Island Life June July 2015 June July 2015 | Page 15

INTERVIEW

swim together in an atmosphere of play
and enjoyment”.
“I have never seen anything so happy
in my life as our non-competitive
swimming galas”.
The late Dr David Hide, a consultant
paediatrician at the Royal Isle of Wight
County Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital
was a great influence on Liz with his
two world renowned Cohort Studies in
1998 and 1999 and his forward-thinking
treatment of asthma, which included
allergy avoidance.
As a direct result of this, the David Hide
Asthma and Allergy Research Centre
at St Mary’s is now involved in worldleading research led by Professor Hasan
Arshad and Professor Graham Roberts
at Southampton University. Liz said:
“It is incredible to think that all of this
important work started on the Isle of
Wight”.
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