This site is no longer active. For further information about current research in children's burns, please contact the following theme leads:
Clinical management: Dr Amber Young amber.young1@nhs.net
Nursing research: Karen Coy karen.coy@uhbristol.nhs.uk
Psychosocial recovery and support: Prof Di Harcourt diana2.harcourt@uwe.ac.uk
Prevention: Prof Alison Kemp kempAM@cardiff.ac.uk
About the Children's Burns Research Centre
The Children’s Burns Research Centre is a multi-disciplinary consortium led by the University of Bristol in partnership with the University of the West of England, Cardiff University, University of Bath and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHBristol). More about the partners.
The Centre is based at the South West UK Children’s Burn Care Network at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, and has an office at Cardiff University.
The Children's Burns Research Centre forms part of the Burns Collective alongside the Birmingham Burn Injury Research Centre led by Mr Naiem Moiemen.
The research consortium has a track record of working together and has partnered with voluntary agencies and patient groups, with the aims of delivering a patient-centred research programme to provide measurable outcomes for real patient benefit, and developing multidisciplinary research capacity in burns research.
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Professor Alan Emond
Professor Alan Emond, Professor of Child Health at the University of Bristol, is the Director of the Children's Burns Research Centre. He is a clinical academic paediatrician, experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, with a track record in quantitative and qualitative research in child and adolescent injury.
Related organisations and useful links
- Bristol Health Partners
- British Burn Association
- Cardiff Child Protection Systematic Reviews (Core Info)
- Cardiff University Cochrane Institute Primary Care and Public Health
- Centre for Appearance Research
- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health
- The Scar Free Foundation
- South West UK Children's Burn Network
- University of Bath Biophysical Chemistry Research Group
- University of Bristol School of Social and Community Medicine
- The Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)