Local Specialty Groups
Local Specialty Groups bring together researchers to provide a local focus for activity in that disease area.
Each CLRN has identified their areas of strength at a local level where there is the commitment, capability and capacity to support NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio studies. CLRNs have also identified areas for development to support growth in the future and these groups all feed into the relevant national Specialty Group.
Thames Valley CLRN currently has Local Specialty Leads for the following Comprehensive Clinical Research Network (CCRN) national Specialty Groups. These Local Specialty Leads provide a focus for activity in that particular area advising the CLRN on key aspects of the local clinical research portfolio, including infrastructure requirements and oversight of the management and delivery of portfolio studies in that particular field.
Thames Valley CLRN Local Specialty Group Leads:
| Specialty | Specialty Lead |
| Age and Ageing | Professor Margot Gosney |
| Anaesthesia, Peri-Operative Medicine and Pain (co-leads) | Dr Atul Kapila and Professor Jaideep Pandit |
| Cardiovascular | Dr Paul Leeson |
| Critical Care (co-leads) | Dr Andrew Walden and Dr Julian Millo |
| Dermatology | Dr Graham Ogg |
| Ear, Nose and Throat | Dr James Ramsden |
| Gastrointestinal | Dr Simon Travis |
| Genetics | Professor Andrew Wilkie |
| Hepatology | Dr Ellie Barnes |
| Immunology and Inflammation | Dr Raashid Luqmani |
| Infectious Diseases and Microbiology | Dr Helen McShane |
| Injuries and Emergencies | Dr Andrew McAndrew |
| Metabolic and Endocrine | Professor Ashley Grossman |
| Musculoskeletal | Mr Sion Glyn-Jones |
| Nervous System Disorders (co-leads) | Dr Jacqueline Palace and Dr Jane Adcock |
| Non-Malignant Haematology | Dr Simon Stanworth |
| Ophthalmology | Miss Susan Downes |
| Oral and Dental | Mr Giles Kidner |
| Renal | Dr Chris O’Callaghan |
| Reproductive health and Childbirth | Mr Stephen Kennedy |
| Respiratory | Dr Najib Rahman |
| SoCCR (all Paediatrics) | Professor Andrew Pollard |
| Surgery | Mr Ian Lindsay |
