Education

• University College London Medical School
• Barts & the London School of Medicine & Dentistry

Degrees and awards

• BSc (Hons) in Physiology, University College London
• MBBS, University College London Medical School
• MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians
• Ph.D., Barts & the London School of Medicine & Dentistry
• Global Clinical Scholars’ Research Training Programme, Harvard Medical School

Main academic positions

• Consultant Gastroenterologist and Senior Lecturer, University Hospitals of North Midlands
• Honorary Senior Lecturer, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Queen Mary University of London
• Visiting Professor, Mech-Sense

Scientific interests

Dr Farmer’s main academic interests concern all aspects of functional gastrointestinal disorders and the modulation of the parasympathetic nervous system.

Grants and awards

• 2010 American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Travel Scholarship, Functional Brain Gut Group, Tucson, Arizona
• 2010 Institute of Cell & Molecular Science Research Prize, Barts & The London School of Medicine
• 2010 Stephen Whittaker Research Prize, West Midlands Physicians’ Association
• 2010 American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Young Investigator Prize
• 2014 American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society Clinical Research Prize
• 2016 British Society of Gastroenterology Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section Best Abstract Award

Grants

• Medical Research Council programme grant
• Almirall Pharmaceuticals
• Enteric Health Technology Assessment
• Pain Relief Foundation
• International Association for the Study of Pain Collaborative Grant
• Gastroparesis and Intestinal Failure Trust
• Danish Diabetes Academy Visiting Professorship
• National Institute of Health Research EME Grant

Clinical and research management

Dr Farmer’s has a large and busy clinical practice centred on the investigation and treatment of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders including those with chronic visceral pain.