• Centre
• Clinical management
• Psychosocial adjustment and support
• Prevention

Clinical management

• Dr Amber Young, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist

  Dr Amber Young leads the clinical arm of the Burns Centre. Dr Young has been a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for the South West Children's Burns Network since 1999 and has been a Council Member of the British Burns Association since 2006, leading the Prevention Group of the BBA from 2010 to April 2014.

• Professor Toby Jenkins, University of Bath

  Professor of Biophysical Chemistry

  Professor Jenkins is the lead of The Biophysical Chemistry Research Group at the University of Bath and a Senior Lecturer.

• Mrs Paula Brock, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Research Nurse

  Paula Brock works alongside the Research Nurses and Research Associate at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust on the clinical research projects.

• Mrs Karen Coy, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Senior Research Nurse

  Karen Coy is the Senior Research Nurse helping to deliver the research studies in the clinical arm of the Centre. She supervises the other Research Nurses and the Centre Coordinator.

• ‌Dr Anna Davies, University of Bristol

  Senior Research Associate

  Anna Davies works alongside Dr Amber Young and the Research Nurses at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust on the clinical research projects and grant applications.

• Mr Ian Mackie, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Consultant Burns Surgeon

  Mr Ian Mackie is a consultant burns surgeon at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and is the surgical lead of the Centre. Mr Mackie has an MD in wound healing.

• Ms Shirin Pomeroy, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Paediatric Burns Specialist Nurse

  Shirin Pomeroy is the Paediatric Burns Specialist Nurse at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and works very closely with the Research Nurses.

• ‌Mrs Elisabeth Slade, University of the West of England, Bristol 

  PhD

  Elisabeth Slade’s PhD is investigating volatile compounds emanating from wounds (both from model and real wounds) for the rapid identification and detection of dominant microbial species. Her PhD is supervised by Professor Darren Reynolds at UWE.

• Miss Francesca Spickett-Jones, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Research Nurse

  Francesca Spickett-Jones works alongside the Research Nurses and Research Associate at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust on the clinical research projects.

Psychosocial adjustment and support

• Professor Diana Harcourt, University of the West of England

  Health Psychologist, Co-director of the Centre for Appearance Research

  Professor Diana Harcourt is co-director with Professor Nichola Rumsey of the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England.

• Professor Nichola Rumsey OBE, University of the West of England

  Health Psychologist, Co-director of the Centre for Appearance Research

  Professor Nichola Rumsey is co-director with Professor Diana Harcourt of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at the University of the West of England.

• Dr Julia Cadogan, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

  Consultant Clinical Psychologist

  Dr Julia Cadogan works closely with the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) team at the University of the West of England and is based at The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

• Miss Catrin Griffiths, University of the West of England

  Research Fellow and Trainee Health Psychologist

  Catrin Griffiths is a Research Fellow based in the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR). Her research interests relate to the psychosocial impact of experiencing a burn injury on the children themselves, their parents and siblings. She is currently leading a research project which involves developing health-related  patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to assess outcomes in child, adolescent and adult burn care. 

• Miss Ella Guest, University of the West of England

  Research Associate

  Ella Guest is a Research Associate based in the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR).  Her research interests relate to the psychosocial impact of experiencing a burn injury on the children themselves, their parents and siblings. She is currently leading a research project which involves developing health-related patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) to assess outcomes in child, adolescent and adult burn care.

• Dr Jen Heath, University of the West of England

  PhD Researcher

  Dr Jennifer Heath is based at the University of the West of England and working towards a PhD focused on support for the parents of people with burn injuries. She is a Clinical Psychologist who was previously employed in the Sheffield Adult Burns Unit.

Prevention

• Professor Alison Kemp, Cardiff University

  Professor of Child Health at University of Cardiff

  Alison Kemp is Professor of Child Health at University of Cardiff and has a longstanding primary and secondary research interest in child protection, injury epidemiology and prevention. Professor Kemp has relevant expertise in the epidemiology of non-intentional thermal injury and thermal injury from maltreatment.

• Dr Julie Mytton, University of the West of England

  Associate Professor

  Dr Julie Mytton is Associate Professor in Child Health at UWE and Consultant in Child Public Health at NHS Bristol. Dr Mytton undertakes research on a range of child health issues, with a focus on child injury prevention.

• Dr Toity Deave, University of the West of England

  Associate Professor for Family and Child Health

  Dr Toity Deave is an Associate Professor for Family and Child Health at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Dr Deave has a background in Public Health Nursing and undertakes research on perinatal parental well-being, injury prevention and early childhood health and development, with a particular interest in fathers.

• Dr Verity Bennett, Cardiff University
  

  Research Assistant 

  Verity is a Research Assistant at Cardiff University working with the prevention team to develop a community based intervention to prevent hot drink scalds in pre-school children. Verity is funded by Health and Care Research Wales.

• Mr Moses Ikpeme, University of Bristol

  PhD Student 

  Moses is doing his PhD with the Prevention team and is based at the University of Bristol. The PhD will involve analysis of Accident and Emergency data obtained from the evidence based Burns and Scalds Assessment Template (BaSAT). The major aim is to discover the effect of several wider determinants of health on the occurrence of burns in children within a sample of the UK population.

• Mrs Diane Nuttall, Cardiff University

  Research Associate

  Diane Nuttall works closely with Research Nurse David Rea to take the burns and scalds assessment template (BaSAT) for the prevention arm out to the A&E departments and NHS Trusts. Diane also works on the BuRN-Tool project.

• Ms Harriet Quinn-Scoggins, Cardiff University

  PhD Student

  Harriet Quinn-Scoggins started her PhD with the prevention team in October 2014 and is based at Cardiff University. The PhD will be assessing whether a primary school-based burns prevention program and burns first aid promotion intervention can lead to an improvement in knowledge, attitude, practice and first aid implementation for primary-school-aged children and lead to a reduction in self-reported/medically attended burns. Harriet is funded by Health and Care Research Wales.

Centre

• Professor Alan Emond, The University of Bristol

  Director of the Children's Burns Research Centre

  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.

• Mr Steve Gregory, University of Bristol

• Data Manager

  Steve Gregory is based at the University of Bristol and works across all themes of the Children's Burns Research Centre.

• Dr Linda Hollen, University of Bristol

  Senior Research Associate in Medical Statistics

  Dr Linda Hollen is based at the University of Bristol and works across all themes of the Children's Burns Research Centre.