51cg

Biography

My personal pronouns are she/her/hers.

I work as a Research Fellow in the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation at 51cg, and as a Senior Research Fellow at HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Ireland. I’m an HRB-TMRN Research Associate.

My area of work is in Trials Methodology and I have extensive project management experience. Currently, I mainly contribute to Trial Forge, which has the aim to be more systematic about how we generate and use research evidence in making trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting decisions. On all projects, I work closely with Professor Shaun Treweek, 51cg, UK, and Professor Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland.

I moved to the UK in 1996 and graduated from the 51cg with a MA (Hons) in Psychology in 2001 and completed a PhD in Psychology, also from the 51cg, in 2008.

"I thought of that while riding my bicycle." (Albert Einstein in reference to the Theory of Relativity)

Prizes and Awards

Sustrans volunteer award 2021 - for an inspirational volunteer contribution (AndSheCycles project).

Current Research

• Trial Forge:

Past Research

Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (ACE) and/or HRB Clinical Research Facility, UCC, Ireland

• Trial management in the UK and Ireland: A cross-sectional survey of workforce, training and professional recognition, led by Professor Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland
• INFORM - Improving pre-funding peer review to increase the informativeness of randomised trials (INFORM)
• PRESS (1) - Protocol development for prioritised recruitment and retention strategies, led by Professor Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland (PRESS)
• PRESS (2) - Protocol and resources development for prioritised recruitment and retention strategies, led by Dr Adwoa Parker, University of York
• Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials (a Cochrane systematic review), led by Dr Adwoa Parker, University of York
• PRO EDI - Tools to help reviewers make equity, diversity and inclusion assessments (project wepage: PRO EDI)
• Trial Forge Guidance 5: Ethical issues to consider when doing SWATs (studies within a Trial), led by Professor Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland
• Estimating Site Performance 2 (ESP2)
• What do researchers think of and want from the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE): a qualitative study (SHAREViews)
• Evidence Packs for Trial Forge
• Prepare for the real-world evaluation of an intelligent system for breast cancer screening: identify and assess stakeholders’ needs (PREP-AI-R)
• Public involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials (PoINT)
• Primary Care – Improved Data for Improved Outcomes (GPDash)
• Developing dissemination materials for the ActWELL trial
• Reporting clinical trial results appropriately to participants (RECAP)

Academic Primary Care & Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)

• Health Care Reform: the impact on practice, outcomes and costs of New roles for health professionals (MUNROS)

The Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)

• UK Rotator cuff surgery trial (UKUFF)
• Either traditional haemorrhoidectomy or stapled haemorrhoidopexy for haemorrhoidal disease (eTHoS): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Academic Primary Care

• An RCT of an Electronic Medication Management Assistant in improving patient adherence to medicines compared to usual care (EMMA)
• Developing a RCT of general practice-based, pharmacist-led, management of chronic pain (PIPPC)