David and Alison Yearsley
David is a co-founder of NeST. Their son James has Nephrotic Syndrome and is currently in remission.
Professor Moin Saleem FRCP PhD
Professor Moin Saleem is a Professor of Paediatric Renal Medicine and Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist. He leads the Nephrotic Syndrome research team at Bristol University and Children's Hospital.
You can find out more about Professor Saleem's work in Bristol here.
Tim and Wendy Cook
Tim and Wendy, from Yeovil, help with support for NeST. Wendy is the Fundraising Co-ordinator for NeST. Their thirteen year old son, David, was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome when he was only five years old.
David has had a kidney transplant but Nephrotic Syndrome has continued with the new kidney.
Stephen and Sharon Catchpool
Stephen and Sharon Catchpool, from Yeovil, help with support for NeST,
Sharon is a Trustee and the Financial Secretary for NeST, while Stephen helps Sharon out in the background, and keeps a watchful eye on our forum.
Their seven year old son William was diagnosed with NS when he was three years old.
William's cause of NS is Minimal change disease (MCD) and this is the most common cause in children.
Richard White
Richard is a friend of Tim and Wendy Cook and he is also Technical Director of Ramfihaz.co - a web design company - so Richard provides all our website needs here. If you have any information, pictures or interesting web links that would be useful for our web site, please contact Richard.
You - Our Supporters
It is you - our supporters - that help research at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children continue towards our goal of turning the tide against Nephrotic Syndrome through your interest, support and generous contributions - Thank you.