James Bunn

Qualifications
MBBS

MSc (nutrition)

DCH

DTM&H
FRCPCH

Contact Details

Secretary:
Sue Williams 0151 252 5452

External roles

Nutrition committee (RCPCH) - member

School Food Trust - Board Member and chair of research committee

International Child Health Group (RCPCH) - chair from 2012

Maternal and Child Advocacy International – Trustee to Charity

Healthy Weight taskforce member (Liverpool PCT)

Editorial Board Annals of Tropic Paediatrics

Editorial Board Journal of Maternal and Child Nutrition

School governor St John’s C of E primary School, Waterloo

Department

Consultant in General Paediatrics

Clinical Interests
Paediatric public health, nutrition and infectious diseases.

Previous Appointments:

Associate Professor in Community Health, College of Medicine, Malawi, 2005-8

Senior Lecturer in International Child Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 2002-5

Additional Information
Dr Bunn is the lead Clinician for the acute medical admission ward (the Medical Assessment Unit), and also lead for the development of General Paediatric Clinics (AH@) in the community, aiming to provide outpatient clinics nearer to where patients live. He also leads on research and research for the general paediatric department, and teaches in both Liverpool University and at Alder Hey

His main areas of interest are paediatric infectious diseases and nutrition, particularly from the public health perspective. He is on a number of public health nutrition groups in Liverpool, nationally and internationally.

Current Responsibilities

Lead for the Medical Assessment Unit.

Lead for Alder Hey@ in local PCT Health Centres

Lead for Audit and Research (general paediatrics)