ME/CFS Patrons
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Professor Terry J Daymond MB, FRCP, D Phys Med Consultant Rheumatologist -now retired from the NHS and working in the private sector Born in Wimbledon and attended school at Rutlish School, Merton. Entered Edinburgh University in 1961 and graduated as a doctor in 1967. House jobs in Kings Lynn where he met his wife. Spent one year in the Punjab, India as Acting Chief Medical Officer at a Mission Hospital. Returned to Kings Lynn as a Medical Registrar then to Norwich to commence training in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. Senior Registrar at the RVI in Newcastle and appointed Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at Sunderland in November 1979. Developed an interest in drug studies. Collaborated with the Sunderland University Pharmacy Department looking at pharmokinetics of drugs in arthritis. Has a keen interest in pain problems and Chronic Fatigue and is patron of the Arachnoiditis Trust, the local ME/CFS Support group and is president of the local back care group. In 1990 he developed a service for Osteoporosis in Sunderland and headed the Echo campaign for a DEXA machine. In 1998 he was appointed a visiting Professor at Sunderland University. He established the Mobility Research Unit at Sunderland Royal Hospital developing assessment for patients with Arthritis and assessment of joint fluid therapy for patients with Osteoarthritis. He is married with 4 children and two grandchildren. |
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Professor Malcolm Hooper Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry, Sunderland University. I obtained the following degrees from the Faculty of Medicine, University of London, B.Pharm. (1956), Ph.D. (1959). By election I received C.Chem. MRIC in 1963. 1959: Appointed Lecturer in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Sunderland Technical College. Served on Committees of the Council for National Academic Awards, CNAA, World Health Organisation, Science and Engineering Research Council. Appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the Gulf Veterans Association, GVA, and accepted by the Ministry of Defence as their nominee on the Independent Panel. Member of the support Group convened at the Royal British Legion and also a member of the Depleted Uranium (DU) Oversight Board, formed in 2001. My involvement with the GWVs brought contact with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, CFS/ME, and related disorders. Gulf War Illness/Syndrome, GWI/S, has much in common with CFS/ME. Member of the Newcastle Research Group, which includes eminent physicians and scientists carrying out research into ME-CFS. Associated with the Autism Research Unit, University of Sunderland, for over 20 years. I have an active interest in environmental issues. I have a longstanding ministry as a Christian lay leader, preacher and teacher both locally, regionally and nationally. I served on the General Synod of the Church of England from 1970-1980. |
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Mr Fraser Kemp 1975-1980 Civil Servant Former Chair of Parliamentary Labour Party Cabinet Office Committee 2001 Appointed as Government Whip Interests Motor Industry, Foreign Relations, Political Campaigning. |
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Chris Mullin MP Chris Mullin has been the Labour MP for Sunderland South since 1987. |
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Mr Bill Etherington MP Bill Etherington was born and brought up in Roker Sunderland and was educated at Redby infants and junior schools and Monkwearmouth Grammar school. He served an apprenticeship as a fitter at Austin Pickersgill shipyard and worked as a fitter at Dawdon colliery for 21 years. In 1983 he as elected as a full time official of the NUM and in 1992 became the MP for Sunderland North. |




