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Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit

Investigating Issues in Health and Social Care

The Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit (LinCTU) was setup in 2020 at the University of Lincoln by the Community & Health Research Unit to support clinical trials. LinCTU is located in the newly established University of Lincoln Medical School and engages directly with the Medical School, the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH), academic colleagues and the wider NHS community.

The international vision is to develop an identity which allows us to attract the type of trials and studies where we have particular strengths and expertise. The studies of particular interest to us are those investigating health and social care problems:

  • in under-researched rural settings to address health inequalities
  • in communities of coastal populations
  • with complex interventions including both quantitative and qualitative elements
  • examining issues of inclusivity, diversity and de-colonisation.

If you have an idea, or wish to work with us, please visit our dedicated website.

Group Members

Staff

Role Member(s)
Director Professor A. Niroshan Siriwardena
Deputy Director Professor Graham R. Law

Senior Management Group

Role Member(s)
Sponsor Liason Contact for sponsor
Operational Management Team AN Siriwardena, GR Law, E Rowan, S Lewis
Information compliance Abi Slater – Contact for information compliance
IT managers Sophie Packer, Mark Rushton
Data managers Dr Elise Rowan
Administrators Susan Bowler
Trial managers Dr Greg Whitley, Dr Julie Pattinson, Dr Asam Latif
Statisticians Professor Graham Law, Dr Zahid Asghar, Dr Vanessa Botan
Process evaluation Despina Laparidou
Qualitative Researchers Viet-Hai Phung, Dr Julie Pattinson
Health economists Dr Murray Smith, Dr Colin Ridyard
Systematic reviewers Despina Laparidou, Dr David Nelson

School of Health and Social Care Research Groups

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Community and Health Research Unit

CaHRU’s mission is to increase people’s health and well-being by improving the quality, performance, and systems of care across the health, social, and third sector care services.

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Healthy Ageing Research Group

Our research aims to contribute to developing strategies which maximise the benefits of an ageing society as well as considering strategies to address the challenges.

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Research in Mental Health, Health and Social Care

The primary focus of this research group is to provide expert resources to government policy strategists, health, social, and education economies to create and drive innovation in health and social care settings.