 My name is Dr. Leslie Dibley. I'm motivated by the need to give a voice to a hidden group if you like. And also to address issues that maybe other people find a bit yucky if you like. Things are just a little bit different. I started life as a nurse, and I have had a career in clinical nursing practice with adults and children in the last 11 years in full timing research. I do research into chronic conditions, mostly gastroenterology, mostly inflammatory bowel disease. This condition affects a lot of people in the UK and worldwide. It's very difficult to deal with because it is unpredictable. It causes symptoms that are antisocial, so frequency and urgency of bowel actions that can't necessarily easily be controlled. Through my years of doing research in that area I have grown this interest in why even though people are dealing with those very debilitating symptoms they would persistently avoid stone surgery. Stone surgery is not to be taken lightly, it's made for surgery but it has the potential to add a quality of life by taking away that uncertainty and giving a form of control. Having real passion I think for giving voice to people who are dealing with something that is hidden and particularly when it's something that actually people don't talk about. Somebody has to do it and I'm proud that that's somebody's name. The University of Greenwich is proud to be part of the UUK-Made at Uni campaign.