WASP Conference 2024
Join us for the next WASP Conference on Thursday July 11th 2024 at the Harbour Hotel in Southampton.
Confirmed speakers include: James Sanderson (Director of Personalised Care, NHSE/I), Dr. Priya Kumar (G.P.) and Dr. Chloe Stewart (Health Psychologist).
WASP Personalised Care Conference 2024
Programme
Speaker Biographies
Dr. Priya Kumar BEM
GP Partner and Health Inequalities Lead Kumar Medical Centre and Transformational Clinical Lead for the Connected Care Programme, Frimley ICB
Dr Priya Kumar, a practising GP Partner at Kumar Medical Centre since 2013 has recently been appointed as the Transformational Digital Clinical Lead for the Connected Care Programme, Frimley Integrated Care Board. She has a specialist interest in taking a population health approach in tackling health inequalities.
In her previous role as Health Inequalities Lead for Slough, she developed and clinically led the Multigenerational Household Project and Wider Determinants of Health Questionnaire. As a result of this work, she was named the ‘Digital Innovator of the Year’ 2023 at the Digital HSJ awards.
After completing the Darzi Fellowship Programme, she understood the importance of co-production and clinical leadership within the NHS. Priya has been involved in integration across the health and social care sectors by working with public health colleagues, and the voluntary sector in developing innovative pathways to improve patient outcomes on a population basis.
Dr. Lindsey Cherry
Associate Professor at the University of Southampton & Southampton Central Primary Care Network
Dr Cherry is Associate Professor at the University of Southampton and Podiatrist & Education Environment Lead at Southampton Central Primary Care Network. Lindsey has specialist interest in personalised care research and is member of the Long-Term Conditions (LTC) research group. Lindsey holds a wide grant and publication portfolio, with several ongoing projects seeking to improve supported self-management, shared decision-making, and living well with LTCs.
Lindsey is also actively engaged in clinical academic capacity building, teaching across several undergraduate and post-graduate programmes and holds several external positions including NIHR HTA research prioritisation committee member, British Society for Rheumatology Foot and Ankle SIG co-convenor, European League Against Rheumatism Foot and Ankle group past-Chair Elect, & editorial board member of the Journal of Foot and Ankle research.
Dr. Kate Lippiett
Dr Kate Lippiett (BA (Hons), MSc, RGN, PhD) has worked in the NHS since 1999, first in general management, completing the NHS management training scheme in 2003. She re-trained as a nurse and specialised in respiratory nursing. Currently, Kate is Chair of the Research and Education Committee for the Association of Respiratory Nurses. In 2020, Kate completed a full-time PhD, identifying and characterising patient experiences of burden of treatment in lung cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Kate is a clinical academic with a joint role. First, as Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, working on a multi site study aiming to provide person-centred care for patients with multi-morbidity on primary care. Second, as General Practice Nurse Clinical Research Fellow across the South West
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