John graduated from Dundee University and trained in paediatric endocrinology in Sheffield, Dundee and Newcastle upon Tyne before appointment to a clinical academic post in Cardiff in 1993 in which he was awarded a Personal Chair in 2005. Until retirement in February 2021, he provided a regional specialised paediatric endocrine service and a diabetes service for children with diabetes living in Cardiff.

He has led a research programme investigating delivery of clinical care to children with diabetes, including evaluating communication skills training for healthcare professionals, examining transition to adult services, investigating how children make choices about healthcare, assessing models of care for children at diagnosis and a randomised controlled trial of multiple daily injections with pumps. He has also used anonymised data linkage of children with newly diagnosed diabetes in Wales (1995-present) to assess long-term outcomes.

John has a longstanding interest in training in Paediatric Endocrinology. On behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) in the past, he has led the Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos & the annual ESPE Winter School targeting trainees in Eastern Europe. In recognition of these contributions, he was awarded ESPE’s Outstanding Clinician Award for 2018. He was Principal Regional Examiner for the Middle-East for the MRCPCH exam for The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He has authored 154 papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index 52) and is also co-author of Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children, now published in its fourth edition.

Jane is Co-Lead of the Wales National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research and the Wales Kidney Research Unit. She is a HCRW Senior Research Leader, methodologist, systematic reviewer and primary researcher with a particular interest in complex interventions and evidence synthesis methodology. Jane was one of the first non-medics to be awarded a MRC Training Fellowship in Health Services Research and Health of the Public. She has been part of Cochrane since the beginning and set up the Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group. Jane currently serves on the Cochrane Editorial Board and Methods Executive. She regularly works with the WHO on developing guidelines and travels frequently to the US to advise key Government departments. She played a leading role in the pandemic evidence response.

When not head down at work she is happiest when renovating a Grade 2 listed farmhouse on Anglesey, growing her own fruit and vegetables, walking the Anglesey coastal path with her partner Peter and two rescue dogs, and driving her vintage and non vintage sports cars.

Jonathan is Vice President for Education and Professional Development of the RCPCH. He is also Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health and Medical Education at the University of Leeds, and Honorary Consultant in General Paediatrics at Leeds General Infirmary. 

He has a longstanding interest in medical education, with expertise in educational management and delivery, curriculum change, assessment (including external examining), and student support. His research interests include: the role of children and young people in clinical teaching and assessment; standard setting in knowledge tests; and technology-enhanced learning. His roles have included Head of Year 4 of the Leeds MBChB programme, Director of Student Support, and (currently) Chair of the Health and Conduct Committee. He is co-author of the paediatric textbook “Lecture Notes: Paediatrics”, and subeditor for the European Mastercourse in Paediatrics. 

Prior to taking up his Vice President role for RCPCH, he was convenor for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Paediatric Educators’ Special Interest Group. In his clinical role, he contributes to acute cover for general paediatric patients, runs an Enuresis Clinic, and is Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children in Leeds.