THE JENNER SOCIETY SUMMER TERM 2021 - PROGRAMME - Medical Science at Moreton Hall
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THE JENNER SOCIETY Medical Science at Moreton Hall SUMMER TERM 2021 - PROGRAMME
THE JENNER SOCIETY
MEDICAL SCIENCE
AT MORETON HALL
Now in its tenth year, the Jenner ever choosing Science as a career,
Society is a Medical Science we hope to provide our pupils with
Society established and run by the resources that they need to
the Sixth Form at Moreton Hall, excel.
with the support of the Biology
Department. We invite speakers to In the current situation of
discuss biological developments COVID-19 restrictions the Jenner
in the news and attend a range of Society has gone virtual. In the
events and workshops that have all previous term all of our weekly
helped Moreton girls to investigate events were delivered online. This
and pursue careers in the Medical term we hope to achieve some
Sciences and in Veterinary Science. level of a return to normality but
until it is safe to visit in person,
We have been delighted by the our speakers have been invited to
interest and support that the deliver their talks by video. For this
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Jenner Society has received and term we have invited a wide range
have invited a group of leading of speakers who we believe will
medics and academics to help us help our pupils to pursue careers
to steer the Society into the future, in Medical and Veterinary Science.
under the Chairmanship of Ruth
Longfellow. Details of the Jenner If you are reading this programme
Society Steering Group are included as a parent, Old Moretonian or
in this booklet. simply as a pupil interested in
Medical Science, have a look at
Our aim is to make the Jenner which events and speakers you
Medical programme available as a would like to attend or perhaps
forum for pupils f rom other local consider coming and talking to
schools and colleges to learn and the Jenner Society yourself. In the
explore advances in Medical Science. new virtual world this has never
The Society’s real and online events been easier!
are open to all pupils and parents
at Moreton Hall as well as any other
interested pupils. With Moreton’s HANNAH PEEL
strong tradition of preparing girls Head of Biology
for medical and veterinary careers,
this is a very exciting time for the
Jenner Society. With more girls than
DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2 021 E V E R Y F R I D AY 5.10pm - 6.00pm
APRIL
23RD From Slums to Savannah -
Eyecare in the Developing
World
Mr David Clacher
MAY
7TH Steering Committee
21ST Jenner Society and
Moreton Physics Department:
6pm Building a Camera to Fly
to Mars
14TH The Life of an Academic in
Exercise Physiology’ Prof Nick Thomas
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Dr Lindsay Bottom University of Bern, Switzerland
JUNE
11TH Lady Barbirolli and
Jenner Society: 25TH From Farm to Diagnostics
Singing for Lung Health Dr David Armstrong
BVM&S CertSHP MRCVS
Ms Eleanor Diack, BMUS
(Hons), Dip ABRSM
Lady Barbirolli Society
18TH Working in Orthopaedic
Surgery and Research
Mr Geraint Thomas
MORETON HALLSTEERING COMMITTEE PROFILES
DR RUTH LONGFELLOW
Consultant Anaesthetist, Associate Medical
Director, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt
Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen. MB ChB
(Edinburgh), FRCA, Diploma in Medical Education
(Nottingham). Interests: Peri-operative medicine,
regional anaesthesia, patient safety.
MR RICHARD SPENCER JONES
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital and Robert Jones and Agnes
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Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust. Director of Specialist Registrar Training
Programme. Lead Consultant, Arthroplasty Firm,
RJAH Member of Alliance Surgical Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital,
Shropshire Nuff ield Hospital Director of Specialist
Registrar Training Programme (Oswestry / Stoke
on Trent Rotation).
DR CARON MORTON
GP Partner Station Drive Surgery, Ludlow.
Undergraduate training completed in South
Af rica. GP training completed in the UK, focusing
on neurology and acute medicine. Interests:
Neurology, women’s and children’s health and
mental health alongside helping to develop
community based projects with local charities and
community service. Caron also trains GP registrars
and medical students.
THE JENNER SOCIETYP R O F E S S O R S A L LY R O B E R T S
Professor, ISTM, Keele University and Director of
Spinal Research at RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital,
Oswestry. Director of Spinal Research unit
specialising in bioengineering. Jenner members
were invited to visit RJAH to look around their
research labatories and to take part in the
preparation of microscope slides.
MR ANDREW TAPP
Consultant Surgeon in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology. Practices at The Royal Shrewsbury
Hospital, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
NHS Trust, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt
Orthopaedic Hospital, The Robert Jones and Agnes
Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Nuff ield Health Shrewsbury Hospital, The Princess
Royal Hospital - Apley Ward. Specialist Areas:
General gynaecology, gynaecological surgery,
pelvic floor surgery, urogynaecology. Special
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Interests: Minimal access surgery.
DR MELISSA GRANT
A lecturer in biological sciences within the school
of Dentistry at Birmingham University. Public
engagement ambassador in the School of
Dentistry. Special interest in def ining proteomic
prof iles of inflammatory fluids and disease
development.
ANNA WARNER &
M O L LY C R E A S E R - O G D E N
Moreton Hall Student Leads
MORETON HALLSPEAKER PROFILES
MR DAVID CLACHER
David is a community optometrist who has a practice in
Wrexham. He has worked with Vision Aid overseas and
independently in Zimbabwe, Ghana, Ethiopia and India;
delivering eyecare both to remote villages and city slums.
