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Current NHS consultant posts held

Department of Rheumatology
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Aconbury West, Charles Hastings Way
WORCESTER
WR5 1DD

Kidderminster General Hospital
Bewdley Road
KIDDERMINSTER
DY11 6RJ

Research interests

I have co-ordinated a number of studies involving our Department.

Previous studies include:

ARCOGEN STUDY
This consortia has published the results of the genetic association for Osteoarthritis.

SARAH STUDY
I was the local Principal Investigator of this multicentre study looking at Rheumatoid arthritis patients and use of hand exercises as additional intervention. The study was supported with in-put from the occupational therapy Department and Physiotherapy Department.

MOTION PERFORMANCE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER
I have collaborated on a joint Student MRes project with the University of Birmingham. The project used infra red motion capture technology to look at hand finger joint movements in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis ( with and without knuckle joint replacement).This was a collaboration with other investigators.

Personal interests

Hill walking, running, going to the gym and spending time with family.

Publications

arcOGEN Consortium and arcOGEN Collaborators. Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): a genome-wide association study Lancet 2012; 380: 815–23

Aaron G. Day-Williams et al including the arcOGEN Consortium. A Variant in MCF2L Is Associated with Osteoarthritis. The American Journal of Human Genetics 89, 446–450, September 9, 2011 annals Rheumatic Diseases ARD Online First published on September 6, 2012 as 10,1136/annrheumdis-2012-202081

Evaluation of the genetic overlap between osteoarthritis with body mass index and height using genome-wide association scan data Ann Rheum Dis 2013;72:935-941

L.E. Lester , J.W. Bevins , C. Hughes , A. Rai , H. Whalley , M. Arafa , D.E.T. Shepherd, D.W.L. Hukins. Range of motion of the metacarpophalangeal joint in rheumatoid patients, with and without a flexible joint replacement

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel variants associated with osteoarthritis of the hip. Ann Rheum Dis doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203114

Courses offered to GPs

I'm a keen educator and regularly have performed lectures and educational updates for trainees, GPs and other medical professionals.