A website of resources about the STEP UP project on strategies trialists can use to promote equal participation in clinical trials for under-served populations is at: step-up-clinical-trials.co.uk ..and a paper describing how it was developed is just out: bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

✨#CAHPOAwards 2024✨ 🏆The #AHP Leadership for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award   @Naman_Julka Macmillan Cancer Support WeAHPs 💙 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Dr Habib Naqvi MBE

Happy Friday (aka new Student Spotlight episode day for those who celebrate)!! You can listen to Ella Howes interview me about my project, and PhD life, by following this link: linktr.ee/trialsmethodol…

The first student spotlight episode is out ! In this episode I talk to Georgiana about the work she's doing to help make cancer trials more inclusive. Georgiana also share some great tips for current and future PhD students 🎉linktr.ee/trialsmethodol…

The first student spotlight podcast episode is out! Ella Howes talks to Georgiana Synesi about her work looking at how we can make cancer trials more inclusive. Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethodol…

Do you know what the terms “underserved” or “underrepresented” in research mean? Find out here 👇🏼

Another week, another very exciting guest! This time I spoke with Shaun Treweek about the Why of Trials Methodology, including a few tangents as always 😇 Listen here: linktr.ee/trialsmethodol…

Our next round of recruitment to our MRC TMRP DTP is now open. You can view the full list of fully funded PhD studentships available here mrctmrpdtp.com/current-opport…

Next comes the first student spotlight episode in Trials Methodology podcast where our MRC TMRP DTP student representative Georgiana Synesi talks about why and how should we leave no one behind in clinical trials.🌍

I learned so so much from talking with Marion Campbell ! Definitely worth a listen ⭐️⭐️⭐️

'There is no wrong time, but there is always a best time' - listen to Marion Campbell giving us a 30min masterclass about WHEN to evaluate interventions & why the research question should always guide decision making to consider design & conduct in what are complex systems.

Alice’s tips in this episode were very inspiring, even to a 3rd year PhD student! Listen to her speak about her project here 👇🏼

Trial managers play an essential role in the running of a trial. This week, Georgiana Synesi talks to Morgaine Stiles, a trial manager Follow us on Bluesky @ICR-CTSU, about the How of trials methodology. So essentially - how do you manage the conduct of a trial?! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2mB5R5…

How should trial teams make decisions about the proportions and diversity of the ethnic groups in their trial? Our paper led by Shaun Treweek Peter Bower et al trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

"If you do not intentionally, deliberately and proactively include, you will unintentionally exclude." – Joe Gerstandt. This fabulous single sentence sums up why wider inclusion in trials means actively doing new and different things. #Inclusion

This short video for #MedLearn24 summarises the challenge of underrepresentation in cancer trials, and the research questions I hope to answer. You can learn about REPRESENT in 60 seconds here 👇🏼

Passionate about cancer trials, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and innovative methods? Join the Early Phase and Adaptive Trials Group at Follow us on Bluesky @ICR-CTSU for an exciting undergraduate summer scholarship in early phase trials and PROs! Deadline: 26/01/25 shorturl.at/1h565

We're big podcast fans so we were very excited when our Director, Declan Devane featured in an episode of 'Trials Methodology: A Podcast' with Ella Howes & Georgiana Synesi to discuss key insights into the foundations and future of trials methodology research: open.spotify.com/episode/69yLuM…