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The LCFC is a research collaboration that is made up of members throughout London and the South East.

All five specialist paediatric CF clinics within the Thames region participate in the LCFC, namely:ÌýBarts and theÌýRoyal London Hospital,ÌýKing's College Hospital, the Royal Brompton Hospital,ÌýGreat Ormond Street HospitalÌýandÌýUniversity Hospital Lewisham. This expandedÌýto include St Heliers and Epsom hospital when we embarked on the study of newborn screened babies in 2009.

For more details of previous and current members please expand the menuÌýbelow

Co-Founders

• Ìý– 1998 – 2005, Professor of Paediatric EpidemiologyÌý(UCL GOSICH)
• Ìý– 1998 - presentÌý– Emeritus Professor of Respiratory PhysiologyÌý(UCL GOSICH)
• Professor John Price – 1998 – 2010, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (King's College Hospital)
• Professor Andrew BushÌý– 1998 – present, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (Royal Brompton Hospital)

Barts and the Royal London Hospital

Current Members

• Jacqui Cowlard – Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Catherine Lambert – Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Dr Chinedu Nwokoro – Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
• Dr Caroline Pao – Consultant Respiratory Physician

King's College Hospital

Current Members

• Sarah BuckinghamÌý– Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Jo DignanÌý– Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Dr Atul Gupta – Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
• Dr Gary RuizÌý– Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
• Dr Hilary WyattÌý– Consultant in Cystic Fibrosis

Prior Members

• Lee Bartrop – Paediatric Nurse Specialist Professor
• John PriceÌý–ÌýProfessor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Royal Brompton Hospital

Current Members

• Dr Ian Balfour-LynnÌý– Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
• Consultant Professor Andrew BushÌý– Professor & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory MedicineÌý
• Ìý– Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
• Ìý- Professor & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
• Jackie Francis – Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Ìý- Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Prior Member

• Ìý– Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Current Members

• Respiratory Physiology
  • Ìý– Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Physiology
  • - Respiratory Physiologist
• Respiratory Medicine
  • Dr Paul AuroraÌý- Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Lung Transplantation
  • Dr Gwyneth Davies – Academic Clinical Lecturer
  • Ìý– Respiratory Research Fellow
  • Dr Christophe Goubau - Respiratory Paediatrician
  • Dr Ranjan SuriÌý– Paediatric Respiratory Consultant
  • Dr Colin WallisÌý– Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
  • Charlie Dawson - Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Statistics
  • Ìý– Senior Lecturer, Paediatric Epidemiology Unit
• Radiology and Imaging
  • Dr Alistair CalderÌý-ÌýConsultant Paediatric Radiologist
  • Ìý- Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
• Inflammatory Markers
  • Ìý–ÌýProfessor of Infectious Disease and Immunology

Previous Members

• Dr Jane Kirkby – Respiratory Physiologist
• Ìý– Senior Research Fellow
• Jo Miles – Nurse Specialist (infant lung function)
• Dr Thanh-Diem Nguyen – Clinical Research Associate
• Dr Lena Thia – Clinical Research Associate
• Philli Cottam - Chief Administrator
• Simon Lee - Data Manager
• Ammani PrasadÌý- CF Unit Manager
• Denise Sheehan - Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Lucy Brennan – Research Assistant (infant lung function)
• Ìý- Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology
• Dr Robert Dinwiddie - Consultant Respiratory Physician
• Emma Fettes – Senior Respiratory Physiologist
• Dr Ah-Fong HooÌý– Clinical Nurse Specialist (infant lung function)
• Dr Wanda Kozlowska– Research Fellow
• Sarah Legg – Research Respiratory Physiologist
• Dr Angus McEwan – Consultant Anaesthetist
• Dr Reema Nandi – Consultant Anaesthetist
• Cara Oliver – Senior Clinical Physiologist
• Ìý– Research Fellow
• Clare Saunders
• Dr Sanja Stanojevic - Epidemiology
• Dr Sally Wilmshurst – Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospital Lewisham

Current Members

• Caroline Gilbert – Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Dr Anu Shankar – Consultant Paediatrician

Prior Member

• Dr John Stroobant - Consultant Paediatrician

Other Collaborators

Facilitating the recruitment of healthy control infants

• Prof. K. Costeloe, Homerton University Hospital
• Dr. J. Hawdon, and the staff at the University College London Hospital

Expertise and guidance in the multiple breath washout technique

• Per Gustafsson – Associate Professor, Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital Sweden
• Paul Robinson – Associate Professor,ÌýTheÌýChildren'sÌýHospital atÌýWestmeadÌýSydney