{"id":798,"date":"2025-05-06T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/?page_id=798"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:33:10","slug":"meet-the-gateway-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/meet-the-gateway-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Gateway Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first cohort of recipients of the Clinical Academic Research Gateway Awards took up their awards in early 2023. A formal launch event took place on 31st January 2023 and involved representatives of the NHS Lothian Charity: Jane Ferguson, Charity Director and Andrew Fleming, Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gateway Award recipients with Andrew Fleming, Chair of Trustees, Prof Juliet MacArthur, Chief Nurse Research & Development and Jane Ferguson, Charity Director 31st January 2023<\/figcaption><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Alison Neilson<\/a>, Primary Care Pharmacist, Brunton Place Surgery<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, University of Edinburgh<\/strong>

Placement: <\/strong>Multi-morbidity and clinical
guidelines: using epidemiology to quantify the applicability of trial evidence to
inform guideline development

Mentor: <\/strong>Professor Bruce Guthrie, Professor of General Practice<\/td>		\"\"

Read Alison’s profile here<\/a><\/strong>

“I\u2019m looking forward to developing more skills in quantitative data and I am also excited to work alongside an established research team carrying out research in multi-morbidity”<\/strong><\/em><\/td>		Anna Wollman<\/a>, Community Mental Health Nurse, South West Community Mental Health Team

First Steps into Research Award, Edinburgh Napier University<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> MORE RESPECT: A Randomised controlled trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with severe mental illness delivered in community mental health setting

Mentor: <\/strong>Professor Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health Nursing
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Read Anna’s profile here<\/a>

“I don\u2019t have a research background and was a bit daunted by it. I applied for the first level to see if this is something that I\u2019d like to do more of, and potentially go for my PhD. I\u2019m really excited!”<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Catherine Chalmers<\/a>, Art Therapist, Psychological Therapies Services, Royal Edinburgh Hospital<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Edinburgh Napier University<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> Psychological Interventions for Complex PTSD And Schizophrenia-Spectrum disOrder (PICASSO)

Mentor:<\/strong> Professor Thanos Karatzias, Professor of Mental Health<\/td>		\"\"

Read Catherine’s profile here<\/a>

“I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing how a research project comes together; how to gather data, how to format it and also how we can come together to support patients”.<\/strong><\/em><\/td>		Chelsea Oliphant<\/a>, Staff Nurse, Dunvegan Ward, Royal Hospital Children & Young People<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Edinburgh Napier University<\/strong>

Placement: <\/strong>Child health projects

Mentor:<\/strong> Professor Nicola Ring, Professor of Children’s Nursing<\/td>		\"\"

Read Chelsea’s profile here<\/a>

“I\u2019m just really excited to see where this takes me”<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Chris Walsh<\/a>, Physiotherapist, Muscoskeletal Out-Patients, Western General Hospital<\/strong>

Pre-Doctoral Bridging Gateway Award<\/strong>, Glasgow Caledonian University<\/strong>

Focus of planned research: <\/strong>Evaluation of the effectiveness of current physiotherapy screening for Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) and the delay to diagnosis

Mentor: <\/strong> Professor Lorna Paul, Professor in Allied Health Sciences<\/td>		\"\"

Read Chris’ profile here<\/a>

“I feel a bit like I\u2019m shooting for the moon but this is a massive opportunity for me, and for physios \u2013 and not one that I\u2019ve ever seen before”.<\/strong><\/em><\/td>		Jonah Walter<\/a>, Staff Nurse, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Over 12s Day Programme, Royal Hospital Children & Young People<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Edinburgh Napier University<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> MORE RESPECT: A Randomised controlled trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with severe mental illness delivered in community mental health setting

Mentor: <\/strong>Professor Liz Hughes, Professor of Mental Health Nursing<\/td>		\"\"

Read Jonah’s profile here<\/a>.

