Experienced not-for-profit/charity chief executive (currently CEO of Antibiotic Research UK), data scientist in training, and aspiring novelist
United Kingdom
Joined December 2014
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Major scandal/public health issue, increasing risk of significant infections, inc #antibioticresistance. See CMO Chris Whitty's op-ed last year (lnkd.in/e_bybAvc). Time for water comps' #CSR for #AMR eg, help @1Antruk's research/patient support? tinyurl.com/35f3dp6t
Thoughts on Strep A infections, #antibiotics, #AMR in @1Antruk blog:
- antibiotics a precious resource that underpin modern medicine
- invest in fast, effective, point-of-care diagnostics
- raise public awareness
- support doctors, pharmacists, other HCPs
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Good to see bacteriophages and phage therapy getting some much needed parliamentary attention. #amr #antibioticresistance #waaw2022 linkedin.com/posts/jonathan-…
Pleased we were able to get our letter "in the post" - thanks to all those involved and who helped.
Antibiotic Research UK highlights dangers of antibiotic sharing following worrying statements from Health Secretary antibioticresearch.org.uk/an… via @1ANTRUK #AMR #antibioticresistance
First they ruin our finances, now it's our health. Challenging orthodoxy is important, but not when you hit scientific fact. Antibiotics misuse fuels #AMR. Any health secretary should know that. #antibioticresistance #antibioticresearchuk
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Big thanks to everyone who signed up today as a #stemcell donor at the @DKMS_uk event with @Everton. You’re all #lifesavers in waiting now! Got a sneaky peak at the pitch too at the end of the day.
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This weekend at Goodison Park, you could be a match to save someone's life. 💙
Together with @DKMS_uk, we're hosting a walk-up clinic to boost the number of potential stem cell donors.
Could you be a match for Gary Stevens' son Jack? Or someone else in need around the world? 👇
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Just been to the petrol station. On top of everything else, they wouldn’t accept my loyalty card and there was no dog food in the shop. #petrolpanic
Great to see the new @DKMS_uk website - dkms.org.uk - up and running. Fantastic achievement by everyone involved. #lifesaving just got even easier!
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A great way to make sure cancer research has a strong and personal patient input and focus.
🗣The Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership wants to find out what childhood cancer research is important to young cancer patients, their families, and the professionals who support them.
👉 Your opinion matters – complete our short survey at cclg.uk/2QOLPhZ
Simply blown away by yesterday evening's meeting with @DKMS_uk volunteers/volunteer hubs. Such passion, commitment, dedication to the cause of recruiting more #stemcell donors for people with #bloodcancer #blooddisorders, raising awareness and funds. Truly inspiring. Thank you.
Around 15,000 people in the UK are living with sickle cell disease. It is particularly common in people with an African or Caribbean background.
The only known cure is a blood stem cell transplant.
Join the blood stem cell register today: dkms.org.uk/en/register-now
True heroes. Thank you @RoyalMail Steve. Thank you everyone who registers. #LifesaversinLockdown
Whenever Postman Steve delivers a DKMS swab kit, he leaves a handwritten note to say thank you & tell people they’re awesome 😍
During lockdown, Steve continued to deliver swab kits so that we could keep on registering potential lifesavers 📮
#LifesaversinLockdown @RoyalMail
This is the message I and DKMS UK /@DKMS_uk are trying to spread far and wide - what better chance is there, now that so many of us are spending the majority of our time indoors. You can sign up for a swab pack online, which will be delivered to your door…lnkd.in/eEju_P7
Interesting research showing that we need to take extra care with any #blood or other cancer patients we’re working with at the moment.
Cancer patients in SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide analysis in China thelancet.com/journals/lanon…
It was such a privilege yesterday for all of us involved with @DKMS_uk to be able to share this intensely personal and life-changing moment. The day you meet the person who saved your/your son’s live - the inspiration of #stemcell donors.
“To be meeting Christin for the first time today feels surreal. She is the sole reason Alfie is here.”
This was the incredible moment Alfie and his mum, Lorna, met their hero.
You could save a life like Alfie’s ❤️
Request a swab kit and register today: bit.ly/2SGwSQX
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An amazing milestone for the all the incredible donors that support @DKMS_uk work in the UK.
Together we’ve reached an incredible milestone. Meet Jim: The 1,000th donor to donate their blood stem cells through DKMS UK. 🎉🎉🎉
Jim, 57, signed up back in 2016 when a friend’s son was searching for a donor.
Three years later, his phone rang… 📞
#LifesaverInYou
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Interesting research article - novel agents have transformed #CLL treatment in recent years, but sequencing and protocols for patients have been unclear - another piece of the jigsaw, showing that #alloSCTs continue to have a curative role.
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