Our Clinical and Scientific Panel

Our Clinical and Scientific Panel

The role of the Clinical and Scientific Panel is to provide Anaphylaxis UK with expert insight into health and scientific issues related to serious allergies, associated research and provide advice on current management of serious allergies so that we can support the allergic community. The panel currently consists of over 15 members and our current Clinical and Scientific Panel chair is Dr Helen Evans-Howells.

Dr Helen Evans-Howells Chair of the Anaphylaxis UK Clinical and Scientific Panel & Trustee

Dr Helen Evans-Howells (née Howells) is a GP in Bournemouth. Helen developed an interest in allergies when her eldest son Ethan was born and developed milk and nut allergies. In order to ensure he received the best care she undertook[…]

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Professor Malcolm Shepherd

Professor Malcolm Shepherd is a Respiratory Physician who specialises in severe adult allergy and asthma. His clinical work focuses on anaphylaxis and severe type I allergy as the director of the West of Scotland Anaphylaxis service. They offer diagnostic, lifestyle[…]

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Dr Anna Murphy

Anna is the consultant pharmacist for respiratory medicine at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Respiratory Integrated Care Pharmacist for Leicestershire Partnership Trust. She has over 25 years’ experience working in the field of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy. She[…]

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Tanya Wright

Tanya Wright is a HCPC registered Dietitian specialising in the diagnosis and management of food allergy and other food hypersensitivity reactions in children and adults with gastrointestinal, dermatological and respiratory symptoms. She works at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in[…]

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Rachel De Boer

Rachel has worked as a Dietitian since 2003, and specialised in Paediatric Allergy in 2009. She currently works within the NHS, leading the Paediatric Allergy dietetics team with the Children’s Allergy service at Evelina London, St Thomas’ Hospital. Rachel is[…]

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Dr Karen Murphy

Karen Murphy is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist. She completed her Masters in Mental Health Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London before going on to complete her Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the University of[…]

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Professor Graham Roberts

Graham Roberts is a Professor of Paediatric Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. He is also the Director of the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre on the Isle of[…]

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Dr Jo Walsh

Jo is a part time GP partner in Norwich and also works as a PCN Clinical Director. She has an interest in allergy and has been involved in several national allergy projects. Her specific interest is in paediatric food allergy.[…]

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Dr Liz Angier

Dr Liz Angier is committed to improving the care of allergy across the health system with an emphasis on good primary care. She currently combines her work of primary care lead and virtual ward lead within an integrated care system[…]

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Professor Adam Fox

Professor of Paediatric Allergy and Consultant Paediatric Allergist at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals. Trustee and Immediate Past President of BSACI and current Chair of the National Allergy Strategy Group.[…]

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Dr Paul Turner 

Dr Paul Turner is a Reader/Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy & Immunology at Imperial College London, and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research, funded by the Medical Research Council, European Commission, NIHR[…]

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Dr Matthew Doyle FRCP FRCGP

Dr Matthew Doyle FRCP FRCGP is a General Practitioner with a specialist interest in Allergy. He trained in Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital and went on to study Allergic Medicine at Imperial College, London. Since then he has focussed[…]

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Dr Rebecca Knibb

Dr Rebecca Knibb is an Associate Professor in Health Psychology at Aston University with 30 years of experience conducting research into the psychological impact of allergies. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and conference proceedings in this field.  Her[…]

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Dr Deborah Marriage

Dr Deb Marriage is the consultant nurse for allergy and asthma at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children where she has worked since 2002.  She previously worked in allergy at St Mary’s Hospital, London. Deb has completed the MSc in Allergy[…]

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Dr Tariq El-Shanawany

Dr Tariq El-Shanawany is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist at University Hospital of Wales. He trained in medicine at Cambridge University and Guy’s and St Thomas’s medical school. Following qualification in 2000, he undertook general medicine training in London, Worthing and[…]

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Dr Adrian Hian Ing Sie (MRCP)

Dr Adrian Hian Ing Sie (MRCP), consultant in paediatrics at University Hospital Wishaw, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, trained in Edinburgh and Glasgow.  He has been clinical lead for CYANS (Children and Young People Allergy Network Scotland,[…]

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Professor John O. Warner OBE MD FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci FERS

Clinical and Scientific Ambassador for Anaphylaxis UK. Emeritus Professor, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London and Hon. Professor Paediatrics University of Cape Town. Previously; Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department, Imperial College 2006-2019 and Professor of Child[…]

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Dr Alexandra Croom

Dr Alexandra Croom has been a consultant allergist for over 20 years and is now based at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. Her clinical interests include food allergy, mast cell disorders, drug allergy and peri-operative anaphylaxis. She has a long standing[…]

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