2023 Head & Neck Cancer Conference Guide Book

Catherine Holborn
MSc; BSc (Hons); PGCert
Head and Neck Medical Oncologist
DAY 2
Tamsin Longley
Senior Occupational Therapist,
The Royal Marsden Hospital
DAY 2
Catherine is professionally registered as a Therapeutic Radiographer and worked clinically, within
Radiotherapy, between 1998 and 2003. In 2003, she joined Sheffield Hallam University as a senior
lecturer within their Radiotherapy & Oncology team. The majority of Catherine’s workload is in the
post-registration/ post-graduate setting, delivering education to qualified practitioners, from a
range of professional backgrounds, working within the cancer setting. The focus of her education
predominantly focuses on topics related to cancer survivorship and personalised cancer care.
She is passionate about using education to promote best practice in this field. She has a particular
interest in strategies that help people to manage, and cope with, the long-term impact of cancer
and its treatment. In 2022, Catherine also took on the role of Training & Education Lead at Sheffield
Hallam’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) where work is undertaken to develop
innovations that help people to move and improve their quality of life.
Tamsin Longley is a Senior Occupational Therapist The Royal Marsden Hospital Foundation
trust (RMH). She works as a clinical member of the Occupational Therapy department and is
also committed to quality improvement and patient-centred care. In 2018, she was awarded the
Churchill Fellowship in order to gain a better understanding into the research and therapeutic
interventions available for individuals experiencing cancer related cognitive impairment (CRCI)
following cancer and cancer treatment.
As a result since 2021 and with support from the Royal Marsden cancer charity, Tamsin has now
been running an adapted UK version of the ‘Emerging from the HazeTM’ programme for patient’s
experiencing CRCI, initially built by Dr Arash Asher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with promising
results so far.
Peter Cousens
Head and Neck Cancer Survivor
DAY 2
Emma Kinloch
Director, Salivary Gland Cancer UK
DAY 2
Peter was born in South West London in 1946, and attended Battersea County School. He has
spent most of my working life in the dairy industry, first in London managing a Distributive Retail
Depot in Shepherds Bush, then after meeting Chris and moving to Devon in 1979, he worked for St
Ivel/Daws dairy as a Territory Manager covering Devon and Cornwall. Peter took early retirement
in 2001. He owned an old 1951 London Bus and decided to go part time bus driving, which he did
until he was made a member of this club in 2013.
Peter was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx in November 2011 and was given laser and
radiotherapy over Christmas and the New year of 2011/12, but unfortunately the cancer returned in
July 2013 after which he had a full laryngectomee.
Emma Kinloch is the founder of Salivary Gland Cancer UK (SGC UK), a unique collaboration
between a patient advocate and medical oncologist. SGC UK is focussed on building a network
of those affected by, treating and researching rare salivary gland cancers in the UK and beyond,
pushing forwards research and providing reliable information.
Internationally Emma represents salivary gland cancers as a Patient Advisor to the EURACAN rare
head and neck cancer domain, a member of the International Rare Cancer Initiative (IRCI) and a
Non-Executive Director of a US based Research Foundation. In all these roles she is focussed on
collaboration, co-production and ensuring the patient/public voice is fully integrated into research
from strategy and priority setting, through delivery, to output, evaluation, and dissemination
Emma studied Experimental Psychology at Corpus Christi Oxford, holds an MSc in Criminology
and Masters in Organisational Psychology.
Simon Erridge
MBBS BSc (Hons)
Head of Research & Access, Sapphire Clinic
DAY 1
Sid Platt
Former Head and Neck
Cancer Patient
DAY 2
Simon is a medical doctor, based in London, who leads on the conduct and development of
research on medical cannabis at Sapphire Medical Clinics. He combines this with a role at Imperial
College London, where he also studies the effects of components from the cannabis plant on
pancreatic cancer cells in pre-clinical models.
Sid is a 75 year young East Ender - former (un)civil servant, public sector Trade Union bureaucrat
(Nalgo/Unison), Midlands TUC Chair, and Local authorities chief executive (West Midlands Local
Government Association WMLGA). His future careers are behind him as his work avoidance
programme is proceeding well! (with the exception of my commitment to the Swallows cancer
recovery groups). Sid is now living in Cornwall on grandparenting duties, boating, travelling and
playing golf enthusiastically (and often referred to as “Lazarus” when he wins!).
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