Honorary Professor at Salford University Andrew Rowland (CF 2014), has been appointed as the next Officer for Child Protection at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) for an initial three year term of office. The RCPCH works to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people internationally, by supporting paediatricians, shaping policy, and improving practice. The Officer for Child Protection is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction in all aspects of child protection, safeguarding children, and Looked After Children (LAC) across all four nations of the UK.
Health Protection and Screening Nurse Specialist, Isabell MacInnes (CF 2018) has just had an article published in the Nursing Times on the impact of Lyme Disease. For her Fellowship project to raise prevent Lyme disease by raising public awareness and engaging agency support, Isabell travelled to USA, Canada and France to meet with experts in the field of ticks and Lyme disease.
By Isabell MacInnes,
Entrepreneur Rebecca Cotton (CF 2017) was announced as a winner of an Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award, which recognises trailblazing female entrepreneurs, on International Women's Day on 8 March. Rebecca was recognised for her work with Lumino, a digtal therapeutics company, which she co-founded in 2020. Lumino is reinventing how mental health treatment is delivered by developing scalable evidence-based digital therapeutic programmes, to make better mental health support more accessible.
By Rebecca Cotton,
Nurse Kerry Wykes (CF 2014) was given a Covid19 Action Fund grant to work with China Plate Theatre to produce a piece called 'Humans not heroes'. It's an audio piece - a unique co-creation project with professional artists, to represent healthcare worker experiences of Covid-19. The work will be shared in a new exhibition at the Royal College of Nurses and will then will tour to other places around the country. You can find out more about the project by reading Kerry's blog. The Churchill Fellowship will be credited as funding the project.
By Kerry Wykes,
Charity CEO Dorothy Smith (CF 2017) has announced that the University of Chester has become the second UK university to sign the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge. Dorothy works through Recovery Connections to support students recovering from addictions. Find out more about the Recovery Friendly Uni pledge on the charity's website.
By Dorothy Smith,
