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

Professor John Birchall

ENT Department, Queen's Medical Centre, 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

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

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

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, Adult Audiological Rehabilitation
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London

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 Karen Steel PhD

Principal Investigator, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge

Professor Quentin Summerfield MA PhD FASA

Anniversary Professor of Psychology, University of York.

Ms Dawn Wall MSc

Director MRC Head of Audiology
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Tony Wright LLM DM FRCS TechRMS

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Director of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology, University College London
Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.

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