He will talk you through the challenges involved and also
the uplifting experience of delivering healthcare in the
developing world.
DR LINDSAY BOT TOMS
Lindsay is a Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology and
the Director of the Centre for Research in Psychology and
Sport Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire. Lindsay
is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise
Sciences. Her research interests are primarily focused on
exploring the health benef its of physical activity for different
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populations such as young people with depression. A
retired international epee fencer, Lindsay has researched
how to improve fencing performance f rom a physiological
and biomechanical perspective and in doing so worked
alongside British Fencing with their athlete development
programme.
PROFESSOR NICHOLAS THOMAS
Nicholas is Professor of Experimental Physics at the
University of Bern in Switzerland. He grew up in Oswestry
and wrote parts of his PhD (University of York, 1986) thesis
in a house in Chirk Bank. In 1986, he moved to Germany
and has subsequently worked in The Netherlands, the US,
and f inally Switzerland. He has worked on numerous space
missions including Giotto, Mars Pathf inder, the Huygens
probe, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and Rosetta. He is
currently the Principal Investigator of the Colour and Stereo
Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) onboard the European
Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the laser
altimeter instrument (BELA) onboard ESA’s BepiColombo.
He hates mushrooms.
THE JENNER SOCIETYMS ELEANOR DIACK
BMUS (HONS), DIP ABRSM
Over the last 15 years ‘Singing for Health’ has become
very important to many people suffering f rom breathing
issues, mental health problems, loneliness or more recently
the development of long Covid. As a professional singer,
vocal teacher and conductor, Eleanor Diack has trained
and taught for many years in vocal techniques and vocal
mechanics. Training with the British Lung Foundation four
year ago has led to her becoming one of only 150 specialised
Singing for Lung Health Facilitators in Britain. Eleanor gives
weekly sessions alongside Pulmonary Physios in a regular
programme of outpatient rehabilitation and support
network and has also developed an outpatient group based
in North East Wales. Eleanor has also been part of research
studies, British Lung Foundation conferences as well as
BBC radio interviews promoting the benef its for Singing for
Breathing.
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MR GERAINT THOMAS
MB BS FRCS (TR & ORTH) DPHIL (OXON)
Geraint Thomas works as a Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon / Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Robert Jones and
Agnes Hunt Hospital in Gobowen. He specialises in Hip
Surgery including Hip Preservation in Younger Adults. His
research appointment is at Keele University in Population
Orthopaedics with a focus on Epidemiology and Clinical
Trials.
DR DAVID ARMSTRONG
From a farming background in North Yorkshire, Dave has
had a varied and somewhat alternative career in both
practice and industry. He qualif ied f rom the University of
Edinburgh in 2004 and holds a post graduate certif icate in
sheep health and production. Dave has spent a ten- year
period working in technical, marketing and commercial
roles in both the UK and in international organisations.
He has had responsibility for livestock portfolios spanning
pharmaceuticals, biologicals, genomics, precision farming
technologies and diagnostics, Dave is currently Global
Medical Director for Livestock and Equine Diagnostics for
Zoetis, the largest animal health company in the world.
MORETON HALLTHE JENNER SOCIETY
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Dr Heather Thomas David Clacher
Mr David White Mr Birender Balain
Dr Clive Sanjay Patel Dr Neil Postans
and Dr Rebecca Rowe Josh Dixey
Mr Kevin Dynan Andrew Tapp
Mr Richard Walker Dr Carole Rolphe
Mr Benjamin Lewis Rik Bryan
Dr Rhys Davies Dr Katherine Harrison
Becky Lewis (OM) Mr Pete Gallacher
Charlotte Hulme Emma Crowe
Professor Joanna Price Professor Susan Jebb
Dr Stephen Stanaway Debbie Bunting and Dr Camilla Johns
Dr Ruth Longfellow Andy Shakeshaft
Dr Mark Cheetham Dr Sophie Shapter
Professor Douglas Kell Oliver Bowyer
Matthew Dryden Dr Caron Morton
Dr Corrin Hickerton Nick Bryan, Charlotte Chapman
Sian Piret (OM) and Sian Richardson, Ipsen
Jason Kasraie Lt Leanne Fullwood
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Mr Andrew Pickersgill Professor Anthony Campbell
Dr Adrian Murray and Eleanor Taylor Marie Walmsley
Emily Slack (OM) Helena Robinson
Professor Stephen Eisenstein Professor Paul Cool
Stephen Jones Dr Afshan Ahmad
Dr Jan Hoole George Lock
James Russell Pete Lomas
Emma Woolley Daniel Naylor
Louise Dunn Professor Kevin Gaston
Phoebe Griff ith Dr Michele Mohajer
Dr John Jones Dr Sarah Heath
Pam Kiel and James Kiel Dr Charlotte Tunstall
Rachel Pritchard Elaine Richardson
Hannah Collings (OM) Andrea Bailey
Kirsty Williams St John Ambulance - Oswestry Unit
Hattie Griff ith (OM) Dr Katie Maddock
Miss Jessica Sykes PhD Dr Saskia Jones-Perrott
Emma Hayton-Lee Tullis Matson
Sammy Chen Dr Gary Ogden
Dr Valerie Neild Dr Rachel Warner
David Richardson Dr Jade Perry
Dr Russ Morphew Rebecca McHale
Stephanie Conover Dr Georgie Muir
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