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Professor Colver studied Psychology at Magdalene College, Cambridge and then Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

He was appointed Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest in Community Child Health in Northumberland in 1986, occupying then only the second such post in the UK. From then to the mid 1990s he led the development of training programmes in community child health. For four years he was Medical Director of a National Health Service Community Trust. From 1997, he occupied research positions at 缅北禁地 and was appointed in 2007 to the Donald Court Chair of Community Child. He retired in 2017.

His earlier research included studies of child accident prevention, health surveillance of preschool children and screening. From 1999-2004 he was a member of the National Screening Committee, Child Health. In 2001 he completed a study on food allergy facilitated by the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit; and from 2005-09 was chair of its Executive Committee. Professor Colver co-founded the North of England Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Survey and established a database of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Professor Colver’s recent research was directed to:

1 2010-Present. Transition of young people with long term health conditions from child to adult health services. He coordinates a five-year Research programme   http://research.ncl.ac.uk/transition/     funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

2 2014-2017. Feasibility of trials of Use of Standing Frames  and Therapy for Eating and Swallowing Difficulties in children and young people with neurodisability - funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

3 2002-2014. Participation and Quality of Life of children and young people with cerebral palsy. . He coordinated a study (SPARCLE) across Europe of children with cerebral palsy    www.ncl.ac.uk/sparcle/    funded by the European Commission and the Wellcome Trust.

4 2014-2017. A trial of medication for drooling in children with neurodisability  funded by: The Children's Foundation, The Castang Foundation, WellChild, and The British Academy of Childhood Disability (Polani Fund).

• Colver A, McConachie H, Le Couteur A, Dovey-Pearce G, Mann KD, McDonagh JE, Pearce MS, Vale L, Merrick H, Parr J. . BMC Medicine 2018, 16, 111.
• Colver A, Pearse RS, Watson RM, Fay M, Rapley T, Mann KD, Le Couteur A, Parr J, McConachie HM. . BMC Health Services Research 2018, 18, 337.
• Merrick H, McConachie H, LeCouteur A, Mann K, Parr JR, Pearce MS, Colver A. . BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15, 435.
• Solanke F, Colver A, McConachie H, On behalf of the Transition collaborative group. . Child: Care, Health and Development 2018, 44(3), 355-363.
• Hislop J, Mason H, Parr JR, Vale L, Colver A. . Journal of Adolescent Health 2016, 59(3), 345-353.
• Colver A, Longwell S. . Archives of Disease in Childhood 2013, 98, 902-907.
• Kolehmainen N, McCafferty S, Maniatopoulos G, Le-Couteur A, Vale L, Colver A. . BMJ Paediatrics Open 2017, 1, e000085.
• Colver A, Rapp M, Eisemann N, Ehlinger V, Thyen U, Dickinson HO, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Nystrand M, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, Michelsen SI, Arnaud C. . Lancet 2015, 385(9969), 705-716.
• Dickinson HO, Parkinson KN, Ravens-Sieberer U, Schirripa G, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Colver AF. . Lancet 2007, 369(9580), 2171-2178.
• Fauconnier J, Dickinson HO, Beckung E, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson KN, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Colver A. . British Medical Journal 2009, 338, b1458.
• Parkinson KN, Dickinson HO, Arnaud C, Lyons A, Colver A. . Archives of Disease in Childhood 2013, 98(6), 434-440.
• Parkinson KN, Gibson L, Dickinson HO, Colver AF. . Acta Paediatrica 2010, 99(3), 446-451.
• Colver A, Fairhurst C, Pharoah PO. . Lancet 2013, 383(9924), 1240-1249.
• Dang VM, Colver A, Dickinson HO, Marcelli M, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Rapp M, Arnaud C, Nystrand M, Fauconnier J. . Research in Developmental Disabilities 2015, 36, 551-564.
• Arnaud C, White-Koning M, Michelsen SI, Parkes J, Parkinson K, Thyen U, Beckung E, Dickinson HO, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Colver AF. . Pediatrics 2008, 121(1), 54-64.
• Parkes J, White-Koning M, Dickinson HO, Thyen U, Arnaud C, Beckung E, Fauconnier J, Marcelli M, McManus V, Michelsen SI, Parkinson KN, Colver AF. . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2008, 49(4), 405-413.
• Parkes J, Caravale B, Marcelli M, Franco F, Colver A. . Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2011, 53(9), 815-821.
• Macdougall CF, Cant AJ, Colver AF. . Archives of Disease in Childhood 2002, 86(4), 236-239.
• Reading R, Colver AF, Openshaw S, Jarvis S. Do interventions that improve immunisation uptake also reduce social inequalities in uptake?. British Medical Journal 1994, 308, 1142-4.
• McConachie H, Colver AF, Forsyth RJ, Jarvis SN, Parkinson KN. . Disability and Rehabilitation 2006, 28(18), 1157-1164.
• Colver A. . Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2005, 47(11), 780-784.
• Colver AF. Health surveillance of pre-school children - 4 years experience. British Medical Journal 1990, 300, 1246-48.
• Colver AF, Hutchinson PJ, Judson EC. . British Medical Journal 1982, 285(6349), 1177-1180.
• Colver AF. Immunisation and general practice. Lancet 1989, i, 906.
• Tuffrey C, Bateman BJ, Colver A. . Child: Care, Health and Development 2013, 39(4), 500-511.
• COLVER AF, DANSKIN MJ, PARKIN JM, ROGERS FS, WALKER JH. TRAINING-PROGRAM FOR SENIOR REGISTRARS IN COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS. ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD 1988, 63(1), 63-65.
• Graham HK, Rosenbaum P, Paneth N, Dan B, Lin JP, Damiano DL, Becher JG, Gaebler-Spira D, Colver A, Reddihough D, Crompton KE, Lieber RL. . Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2016, 2, 15082.
• Maniatopoulos G, Le-Couteur A, Vale L, Colver A. . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2018, 23(2), 107-115.
• Parr JR, Todhunter E, Pennington L, Stocken D, Cadwgan J, O'Hare AE, Tuffrey C, Williams J, Cole M, Colver AF. . Archives of of Disease in Childhood 2018, 103, 371-376.
• Espín-Tello SM, Colver A, SPARCLE Group. . Research in Developmental Disabilities 2017, 71, 1-10.
• Goodwin J, Lecouturier J, Basu A, Colver A, Crombie S, Smith J, Howel D, McColl E, Parr JR, Kolehmainen N, Roberts A, Miller K, Cadwgan J. . Health Technology Assessment 2018, 22(50).
• Goodwin J, Lecouturier J, Crombie S, Smith J, Basu A, Colver A, Kolehmainen N, Parr JR, Howel D, McColl E, Roberts A, Miller K, Cadwgan J. . Child Care, Health and Development 2018, 44(2), 203-211.
• Goodwin J, Colver A, Basu A, Crombie S, Howel D, Parr JR, McColl E, Kolehmainen N, Roberts A, Lecouturier J, Smith J, Miller K, Cadwgan J. . Child: Care, Health & Development 2018, 44(2), 195-202.