Associates Commitee
The associate group has members across a wide variety of specialities including specialist nurses, dietitians, speech and language therapists and psychologists. The associates are represented by a committee who also participate in the planning of the annual BSPGHAN ATM programme and contributes to the BSPGHAN Annual meetings. The associates have representatives on the working groups and the committee meet throughout the year.
Nicky Heather
Chair
Nicky is a part-time dietitian based at Southampton General Hospital.
Jo Brind e-mail: associates@bspghan.org.uk
Secretary. Jo is a specialist gastroenterology nurse working at Great Ormond Street. Jo is co-chair of the Associate Group sharing responsbility with Lindsay Hogg
Chris Smith
Ordinary Member
Chris has 10 years paediatric dietetic experience and has covered a variety of specialities but his main interests/current roles are in gastroenterology and cystic fibrosis. He is currently based at the Children’s Hospital in Brighton and is a key member of the Hospital MDT nutrition round team. He has a keen interest in research and has published and presented his work at many international events. He is also a committee member of the Nutrition group of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society and is leading a European data collection study on behalf of the group.
Lindsay Hogg e-mail: associates@bspghan.org.uk
Team Leader for the Clinical Nurse Specialists at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Liver Unit, Birmingham. Lindsay is co-chair of the Associate Group, sharing responsibility with Jo Brind
Vacant
Education Lead
Sarah Macdonald
Nutrition Working Group
Sarah has worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 20 years and has covered most specialties in that time! Her main interests are fixed firmly in gastroenterology and intestinal failure and she has led the dietetic team providing care for these patients for 15 years. She was a committee member of the Associate Group for 4 years (2009-2012) as well as representing Dietetics on the IBD Working Group (2003-2007) and the Nutrition Working Group (from 2007) of BSPGHAN. She teaches on Module 2 and 3 of the MSc in Paediatric Dietetic Courses and on the MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition at University College London. She is also co-course director for the GOSH Parenteral Nutrition Course that runs annually in the ICH.
Angela Cole
Nutrition Working Group
Nurse Specialist
Tracey Johnson
Nutrition Working Group
Senior Specialist dietician at Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Lynn Hagin
Nutrition Working Group
Sophie Velleman
Coeliac Working Group
Clinical Psychologist, Bristol Children’s Hospital
Janis Maginnis
IBD Working Group
Nurse Specialist
Sibongile Chadokufa
IBD Working Group
Nurse Specialist