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[vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column_text]Lead Researchers<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”235″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”none” width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dr Amelia Hollywood<\/strong><\/a> is an Associate Professor in Health Services Research at the University of Reading, a HCPC Registered Health Psychologist and Research Fellow at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”239″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Prof Liza Keating<\/strong> <\/a>is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Reading.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”261″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Dr Farhan Ahmad<\/strong><\/a> is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Post Graduate Researcher at the University of Reading.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column_text]Collaborators<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”276″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Dr Sarah Wilson<\/strong><\/a> is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and a Royal College of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”275″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”none” width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dr James Watchorn<\/strong> is an ICU and Acute Medicine Consultant at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”330″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Dr Samuel Bizley<\/strong><\/a> is a Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Reading.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column_text]Research Fellows<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”327″ style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]Dr Emma Duffield<\/strong> is an Emergency Medicine trainee and honorary Research Fellow at the University of Reading. 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