Clinical, Scientific and Academic Advisors

Clinical and academic expertise is at the heart of all the work we do to raise awareness and improve care for everyone with osteoporosis. Our Clinical and Academic Advisors include healthcare and allied healthcare professionals, academics, scientists and researchers with an interest in osteoporosis. Our Advisors provide insight and advice across many areas of the charity’s work.

For any queries about the Clinical and Academic Advisor role, please contact us healthservices@theros.org.uk

Sarah Allison

Specialism: Exercise Physiology & Musculoskeletal Health

Dr Sarah Allison is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation at Northumbria University and holds an honorary academic position at the University of Surrey. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of novel interventions for muscle and bone health. She has received multiple awards for her research, including the New Investigator Award from the Royal Osteoporosis Society. She has worked as a Royal Osteoporosis Society funded Research Associate before leading research projects as a principal investigator and currently serves as a scientific member of the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Research and Innovation Grants Assessment Panel.

Colette Anderson

Specialism: Clinical Nursing

Hello my name is Colette Anderson and I am a clinical Nurse Specialist and nurse lead for my Trust. I have worked in the field of Osteoporosis for over 15 years. I lead on an Osteoporosis service with a team of nurses that perform Bone densitometry scans, co-ordinate parenteral therapy clinics for patients with osteoporosis and run nurse led metabolic bone clinics. I am a non-medical reporter for bone densitometry and working towards becoming a non-medical prescriber. I have been connected to the Royal Osteoporosis Society for many years and have enjoyed being part of the training expert panel for bone densitometry. I enjoy my role and look forward to further association with the charity.

Gurjit Bhogal

Specialism: Musculoskeletal, Sport and Exercise Medicine 

• Graduated from University of Birmingham with Honours in Medicine, MBChB (Hons).
• MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine with Distinction from The University of Nottingham.
• Consultant in Musculoskeletal, Sport and Exercise Medicine at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham.
• Non-Executive Director of The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust and Great Britain Table Tennis.
• Team doctor for the England Women's Cricket Team and Aston Villa Football Club.
• Chief Medical Officer of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and Chair of the Biosecurity Committee for the 2021 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup.

Katherine Brooke-Wavell

Specialism: Skeletal Physiology, Exercise and Ageing

Katherine Brooke-Wavell is Professor of Skeletal Physiology, Exercise and Ageing based at the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (EM) Loughborough University. Her research focusses on understanding the types of exercise needed to benefit bone and joint health. She has led a number of randomised controlled trials of exercise interventions in different populations. She has worked with the Royal Osteoporosis Society and other experts on exercise recommendations for osteoporosis and supported in the creation of exercise resources. 

Judith Bubbear

Specialism: Rheumatology

Emma Clark

Specialism: Rheumatology

• Graduated from the University of London in medicine (MB.BS) and biomedical science (BSc Hons), and from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in epidemiology (MSc).
• PhD in musculoskeletal epidemiology from the University of Bristol.
• Professor of Clinical Musculoskeletal Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, with a research focus on vertebral fragility fractures.
• Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist seeing patients with inflammatory arthritis, osteoporosis or metabolic bone disease at North Bristol NHS Trust.
• Long standing involvement with the Royal Osteoporosis Society since 2008 including receiving research grants, contributing to the Bone Research Academy, chairing the Conference Organising Committee, active involvement with the Clinical Research Committee, and collaborating to produce patient-facing and healthcare professional-facing literature.

Elaine Dennison

Specialism: Musculoskeletal Epidemiology; Rheumatology

Professor Elaine Dennison is Professor of Musculoskeletal Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology within Medicine at the University of Southampton. Having worked as a Principal Investigator of the Hertfordshire Cohort Study for many years, her research interest centres around musculoskeletal aging. Based at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, she is particularly interested in how events early in life interact with adult lifestyle factors to determine how we age. In recent years she has served as Chair of the National Osteoporosis Society Grants Committee, and as a member of the National Osteoporosis Society Clinical and Scientific Committee.

