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The NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital BRC (GOSH BRC) is a partnership
between Great Ormond Street Hospital and the University College London
(UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) to translate scientific
breakthroughs into new treatments to improve patient care. Dr O9Connor
contributes to GOSH9s strategic aim to be a research hospital, supporting all
wider healthcare professionals to develop their clinical academic careers and
drive evidence-based research-led improvements in clinical care that will benefit
patients.
Faith has a significant role in enhancing the research culture at GOSH,
ensuring we have the next generation of researchers at GOSH. Faith also has
a programme of patient centred and supportive care research in cancer care,
supporting the development of high-quality evidence for children9s cancer
nursing in the UK and beyond.
Her main fields of research, scholarship and supervision include:
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Improving process and outcomes of care for children/young people with cancer
and their families;
Improving assessment and management of symptoms;
Improving skills of the nursing workforce to deliver cancer care;
Understanding and improving survivorship care;
Improving the experiences of children and young people receiving care in
hospital.
Dr O9Connor is the strategy research lead for the dietetic department, his
primary aim is to build research capacity and promote a research culture. The
dietetics department has an impressive history of international research
outputs, producing evidence-based clinical guidelines, improving the care of
patients.
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Dr O9Connor9s research programme includes:
She has both a national and international profile, collaborating
with others to ensure the evidence base for cancer care is
strong. She was conferred a Fellow of the Royal College of
Nursing in 2007; she received a life-time achievement award
from the International Society of Paediatric Oncology in 2018
and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of
Nursing in 2020. In 2024 she received a life-time achievement
award from the CCLG (The Children & Young People9s
Cancer Association).
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Eating disorders
Intestinal microbiomes in critical care
Gut inflammatory markers in cardiac infants
Nutritional support in an acute clinical setting
Digital profile:
ORCiD ID:0000-0001-8625-9264
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Graeme-Oconnor-2
Professor Faith Gibson
Faith Gibson is Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care at
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). From 2016 until 2024
this was a post she held jointly with the University of Surrey:
Faith is now Professor Emerita at the University of Surrey.
She has worked at GOSH since 1986 in many different
clinical roles, holding joint appointments with ICH/UCL and
London Southbank University over this time.
As Director of Research-Nursing and Allied Health at GOSH, leading the
Centre for Outcomes and Experience Research in Children9s Health, Illness
and Disability (ORCHID), Faith has direct overall responsibility for the day to
day running of the Centre. This post has a key senior management and
leadership role in the Trust.
Preparing and supporting the academic development of the nursing and allied
health research workforce of the future is one of her main responsibilities.
Digital profile:
ORCID ID: 0002-8125-4584
Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=d7eXzcAAAAJ
Dr Paula Kelly
(PhD, PGCE, MSc, BA (hons) Registered Nurse Tutor,
RSCN, SRN)
Study Title: Childhood Cancer Education
Co-Investigators: Professor Faith Gibson (PI), Dr Gemma Byran (Co-PI), Dr
Paula Kelly, Dr Christina Kliuchkivska.
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