BACD and the Castang Foundation are pleased to announce the successful applicants who have been accepted onto the 2026 BACD-Castang Foundation Fellowship programme.
Pipeline Fellowship – for candidates wanting to secure a funded PhD/MD award:
- Dr Mohamed Abdelrazek, Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellow in Paediatrics,
Cardiff University - Dr Joanna Coghill, Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Anesuishe Madondo, Senior Physiotherapist, National Star College, Cheltenham
- Sophie McGrevey, Research Assistant, University of Surrey
- Saran Muthiah, Extended Scope Paediatric Physiotherapist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Jodie Owen, Paediatric Dietitian, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Dr Emogene Shaw, Paediatric Resident Doctor Trainee, South London
Advanced Fellowship – for research-experienced candidates wanting to secure their next award:
- Dr Samuel Brice, Clinical Research Associate, Newcastle University
- Dr Helen Cameron, Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Phillip Harniess, Post-doctoral qualitative researcher, Northumbria University
- Dr Ailbhe McKinney, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
- Kirsten Prest, Research Fellow in Early Child Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Disability and Paediatric Occupational Therapist, East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Jim Reeder, NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellow and Children’s Physiotherapist, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Julia Shumway, Research Assistant, UCL GOS ICH
