Dan is professor of Otology and Hearing Implant Surgery at Kings College Hospital and Consultant Hearing Implant Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas'

Our team
The BEARS multi-disciplinary team is jointly led by Deborah Vickers, University of Cambridge and Dan Jiang, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, who have worked with co-applicants and collaborators to develop this proposal informed by patient opinions and feedback
- Dan JiangCo-chief Investigator
- Deborah VickersCo-chief Investigator
- Caroline ClarkeHealth Economist
- Sandra DriverClinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Nick FreemantleDirector of UCL Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit
- Pádraig KitterickAssociate Professor in Hearing Sciences
- Sarah SomersetResearch Fellow in Hearing Sciences
- Merle MahonAssociate Professor in Language and Cognition
- Lorenzo PicinaliReader in Audio Experience Design
- Christine RoccaTeacher of the Deaf and Music Therapist
- Stuart RosenProfessor in Speech and Hearing Science
- Marina Salorio - CorbettoResearch Associate
- Sarvesh ThiruchelvamPatient Co-Applicant
- Nejra Van ZalkDevelopmental Scientist
- Helen CullingtonProfessorial Fellow and Principal Clinical Scientist
- Giorgos DritsakisPatient & Public Involvement Coordinator
- Bhavisha ParmarResearch Audiologist
- Frances EarlyHealth Psychology Researcher
- Kevin SumDeveloper
- Adam PedleyResearch Fellow in Hearing Sciences
Debi is principal research fellow at the University of Cambridge leading the "Sensory Optimisation Utilising Neuroscience for Devices" SOUND lab and honorary research fellow at Guy's and St Thomas'.
Caroline is a Senior Health Economist at University College London (UCL) and is responsible for the cost-effectiveness evaluation of BEARS compared to usual care, which will use information from our clinical trial participants on their quality of life and on the treatment pathways that they follow.
Sandra works as a clincian at Guy's and St Thomas' Hearing Impant Centre
Nick works at University College London and works with complex trials
Padraig works at Nottingham University
Sarah works at the University of Nottingham and is responsible for adapting and validating the York Binaural Hearing Related Quality of Life questionnaire for use in young people.
Merle works at University College London (UCL). She is the UCL lead for the BEARS project and is responsible for the qualitative aspects of the research.
Lorenzo works at Imperial College London and is in charge of the development of the BEARS applications.
Chris works at Guy's and St Thomas' Hearing Implant Centre
Stuart works at University College London
Marina is a Research Associate at Cambridge University. She supports Patient & Public Involvement and works on the development and evaluation of the BEARS games and applications.
Sarve is a bilateral Cochlear Implant User supporting the PPI and patient engagement throughout the trial
Nejra works at Imperial College London
Helen works at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service. She has previously designed and rolled out a webapp for people with cochlear implants.
Giorgos is a Researcher at the University of Cambridge. He has worked in clinical research for more than 10 years. His main role is to coordinate the involvement of patients and clinicians in the project.
Bhavisha is a Research Audiologist at the University of Cambridge. She is involved in Patient & Public Involvement, development of tests to assess the effectiveness of the BEARS games and clinical support with the BEARS clinical trial.
Frances works at Addenbrooke's Hospital and leads the qualitative aspects of the process evaluation component of the project.
Kevin works on the development and evaluation of the BEARS games and applications.
Adam works at the University of Nottingham and is responsible for adapting and validating the York Binaural Hearing Related Quality of Life questionnaire for use in young people.