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Professor Amanda Ramirez |
Professor Alison Richardson |
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Professor Amanda Ramirez qualified 1982. She went on to train as a psychiatrist and specialises in Liaison Psychiatry. Her work has focused on the mental health of patients with physical illness and doctors. In 1997 she was appointed as the Professor of Liaison Psychiatry within King's College London. She directs the Cancer Research UK London Psychosocial Group examining psychological and social aspects of cancer. Her research focuses on two main issues: As part of her NHS commitment she is the national clinical lead for supportive cancer care. Following her appointment by the National Cancer Director in 2001 she has Co-authored the NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative Care (2004). - She has led the development of a novel approach to ensure high quality information is available to patients with cancer at key points in their care pathway based on network-wide patient information policies - With Professors Peter Maguire and Lesley Fallowfield and Dr Susie Wilkinson, she has led the development of a national training programme for senior clinicians in advanced communication skills - She advises the DH and cancer networks on developing psychological support services for cancer based on the four level model she developed as the Director of the Dimbleby Cancer Information and Support Service at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust over 10 years |
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Dr Laura Hodges |
Dr Susie Edwards |
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Professor Amanda Ramirez qualified 1982. She went on to train as a psychiatrist and specialises in Liaison Psychiatry. Her work has focused on the mental health of patients with physical illness and doctors. In 1997 she was appointed as the Professor of Liaison Psychiatry within King's College London. She directs the Cancer Research UK London Psychosocial Group examining psychological and social aspects of cancer. Her research focuses on two main issues: As part of her NHS commitment she is the national clinical lead for supportive cancer care. Following her appointment by the National Cancer Director in 2001 she has Co-authored the NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative Care (2004). - She has led the development of a novel approach to ensure high quality information is available to patients with cancer at key points in their care pathway based on network-wide patient information policies - With Professors Peter Maguire and Lesley Fallowfield and Dr Susie Wilkinson, she has led the development of a national training programme for senior clinicians in advanced communication skills - She advises the DH and cancer networks on developing psychological support services for cancer based on the four level model she developed as the Director of the Dimbleby Cancer Information and Support Service at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust over 10 years
Professor Alison Richardson trained as a nurse at the Welsh National School of Medicine and qualified in 1985. In 1989 she was appointed Senior Sister for the Sarcoma and Melanoma Unit. She studied for her MSc Nursing and completed this in 1989. In 1990 she was appointed as Macmillan Lecturer in Cancer Nursing at King's College London. Following award of her PhD in 1995 she returned to the clinical environmentand as Operations Manager and Lead Nurse at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust. In 1999 she returned to King's College London to take up the Chair in Cancer and Palliative Nursing Care. She led the team developing national guidance on improving supportive and palliative care published by the NCRI in 2004. Subsequent to this she has undertaken work to inform policy on patient assessment and in 2006 was commissioned by the national Cancer Action Team to develop a national specification for patient assessment in cancer care. Her research programme concerns the development and evaluation of nurse-led packages of care focussed on the symptoms commonly experienced by people affected by cancer. The information and support needs of patients and family members are under exploration and approaches to meet these are being tested for their effectiveness. The working lives of cancer and palliative care nurses are a current focus of enquiry.
Dr. Laura Hodges, COMPASS post doc researcher Laura joined the Edinburgh Psychological Medicine and Symptoms Research Group in March 2007 as the post doctoral researcher for Strands 2 and 3 of COMPASS. Laura completed her PhD in Manchester in 2006 whilst working as a Research Assistant on a Cancer Research-UK funded project. Her thesis concerned the psychological adaptation of newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients and their carers. Recently, Laura was a Teaching Fellow in Health Psychology at the University of Manchester Medical School.
Dr Liz Jamieson, COMPASS post doc researcher Liz joined Cancer Research UK's London Psychosocial Group (KCL) in May 2007 as the post doctoral researcher for Strand 3 of COMPASS, having spent ten years as a researcher in the field of Forensic Psychiatry looking at outcomes of mentally disordered offenders after discharge from high secure hospitals. She obtained her PhD in Psychology in 2005. Recently Liz has worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as a Research Fellow investigating patient reported outcomes after elective surgery.
Dr Susie Edwards, COMPASS Administrator Susie is the Research Support Officer for COMPASS at King's College London. She began her scientific career as a laboratory-based biochemist before spending a few years as an editorial assistant. She is responsible for administration of the COMPASS project within KCL
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