Meet the Team

Programme Lead

 

Professor Christian Mallen

Professor Mallen leads our programme of work into inflammatory arthritis and is a practising GP in North Staffordshire.

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Senior Lecturers

 

Dr Samantha Hider

Dr Hider is a senior lecturer and honorary consultant rheumatologist at the Haywood Hospital.

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Dr Jane Richardson

Dr Richardson is a social scientist. She is leading our in-depth interview studies into the lived experiences of people in gout and PMR.

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Dr Ed Roddy

Dr Roddy is a senior lecturer and honorary consultant rheumatologist at the Haywood Hospital.

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Programme Manager   

 

Irena Zwierska

 

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Researchers

 
Milisa Bucknall Thumbnail staff photo
Daniel Green Thumbnail staff photo
Richard Haywood Thumbnail staff photo
Jenny Liddle  
Sara Muller Thumbnail staff photo
James Prior Thumbnail staff photo

Current Students

 
Ms Megan Bevis  

Dr Priyanka Chandratre

Dr Chandratre is a Rheumatology Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology. She is currently studying for a PhD, where she is conducting studies into quality of life and foot problems in gout.

Dr Lorna Clarson

Dr Clarson is a GP Research Fellow and practising GP in North Staffordshire. She is currently studying for a PhD, where she is conducting studies into vascular disease in gout.

 

Dr Toby Helliwell

Dr Helliwell is an NIHR In-Practice Fellow and practising GP in North Staffordshire. He is currently studying for a PhD, where he is conducting studies into GPs attitudes towards the diagnosis and management of PMR.

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Previous Students  
Adam Hancock  
Dr Toby Helliwell  
Helen Monk  
Matthew Roughley