Our Chief Investigator Prof Yvonne Wren FRCSLT sharing research which suggests language development in 18-24month old children born with cleft was not impacted by social restrictions imposed during the pandemic. CFSGBIconference #CFSGBI2024

Amy Davies presents The Cleft Collective data on mother’s health during pregnancy and the development on orofacial #clefts

Thank you to everyone that stayed on to hear our study update from Kerry Humphries. As always, we appreciate the support of all the cleft teams in helping us to keep recruiting. CFSGBIconference #CFSGBI2024

Congratulations to our former Chief Investigator (now retired) Prof. Jonathan Sandy on being awarded honorary membership to CFSGBI. Very well deserved 👏 CFSGBIconference

📣 Sunday 5th May @ 17:35 on LBC Radio Tune in to CLAPA Patron @CarolVorders talking to our Chief Executive Claire Cunniffe and superstar fundraiser Connor about Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week. #CleftAware Listen live at buff.ly/3JSscRC

Today we are taking part in Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness week by hosting a bake sale and raising money for Cleft Lip and Palate Association So many delicious cakes to choose from! #Cleftaware Prof Yvonne Wren FRCSLT Prof Evie Stergiakouli Sarah Lewis

We have raised a huge £216 for Cleft Lip and Palate Association and have loved taking part in Awareness week 🤩 #Cleftaware

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Such inspiring talks Sharynne McLeod We hope to see you again in the UK!

CRN South London's agile workforce team meant that we could carry on recruiting to the study at Guy's and St Thomas' Research. A huge thanks to Shelley for doing such an amazing job! 👏🌟 Without this, parents would not have had the chance to take part in such important research. NIHR CRN South London

Sarah Lewis presenting at #ECPCA on use of The Cleft Collective data in understanding cleft sidedness and additional conditions.

Great to see Dr Nilufar Ahmed and Rhiannon from the The Cleft Collective showcasing the impact of PPIE involvement in the research we do at bristoldental, at the University of Bristol inaugural PPIE showcase led by Katie Lloyd

It was a pleasure to speak at the University of Bristol PPIE Showcase yesterday about our work with the Cleft Lip and Palate Association @cleftcollective Patient Consultation Group and to share best practice in public engagement bristoldental Katie Lloyd

Dr Stephanie van Eeden presents findings from the SleepyHeads study and The Cleft Collective data at North East SLT Research Network update day

We're pleased to announce that we have published The Cleft Collective protocol paper BMJ_Open . The paper provides details of the resource which is available to collaborators across the globe to answer cleft related research questions bristoldental doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

New 2-year post MRC IEU & The Cleft Collective on genetic, mental health and cleft. Come and work with us and collaborators Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics Prof Owen & Marianne BM van den Bree and Gemma Sharp at Exeter. Job advertised at UoB as ACAD107671.

PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE Our early study findings show that many parents are concerned about their children’s sleep and language. Five minutes of your time will help us develop this research. Click here to take our questionnaire: forms.office.com/e/KAyRSWTumw

Get involved! 👇Prof Yvonne Wren FRCSLT Jenna💙 Matt Hotton Barry Main bristoldental Dr Stephanie van Eeden

The Cleft & Craniofacial ECRG UK has been meeting for a number of years now to support early career researchers in cleft. Today marked the most +ve step yet - we welcomed our 1st Expert by Experience to our group. Here’s to ++++ meetings with input from the people who matter the most in what we do.