Cardiology Team
Portfolio of cardiology and cardiac surgery commercial and non-commercial trials.
Patient opportunity to access cutting edge treatments.
Covers a wide range of cardiac pathologies, including:
heart valve disease
coronary artery disease
cardiac arrythmia
heart failure.
Treatment options range from new implantable and wearable devices to drug development, surgical and cath lab interventions, and rehabilitation.
Contact
Lead Research Nurse: Ellie Corps
Email: ellie.corps@ouh.nhs.uk
University of Oxford Cardiovascular Team
Research Nurse, Midwifery and Support Team
Part of the Radcliffe Department of Medicine.
Highly-skilled research professionals with clinical expertise in cardiovascular medicine.
Supports studies in translational research and basic science within:
cardiac MRI
spectroscopy
cardiac CT scanning
echocardiography
cardiac and vascular physiology studies.
Disease areas covered include:
arrythmia
coronary artery atherosclerosis and inflammation
cardiomyopathy
congenital cardiovascular disease
heart disease in women and pregnancy
heart failure
heart valve disease
hypertension
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and inherited cardiovascular disease
obesity and heart disease.
based across three University of Oxford clinical research facilities located at the John Radcliffe Hospital:
Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR)
Lead Research Nurse: Catherine Krasopoulos
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF)
Lead Research Nurse: Polly Whitworth
Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Intervention Centre (AMIIC)
Lead Research Nurse: Regine Lagazo
Contact
Cathy Krasopoulos, Lead Research Nurse: catherine.krasopoulos@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
Children's Comprehensive Research Team
Joint University of Oxford / OUH Nurses, Clinical Research Practitioner and Administration Staff.
Recruits to studies across a range of paediatric specialties including:
infectious diseases
general paediatrics
emergency medicine
paediatric critical care
respiratory medicine
neurology
rheumatology
diabetes.
Recruits to different types of research including:
commercial
non-commercial
observational
intervention studies including clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTIMPs) and medical devices.
Contact
Email: childrensresearch@ouh.nhs.uk
CHIM Research Team
Research Nurses and Healthcare Assistants working in COVID-19 research based in the Oxford Experimental Medicine Clinical Research Facility (EMCRF.
OUH employees funded by the University of Oxford,
Contact
Lead Research Nurse: Nevin Vuddamalay
Email: nevin.vuddamalay@ouh.nhs.uk
Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia
Contact
Research Nurse: Sally Beebe
Email: sally.beebe@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Critical Care Research Group Recruitment Delivery Team
Multidisciplinary recruiting team comprising Research Nurses, Physiotherapists and Midwives.
Recruits for a range of studies funded by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford under the Digital Health theme.
Most are prospective studies that involve participants using wearable technology to detect deterioration, abnormal vital signs or arrhythmias.
Future projects focus on the post intensive care cohort, using a combination or retrospective and prospective data to validate deterioration prediction models.
Based in the Kadoorie Institute with University of Oxford and OUH employees.
Contact
Email: virtualhdu@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Chris Biggs
Email: christopher.biggs@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
DeNDRoN Research Team
OUH team which coordinates, supports and delivers to an extensive portfolio of studies in:
neurology
neurodegenerative diseases
mental health
ageing.
Studies range from early to late phase clinical trials, including first in human observational, national history and large cohort studies.
The team includes:
Adult Nurses
Mental Health Nurses
Clinical Research Practitioners
Administrators
and works with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
Contact
Team Leader: Sarsha Wilson
Email: sarsha.wilson@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Steph Gallehawk
Email: stephanie.gallehawk@ouh.nhs.uk
Dermatology Research Delivery Team
Active OUH team working closely with clinical colleagues to deliver care to patients on clinical trials.
Collects data from patients to advance the understanding of treatments and the disease process, across medical and surgical Dermatology.
Manages a portfolio of NIHR studies including commercial, academic and database research.
Contact
Senior Research Delivery Nurse: Mel Westmoreland
Email: melanie.westmoreland@ouh.nhs.uk
Tel: 01865 228252 / 227217/8 / 225581
Diabetes Research Team
Contact
Email: diabetes.research1@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Nicky McRoberts
Email: nicky.mcroberts@ouh.nhs.uk
AGILE Team
Team of Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners and Administrators employed by University Hospitals Southampton, part of the core Regional Research Delivery Network.
Based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Horton General Hospital.
Supports the running of clinical research studies across Oxford University Hospitals.
Delivers research across specialties including:
surgery
genetics
cancer
ENT
infectious diseases
anaesthesia
trauma.
Contact
Email: crndirectdeliveryteam@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Penny Carter
Email: penny.carter1@ouh.nhs.uk
Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit (EPCTU)
Team of Research Nurses, Data Managers, Trial Administrators, Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Trials Practitioners.
Manages a portfolio of early phase trials in oncology and haematology.
Mixed University of Oxford and OUH employees.
Real-life bench to bedside medicine and first-in-human trials.
Links with Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC) network, Cancer Research UK and University Department of Oncology.
Contact
Email: orh-tr.earlyphasenurses@nhs.net
Senior Research Nurse: Rohini Nair
Email: rohini.nair@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Vicky Carpenter
Email: vicky.carpenter@ouh.nhs.uk
Emergency Medicine Research Oxford (EMROx)
OUH Research Nurses recruiting patients in:
Emergency Department (ED)
Acute General Medicine (AGM)
Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU)
Contact
Email: emergency.research@oxnet.nhs.uk
Lead Research Nurse: Sally Beer
Email: sally.beer@ouh.nhs.uk
Eye Research Group Oxford (ERGO)
OUH collaboration with the University of Oxford led by Professor Downes and Professor MacLaren.
Supports trials from laboratory bench to bedside and research teams requiring ophthalmology input.
Contact
Clinical Research Nurse Manager: Matias Segovia
Email: matias.segovia@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Administrator: Joe Terry
Email: 01865 231122
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Team
Team of Research Nurses, Clinical Research Practitioners, Management, Administration and Clinical Fellows.
University Management with OUH team members.
Oversees and runs clinical trials and research staff.
Portfolio includes commercial and academic studies across a range of inflammatory bowel and hepatobiliary diseases as well as an endoscopy portfolio principally focused on trials for improvements in bowel cancer screening.
Through BRC4, examining early detection of cholangiocarcinoma and investigating the prognostic ability of non-invasive biomarkers in predicting negative clinical endpoints in biliary diseases.
Contact
Email: ctf.researchnurses@ouh.nhs.uk
Gastro Research Team Lead: Beatriz Camesella Perez
Email: beatriz.camesellaperez@ouh.nhs.uk
Research Operations Manager: Denise O'Donnell
Email: denise.o'donnell@ouh.nhs.uk
Jenner Vaccine Team
Contact
Research Nurse Manager: Ian Poulton
Email: ian.poulton@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Haematology Trials Unit
OUH Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners, Data Managers and a Clinical Research Fellow.
Part of Haematology Trials Unit at the Churchill Hospital.
Sees patients in the Ambulatory Care Unit, Haematology Ward, Day Treatment Unit and Outpatients.
Portfolio includes academic and commercial clinical research ranging from observational to translational studies from phases 1b upwards.
Clinical trials in clinical haematological diseases and blood cancers including Bone Marrow Transplantation and CAR-T Cell Therapies.
Contact
Email: latephasehaematology@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Raisa Tayag
Email: raisa.tayag@ouh.nhs.uk
Late Phase Oncology (LPO) Research Team
OUH Research Nurses, Research Radiographer, Clinical Trial Practitioners, Data Managers and Research Administrator.
Runs a portfolio of mainly phase II &III studies, both academic and commercial.
Sees patients in the Day Treatment Unit (DTU), Oncology Ward and Outpatients.
Research team is involved in treating patients with all types of cancer.
Team offers placements for pre-registration nursing students.
Contact
Email: latephaseoncology@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurse: Emma Sanders
Email: emma.sanders@ouh.nhs.uk
Multiple Sclerosis Research Team
Contact
Ana Cavey, Senior Research Nurse: ana.cavey@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Neonatal Research Team
OUH Nurses, Clinical Trials Assistant and Data Management Nurse.
Works on a wide range of studies involving babies in the Newborn Care Unit.
Recruits to different types of research including commercial and non-commercial, observational and intervention studies including phase I-IV clinical trials.
University of Oxford research group of doctors, nurses and scientists is embedded within the Newborn Care Unit with a focus on understanding early development of the human brain and improving and understanding treatment of pain in babies.
Contact
Email: neonatal.research@ouh.nhs.uk
Senior Nurse: Bryony Ward
Email: bryony.ward@ouh.nhs.uk
Non-malignant Haematology Team
Contact
Research Nurse: Chris Deane
Email: christopher.deane@ouh.nhs.uk
Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Contact
Research Manager: Gail Lang
Email: gail.lang@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health (NDWRH)
University of Oxford Doctors, Research Midwives, Research Nurses, Laboratory Assistants, Clinical Practitioners and Data Manager.
To support reproductive, neonatal and maternal health studies including gynaecology, fertility and midwifery.
Contact
Senior Research Midwife: Jude Mossop
Email: jude.mossop@wrh.ox.ac.uk
Senior Research Midwife: Sarah Collins
Email: sarah.collins@wrh.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Critical Care (OCC) Research Nurse Team
Covers Critical Care and Neurosciences Intensive Care, as well as delivering trials in Anaesthesia and Pre-Operative Assessment areas.
