Communications advisory panel
All the health information we provide is produced in consultation with the team of medical and scientific experts who form our communications advisory panel.
The panel comprises the following people
Hashir Aazh, BSc, MSc
Audiologist & Tinnitus Specialist, Audiology, Department, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford
Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou MD MSc PhD
DoH HEFCE Clinical Senior Lecturer, Ear Institute, University College London
Consultant in Neuro-otology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Ms Lena Batra
Hearing Therapist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London
Professor John Birchall
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Dr Maria Bitner-Glindzicz FRCP PhD
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Genetics
Unit of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Child Health, London
Ms Jo Blaquière
Hearing Therapist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London
Ms Dawn Bramham MSc
Director MRC Head of Audiology
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Huw Cooper MSc
Consultant Audiological Scientist
Hearing Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
Professor Adrian Davis BSc MSc PhD
Director MRC Hearing and Communication Group,
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester
Professor Andrew Forge PhD
Professor of Auditory Cell Biology
Ear Institute, University College London
Mr John Graham FRCS
Consultant ENT surgeon
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (RNTNEH), London
Professor Mark Haggard MA PhD HFRCS Edin HMFPHM FMedSci CBE
Director, MRC ESS Team, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Gordon Hickish VRD M.B. Ch.B. DCH FRCGP
General Practicioner
Dr Sally Hind PhD
Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham
Professor Matthew Holley DPhil
Professor of Sensory Physiology
Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield
Mr Robert Hood Exec DMS
Team Leader, Adult Aural Rehabilitation / Hearing Aid Centre
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London
Professor Mark Lutman PhD
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton
Dr Josephine Marriage PhD
Course Director, Ear Institute, University College London
Director of Chear, Independent paediatric audiology centre, Royston, Hertfordshire
Research Associate at Department of Auditory Perception, Cambridge University
Professor David McAlpine DPhil
Professor of Auditory Neuroscience (Physiology)
Director, Ear Institute, University College London
Dr Laurence McKenna PhD
Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
Head of Clinical Psychology in Adult Audiology, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London
Professor Brian Moore MA PhD FMedSci FRS
Professor of Auditory Perception,
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Professor Dave Moore PhD
Director, Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham
Dr Danuta Orlowska PhD, D.Clin. Psy., PG Dip. Cognitive Therapy
Clinical Psychologist, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Mr David Proops BDS (Hons) MBChB FRCS
Consultant ENT Surgeon
University Hospital Birmingham
Ms Rosemary Rodgers MA (Ed) PGDip.Ed. MCGI RGN RSCN
Clinical Director, Ear Care Services
Professor Shakeel R. Saeed MBBS MD FRCS (ORL)
Professor of Otology/Neuro-otology, Ear Institute, University College London
Consultant ENT & Skullbase Surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, London
Professor Karen Steel PhD
Principal Investigator, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Professor Quentin Summerfield MA PhD FASA
Anniversary Professor of Psychology, University of York.
Dr Ian Williamson MB ChB MD FRCS(Ed) FRCGP
Senior Lecturer, Community Clinical Sciences, University of Southampton
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