Precision Medicine Working Group Co-Leads
Professor James Wason james.wason@newcastle.ac.uk
Professor Christina Yap christina.yap@icr.ac.uk
Precision (often referred to as personalised or stratified) medicine has the goal of ensuring robust information is available for deciding which treatments should be given to which patients. High-quality clinical trials play a vital role in gathering this information.
The Precision Medicine Working Group (PMWG) exists to encourage development and application of methodology for clinical trials to enable precision medicine.
To realise this goal, our objectives are to:
1) Increase UK capacity for methods research in precision medicine clinical trials.
2) Disseminate novel methods to academic and industry stakeholders who may benefit from using them.
3) Develop a research agenda for precision medicine trials methodology.
To fulfil these objectives, the group will:
1) Hold regular (at least three times a year) teleconference meetings of the group to share information on new methods, funding opportunities and dissemination possibilities.
2) Maintain a website that showcases developments in the area.
3) Form subgroups that will take forward methodology research ideas and develop them into papers or grant applications as appropriate.
4) Provide support for individuals applying for fellowship or methodology grant funding in the area of precision medicine trials.
5) Provide a supportive group for encouraging partnership PhD students working in precision medicine.
6) Develop a short course focused on teaching latest developments in precision medicine trials.