The Network’s Operations Groups provide opportunities for professional development through peer-to-peer support, networking events, the creation of training and guidance materials and sharing learning and best practice.
Each Operations Group leads a programme of work with the aims of;
- Identifying challenges and developing solutions together
- Highlighting challenges which require a policy response
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficient trial conduct
- Sharing best practice and developing practical guidance on good research practice and quality standards for non-commercial trials
- Contributing to national and internationally led new initiatives within the clinical research community; and
- Representing the views of Registered CTUs.
The Operations Groups develop an annual programme of individual and cross-Group deliverables to support these aims. These deliverables are agreed with the UKCRC CTU Executive Group. The Operations Groups’ activities are underpinned by a set of General Terms of Reference along with Supplementary Terms of Reference which are specific to each Group.
Statistics – Membership
Catherine Hewitt (Chair) – York Trials Unit
Mike Bradburn – Sheffield Clinical Trials Unit
Michele Robertson – Glasgow Clinical Trials Unit
Natalie Ives – Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit
Louise Stanton – Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
Graeme McLennan – Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)
Statistics Operations Group Supplementary Terms of Reference
Information Systems – Membership
Carolyn McNamara (Chair) – Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
Amanda Bravery (Deputy Chair) – Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
Tim Chater – Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre
Greg Fegan – Swansea Trials Unit
Patrick Julier – Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit
Martin Pond – Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Information Systems Operations Group Supplementary Terms of Reference
Quality Assurance – Membership
Claire Johnson (Chair) – Centre for Trials Research
Nicole Gower (Deputy Chair) – CR UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre
Gail Holland – Swansea Clinical Trials Unit
Chris Hayward – Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit
Katie Neville – Liverpool Trials Collaborative
Sara Yeats – Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
Quality Assurance Operations Group Supplementary Terms of Reference
Trial Management – Membership
Emma Ogburn (Chair) – Oxford Primary Care & Vaccines Collaborative CTU
Lucy Culliford (Deputy Chair) – Bristol CTEU
Claire Lawless – CaCTUS
Natalie Wakefield – UK Trial Managers’ Network Representative
Trial Management Operations Group Supplementary Terms of Reference
Policy – Membership
Gill Booth – Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit
Carrol Gamble – Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre
Claire Snowdon – Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
Nicky Perry – Bristol & Sussex Clinical Trials Unit
Rebecca Maier – Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit
