People

The CTU Management Committee supports the CTU Director, oversees the integrated functioning of the CTU and the conduct and delivery of Norwich CTU trials. Members include senior staff from Operations and QA, Data Management, Statistics, Health Economics and Process Evaluation.

Prof Ann Marie Swart - Norwich CTU Director

Matt Hammond - Norwich CTU Deputy Director

Prof Lee Shepstone - Professor of Medical Statistics and CTU Associate Director

Prof Garry Barton - Professor of Health Economics and CTU Associate Director

David Turner - CTU lead for Health Economics

Martin Pond - Head of Data Management

Dr Erika Sims - Research Lead - Complex Interventions - E.Sims@uea.ac.uk ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Juliet High - Research Lead - CTIMPs and Device Trials - J.High@uea.ac.uk

Dr Polly Ashford - Research Lead - Service Delivery Interventions and Routine Data - P.Ashford@uea.ac.uk

Dr Mei-See Man - Research Lead - Behavioural Interventions - Mei-See.Man@uea.ac.uk

Dr Thando Katangwe-Chigamba - Process Evaluation Lead

The Operations and Quality Assurance Group includes Research Leads, Programme Managers, Trial Managers, Junior Trial Managers, Trial Assistants and a QA Administrator and as a result is the largest functional group at CTU.

Each Research Lead holds a portfolio which are currently divided in to four specific specialities;

• Service Delivery Interventions and Routine Data
• Complex Interventions
• CTIMPs and Device Trials
• Behavioural Interventions

Dr Erika Sims - Research Lead - Complex Interventions - ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ E.Sims@uea.ac.uk

Juliet High - Research Lead - CTIMPs and Device Trials - J.High@uea.ac.uk

Dr Polly Ashford - Research Lead - Service Delivery Interventions and Routine Data - P.Ashford@uea.ac.uk

Dr Mei-See Man - Research Lead - Behavioural Interventions - Mei-See.Man@uea.ac.uk

Anna Wright - CTU QA Administrator

Prof Shepstone leads the CTU Statistics group.

Prof Lee Shepstone - Professor of Medical Statistics and CTU Associate Director

Dr Allan Clark - Senior CTU Statistician

Sue Stirling - CTU Statistician

Kelly Grant - CTU Statistician

Martin Pond leads the Data Management Group which comprises of senior database programmers, database programmers, data managers and data assistants.

The Data Management Group is able to provide a full range of traditional data management functions, such as randomisation, eCRF design, database design and build, application design and build, resolving data queries, data extraction and so on. Data Management work closely with Clinical Trial Operations to support data entry, validation and monitoring as required.

In addition to these traditional core functions, the increased breadth and diversity of skills within Data Management means that we are increasingly able to offer other, added-value information services, such as the processing and translating of large, complex datasets between formats, bespoke programming and automation tasks, and the development of tools to support the clinical trials process including eTrials.

Martin Pond - Head of Data Management

Dr Claire West - Senior Data Programmer

Antony Colles - Senior Data Programmer

Cecile Guillard - Data Programmer

Maria Leathersich - Data Programmer

Erica Berardi - Data Assistant

A Health Economics component in clinical trials is increasingly demanded by funding bodies who want to know if the intervention under evaluation constitutes value for money.

David Turner is CTU lead for Health Economics.

David Turner - CTU lead for Health Economics

Process evaluation is an important approach used to understand how complex health interventions are perceived, understood and delivered within the context of randomised controlled trials. The approach may utilise both quantitative and qualitative methods, has the potential to provide important explanations for observed effects between different study arms, and for specifying the circumstances under which interventions may succeed or fail beyond trial findings.

Dr Thando Katangwe-Chigamba is the Norwich CTU Process Evaluation lead.

Dr Thando Katangwe-Chigamba - Process Evaluation Lead

Po Ruby - Process Evaluation Research Associate