BACD-Castang Fellowship Programme
Identifying, supporting and developing childhood disability research leaders
BACD-Castang Fellowships Round 3 (2024)
The BACD-Castang Fellowships aim to identify, support, and develop childhood neurodisability research leaders. Fellowships are available to candidates from a relevant professional discipline (i.e. within neurodisability-related health care, education, or social care, or research).
We are pleased to announce the successful candidates for Round 3 of the BACD-Castang Fellowship:
1. Pipeline Fellowship
- Claire Higgins, Principal Physiotherapist and Children's Integrated Therapies Lead for Special schools, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Raj Lodh, Consultant Neurodisability Paediatrician, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Fiona McKeown, Neonatal Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian
- Ed Whittaker, Academic Foundation Year 2 Doctor, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Jemma Wright, Specialty Doctor Community Paediatrics, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2. Advanced Fellowship
- Lesley Katchburian, Lead Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Jill Massey, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Bethan Page, Lecturer in Child Health & Palliative Care, Kings College London
- Rachel Rapson, Consultant Physiotherapist, Children and Family Health Devon
- Samantha Armitage, Children’s Occupational Therapist, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Over the course of the Fellowship, successful candidates will:
- Generate specific, agreed outputs that advance their own childhood neurodisability research programme, BACD strategic research priorities, and nationally agreed research priorities within the childhood neurodisability community;
- Develop their skills in leading childhood neurodisability research;
- Develop their identity, confidence, and national and international profile as a childhood neurodisability research leader; and
- Develop their knowledge of research funders’ priorities and expectations.
Successful candidates will bring their own interests, ideas, and defined research topics to the Fellowship. These should be highlighted in their individual applications. - Candidates’ research topics will collectively form the basis of a targeted development programme throughout the Fellowship.