Key Industry Expert Speakers

Robert Mitchell-Thain is a patient advocate of 18 years, with experience in a number of roles, including currently Patient Insights Director at the Global Liver Institute, Vice-Chair of Liver Patients International, the Patient Voice in NHS England’s Hepatobiliary and Pancreas CCG, and was recently leading patient-centred solutions as Head of Education and Development at PBC Foundation. Robert has experience in taking the patient experience and incorporating it into clinical guidelines, abstracts, and journal papers, as well as into every day practice. He has presented at EASL, AASLD and APASL liver-specific conferences. He has also presented to and on behalf of patients in USA, Canada, Israel, China, Japan, Israel, and all over Europe. Robert has led a PBC-specific interactive App which can record GDPR-compliant anonymised data, allowing the patient experience to directly influence industry partners and help them to address unmet need. Using the app data, he presented in poster and orally at a number of national and international scientific conferences. He is currently working with GLI to design and release an interactive patient-driven App that will cover multiple liver diseases, giving patients equitable access to information and the opportunity to be part of the solution in their particular liver disease.