Gillian's Pages

Gillian's academic publications (PDF, 91K)

Work

This year, Gillian finished her two part time appointments on EU-funded projects at the University of Manchester, in the Schools of Medicine (LTfLL project, ended February) and Dentistry (Sedentexct project, ended August). It was incredibly busy preparing final deliverables - this is full-time work including weekends for about three months for each project, despite the contracts being for two days a week!

When LTfLL ended, Gillian found another part-time appointment in Primary Care on the EU-funded LINNEAUS Euro-PC project. Sadly, she had to give that up to obtain full-time employment, just as she was starting to make progress. Her new project (INBANK) is a three year contract, full time, funded by Arthritis Research UK - though she is currently working three months' notice on LINNEAUS alongside INBANK, so busy times! INBANK aims to set up an information resource with links to a biobank, providing patient data and biological samples to support future research studies (subject to appropriate consent) and to improve patients' experience and outcomes. It is a very interesting, important and challenging project, with potentially nation-wide roll-out in hospital rheumatology departments. At the moment we are setting up the project, clarifying goals, roles and responsibilities, and working out finances.

At home

Work is again leaving only limited time for hobbies (this sentence copied from last year!). She attends the village book club and a keep fit class, and is on the committee for the village twinning association (see twinning).

There has been almost no time for wild flower work this year, though the evenings have allowed time for progress on family history work.

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Last LTfLL meeting in Vienna, January 2011 - Gillian on the front row, second from left. So sad that this challenging project has ended.

Gillian's wonderful Canon Ixus (5 megapixel) gave up this summer and she has a new Canon Powershot S95. This is one of the first shots. The wasp on the right hand flower is perfectly in focus.