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RESEARCH Â Â Â QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Â Â Â AUDIT
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March 12th 2027
Executive Chair:
Swati Gupta
Swati Gupta is a resident anaesthesia doctor in the southwest and executive chair of the Severn Trainee Anaesthesia Research Network (STAR). She has a specialist interest in airway management, trauma care and regional anaesthesia, and safety-focused transformative simulation. In her spare time she enjoys painting landscapes, hunting for beaches, and running after her two little ones.
Vice Chair (Anaesthetics):
Suzie Harrogate
As Vice Chair (Anaesthesia), Suzie coordinates the Group’s involvement in National/International anaesthesia projects. She moved to Bristol in 2018 after training in Oxford and London. She is a proud, if somewhat undercover, Geordie who loves Sci-Fi and open-water swimming.
Vice Chair (ICM)
Lulu Guthrie
Lulu is a registrar in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia. Having jumped ship from cardiology training, she retains a keen interest in cardiology and echo.
As the ICM lead for STAR, she is keen to encourage greater trainee involvement in research and QI projects across the Severn region. Outside of work, Lulu has two toddlers who boss her around, and a not-so-secret obsession with interior design.
Secretary
Jason Young
Jason is an Anaesthetics ACF, currently in his CT3 year in Bath. His research interests focus on immunology within critical care, particularly how the extreme stress of critical illness shapes the immune response. One genuinely breath-taking highlight was leading a group of medical students to high altitude in Bolivia, where the team showed that hypoxia can “pre-condition” neutrophil responses to infection. Outside work, he’s a keen runner, pianist and a highly average tennis player.
Treasurer:
Carys Lim
Engagement Lead
Callum Taylor
Callum is an anaesthetic trainee in UHBW. He has previously set up a national award-winning initiative which paired medical trainees with research called 'the Connect Project', and since has followed his passion for education as the regional Education Fellow for Severn Deanery.
He is now the "IT Geek" for the Scandanavian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Medicine and STAR. In his spare time, you'll find him on the tennis courts struggling to keep the ball in.
IT and Communications
Ellie Potter
Ellie is a Core Anaesthetics trainee in Severn. Following on from her Academic Foundation Programme in paediatric anaesthesia, she has had the exciting opportunity to become a co-applicant and early career researcher on the upcoming NIHR-funded CATERPILLAR trial. Recruiting over 500 participants across 16 paediatric centres, it will be one of the largest UK trials in paediatric anaesthesia. Outside of work she enjoys running, yoga, painting and anything outdoors.
Events Lead:
Grace Kirby
Events Lead:
Sam Rogers
I am an ACCS CT2 trainee currently at BRI. I’ve previously worked on ENSEMBLe2 and ComFluCov during the pandemic. I’m an OG Derry girl and enjoy gardening and badminton.
Local Lead Liaison:
Maeve McLaughlin
Local Lead Liaison:
Jessica Henry
Jess is an Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) trainee based in Bristol Royal Infirmary. She moved to Bristol in 2021, after having trained in London and Cambridge. In her joint liaison lead role with Maeve, she coordinates projects with local leads in the Severn Deanery. Outside of work, Jess enjoys playing cello and all water-based activities, but most of all bubbling in a hot tub.
Membership Secretary:
Jessica Casey
Consultant Lead:
Jonathan Barnes
About Trainee Local Leads
Our network of Trainee Local Leads support the work of STAR in their employing hospitals, supported by the Local Consultant Leads. They are responsible for communicating the work of STAR within their departments, co-ordinating local contributions to our projects and facilitating the handover of ongoing audit, research and quality improvement work between rotating trainees. They are administrators of the STAR Discussion Forum for their hospital, where our members can collaborate on their projects and share their work with he wider STAR community.​​​Curious about projects and opportunities with STAR? Please consider reaching out to your trust's local lead or STARgroupresearch@gmail.com.
About Consultant Mentors
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The Lead Consultant Supervisors are permanent, supervisory members of the Executive Committee. They provide continuity of oversight for STAR, supporting the Committee in selecting and implementing projects, promoting STAR’s activities with the local consultant body and at a national level. Each hospital trust also has a Local Consultant Supervisor, who supports the Trainee Local Leads in their roles.