Neil Gittoes

Specialism: Endocrinology

• Graduated from University of Birmingham with Honours in Medicine (MBChB(Hons)) and Anatomical Studies (BSc)Hons)); PhD in Molecular Endocrinology.
• Awarded the Goulstonian Lectureship at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London.
• Consultant Endocrinologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
• Head, Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Birmingham and Birmingham Health Partners.
• Chair, Board of Trustees, Royal Osteoporosis Society.
• Chair, West Midlands Clinical Senate, NHSE.
• National Clinical Lead, Specialised Endocrinology Clinical Reference Group, NHSE

Celia Gregson

Specialism: Orthogeriatric Medicine and Epidemiology

Celia Gregson is an Honorary Consultant Orthogeriatrician at the Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Bath, UK, a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and a NIHR Global Health Research Professor of Healthy Ageing, leading the Global Health and Ageing Research Unit at the University of Bristol, UK. Celia qualified in Medicine from the University of Nottingham. Following physician training she was awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship. She completed a one-year MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and then a PhD at the University of Bristol, during which she set up the UK DINAG consortium (DXA-databases to Identify Novel Anabolic Genes). She then worked as a Senior Scientist at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton, before completing an Arthritis Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship at the University of Bristol studying the molecular genetics of High Bone Mass. In the UK, Celia’s research, funded by the Royal Osteoporosis Society (2015-2018), identified persistent (and growing) health inequalities in hip fracture incidence and outcomes. Celia then secured funding from Versus Arthritis for the REDUCE Study, which addresses unwarranted variation in the delivery of hip fracture services in England and Wales (2019-2023), launching the REDUCE Study Hip Fracture Implementation Toolkit in 2023, in collaboration with the Royal Osteoporosis Society. She chairs the UK National Osteoporosis Guideline Group.

Geeta Hampson

Specialism: Clinical Biochemistry and Bone Metabolism

Geeta Hampson is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Bone Metabolism at Kings College London (KCL) and a consultant in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS trust (GSTT). She has been one of the lead consultants in the metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis service at GSTT for over 25 years. Her research focuses on the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases and includes cellular and clinical studies on the effect of nutrition, autocrine/endocrine factors in the maintenance of bone health. She has also conducted studies on the pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease- mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) and management of osteoporosis in CKD. She is Chief and Principal Investigator for several clinical trials in the field of osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases. She has supervised a number of undergraduate and post-graduate research degrees in the area of bone metabolism and osteoporosis. She is a member of the editorial board of BONE. She has published over 140 items including original research papers and review articles. 

Sarah Hardcastle

Specialism: Rheumatology

Dr Sarah Hardcastle is a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath where she co-leads the osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease service. As well as her clinical work, she is also actively involved in bone disease research including as local principal investigator for a number of clinical studies. She took part in the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s aspiring leaders programme in 2020/21, and was also a member of the ROS’s 2023 conference committee.

Nick Harvey

Specialism: Rheumatology

Nicholas Harvey is Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Southampton and Director of the University’s MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre. He is President of the International Osteoporosis Foundation; a Board Member of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases; a UK Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) former Trustee and was inaugural Vice-Chair of the ROS Research Academy. He is a Fellow of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. He has won many national/international prizes, most recently the International Osteoporosis Foundation Olof Johnell Science Award and the UoS-UHS David Barker Research Prize. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher; he has published over 500 articles and is a member of many national/ international committees, including as MSK lead for UK Biobank Imaging Study.

Zaki Hassan Smith

Specialism: Endocrinology

Dr. Zaki Hassan-Smith is a Consultant Endocrinologist at University Hospitals Birmingham and holds academic roles at Aston and Birmingham Universities. His clinical expertise includes metabolic bone and calcium disorders. His research focuses on the endocrinology of ageing, including sarcopenia and frailty. He is principal investigator on a number of studies and has published extensively. He served as the Editor of Osteoporosis Review, the journal of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. He has sat on European and International Consensus Committees and Taskforces for Parathyroid disorders. He trained in London and Birmingham on a clinical academic track, completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham and held NIHR and European Research Council funded posts. He has held awards from the EPSRC and NIHR WM CRN.

