Who we are
The core team is made of researchers and admin staff based at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
Meet our team
Prof Sumita Verma
Chief Investigator
Sumita Verma is Professor of Hepatology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and an Honorary Consultant/Academic Lead of Hepatology at Brighton and University Hospitals Sussex. Professor Verma obtained her medical degree from the University of Delhi India, before training as a Gastroenterologist/ Hepatologist in Yorkshire, UK. Her research interests include autoimmune hepatitis; developing and evaluating innovative community models of care for vulnerable adults with liver disease; and innovative interventions for refractory ascites due to advanced cirrhosis.
Dr Yazan Haddadin
Clinical Research Fellow
Yazan Haddadin is a gastroenterology and hepatology registrar currently out of programme. He a senior clinical research fellow working on REDUCe2, completing a PhD.
Alison
Porges
Clinical Trials Manager
Alison worked for 2 major pharmaceutical companies as a CRA before joining the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust where she worked as a Data Officer Team Leader. Various roles lead her to become the Finance and Contracts Manager before coming full cycle to become the Clinical Trial Manager of this important study.
Prof Stephen Bremner
Statistician
Stephen is lead statistician at the Brighton and Sussex Clinical Trials Unit and co-investigator on REDUCe2. He has worked in clinical trials since 2008, mainly pragmatic trials of complex interventions.
Dr Vasso Anagnostopoulou
Statistician
Vasso is a Research Fellow in Medical Statistics at BSMS, working at the REDUCe2 trial, the Global Health Research Unit for Neglected Tropical Diseases and the 5S Foundation.
Debbie Lambert
Clinical Database Manager
Debbie has worked in clinical research for over 20 years. Her role in this study is the design and creation of the database and managing the data.
Chloe
Bruce
Data Manager
One of the BSCTU Data Managers responsible for ensuring high quality data capture and completeness of the REDUCEe2 clinical database, as well as managing access to the system and providing support to data entry users at the research sites.
Debbie
Coton
JCRO Research Manager, Joint Clinical Research Office
Debbie supports researchers with project management and advice across the clinical project lifecycle. She has a Master’s in Research Methods in Psychology and has over 10 years’ research and clinical experience in various healthcare and community settings. She worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, managing the delivery of NIHR portfolio mental health studies.
Sam Suter
JCRO administrator, Joint Clinical Research Office
Sam supports the JCRO team with its administrative activities and supports the Research Managers with grant submissions, study set-up and active studies. She maintains the project tracker, communications and office systems. Sam has over 20 years’ experience including with the NIHR Clinical Research Network.
Lorraine Klus
Research & Contracts Manager, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
As the Research & Contracts Manager for Research and Innovation here at the Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton, Lorraine's role can be very varied. She has been in research for over 13 years and took on this role over a year ago. For REDUCe2, the Trust holds the grant money and it is her job to make sure that it is distributed correctly and accounted for.
Dr Helena Harder
Research Fellow, Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C)
Helena is a psychologist and interested in understanding the effects of treatments on health and quality of life. She is involved in the qualitative data collection and communication training.
Rachel Starkings
Research Fellow, Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C)
Rachel has experience studying quality of life and communication training for healthcare professionals. Alongside Helena Harder, she manages quality of life data collection in REDUCe2, along with study interviews and communication training.
Shirley May
Senior Data Manager, Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C)
Data manager at SHORE-C, responsible for capturing the online quality of life data of patients and care givers and keeping it confidential and secure.
Dr Ruth Habibi
Data Manager, Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C)
As one of the SHORE-C data managers for the study, Ruth is responsible for looking after the quality of life data of patients and care givers.
Collaborators
Our other collaborators
University College London – Prof Alistair O'Brien
University of Kent – Dr Claire Butler
University of Southampton – Dr Alison Richardson
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – Dr Ben Hudson
King’s College London NHS Foundation Trust – Dr Wendy Prentice
Health Economics
University of Surrey – Dr Heather Gage & Dr Matthew Glover
PPI Group
LIVErNORTH Patient Support – Joan Bedlington
Shani Steer
Tom Gaskin
Supporters
British Association for the Study of the Liver
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