Beverley Hunt Explained

Beverley Jane Hunt is professor of thrombosis and haemostasis at King's College, London,[1] consultant in the departments of haematology, rheumatology[2] and pathology[3] and director of the Haemostasis Research Unit at Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust, medical director of Thrombosis UK and previous president of Walthamstow Hall Old Girls Association.[4] She was educated at Walthamstow Hall[5] and University of Liverpool.

Specialist interest and research

Hunt is author and co-author of many peer-reviewed research articles. She has a specialist clinical and research interest in venous thromboembolism, thromboprophylaxis, antiphospholipid syndrome, lupus erythematosus, and obstetric haematology.[6] Prof. Hunt has served as the Steering Committee Chair of the World Thrombosis Day Steering Committee since 2019. She has been a member of the steering committee since the campaign's inception in 2014.[7]

Books

She is co-editor of The Obstetric Hematology Manual,[8] and also of An Introduction to Vascular Biology: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice.[9]

Society memberships

She is the founder and co-lead of the British Society for Haematology Obstetric Haematology Group[10] from 2004, a founder member of the society's Education Committee from 2009,[11] and a member of the British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis,[12] the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis[13] and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She has been a member of the World Thrombosis Day steering committee since the campaigns' inception in 2014.[14]

Contribution to national guidelines

She was the co-author of several reports and guidelines: the British Society of Haematology's "Guidelines for TTP" in 2001 and 2002, and an advisor on the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: "Advice on preventing deep vein thrombosis for pregnant women travelling by air"[15] produced in October 2001 and an advisor on the Royal College of Obstetricians guideline on: "Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy"[16] in 2004 and 2009.

She is a member of "The Independent Expert Panel on Venous Thromboembolism" 2005/6, and co-author on the "International Consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia",[17] the "Clinical guidelines for testing for heritable thrombophilia"[18] co-author on the "Guideline for investigation and management of adults and children presenting with a thrombocytosis"[19] the "Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline".[20]

She was a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines development group for: "reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in patients admitted to hospital"[21] published in 2010 and also the "Acute management of venous thromboembolism" published in 2012. On behalf of Thrombosis UK, she was also a member of the committee producing the NICE Quality standards on VTE prevention.[22]

Charity

Hunt is co-founder and medical director of Thrombosis UK[23] which campaigns to raise awareness of thrombosis—in particular the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis by mandating risk assessment. Prof. Hunt was a founding member of the World Thrombosis Day[24] steering committee, which is the global awareness campaign of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) that is recognized on October 13 each year and raises awareness of thrombosis.

Honours and awards

She was winner in the Diagnostic/Laboratory category winner at the NHS London Innovation awards 2009 for “Detection of antiphospholipid antibodies based in heparin resistance.”,[25] and won the 2011 Research paper of the year at the Briths Medical Journal Group for a paper titled "Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial"[26] [27] [28] which was published in The Lancet (2010;376:23–32).