Christina Heaton

Specialism: Nursing

Sue Lanham-New 

Specialism: Nutrition

Susan Lanham-New is Professor of Human Nutrition and Head of the Discipline of Nutrition, Exercise, Chronobiology & Sleep at the University of Surrey. Her research has focused on nutrition and bone health for over 35 years and she has won a number of Awards including the 2018/2019 British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Prize and the 2021 Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow Medal for her work on nutrition, vitamin D and bone health. She led a successful Nutritional Sciences at Surrey application for the 2017/2018 Queen’s Anniversary Prize and is a Member of H.M. Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) which is responsible for setting the UK’s Nutrient Requirements. She is also a Member of the E.U.’s European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Committee on Vitamin D Safe Tolerable Limits. In addition, Professor Lanham-New is Editor-in-Chief of the Nutrition Society (NutSoc) Textbook Series and first Editor of Nutritional Aspects of Bone Health. Professor Lanham-New has supervised 30 PhD students, published over 240 peer-review publications and raised >£15M in research income. She is a Trustee of the BNF and has been given Fellowship status of Association for Nutrition and was Honorary Secretary of NutSoc (2017-2023). Susan led on a highly-cited Vitamin D / COVID-19 Consensus Paper published in the Br Med J (NHP) and has contributed to media pieces for the New Scientist, the FT and NYT and other media outlets on Vitamin D and the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as undertaking the Guardian Podcast on Vitamin D and working on SACN and NICE Reports on Vitamin D, COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.

Monica Martins

Specialism: Nuclear Medicine

Sunil Nedungayhil

Specialism: GP

Dr Sunil Nedungayil is the Senior Clinical Lead for the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit programme (FFFAP), is a GP, GPwER and Clinical Director of the MSK services in East Lancashire. Formerly an orthopaedic surgeon, he has over 25 years of experience across primary, community, and secondary care, including leadership roles. His area of interest is osteoporosis, fragility fractures and Bone health and has expertise in service development and improvement projects in bone health, in primary care, regionally and nationally. He has served as Medical Director for the Northern Health Science Alliance, member of NHS England's Osteoporosis, Falls, and Fragility Fracture Working Group, as NHS England outpatient transformation advisor and a member of the Clinical & Scientific Committee member at the Royal Osteoporosis Society.

Zoe Paskins

Specialism: Applied health services research

Zoe is Professor of Rheumatology at Keele and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, leading the Midland Metabolic Bone Centre (Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust). She holds a National Institute for Health and care Research Clinician Scientist Award, and British Society for Rheumatology Michael Mason Award. Her applied health research investigates the determinants of, and solutions to the osteoporosis care gap; she has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles and secured £5.9million research grant income. She established and leads the Keele Osteoporosis Research Group, is a member of National Osteoporosis Guideline Group and leads the Musculoskeletal Research Advisory Group for Versus Arthritis.

Nicola Peel

Specialism: Rheumatology 

• Nicola Peel has worked as a Rheumatologist with a specialist interest in Metabolic Bone Medicine over the past 30 years.
• Her research interests include the evaluation of techniques used in the diagnosis and monitoring of osteoporosis and the development and evaluation of innovative models of service delivery.
• She has had a long affiliation with ROS, undertaking a number of roles with the charity and has been a Trustee since 2019.
• In October 2024, Nicola received the Queen’s Award for exceptional leadership in the field of osteoporosis and bone health.

Fouz Rahmeh

Specialism: Rheumatology 

I have been working at the University Hospitals Dorset for the last 25 years after finishing my training through the Wessex Rotation. I lead the regional Osteoporosis MDT meeting and advise other specialities about Osteoporosis management. I am also an adviser for Osteoporosis Dorset.

I run special interest clinics, including connective tissue clinics, Osteoporosis , and Early inflammatory arthritis clinics, taking part in research, audits, teaching and Primary care education increases the awareness and the knowledge about Osteoporosis.

David Reid

Specialism: Rheumatology

Katie Sheehan

Specialism: Rehabilitation

Katie Sheehan is a Professor of Rehabilitation at Bone & Joint Health, Queen Mary University of London. Her research focuses on improving access to- and delivery of- evidence based rehabilitation to improve outcomes of fragility fractures. She brings expertise in the use of routinely collected data to reduce variation in rehabilitation and developing interventions to optimise outcomes of fragility fractures. Professor Sheehan Chairs the Scientific Committee of the Global Fragility Fracture Network and the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme. She partnered with the ROS on research, supported engagement activities, and serves on the Research and Innovation Grants Assessment Panel.

Mashood Siddiqi

Specialism: Metabolic Bone Disease and Gerontology

Consultant at Liverpool University Hospitals and Hon lecturer at Liverpool School of Medicine. Started the Metabolic Bone Disease unit at Aintree University Hospital over 20 years ago. This now also includes a new vertebral fracture service including vertebroplasty. Attended and presented at many regional, national and international meetings. Research interests include Osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Vitamin D and Vertebral fractures.

Inder Singh

Specialism: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Louise Statham

Specialism: Pharmacy

Louise Statham is a Senior Lecturer in clinical pharmacy at the University of Sunderland and works as an honorary specialist pharmacist in the metabolic bone clinic in Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She runs regular outpatient clinics where she assesses, reviews, and prescribes for patients who have osteoporosis and other metabolic bone conditions. She has a background in hospital pharmacy, including many years in orthopaedic trauma, and has experience of reviewing osteoporosis patients in a GP setting. Louise also supports the delivery and development of undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy programmes and is involved in osteoporosis research.

Jon Tobias

Specialism: Rheumatology

Jonathan Tobias is Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Bristol. In an NHS career spanning 40 years, he established osteoporosis services at St George’s Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary and Southmead Hospital, contributed to the development of NICE national guidelines on osteoporosis, and co-founded the Oxford training course on osteoporosis. He has played a leading role in UK bone research, having served as president of the Bone Research Society, and led research projects into the causes and treatment of osteoporosis supported by grants from the Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Versus Arthritis and National Osteoporosis Society. He is currently chair of the Research and Innovation Grants Assessment panel of the Royal Osteoporosis Society.

Stephen Tuck

Specialism: Rheumatology

I am a consulant rheumatologist In Middlesbrough since 2004 and an Honrary Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University. I undertake research and have publsihed over 100 peer reviewed articles and grants totalling £2,787,500. I am best known for my work on male osteoporosis having obtained my MD thesis on this subject. I undertake peer reviews including the NOGG guidance. I have been involved with the ROS committees: current vice chair of the research and innovation grants committee, all party parliamnetary group, former editor of Osteoporosis Review, the clinical committee, patron of the Teesside and Hambleton and Richmondshire National Osteoporosis Society support group. I also chair the North East regional bone group. I set up a fracture liaison service in my area in 2010. Outside work I am learning to play the harp, build model railways and play table tennis.

Jennie Walsh

Specialism: Young Adults

Julie Whitney

Specialism: Geriatrics / Gerontology

Tiara Gill

Specialism: Rheumatology

Kassim Javaid

Specialism: Rheumatology

Karen Knapp

Specialism: Radiography 

Tash Masud

Specialism: Geriatric and General Internal Medicine

Professor Masud has expertise in managing older patients with osteoporosis. He is also an expert in falls prevention and brings insights in terms of a holistic and non-pharmaceutical approach for osteoporotic patients

Stuart Ralston

Specialism: Rheumatology

Dawn Skelton

Specialism: Exercise Physiology/Geriatrics

Dawn is an exercise physiologist and is Professor in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is an academic with a strong interest in exercise programme implementation (dose, fidelity, motivation, adherence, choice). She was a coauthor on the World Falls Guidelines and is a member of the National Falls Prevention Coordination Group and the Community Rehabilitation Alliance. She Chaired the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Statement on Exercise and Osteoporosis (2018) and the Older People panel for the UK’s update of the Physical Activity for Health Guidelines (2019). She received the British Geriatrics Society Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in translating falls prevention research into practice.

Madhavi Vindlacheruvu

Specialism: Orthogeriatrician

Dr. Madhavi Vindlacheruvu is a consultant ortho-geriatrician at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, where she was appointed as the first in this role in 2006. Specialising in the care of older patients with fragility fractures, she focuses on pre-operative optimisation, medication reviews, fall prevention, osteoporosis management, and proactive discharge planning. As clinical lead for ortho-geriatrics and Trust lead for the National Hip Fracture Database and Fracture Liaison Service, Dr. Vindlacheruvu employs a holistic, person-centred approach to navigate the complexities of older patients’ care, emphasising individualised treatment. Passionate about improving bone health, she advocates for education, lifestyle changes, and pharmacological treatment. Dr. Vindlacheruvu is also committed to teaching and training postgraduate medical staff, undergraduates, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals. Her expertise in osteoporosis and fragility fracture management, combined with her leadership in clinical practice and education, enables her to contribute significantly to improving bone health and care for all patients.

Terry O'Neill

Sarah Legg

Specialism: Rheumatology Physiotherapy

Sarah Legg is a Team Lead Physiotherapist at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (part of the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) in Bath. She has worked in Rheumatology since 2007 and in recent years has developed a clinical interest in Osteoporosis.
Sarah was on the Expert Exercise Working Group for the Strong, Steady and Straight Consensus Statement published by the Royal Osteoporosis Society in December 2018. Since then, she has helped the ROS with development of national online exercise resources.

Kate Ward

Specialism: Musculoskeletal

Nuttan Tanna

Specialism: Pharmacist Consultant, Women's Health & Osteoporosis / Bone Health 

• Associate Director, Pharmacy Practice, Research & Development,
• The Northwick Park Menopause Clinical & Research Unit & Affiliated with the Arthritis Centre, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust
• Principle Lecturer, Imperial College, London
• Describes her job remit as one that is both exciting and challenging at the same time. Nuttan runs weekly outpatient medication management clinics at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, working in liaison with two great multi-disciplinary teams.
• Her specialty areas include Mid-life Women's Health and Osteoporosis / Bone Health, with focus on menopause support, osteoporosis and fracture prevention.
• Involved in multi-disciplinary teaching and training, research, leadership and policy work, and has qualified as an independent pharmacist prescriber.
• Presented and published widely, both nationally and internationally.
• Has been a member of the Royal Osteoporosis Society Clinical & Scientific Advisory Group and the AHP Network.
• Represented the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on NICE guidelines development group
• She is a senior NIHR CLAHRC fellow with expertise in action research methodology and improvement science and was also awarded fellowship by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty in 2015.

Eugene McCloskey

Specialism: Adult Bone Disease

Amelia Moore

Specialism: [18F]NaF PET/CT Imaging

Dr Amelia Moore completed her PhD in Imaging Sciences at King’s College London (KCL) in 2005 and in 2010, was appointed to her current position at KCL as Research Fellow in Osteoporosis and Clinical Trial Practitioner and Trial Manager, at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Her research in the use of radionuclide tracers to study bone metabolism began with 99mTc-MDP gamma camera imaging and progressed to the use of positron emission tomography (PET) with computed tomography (CT) and the bone tracer fluorine-18 labelled sodium fluoride [18F]NaF as a non-invasive imaging technique for quantifying regional bone formation, an important outcome in studies of patients with osteoporosis. Amelia has been principal investigator and co-investigator on several pharmaceutical and charity funded studies in metabolic and metastatic bone disease, which has enabled her to publish 47 articles in peer reviewed journals. Amelia is passionate about raising awareness of bone health and regularly speaks to patients and members of staff about osteoporosis.

