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Dr Valerie Voon, Consultant Psychiatrist and Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow, University of Cambridge
So I see myself holding two different hats, which are very well integrated. One is a clinical
hat and the other one is an academic hat. From a clinical standpoint I see primarily
neuro-psychaitry patients and they clearly inform my research so the research tends to be
very collaborative in a sense that what I see in terms of the patients sitting in front
of me - there symptoms - how they explain their symptoms - what they are experiencing
their response to the treatment - what they think is important in terms of their experience - helps inform my research.
[Title] Why do you think research is so important? [Title]
Without the patient involvement the research will not happen - it is a necessity - that's clinical
research. You need patients and families who are engaged, motivated and interested in taking
part in the research. You need patients that are interested, not only in attending the research
but also in the types of questions you are asking.
I think research needs to be put into a much larger perspective, I don't think it exists in a vacum.
I think that you need to think about the final end point which is how can you improve clinical
outcome - what can you do to make society better in a way. In clinical research the final
outcome should be how do you improve patient treatment.
[Title ]What difference does the academic partnership with the Trust make? [Title]
In order to make the clinical side outstanding you need to have very strong collaborative partnership
with an academic side. In order to be able to say that you're world class, in terms of your clinical
management I think it helps to have a strong research base.
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