“The idea of being involved in research has always been a dream for me”.<\/em><\/strong>

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Lee Burgum<\/a>, Chief Cardiac Physiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, University of Edinburgh<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> ReCETT-AF: Realistic Computational Electrophysiology Simulations for Targeted Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Mentor:<\/strong> Dr Steven Williams, British Heart Foundation Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist<\/td>		\"\"

Read Lee’s profile here<\/a>

\u201cI was always interested in research but didn\u2019t think this would ever be a possibility for me as I didn\u2019t have a degree. Even though I’m now working toward a degree, it still didn\u2019t feel like it would be a possibility as I thought they would only accept graduates. But here I am. This is a great opportunity and I feel like it will be a springboard for me to do more.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/td>		Linda Sherwood<\/a>, Clinical Nurse Specialist Colorectal Cancer, Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital<\/strong>

Post-Doctoral Research Gateway Award, University of Edinburgh<\/strong>

Focus of award:<\/strong> 3 publications from PhD study (2020) ‘”So far down the track\u201d: The phenomenological exploration of a supportive model of care for patients being considered for colorectal liver resections’

Mentor: <\/strong>Professor Tonks Fawcett, Professor of Student Learning<\/td>		\"\"

\u201cThe awards provide such an exciting opportunity. It\u2019s amazing to see their development. Once the research bug gets into your blood, it trains you to think in a certain way. It makes you approach problem solving differently and that is a huge benefit for everyday clinical practice too.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Lucy Charrington<\/a>, Speech & Language Therapist, East Lothian Community Hospital

First Steps into Research Award, Robert Gordon University<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> Palliative and End of Life Care with focus on Evaluation of the Anchor Family Support Service in Shetland

Mentor: <\/strong>Professor Catriona Kennedy, QNIS Professor of Community Nursing & Academic Strategic Lead for Research<\/td>		\"\"

Read Lucy’s profile here<\/a><\/strong>

“I\u2019m really keen to gain an understanding of how thematic analysis is used and how can we draw these techniques into our clinical services. I hope that this provides kindling for other ideas and other research opportunities”.<\/em><\/strong><\/td>		Megan Hatcher<\/a>, Art Psychotherapist, Orchard Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

First Steps into Research Award, University of Edinburgh<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> Community-engaged and Data-informed Systems Transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for Population Health’

Mentor:<\/strong> Professor Ruth Jepson, Professor of Public Health in Social Science; Director of Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP)<\/td>		\"\"

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Rebecca Rowson<\/a>, Physiotherapist, Royal Hospital Children & Young People<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Queen Margaret University<\/strong>

Placement:<\/strong> Digital Platform for Children after Kidney Transplantation

Mentor:<\/strong> Dr Pelagia Koufaki, Reader in Clinical Exercise Physiology<\/td>		\"\"

“I liked that there was protected time to support this. It will be great to see something come together from the ground up. This is a springboard and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing where this can take me”.<\/strong><\/em><\/td>		Sasha Archer<\/a>, Speech & Language Therapist, Western General Hospital<\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Queen Margaret University
<\/strong>
Placement:<\/strong> The evaluation of swallowing physiology of carbonated water using ultrasound

Mentor:<\/strong> Dr Joan Ma, Senior Lecturer in the Speech and Hearing Sciences<\/td>		\"\"

“I’m looking to develop my skills in quantitative research. I use a lot of qualitative research already but I know at some point it will be beneficial for me to have skills in both”<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Victoria Johnstone-Cooke<\/a>, Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist, West Lothian Community <\/strong>

First Steps into Research Award, Queen Margaret University<\/strong>

Placement: Qualitative study into Employment Experiences of Autistic Professionals

Mentor: Marion Rutherford, Senior Research Fellow, National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT)<\/td>		\"\"

Read Victoria’s profile here<\/a>

“I retrained as a mature student and really enjoyed being in that learning space. I\u2019ve been in work, then in uni, then in work again and I realised that I\u2019d like to be able to do a bit of both. They really feed into one another<\/em><\/strong>“.<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first cohort of recipients of the Clinical Academic Research Gateway Awards took up their awards in early 2023. A formal launch event took place on 31st January 2023 and involved representatives of the NHS Lothian Charity: Jane Ferguson, Charity Director and Andrew Fleming, Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of Trustees. Alison Neilson, Primary Care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-798","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"julietmacarthur","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/author\/julietmacarthur\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"The first cohort of recipients of the Clinical Academic Research Gateway Awards took up their awards in early 2023. A formal launch event took place on 31st January 2023 and involved representatives of the NHS Lothian Charity: Jane Ferguson, Charity Director and Andrew Fleming, Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of Trustees. Alison Neilson, Primary Care","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1707,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/798\/revisions\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/hcprofessionsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}