Helen Sammons

Dr Helen Sammons is Associate Professor of Child Health at the University of Nottingham, a trained Pediatric Clinical Pharmacologist and a Consultant Pediatrician at the Derbyshire Children's Hospital. Dr Sammons is current chair of the RCPCH Joint Medicines Committee. She was part of the working group for the Nuffield Bioethics Foundation report - Children and clinical research: ethical issues. Her research interests include clinical drug trials in children and neonates (including the TINN and TINN 2 FP7 projects), safe and effective prescribing and the ethics of pediatric clinical trials. Her published work includes the ethical issues surrounding clinical trials and the European Legislation, safety in clinical trials, sedation for diagnostic imaging and prescribing assessment.

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04/07/2015 | Helen Sammons

Legislation on pediatric medicines is sowing the seeds for a better future, but we must maintain momentum if children are to get the best possible care.

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07/29/2014 | William Aryitey, Ali Rajabi-Siabhoomi, Ibraheem “Ibs” Mahmood, George Mashini, Fiona Greer, Dennis Jenke, Sandy Mackay, Mark Davison, Christa Myers, Christian Schneider, Bruno Speder, Charlotte Miller, Dorina Kotoni , D. G. Joakim Larsson, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Ann Hayes, James Strachan, Marcus Lippold, Ambuj Jain, Thomas Friedli, Christian Mänder, Tim Sandle, James Ritchie, Mark Davison, Aad van de Leur, Christoph Herwig, Harparkash Kaur, Doug Hausner, Prashant Yadav, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Peter Seeberger, Abbe Steel, James Humphrey, Sam Salek, Prashant Yadav, Fiona Greer, Arun Giridhar, Elçin Içten, Laura J. Hirshfield, Susan Dexter, Joshua Cohen, Jon Platt, Seth Lederman, Dennis Åsberg, Rob Bragg, Natalie Privett, Helen Sammons, Daniele Piergentili, Leena Otsumaa, Ronak Savla, Charlotte Miller, Andy Wells, Jan Gunnar Gustafsson, Michael Leane, Claire Thompson, Nicolas Ponce, Christian Mänder, Thomas Friedli, Duncan Emerton, Rafel Prohens, Christopher A. Hunter, Vikramaditya G. Yadav, Richard Fazackerley, Keith Williams, Christian Hay, Lee DesRosiers, Susana Da Silva Torres, Mark R. Taylor, Catherine Akers, Jaime Marach, Jenny Walsh, Steve Thomas, Ayman Chit, Carsten Brockmeyer, Eric Byres, Joel Langill, George Scott, Lynn Baird, Mike Rozembajgier, Iain Moore, Jeanne Moldenhauer, Mark J. Roberts, Gabrielle Cosel, Allan Coukell, Tracey Guise, Mick Foy, Guillaume Plane, Gert Moelgaard, Faiz Kermani, Tim Sandle, James Agalloco, Markus Hartmann, Charlotte Barker, Stephanie Vine