Programme

Science in Practice

Interactive Exhibits 
Meet the Scientists and Healthcare Professionals

Hands-on interactive sessions where you meet scientists, try out some scientific equipment, undertake scientific assessments, answer questions for prizes and learn how science is applied to healthcare.

AND don’t forget to ask scientists what they do and why they love their jobs.

Science at the Heart of the NHS – 2006

Interactive talk 

• Introduction
  • Don Henderson
    Consultant Clinical Scientist, Immunology, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Professor Sue Hill
    Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Health
• NHS Flight Map for the World
  • Danya Cohen
    Microbiology Divisional Manager, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

Facing Science in Health and Life

Interactive workshops on healthcare careers

How can Science, Medicine and Artistic Creativity overcome disfigurement caused by accident, illness and inheritance to help people to fit in and lead normal lives?

• Biomedical Scientist
  • Dr Sandeep H Cliff BSC FRCP
    Consultant Dermatologist and MOHs Surgeon,Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust; Honarary Senior Lecturer, St George’s Medical School; Su-Dean Brighton and Sussex Medical School
    • I am a consultant dermatologist with an interest in skin cancer. I also have an interest in education and am involved in the training and selection of medical students for a large medical school.
• Clinical Virologist
  • Mr Niall Kirkpatrick BDS MBBS MD FRCS FRCS(Plast)
    Consultant Craniofacial Plastic Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster and Charing Cross Hospitals
    • Niall heads up a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to the treatment of facial deformity in both children and adults. He is Lead clinician of the Craniofacial Unit at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Member of the Multidisciplinary Head & Neck Unit at Charing Cross Hospital and Medical Director of Facing The World Charity.
• Counsellor & Stress Buster!
  • Mrs Sarah Jones MIMPT
    Consultant Maxillofacial Prosthetist, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust
    • As a prosthetist, Sarah provides clinical, scientific and advisory services to patients for their rehabilitation by restoration using implants, splints and prosthesis. She carries out complex and innovative reconstructive rehabilitation techniques directly on patients.
• Immunologist Researching HIV in Uganda
  • Professor Hutchison
    Consultant Surgeon, Bart’s and the London NHS Trust and Chief Executive, Facial Surgery Research Foundation – Saving Faces
    • Iain has been Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon St Bartholomew’s, The Royal London Hospital & Homerton Hospitals since 1989. Iain was appointed to a professorship in 2007. He founded the United Kingdom Oral Cancer Research Group. Iain has written for many publications and is in great demand as a lecturer and expert media commentator. He has been nominated for the 2008 Beacon Award for New Initiatives in charity.
• Nuclear Medicine and PET Radiographer
  • Trevor Coward
    Senior Lecturer / Consultant in Prosthetic Facial Prostheses, Kings College London Dental Institute
    • Dr Coward is a practising Maxillofacial Prosthetist and Technologist. Qualified as a dental technician in 1979 and became a Dental Instructor in 1981. He gained experience in complex restorative cases and provided technical support for clinical research programmes by senior academic staff. Extra-Oral implant programmes were introduced in 1986 and his interest in facial prostheses and patients with facial asymmetry (ie hemifacial microsomia) developed. He was awarded an MPhil in 1996 for work in the provision of facial prostheses using laser scanning and CAD/CAM techniques. He became the Chief Dental Instructor in Prosthetics in 1996. In October 2003 he was given the task of setting-up an MSc programme. In 2004 he was awarded his PhD for work on digital technology in facial prosthetics. Dr Coward is an active researcher, lecturer, and developer of advanced technology for use in facial prosthetics.