Training Programme in Academic Paediatrics
The Department of Paediatrics oversees a successful academic training programme for clinicians keen to pursue a career in academic paediatrics.
About this course
The programme is run in collaboration with the Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS) and Health Education Thames Valley (HETV).
Appointments are made as NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturers, or as Clinical Lecturers appointed directly by the Department of Paediatrics. Further information about training in academic paediatrics is available at http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/training-examinations-professional-development/postgraduate-training/academic-training/academic-paed
Paediatric Academic Clinical Fellows at Oxford usually have a 6 month block of research at ST2 level, and a further 3 month block at ST3. These periods are used to prepare funding applications for further research following the ST3. All ACFs also undertake the post graduate diploma in Health Research (details available at https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/187
Those interested in training in academic paediatrics at Oxford should contact Dr Matthew Snape (Academic training programme director, OUCAGS) at matthew.snape@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
Applications for the ACF programme are currently closed, look out for the 2015 ACF programme application dates through the Oxford Deanery.
CURRENT ACADEMIC TRAINEES:
Dr Robin Basu Roy
Dr Rosie Crane
Dr Simon Drysdale
Dr Seilesh Kadambari
Dr Fiona Moultrie
Dr Anna Rose
Dr Sanja Zivanovic
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC TRAINEES
Dr Jim Buttery (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Disease, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne)
Dr Gary Nicholl (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Consultant in Paediatric Oncology at Southampton General Hospital)
Dr Shelley Segal (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and General Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Oxford)
Dr Dominic Kelly (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Oxford Biomedical Centre Consultant in General Paediatrics and Vaccinology)
Dr Matthew Snape (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Oxford Biomedical Centre Consultant in General Paediatrics and Vaccinology)
Dr Julian Forton (Previous Clinical Lecturer, currently Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Cardiff)
Dr David Porter (Previous Academic Clinical Lecturer, appointed to Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Alder-Hey, Liverpool)
Dr Andy Prendergast (Previous Academic Clinical Lecturer, currently Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London)
Dr Sarah Atkinson (Currently Clinical research fellow and consultant in paediatric infectious disease, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme)
Dr Ameneh Khatami ( Fellow in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the Children's Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, Australia)
Dr Kirsten Perrett