We are a very research active Trust. Across STSFT we have studies and trials taking place in most of our clinical areas.
Every year we support thousands of people to take part in research. We want as many patients as possible to have the chance to do this. Research is vital part of helping the NHS to keep getting better.
Our research team sets up and delivers all our research work. We also deliver a wide range of portfolio studies with funds from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Our main aims for research at STSFT are to.
- Put our patients and the public at the heart of what we do and include everyone.
- Create a culture of excellence in research.
- Engage and work with partners to attract more investment in research.
- Create an environment to support all staff to embrace research in day-to-day practice.
STSFT is the lead site and sponsor for all research in the COLOSPEED collaboration. YOu may have heard or read about this in the news. The study is using artificial intelligence to help detect bowel cancer sooner and save lives.
You can watch a story about this on the BBC below.
We also lead several Chief Investigator commercial trials sponsored by a range of different pharmaceutical companies.
Listen to our episode of Our People Podcast below:
Our research teams
Principal investigators/consultants
- Sean Cope
- James Tulloch
- Ross Dryburgh
Research nurses
- Gayle Dent
- Helen Rumford
Data manager
- James Kitchen
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr Samuel McClure
- Dr Shahid Junejo
- Dr Yogesh Raja
- Dr Bandali
- Dr Nick Jenkins
- Janine Beezer
Research nurses
- Jennifer McLean
- Meena Chopra
- Sherin George (currently on maternity leave)
Clinical trials assistant
- Adithya Jayakumari
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr Uma Nath
- Dr Fionnuala Johnston
- Nina Lishman
Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists
- Lisa Renton
- Victoria Rumis
- Sean Mc Geary
Lead research nurse
- Susan Wilson
Data Manager
- James Kitchen
Principal investigators/consultants
- David Hobday
- Jo Topping
- Laura Neilson
- Simon Panter
- Faheem Butt
- Phey Shen Lee
Research nurses
- Clare Cooney
- Kerry Barton
- Carolyn Davidson
- Madeleine Richardson
- Jill Effard
- Peter Murphy
Principal investigator/consultant
- Dr Rohit Sinha
Research nurse
- Jenny Henderson
Clinical trials officer
- Lou Fairlie
Principal investigator/consultant
- Tony Rostron
- Research Nurses
- Lindsey Woods
- Sarah Cornell
Associate principal investigator alumni
- Lyndsey Etherington (Pharmacist)
- David Corbally (Physiotherapist)
Principal investigators/consultants
- Gina Kennedy
- Kate Petheram
Research nurses
- Lynne Palmer
- Kwin Serac
- Meena Chopra
Principal investigators/consultants
- Mr Kim Hinshaw
- Dr Rachel Nicholson
- Dr Amna Ahmed
- Dr Madhavi Gudipati
- Dr Aarti Ullal
- Dr Shamma Al-Inizi
Research midwives/nurses
- Kirsten Herdman
- Lesley Hewitt
- Judith Ormonde
- Ashleigh Duffy
- Lucy Rowland
- Kerry Barton
- Eileen Walton
Research practitioner assistants
- Maureen Osigwelem
- Research Data Manager
- Julie Doughty
- Admin Support
- Karen Milford
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr Scott Marshall
- Dr Emily Graves
- Dr Shikha Chattree
- Dr Susanna Mathew
- Dr Yogesh Upadhye
- Dr Annette Nicolle
- Kathryn Wright
- Melanie Robertson
- Lynsey Robson
- Dr Adam Hassani
- Dr Chris Jones
- Dr Mohammed Hashim
- Dr Ashraff Azzabi
- Dr Zin-Mar Win
- Dr Xue Jiang
- Dr Rachel Pearson
- Mr Stephen Holtham
- Mr Mike Nugent
- Mr Sunil Shroff
- Miss Helen Cocks
- Miss Nashreen Oozeer
- Mr Frank Stafford
- Mr Mark Williams
- Mr Chris Hartley
Research nurses
- Jeny Jobling
- Angela Brown
- Sherin George
Clinical trials officer
- Judith McKenna
Data Managers
- Jessica De Sousa
- Terri Haldane
Principal investigator/consultant
- Dr Niall Mullen
Research nurse
- Rophy Nunes
Clinical trials officer
- Lou Fairlie
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr Shalabh Srivastava
- Dr Saeed Ahmed
- Dr Rachel Davison
- Dr Sam Duffy
- Dr Rachel Ryan
Research nurse
- Jennifer Henderson
Data manager
- Amy Smith
Principal investigators/consultants
- Andrew Macnair
- Hayley Mainman
- Matt Dickson
- Mohammed Hashim
- Vasileios Lostarakos
Research nurses
- Charlotte Caroline
- Nadia Elkaram
- Claire Gilmour
Data manager
- Jess De Sousa
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr David Coady
- Dr Claire Bracewell
- Dr Catherine Morley
- Dr David Wright
- Dr Graham Raftery
- Dr Kanchan Manchegowda
- Dr Rebecca Batten
- Dr Jessica Wightman
Clinical trials officer
- Lou Fairlie
Research nurse
- Rebecca Young
Principal investigators/consultants
- Mr David Steel
- Mrs Deepali Varma
- Mr Ajay Kotagiri
- Mr Jonathan Smith
- Mr Michael Grinton
- Mr Nichoals Wride
- Miss Jia Ng
- Miss Adriana Chilinska
- Mr Raza Muhammad Cheema
Lead research nurse
- Karen Davidson
Research nurses
- Lauren Gardner
- Steven Dodds
- Michelle Young
- Patricia Chinweze
- Data Manager
- Lynn Watson
Research photographer
- Nicolle Teasdale
Research clerical assistant
- Bernie Bryan
Principal investigators/consultants
- Dr Naweed Sattar
- Dr Min Myint
Research nurses
- Mr Andrew Smith
- Ms Kwin Serac
- Ms Roxanne Cajigal
Principal investigators/consultants
- Thomas Partridge
- Yan Cunningham
- Faye Wilson
- Jan Marciniak
- Lisa Irving
Research team
- Alex Herring
- Dawn Lockey
- Rebecca Young
- Paula Newton
Data manager
- Amy Smith
Our senior research team
- Director of research - Deepali Varma
- Head of research - Claire Livingstone
- Research manager - Fiona Wakinshaw
- Lead research nurse - Carly Brown
