The editorial office is based on the Mayo Clinic model, with staff assisting in the planning and preparation of documents such as funding applications, research protocols and supporting documentation, abstracts, manuscripts, posters etc. They also produce the newsletter and support communications activities. Alongside other duties (see additional information), the Programme Managers run training sessions for researchers and trainees on writing techniques.
Lynne Ferrar - Research Programme Manager
Lynne originally worked as a diagnostic radiographer, and in 1993 completed a BSc(Hons) degree in Health Studies while working at Paisley Royal Alexandria Hospital. She relocated to Sheffield in 1995 to work for Professor Eastell, as a research radiographer in the Osteoporosis Centre at the Northern General Hospital. She soon became a full-time research student, focusing on the identification of vertebral fractures in osteoporosis, and was awarded her doctorate in 2000. Lynne stayed on as a Research Associate in the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism and secured research fellowships from the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) and the Medical Research Council, and project grants from the NOS and Arthritis Research UK. She was also a visiting scholar at the University of California, San Francisco in 2004 with Professor Steve Cummings. She has published or co-authored 14 papers and from 2004 to 2007 was a member of a task force set up by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry to establish guidelines for the clinical use of densitometric vertebral fracture assessment (VFA). During this time she has also worked as a part-time lecturer in Radiography and undertook a 6-months secondment to the STH Research Department. Lynne is a member of the European Medical Writers Association, and studying for the EPDP foundation certificate.
Tel: +44 (0)114 271 5881
Email: l.ferrar@sheffield.ac.uk
Angela Rogers – Research Programme Manager
Angela began her career as a chartered physiotherapist, specialising in rheumatology, working at the Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire. She then took a career break to bring up her two children and during this time studied for a Bachelor of Science degree with the Open University (OU) and also worked for a time as an Associate Lecturer with the OU. With a first class BSc (Hons) degree in cell biology and biochemistry, she went on to complete a doctorate at the University of Sheffield, focusing on the role of cytokines in the pathophysiology of postmenopausal bone loss. Angela continued with her research interests in postmenopausal osteoporosis as a Research Associate in the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, in Sheffield. She has published 14 research papers either as first author or as a co-author, including a highly cited review of the role of osteoprotegerin in bone disease. She has acted as an expert reviewer for medical journals including Osteoporosis International, Bone and Clinical Endocrinology and as a grant reviewer for the Chief Scientist Office, the Medical Research Council and the European Calcified Tissue Society.
In 2006, she took an 18-month secondment to the STH Research Department where she worked as a Research Coordinator and gained experience in clinical research governance procedures and received extensive training in good clinical practice. Angela was appointed as Research Programme Manager in the Bone BRU in April 2008, where she supports three programmes of research. She has attended training courses on writing and editing medical texts, project management and the use of publishing and presentation software. She is a member of the European Medical Writers Association and is working towards her EPDP foundation certificate. She is also currently undergoing training with the Publishing Training Centre for accreditation in proofreading and copy-editing. Angela is responsible for patient and public involvement in the Unit and has collaborated with INVOLVE on the preparation of guidance documents aimed at achieving diversity and inclusion for active involvement in research.
Tel: +44 (0)114 226 6472
Email: angela.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk
