Trial Management Group (TMG)
Trial Managers
The Trial Manager is responsible for managing the overarching day to day running of the trial
Chrissie Butcher
- Senior Trial Manager
- Email: chrissie.butcher@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 85825
Senior Trial Manager
The Senior Trial Manager provides high level oversight and advice for the trial
Jenn Walker
- Senior Trial Manager
- Email: jenn.walker@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2520
Admin Staff
The admin staff provide support to the trial manager, organise meetings and handle general trial queries.
Ruby Smith Whelan
- Trial Administrator
- Email: ruby.smith-whelan@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 2526
Statisticians
The statistics team have overall responsibility for the extraction, analysis and reporting of all clinical trial data.
Dr Holly Fisher
- Biostatistician (Research Associate)
- Email: holly.fisher@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7976
Shaun Hiu
- Research Assistant
- Email: shaun.hiu@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6488
Vicky Ryan
- Senior Lecturer
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3676
Professor Linda Sharp
- Professor of Cancer Epidemiology
- Email: linda.sharp@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 6275
Database Team
The database team build and manage all databases used to capture and securely store data and participant information during the trial
Dr Sean Gill
- Data Manager
- Email: sean.gill1@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 2517
Health Economics
The health economics team study issues relating to cost-effectiveness of treatments and the cost incurred by patients due to different treatment methods.
Tomos Robinson
- Senior Research Associate
- Email: tom.robinson@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Laura Ternent
- Professor of Health Economics
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7083
Qualitative Research
The qualitative team conduct research which seeks to understand the experience of patients to make treatments more relevant.
Professor Tim Rapley
- Associate Researcher
Dr Nicolette Rousseau
- Senior Research Methodologist
- Email: nikki.rousseau@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7162
Valarie Bryant
- Patient representative
Dr Ramkumar Shanmugasundaram
- Clinical Oncologist and Co-Applicant
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Email: Ramkumar.Shanmugasundaram@uhs.nhs.uk
Dr Rebecca Goranova
- Clinical Oncologist and Co-applicant
- Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
- Email: rebecca.goranova@nhs.net
Mr James O’Hara
- Consultant Otolaryngologist and co-applicant
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Email: James.O'Hara@newcastle.ac.uk
Dr Joanne Patterson
- NIHR CL/Macmillan Speech and Language Therapist and Co-Applicant
- Email: joanne.patterson@newcastle.ac.uk
Emerita Professor Janet Wilson
- Emerita Professor
