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.

Staff

 

Director: Professor A. Niroshan Siriwardena

 

Deputy Director: Professor Graham R. Law

 

Senior Management Group 

 

Sponsor Liason: Contact  for sponsor

 

Operational Management Team: AN Siriwardena, GR Law, E Rowan, S Lewis

 

Information compliance: Abi SlaterContact 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