Ambika Chadha

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The Hay Family Challenge

I am raising money with my family to provide support for the CLEFT bridging the gap charity, which provides long-term, sustainable ways to improve cleft care both in the UK and overseas. It supports overseas teams in developing countries to be self supporting and also raises money for cleft research.
Social events

Social events have been put on by the Cleft 2022 organisers. Details of the events is provided here.
Ride London 100 for CLEFT

Important work on research and care for cleft patients and families
David and Mahaveer Take On Ben Nevis

We're raising money to help fund CLEFT's UK and International cleft care projects and research

Fiona Gilchrist

Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
Stephanie van Eeden

Stephanie van Eeden, Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), Regional Cleft Lip and Palate Service and NIHR Clinical Doctoral Fellow (2018-2023)
Joanna Shearer

I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from University College London in 2002. I have an MSc in Mental Health Studies and have completed post doctoral training in CBT and more recently in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy.
Yvonne Wren

I am Associate Professor of Speech and Communication at the University of Bristol and also Chief Investigator of the Cleft Collective, a national cohort study which is investigating the causes, treatments and outcomes for people born with cleft lip and/or palate.
Helen Robson

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Sophie Butterworth, Junior Cleft Fellow

I qualified as a doctor in 2007 and have been working part-time with the cleft lip and palate team in Newcastle since 2009, with a few breaks for my three children.
Martyn Cobourne, Academic Head of Orthodontics

Martyn Cobourne is Professor of Orthodontics at King’s College London and Hon Consultant in Orthodontics at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Rona Slator, Chair of the Research Steering Committee

Retired, and living in the North Yorkshire countryside. Former Consultant Plastic and Cleft Surgeon at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and the West Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate Centre.
Malcolm Birch, Medical Physicist

I first became involved with cleft patients here at The London Hospital, as it was then, back in the 90’s.
Phil Stanier, Research Scientist

I am a research scientist with a particular interest in studying the molecular and genetic basis that leads to a cleft of the lip and/or palate.