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Philip Lawrence

Position: Paediatrics Chair

Who am I?

My name is Phil and I am the vice chair of the paediatric committee. I currently work as the Senior Respiratory Clinical Scientist at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. I joined Alder Hey in 2016, not knowing a large part of the job was to set up a lung function service. Its been a great challenge and one of great reward building and developing something new over the last 8 years, which now serves over 4500 patients a year. The ARTP and the Paediatric committee have been a great source of help and encouragement over those years.

I graduated from Liverpool John Moores in 2010 with a BSc (hons) in Sport Science, before completing my MSc in Clinic Exercise Physiology. I went on to work as a research technician at the Medicines Evaluation Unit in Manchester, before taking on the role of Alder Hey.

A bit about me

I am married to Ela, who works as a solicitor and we have two boys, Elijah (3) and Andrew (1) who keep us on our toes. I enjoy sport and support Liverpool whilst playing football and cricket myself. I also enjoy music and play drums in an Alder Hey band. I am a Christian and help lead at my local church.

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I am passionate about paediatrics and improving health for our children and young people. I am currently looking to expand my career into further research and am looking forward to advancing respiratory health in this population.

What would you like to achieve in your ARTP role?

As Paediatrics Vice Chair, I am looking to support Emma in her role as Chair whilst also learning from her and other experts on the Paediatric committee.

I would also like to expand and improve the paediatric network of physiologists to help support each other and encourage further collaboration both clinically and in research.