Hunt was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to medicine.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comment . . February 2009 . 2014-01-15 . 2014-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107123838/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/publications/comment-archive/pdfs/2009/comment-186.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: The Louise Coote Lupus Unit team . Guysandstthomas.nhs.uk . 2012-07-18 . 2012-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902005147/http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-services/lupus/team.aspx . live .
  3. Web site: Blood Sciences contact details . GSTS . 2012-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130210072323/http://www.gsts.com/blood-sciences-contact-details.html . 2013-02-10 . dead .
  4. Web site: Professor Hunt wins 'Medical Oscar' . Walthamstow-hall.co.uk . 2011-05-26 . 2012-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107123912/http://www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk/latestnews/professor-hunt-wins-medical-oscar/ . 2014-01-07 . dead .
  5. Web site: Alumnae Profiles . Walthamstow-hall.co.uk . 2011-05-29 . 2012-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110424134414/http://www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk/alumnae-profiles-senior-school/ . 2011-04-24 .
  6. Web site: Obstetric haematology information for patients . Guysandstthomas.nhs.uk . 2012-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902000702/http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-services/haematology/types/obstetric-haematology/patients.aspx . 2012-09-02 . dead .
  7. Web site: Hunt . Beverley . Steering Committee Char . World Thrombosis Day website . 2022-10-20 . 2022-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020180716/https://www.worldthrombosisday.org/about/founders/beverley-hunt/ . live .
  8. Web site: The Obstetric Hematology Manual – Academic and Professional Books – Cambridge University Press . Cambridge.org . 2012-07-18.
  9. Book: An Introduction to Vascular Biology: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice – Beverley J. Hunt, Lucilla Poston – Google Books . 2002-07-25 . 2012-07-18 . 9780521796521 . Hunt . Beverley J. . Poston . Lucilla . Schachter . Michael . Cambridge University Press . 2024-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240726175458/https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QFrpq0ggQC . live .
  10. Web site: British Society for Haematology ABOUT US . B-s-h.org.uk . 2014-01-16.
  11. Web site: British Society for Haematology New BSH education committee . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106132220/http://www.b-s-h.org.uk/Bulletins/236_Education_Committee.html . 2012-01-06 . dead .
  12. Web site: British Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis Homepage . BSHT . 16 December 2013 . 2014-01-15 . 2013-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133508/http://www.bsht.org.uk/ . live .
  13. Web site: International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis . May 30, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605041102/http://www.isth.org/default/index.cfm . June 5, 2012 .
  14. Web site: Hunt . Beverley . World Thrombosis Day website . 2022-10-20 . 2022-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020180716/https://www.worldthrombosisday.org/about/founders/beverley-hunt/ . live .
  15. Web site: http://www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical.../air-travel-and-pregnancy . May 30, 2012 .
  16. Web site: Wiley: Journals, books, and online products and services . Blackwellpublishing.com . 2014-01-16 .
  17. International consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia . 2010 . Bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org . 10.1182/blood-2009-06-225565 . 2014-01-16 . Provan . Drew . Stasi . Roberto . Newland . Adrian C. . Blanchette . Victor S. . Bolton-Maggs . Paula . Bussel . James B. . Chong . Beng H. . Cines . Douglas B. . Gernsheimer . Terry B. . Godeau . Bertrand . Grainger . John . Greer . Ian . Hunt . Beverley J. . Imbach . Paul A. . Lyons . Gordon . McMillan . Robert . Rodeghiero . Francesco . Sanz . Miguel A. . Tarantino . Michael . Watson . Shirley . Young . Joan . Kuter . David J. . Blood . 115 . 2 . 168–186 . 19846889 . 22037567 . free . 2014-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326065033/http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/content/115/2/168.full . live .
  18. Web site: Clinical guidelines for testing for heritable thrombophilia . 2010 . 2014-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116085231/http://www.bloodmed.com/contentimage/guidelines/3753.pdf . 2014-01-16 . dead .
  19. Web site: Guideline for investigation and management of adults and children presenting with a thrombocytosis . BCSH . 2010 . 2014-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116211117/http://www.bcshguidelines.com/documents/published_thrombocytosis_bjh_042010.pdf . 2013-01-16 . dead .
  20. Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline. 2013-08-12 . 20370902 . 10.1186/cc8943 . 14 . 2 . 2887168 . Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Nardi G, Neugebauer E, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Stahel PF, Vincent JL, Spahn DR . Crit Care . R52 . free .
  21. Web site: Venous thromboembolism – reducing the risk . Guidance.nice.org.uk . 2013-11-07 . 2014-01-16 . 2014-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134336/http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG92 . live .
  22. Web site: VTE prevention . Guidance.nice.org.uk . 2013-04-15 . 2014-01-16 . 2014-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116134332/http://guidance.nice.org.uk/QS3 . live .
  23. Web site: Lifeblood – Our History . Thrombosis-charity.org.uk . 2012-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080618031323/http://www.thrombosis-charity.org.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=67 . 2008-06-18 .
  24. Web site: World Thrombosis Day website . www.worldthrombosisday.org/ . 2022-10-20 . 2022-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020194152/https://www.worldthrombosisday.org/ . live .
  25. Web site: King's doctor wins health innovator award – King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust . Kch.nhs.uk . 2010-01-27 . 2012-07-18 . 2014-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111725/http://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/media/press-releases/view/7997 . live .
  26. Web site: Meet the winners! — BMJ Group Awards . Groupawards.bmj.com . 2012-07-18 .
  27. Web site: CRASH-2 – Clinical Randomisation of an Antifibrinolytic in Significant Haemorrhage . Crash2.lshtm.ac.uk . 2012-07-18 . 2011-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005063234/http://www.crash2.lshtm.ac.uk/ . live .
  28. Web site: News detail – King's Health Partners . Kingshealthpartners.org . 2011-05-20 . 2014-01-16.

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