David Armstrong

Specialism: Rheumatology and Clinical Lead for Osteoporosis & Fracture Liaison Services

Richie Abel

Specialism: Muscoskeletal

Dr. Richard L. Abel is a Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Sciences at Imperial, where he leads the Bone Health Research Group at the MSk Lab. His research investigates the mechanisms behind bone’s mechanical resilience, exploring how disease, aging, lifestyle, and environmental factors like air pollution influence fracture risk. Utilizing advanced techniques such as experimental imaging, computational modelling, and metabolomic biomarkers, his work spans molecular to whole-organism scales. Beyond academia, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast BoneUP, raising global awareness about bone health.

Karen Barker

Specialism: Physiotherapy 

Karen Barker is a Consultant Physiotherapist and Head of Therapy at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals FT. She is a Professor of Physiotherapy at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) at the University of Oxford.
Karen has developed clinical, managerial and research interests in orthopaedics and trauma and continues to actively work across these areas.
She has a research interest in bone health, particularly vertebral fragility fractures; her other research interests are in chronic pain, joint arthroplasty, qualitative research and the implementation of research findings into clinical practice.

Michael Clynes

Specialism: Rheumatology

Dr Michael Clynes is a Consultant Rheumatologist at Salisbury District Hospital, where he co-leads the metabolic bone service. He completed his PhD in molecular pharmacology at the University of Cambridge before studying medicine at the University of Warwick. After medical school, he joined the Academic Foundation Programme and later became a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Southampton where he analyzed data from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study to investigate the developmental origins of osteoporosis. He was part of the Aspiring Leaders Programme run by the Royal Osteoporosis Society and in addition to patient care is lead for a number of clinical studies.

Beth Curtis

Specialism: Rheumatology

Dr Beth Curtis is an Associate Professor in Rheumatology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at University Hospitals Southampton.
Beth undertook her medical training at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2010. In her PhD at the University of Southampton she researched the mechanisms which determine musculoskeletal health in childhood, including epigenetic processes and the action of vitamin D in pregnancy. She continues to work on the epidemiology of bone and muscle health in UK Biobank and other cohorts, from early life to older age.
Beth has received several research prizes, including the ESCEO-IOF-Pierre Meunier Young Scientist Award in 2025. She took part in the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Aspiring Leaders Programme in 2018/19 and is a member of the UK Bone Research Society Committee, the ECTS E-learning action group and the International Osteoporosis Foundation Committee of Scientific Advisors.

Jamie Fraser

Specialism: GP

Jamie has been a GP partner since 2002 and has worked in the Scottish Highland bone service since 2003. He heads the service and report DXA (Bone densitometry) scans. Jamie was part of the working group for the SIGN 142 Guideline “Management of Osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures” 2015 and revision 2021, and sat on the Commission for Human Medicines as their GP member for 11 years up until April 2025. The CHM advise the MHRA in regard to the safety, efficacy and quality of medicines.

Barbara Hauser

Specialism: Rheumatology

Barbara Hauser is a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, with a specialist interest in osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. She trained in Vienna, Southwest England, and Scotland, and completed post-doctoral research at the University of Edinburgh on osteoporosis risk in rheumatoid arthritis. A member of the ECTS Academy and NHS Research Scotland, her current research focuses on real-world evidence in osteoporosis and osteoimmunology. She is Principal Investigator for observational studies on osteoporosis treatments, Paget’s disease, and inflammatory arthritis.

Rosemary Hollick

Specialism: Rheumatology

Rosemary Hollick is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at the University of Aberdeen. She directs the Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health, where she also leads an interdisciplinary health services research programme focused on improving care delivery and tackling health inequalities for people living with musculoskeletal and rare autoimmune conditions. Her work combines large-scale health data, qualitative methods, and meaningful patient involvement, and has directly influenced NHS service redesign and clinical practice. She has a longstanding relationship with the Royal Osteoporosis Society, including serving on the ROS Research Academy, and has contributed to the development of national osteoporosis guidelines. She leads the osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease service in NHS Grampian, where she has driven innovations in rural care and pioneered digital approaches to fracture prevention.