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'''Claire Bithell''' is a former employee of the [[Science Media Centre]], where she variously worked in the roles of Science Information Officer, Senior Press Officer and Head of Mental Health.
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'''Claire Bithell''' is a former employee of the [[Science Media Centre]], where she variously worked in the roles of Science Information Officer, Senior Press Officer and Head of Mental Health. Since 2013 she has been Head of Media Relations at [[The Institute of Cancer Research]].<ref name="icr" />
  
 
==Background==
 
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===Education===
 
===Education===
  
Bithell has a degree in Cell Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref name="Eleven" />
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Bithell has a degree in Cell Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref name="Eleven" />  In 2003, Bithell won the [[Daily Telegraph]]/[[BASF]] Science Writer Awards prize in the Older Category (20-28) while working on her PhD.<ref>Roger Highfield, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3310860/How-Clare-stretched-ahead....html How Clare stretched ahead...], ''The Telegraph'' 12:01AM BST 30 Jul 2003.</ref>
  
 
===Career===
 
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Bithell joined the [[Science Media Centre]] as Science Information Officer in 2004.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040305045235/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2004]</ref>  In 2005 she was promoted to Senior Press Officer.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051223203339/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2005]</ref>  Having left this position in February 2008 to manage the press office of the [[Human Tissue Authority]], Bithell returned to the SMC for the new role of Head of Mental Health in June 2010.<ref name="Eleven">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110117053600/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/pages/about/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2011]</ref>
 
Bithell joined the [[Science Media Centre]] as Science Information Officer in 2004.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040305045235/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2004]</ref>  In 2005 she was promoted to Senior Press Officer.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051223203339/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2005]</ref>  Having left this position in February 2008 to manage the press office of the [[Human Tissue Authority]], Bithell returned to the SMC for the new role of Head of Mental Health in June 2010.<ref name="Eleven">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110117053600/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/pages/about/staff.htm Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2011]</ref>
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<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="[[Claire Bithell]] at the ALICE RAP Project kick-off meeting, Barcelona May 2011">jiTzT0uNqvw</youtube>
  
 
====Human Tissue Authority====
 
====Human Tissue Authority====
  
 
From February 2008 to June 2010, Bithell managed the press office of the [[Human Tissue Authority]].<ref name="Eleven" />
 
From February 2008 to June 2010, Bithell managed the press office of the [[Human Tissue Authority]].<ref name="Eleven" />
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====The Institute of Cancer Research====
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Bithell became Head of Media Relations in the [[Institute of Cancer Research]] press office in early 2013.<ref name="icr">The Institute of Cancer Research (2013), [http://www.icr.ac.uk/press/press_archive/press_releases_2013/23710.shtml New Alliance to develop programme of lung cancer trials covering population of six million], Thursday 25 April at 00.01 BST. Accessed 17 September 2013</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
  
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:Email: claire.bithell [AT] icr.ac.uk
 
:Twitter: [http://twitter.com/ClaireEB1234 @ClaireEB1234]
 
:Twitter: [http://twitter.com/ClaireEB1234 @ClaireEB1234]
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==Resources==
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*Claire Bithell (2010), [http://www.smhrn.org.uk/News/resources/asm2010/ClaireBithell.pdf Mental Health Research and the Media], Presentation for [[Scottish Mental Health Research Network]], Glasgow, 23 November 2010
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*Claire Bithell (2011), [http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/17/2/82 Why psychiatry should engage with the media], ''Advances in Psychiatric Treatment'', 17: 82-84
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 7 April 2014

Claire Bithell is a former employee of the Science Media Centre, where she variously worked in the roles of Science Information Officer, Senior Press Officer and Head of Mental Health. Since 2013 she has been Head of Media Relations at The Institute of Cancer Research.[1]

Background

Education

Bithell has a degree in Cell Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Manchester.[2] In 2003, Bithell won the Daily Telegraph/BASF Science Writer Awards prize in the Older Category (20-28) while working on her PhD.[3]

Career

Science Media Centre

Bithell joined the Science Media Centre as Science Information Officer in 2004.[4] In 2005 she was promoted to Senior Press Officer.[5] Having left this position in February 2008 to manage the press office of the Human Tissue Authority, Bithell returned to the SMC for the new role of Head of Mental Health in June 2010.[2]

<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Claire Bithell at the ALICE RAP Project kick-off meeting, Barcelona May 2011">jiTzT0uNqvw</youtube>

Human Tissue Authority

From February 2008 to June 2010, Bithell managed the press office of the Human Tissue Authority.[2]

The Institute of Cancer Research

Bithell became Head of Media Relations in the Institute of Cancer Research press office in early 2013.[1]

Affiliations

Stempra

Bithell is a former Newsletter Editor for Stempra [6]

Contact

Email: claire.bithell [AT] icr.ac.uk
Twitter: @ClaireEB1234

Resources

Notes