Our team

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

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.