Jennifer Preston

Senior PPI and Engagement Manager, NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility; PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool

With 19 years of experience, Jenny specialises in involving children, young people and families in paediatric health research. She is the PPIE Manager at NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility and Executive Lead at the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre. She also leads PPIE initiatives for EATC4Children and GenerationR Alliance and co-founded eYPAGnet, a European network for young people in research. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, researching meaningful patient and public involvement.

Dr Chantelle Tomlinson

Consultant Neonatologist, Nottingham University Hospitals and BAPM

Chantelle is a Neonatal Consultant in the East Midlands and Quality Lead for the British Association of Perinatal Medicine. Her passion for Quality Improvement (QI) began during a break from neonatal grid training, leading to fellowships in the UK and abroad to explore advancements in perinatal care. In Nottingham, she co-leads a multi-professional programme that provides fellowships and training in Quality, Risk, and Safety, driving improvements across clinical specialties in a large Trust.

Prof Saul Faust

NIHR Research Delivery Network Co-National Speciality Lead for Children, University of Southampton

Professor Saul Faust FRCPCH PhD OBE is a Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases specialist at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. He holds multiple research leadership roles, including Director of the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, NIHR Senior Investigator, Co-Director of the UK National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium (NISEC), and Co-Health and Care Director (Medical) for NIHR South Central Regional Research Delivery Network. He also serves as National Clinical Lead for Infection Vaccines in the NIHR Vaccine Innovation Pathway.

As a clinical researcher, he conducts trials in children and adults and was Chief Investigator for the UK COV-BOOST COVID-19 vaccine trial. He also designed the HARMONIE trial for RSV prevention in collaboration with colleagues and Sanofi.

Nishanthi Talawila Da Camara

Head of Research and Evidence, RCPCH

Nish is the Head of Research and Evidence at RCPCH. With expertise in evidence-based methodologies, Nish is responsible for the RCPCH Child Protection systematic reviews and working with the team to ensure use of robust methodologies and best available evidence in the development of guidelines, and best practice recommendations. Nish has also created an eLearning module on Systematic Reviews which is available through RCPCH Learning.

Rosa Nieto

Clinical Guidelines Manager, RCPCH

Rosa currently leads the Clinical Guidelines Programme at the RCPCH. She has more than 10 years’ experience in the development of high quality clinical guidelines with NICE accreditation standards. She has led the development of clinical guidelines in different medical topics and has also supported paediatric specialty groups to achieve RCPCH endorsement.

Dr Eva Loucaides

ST6 Paediatric Registrar, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital/TRN member, RCPCH

Eva works as a paediatric registrar in London. She has always been research active having completed a pre-medicine PhD, an Academic Foundation Programme and an Academic Clinical Fellowship. She is passionate about global child health and has worked on research projects in the UK and Africa with a focus on newborns and survivors of neonatal pathologies.

Eva champions research skills and research involvement for all resident paediatricians: she co-chaired the academic subgroup of the London School of Paediatrics Trainees Committee, founded the London based resident-led research network REACH (Research, Evaluation and Audit for Child Health) and is a member of the RCPCH TRN group.

Dr Eva Wooding

Paediatric Registrar, University Hospitals Plymouth/TRN Co-chair, RCPCH

Eva is a less-than-full-time paediatric registrar at University Hospitals Plymouth and a GW4-Clinical Academic Track PhD fellow. Her research focuses on Aspergillus fumigatus in paediatric lungs, exploring fungal immunology and the impact of mould exposure on childhood asthma.

She is Co-chair of the RCPCH Trainee Research Network (TRN) and Chair of PenTRAIN, with experience as a sub-investigator for NIHR clinical trials. Holding a Master’s in Clinical Education, Eva lectures on evidence-based healthcare, advocating for junior-led research and building research skills in child health. She balances LTFT training with clinical practice, academic projects, and life administration.