Studies include interventional, looking at duration and prophylaxis of anti-epileptic drugs in Traumatic Brain injury and nebulised drugs for ventilated patients, to observational studies of sepsis and care of diabetic patients postoperatively.
Contact
Email: ICUResearch@ouh.nhs.uk
Lead Research Nurse: Sally Beer
Email: sally.beer@ouh.nhs.uk
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM)
Contact
Lead Research Nurse: Siobhan Gardiner
Email: siobhan.gardiner@ocdem.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Experimental Clinical Research Facility (OxEMCRF)
Contact
Clinical Operations Lead: Cushla Cooper
Email: cushla.cooper@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Research Nurses for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (ORNIID)
Nurses and Practitioners working in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine.
Nursing research is a priority; development opportunities including Masters and PhDs.
Recruiters to multi-national randomised controlled trials and clinical studies.
Contact
Clinical Research Facility Operational Lead: Simona Fourie
Email: simona.fourie@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Research Nurses for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases ORNIID - Immunology
Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (ORTU)
University of Oxford Research Nurse Manager, Research Nurses and Assistant Research Practitioner, working with ORTU Research Project Managers and Data Management Team.
Early and late phase studies across the commercial and academic portfolio.
Supports and delivers research in respiratory disease including:
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Interstitial lung Disease (ILD)
Asthma
Pleural
COVID-19 (including Long COVID).
Contact
Email: ortu.nurses@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Head of Operations: Melissa Dobson
Email: melissa.dobson@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Oxford Severe Asthma Team
Contact
Senior Research Nurse: Katie Borg
Email: catherine.borg@ouh.nhs.uk
Oxford Vaccine Group
Contact
Senior Research Nurse: Hannah Baughan
Email: hannah.baughan@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Team
OUH Team Leader, Research Nurses, Senior Data Manager, Trial Practitioner, Quality Manager and MDT Coordinator.
Delivers phase 2, 3 and 4 commercial and non-commercial clinical research across a broad spectrum of children's cancers.
Works with Paediatric Shared Care Units at:
Royal Berkshire
Buckingham
Great Western
Wexham Park
Milton Keynes.
Contact
Email: paedhaem.oncresearch@ouh.nhs.uk
Trials Team Leader: Rhiannon Collins
Email: Rhiannon.collins@ouh.nhs.uk
Paediatric Specialised Translational Research Oxford Neuromuscular Group (STRONG)
University of Oxford team which conducts and designs clinical trials in paediatric neuromuscular diseases.
Accelerates clinical trial development through innovative outcome measures and newborn screening.
Understands progress of disease and focus on personalised care and assess effectiveness of current treatments.
Contact
Email: strongclinicaltrials@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
PITCH Research Delivery Team
Immunology Infectious Disease Research Group
University of Oxford nurses.
Established during COVID-19 pandemic to recruit and run studies looking at the role of T-cell immunity in a cohort of healthcare workers.
Expanded remit to include clinically vulnerable patients and the ageing population.
Runs academic investigator led studies in this area.
Happy to support other research groups working in aligned research areas.
Nurses leading qualitative research into attitudes of healthcare workers to annual booster vaccinations in the workplace.
Contact
Clinical Research Manager: Lizzie Stafford
Email: lizzie.stafford@ouh.nhs.uk
Renal and Transplant Research Team
OUH Research Nurses run clinical trials for pre-dialysis, dialysis and transplant patients.
Research-active Consultants take on PI role and Registrars / Pharmacists also involved.
Works closely with CTSU, Radiology and Cardiology to run studies from phase 1b upwards.
There is a strong drive to find new treatments for patients with rare renal conditions, slow the rate of kidney function decline in patients with chronic renal failure, prolong the life span of transplanted kidneys and improve the life expectancy of dialysis patients.
Contact
Email: renalandtransplanttrials@ouh.nhs.uk
Tel: 01865 225 096 / 781
Senior Research Nurse: Sarah Crosbie
Email: sarah.crosbie@ouh.nhs.uk
Stroke Research Team
OUH Nurses oversee trials involving Stroke and TIA patients.
Recruits on Acute Stroke Unit, in Follow-up Clinic and in the Emergency Department.
Patient group includes those who have had a stroke in the previous two hours and those attending follow-up clinics who are suitable for long-term window trials.
Trials range from testing new practices and processes, translational medicine and observational studies of adults from 18 to 105 years old.
Contact
Senior Research Nurse: Rachel Teal
Email: rachel.teal@ouh.nhs.uk
Surgical Oncology Research Team (SORT)
Contact
Lead research Nurse: Jane Niederer
Email: jane.niederer@nds.ox.ac.uk
Trauma Research Team
Contact
Senior Research Nurse: Kathryn Lewis
Email: kathryn.lewis@ouh.nhs.uk
