. This is held in a venue close to the hospital, usually in December. All friends and family are very welcome to attend.

GMC Number: 6109278

Specialty: Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Secretary: Kate Hewings

Telephone: 0117 414 0837

Clinical interests: Surgical treatment of obesity and diabetes as part of multi-modal care. Laparoscopic (keyhole) gastrointestinal surgery, management of gallstone disease and gastro-oesophageal reflux. 

Research interests: Outcomes of bariatric/metabolic surgery beyond weight loss with a focus on obesity associated morbidity and cardiovascular risk.  Identification of how these operations work or how bariatric/metabolic surgery changes the way the gut talks to the brain. 

Dimitri Pournaras graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and undertook all his postgraduate training in the UK. He was awarded Research Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to conduct research on obesity, diabetes and metabolic surgery.  He completed his PhD in the Department of Investigative Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London and then trained in all aspects of laparoscopic oesophagogastric surgery in Cambridge and Norwich. Following a Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Fellowship approved by the Royal College of Surgeons, he was appointed as a Consultant in Bristol where he works as part of a multidisciplinary team.  He is on the editorial board of journals Obesity Surgery and Clinical Obesity and has authored more than 50 peer reviewed publications, including articles in the Lancet, the Annals of Surgery, the British Journal of Surgery and the British Medical Journal. He delivers more than 10 invited international lectures every year.