The MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) brings together a number of national and international networks, institutions and partners undertaking clinical trials and trials methodology research. Our overall aim being to improve patient care by improving the way in which the healthcare evidence base is developed.
Our PhD programme presents a unique opportunity to undertake training and research in major areas where clinical trials need to be improved to help increase the health of society. Projects encompass a variety of subject areas including statistics, mathematics, health economics, epidemiology, psychology, social science, computer science, informatics and health services research.
Here are some of the HTMR Network PhD cohort describing their experiences and the benefits of studying for a PhD in trials methodology cohort and community such as TMRP - Charlie Harper, Heather Catt and Gemma Clayton.
| Name | University | Title | |
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Sadia Ahmed |
University of Leeds |
Optimising implementation of complex healthcare interventions in elderly care trials |
hs18s2a@leeds.ac.uk |
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Saiam Ahmed |
MRC CTU at UCL |
Optimising the use of routinely collected heath records in clinical trials |
saiam.ahmed@ucl.ac.uk |
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Arabella Baker |
University of Nottingham |
Measuring outcomes in eczema clinical trials |
Arabella.Baker@nottingham.ac.uk |
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Heather Barrington |
University of Liverpool |
Optimising patient participation in COS |
Heather.Bagley@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Lauren Bell | LSHTM | Design of trials for health related smart phone apps | lauren.bell@lshtm.ac.uk |
| Mike Bradburn | University of Sheffield | Strengths and weaknesses of different methods for assessing the external validity of RCTs using routine data sources (particularly registries) | m.bradburn@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Kieran Bromley | Keele University | Measuring child development in low and middle income countries | k.bromley1@keele.ac.uk |
| Cydney Bruce | University of Nottingham | Methods for randomisation | Cydney.Bruce@nottingham.ac.uk |
| Anca Chis Ster | Kings College London | A unified approach for the statistical analysis of post-randomisation variables in clinical trials | anca.m.chis_ster@kcl.ac.uk |
| Jade Chynoweth | University of Plymouth | Improving the efficiency of modelling complex physical activity data using novel statistical methods | jade.chynoweth@plymouth.ac.uk |
| Taylor Coffey | University of Aberdeen | Using behavioural approaches to improve trial recruitment and retention | t.coffey.19@abdn.ac.uk |
| Saskia Eddy | QMUL | Choosing the design of an external pilot study, focusing on objectives and sample size | s.eddy@qmul.ac.uk |
| Kirsty Garfield | University of Bristol | Developing a modular resource-use questionnaire for use in RCTs | kirsty.garfield@bristol.ac.uk |
| Nassos Gkekas | University of York | The cost effectiveness of Studies within a Trial (SWATs) for improving recruitment and retention in RCTs | ag1378@york.ac.uk |
| Charlie Harper | University of Oxford | Can routine healthcare data be used to efficiently and reliably follow-up participants in renal trials: analyses using linked data form 2 large renal trials | charlie.harper@ndph.ox.ac.uk |
| Danielle Johnson | University of Liverpool | Evidence synthesis for biomarker validity to inform biomarker-stratified trials | Danielle.Johnson@liv.ac.uk |
| Ben Jones | University of Plymouth | A Bayesian approach to the design and analysis of cluster randomised controlled Trials | ben.jones@plymouth.ac.uk |
| Jamlick Karumbi | University of Liverpool | Extending COS participation to low and middle income countries | J.Karumbi@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Mandy Lau | Cardiff University | The use of modern modelling methods for the statistical analysis of microbiological data in clinical trials of antimicrobial stewardship interventions | LauTM@cardiff.ac.uk |
| Yujin Lee | University of Warwick | Statistical methods for analysing longitudinal ordinal data in emergency and critical care clinical trials | Yujin.Lee.1@warwick.ac.uk |
| Wang Pok Lo | University of Edinburgh | The search for valid surrogate outcomes: review of current evidence and development of practical strategies for surrogate evaluation | w.p.lo@sms.ed.ac.uk |
| Rachel Maishman | University of Bristol | Development of an objective measure of clinical recovery after cardiac surgery for use in RCTs | rachel.maishman@bristol.ac.uk |
| Katie Mellor | University of Oxford | Improving the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of external pilot and feasibility studies | katie.mellor@ndorms.ox.ac.uk |
| Iqra Muhammad | University of Liverpool | Automated search algorithms for trials methodology research | Iqra.Muhammad@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Luke Ouma | Newcastle University | Statistical methodology for precision medicine trials | l.o.ouma2@newcastle.ac.uk |
| Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim | University of Oxford | Real-world drug data from electronic health records in the NHS: Validation and application in a randomised control trial of cardiovascular disease | guilherme.pessoa-amorim@ndph.ox.ac.uk |
| Yankier Pijeira Perez | Bangor University | Optimal designs for studies that follow on from HTA coverage with evidence development decisions | y.pijeiraperez@bangor.ac.uk |
| Violeta Razanskaite | University of Liverpool | Record-keeping in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) within electronic patient record systems: Current practice and motivations for collecting structured data | Violeta.Razanskaite@liv.ac.uk |
| Alessandra Serra | Cambridge University | Adaptive clinical trial designs in infectious diseases | alessandra.serra@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk |
| Lukas Staudt | University of Liverpool | Exploring the potential for the use of spinal registry data in clinical trials | L.Staudt@liverpool.ac.uk |
| Jacqueline Thompson | University of Birmingham | Methods for cluster crossover trials |
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| Zhulin Yin | Institute for Cancer Research | Development and Implementation of Efficient Adaptive Designs in Early Phase Oncology Trials for Targeted Agents | zhulin.yin@icr.ac.uk |
| Abdullah Younis | University of Exeter | Assessing the value of outcome assessment blinding in randomised trials of complex interventions |