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(PReS) and Associate Editor for Rheumatology Advances in Practice.
Digital profile:
ORCiD ID: 0000-0003-0824-3878
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SoMxHCMAAAAJ&hl=en
UCL: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/61460-polly-livermore
Administrative Support
Leahana Stonier – Research Administrator
Leahana joined the ORCHID team in December 2022. She is
responsible for coordinating the daily management of the team,
providing administration support and assistance in research
projects.
Leahana supports the researchers within the team in organising the operational
areas of their projects including workshops and assisted with the running of the
hybrid ORCHID Conference Day 2024.
Highlights
Klaudia Kupiec
MSc
Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL
Research Facilitator for the IMPACT study
I have been working as Research Facilitator on Polly9s IMPACT study since
September 2023. The IMPACT study aims to design, develop, and test a
chatbot intervention for parents and carers of children and young people with
rheumatological conditions, and it is co-designed with our Steering Group as
well as our expert parents every step of the way.
I have been working across various research roles at Great Ormond Street
Hospital since I joined the Trust in 2021. I am currently also a Research
Coordinator working in the Paediatric Rheumatology team. I have a MSc in
Child Psychology which I completed at Kingston University in 2017 and I have
a background working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
(CAMHS) supporting children, young people, and their families with the goal to
improve their mental health and well-being. It is my background in mental
health that originally attracted me to Polly9s study, and it has been a wonderful
experience ever since.
Working with Polly has created many exciting opportunities. As R&I Research
Coordinator, I don9t have the same opportunities in terms of career
development and progression and I am not able to be actively involved in
research as we don9t get to analyse the data we collect, however, working in
my role as Research Facilitator, I have been able to submit abstracts and have
had the opportunity to go to our European Paediatric Rheumatology Congress
(PReS) last year in Gothenburg where I won the 8Best oral presentation for
Health Professionals Award9 which means I can go back to PReS this year in
Helsinki as invited and funded registrant.
The most rewarding experience is working along our Steering Group and
expert parents and seeing how their feedback shapes the project. Therefore,
seeing our PPIE (Public Patient Involvement and Engagement) work win us
the People9s Choice award at the GOSH conference in November last year has
been very rewarding as it validates the contributions from our PPIE
representatives.
