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Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit (PCTU)

PCTU header banner imageUnit Director: Beth Stuart

Deputy Director: Tahera Hussain

The Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered, and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded unit that aims to be at the forefront of the science and execution of pragmatic clinical trials with direct relevance for practice. We work across many different clinical areas but have particular strengths in primary care, bone and joint health, critical care and perioperative medicine, colorectal surgery and psychiatry.

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/pctu/ 

 

KEY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AREAS

The PCTU supports high quality research across many different clinical areas with particular strengths in:

  • Primary Care
  • Bone and Joint Health
  • Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Psychiatry

Our methodological research strengths are in the following areas:

  • Cluster randomised trials
  • Innovative trial design
  • Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs)
  • Pilot and feasibility studies

Economic Evaluation

  • Health Related Quality of Life research
  • Health Policy Evaluation

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OUR TEAM

Operations

  • Tahera Hussain: Head of Operations/Deputy Director
  • Safwan Haydar: Operations Officer

Information Systems and Data Management

  • Arouna Woukeu: Head of Information Systems and Data Management
  • Amanda Davies: Lead Data Manager
  • Kunju Shaji: Clinical Trials Database Developer
  • Bonnie Anderson: Data Manager
  • Nicola Oginni: Data Management Officer
  • Samuel Ede: Database Officer

Quality Assurance

  • Sian Newton: QA Lead
  • Tanzina Bhuyan: QA Officer/Monitor
  • Vivek Patel: QA Officer/Monitor 
  • Sawdah Hussain: QA Administrator

Health Economics

Statistics

  • Jo Haviland: Statistics Team Lead, Reader in Medical Statistics
  • Clare Relton: Senior Lecturer Clinical Trials
  • Claire Chan: Statistician
  • Tom Hamborg: Senior Statisticians
  • Nadine Marlin: Statistician
  • Neil Walker: Senior Statistician
  • Clare Robinson: Senior Statistician
  • Olivier Quintin: Statistician
  • Michael Ooko: Statistician
  • Fionn Cléirigh-Büttner: Statistician
  • Yuk Lam Wong: Statistician
  • Yunli Ou: Statistician
  • Joe Gwatsvaira: Statistician
  • Richard Hooper: Professor in Medical Statistics

Trial Management

  • Ann Thomson: Projects and Strategy Lead 
  • Svetlana Milca: Senior Trial Manager
  • Julia Morneau: Trial Manager (AttackMS)
  • Helen Wood: Programme Manager CHILL
  • Priyanthi Dias: Clinical Trials and Research Manager
  • Philip McNamee: Programme Manager (TACK)
  • Ambreen Rashid: Trial Manager
  • Arandheep Dhillon: Senior Trial Manager
  • Imran Khan: Programme Manager (SURECAN)
  • Agnes Chevalier: Senior Researcher
  • Emma Medlicott: Research Assistant
  • Aleksandra Matanov: Research Assistant
  • Sophie Parker: Trials Assistant
  • Harpreet Pawar: Senior Trial Manager (Maternity Leave)
  • Jodie Hutchens: Senior Trial Manager (TiLLI)
  • Eleanor McAlees: Research Assistant (Surgery)
  • Jamila Kassam: Academic Strategy Lead


CONTACT

Location: Yvonne Carter Building (1st floor), 58 Turner Street, London E1 2AB

Operations Officer: Safwan Haydar s.haydar@qmul.ac.uk

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