Study Support Service Specialities and Research Areas

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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