rachel harris
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Simon Walker
Simon is a Senior Lecturer in Radiotherapy andDeputy to the Head of School of Radiography at theUniversity of Central England (UCE) in Birmingham.He qualified in June 1980 and later gained hisHigher Diploma in 1986, then undertook a MastersDegree in Public Sector Management in 1994 at theUniversity of Aston. He has published severalarticles and also presented at conferences.
After qualification Simon took up a basic graderadiographer post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospitalin Birmingham, later reaching Superintendent III
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BIOGRAPHIES
Rachel Harris
Rachel gained her Diploma of the College ofRadiographers (Therapy) in 1988 at The Ports-mouth School of Radiography. In 1995, she at-tained a Master of Science Degree in SocialResearch and since then has worked at The Ply-mouth Oncology Centre as the Research Radiogra-pher (current grade Superintendent II).
She finds research and audit at the Centre aninteresting and fulfilling role, and has a ferventbelief in the future of therapeutic radiography.This is evident from her success in setting upradiographer led research at the Centre, whichhas led to clarifying research for operational staffand enabling a real culture of evidence-basedpractice, where nearly all of the staff have been,or are, currently involved in a project.
Rachel’s particular areas of interest are thepsychosocial issues relating to head and neck can-cer; rectal cancer; skin care during radiotherapy;and patient positioning. She is also a member of theCollege of Radiographers’ Research Group.
She lectures at various multidisciplinary confer-ences at regional, national, and internationallevel; the results of her work have appeared inmany journals. Amongst her many lecture invita-tions, Rachel presented two faculty papers at theAmerican Society of Radiation Technology in NewOrleans in October 2002. One of her most recentlectures was to a group of Cancer Nurses inCampobasso, Italy.
Rachel sits on many scientific committees ofnational and international conferences. In Febru-ary 2000, she was asked to sit on the ESTROradiation technologists committee in Brussels asthe UK representative. Since then, she has beenactively involved in ESTRO conferences throughoutEurope. In addition, she is one of the Collegeof Radiographers’ representatives for the UKRadiation and Oncology (UKRO) conferences,which have proved to be very successful.
In 2000, Rachel’s name was published in themillennium edition of Who’s Who in the World andhas featured each year. Since 2002, she has alsobeen noted in both Who’s Who in Science andEngineering andWho’sWho inHealth andMedicine.
Rachel lives in the picturesque fishing port ofLooe in Cornwall with her husband, Trevor. She hasa menagerie of animals, including her two dogs ea lively English springer spaniel, and a docilerescued greyhound.
P. HoggDepartment of Radiography,
University of Salford, Salford,Greater Manchester M6 6PU, UK
Tel.: C44 161 295 2155.E-mail address: [email protected]
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