Study Support Service Specialities and Research Areas

  • Published: 28 October 2022
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The Study Support Service team in the North East and North Cumbria and their specialities and research areas covered, consists of:

Study Support Service Leads

Gillian Johnson

  • Research Delivery Manager

Lauren Tough

  • Industry Operations Manager

Research Operations Managers

Nicola Coverdale

  • Diabetes
  • ENT
  • Metabolic and Endocrine disorders
  • Primary Care
  • Oral & Dental

Abigail Harrison

  • Anaesthesia, Peri-operative Medicine & Pain Management
  • Children
  • Critical Care
  • Health Services Research
  • Infection & Microbiology

Kim Shirley

  • DeNDRon (Dementias and Neurodegeneration)
  • Mental Health
  • Public Health
  • Care Homes
  • Non NHS Settings

Joanne Henderson

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Gastroenterology
  • Renal disorders
  • Reproductive health and childbirth
  • Stroke

Deb Jackson

  • Cancer specialties
  • Haematology (including malignant and lymphoma)
  • MSK – Orthopaedics
  • MSK – Rheumatology
  • Respiratory
  • Trauma and Emergency Care
  • Hospices

Hyder Latif

  • MedTec

Beverley Marshall

  • Ageing
  • Dermatology
  • Genetics
  • Hepatology
  • Neurology
  • Ophthalmology
  • All surgery specialties 

Laura Renwick

  • Primary Care including all CCGs

Research Operation Officers

Beth Pickering

  • Anaesthesia, Peri-operative Medicine & Pain Management
  • Cancer – Lung & Skin
  • Critical Care
  • Dermatology
  • Infection
  • Surgery - Plastics

CCGs

  • North Durham
  • Durham, Darlington, Easington and Sedgefield
  • Darlington

Rebecca Russell

  • Cancer - Children & Young People, Palliative Care
  • Children
  • Ophthalmology
  • Public Health
  • Surgery (Children)

CCGs

  • Newcastle/Gateshead

Other

  • Care Homes
  • Non-NHS Settings

Lauren White

  • Dendron
  • Health Services
  • Mental Health
  • Repro Health
  • Surgery - Head & Neck, Gynae
  • Cancer – Head & Neck, Gynae

CCGs

  • Northumberland West (HPCA)
  • North Cumbria

Cheryl Shaw

  • Ageing
  • Cancer - Lung, Radiotherapy
  • ENT
  • Gastroenterology
  • Genetics
  • Hepatology
  • Respiratory 

Research Operations Coordinators

Beverley Buck

  • Cancer - Sarcoma & Brain
  • T&E
  • MSK (Rheumatology & Orthopaedics)
  • Oral & Dental
  • Neurology
  • Surgery (General & Neuro)

CCGs

  • Well up North
  • Sunderland & South Tyneside

Cara Walker

  • Cancer - Colorectal, Upper GI
  • Cardiovascular
  • Haematology - Malignant & Non-malignant
  • Surgery - Cardiothoracic, Colorectal, Upper GI, Hepatobiliary, Vascular

CCGs

  • Northumberland - Blyth & Central
  • North Tyneside

Other

  • Med Tech

Corcyra Burley

  • Cancer - Urology, Breast
  • Diabetes
  • Metabolic & Endocrine
  • Renal
  • Stroke
  • Surgery - Breast, Transplant, Urology

CCGs

  • HAST
  • South Tees