Biography
Dan is a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist and Honorary consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.
His major research interest is in epidemiology and effectiveness research. This involves developing nationwide collaborative cohorts, clinical trials and the analysis of existing (routine) datasets. He is chief investigator on the NIHR British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance (BOSS) Study, the NIHR SCIENCE Trial, the NIHR FORCE trial, the ARUK Sensing the Hips of Newborns (SHINE) Study and the ARUK Outcomes Research in Children’s Hip Disease (ORCHiD) Study.
He is also a member of the NIHR HTA Commissioning Board and the Associate Editor for Paediatrics and Methodology Board Member at the Bone and Joint Journal. He also sits on the research committee of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the research committee of BSCOS (British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery) and the hip screening committee within the government NIPE (Newborn Infant Physical Examination) Programme.
He supervises PhD research degrees at the University of Liverpool and Oxford.
Expertise in support of the EATC4Children
- Clinical Trials
- Epidemiology
- Big Data
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