HHTU News Roundup

DOORStep News

Members of the HHTU attended the Annual Allam Lecture this month where Dr Charlotte Kelly (Chief Investigator) presented a poster for the HHTU managed DOORStep study. There was then an interesting afternoon of lectures by HYMS researchers which was rounded off with an impressive lecture by Prof Pat Price about the lobbying for a new radical NHS cancer plan and opportunities in PET based medicine. We are looking forward to next year’s Allam Lecture and hope to present more posters.

DOORStep also opened to recruitment this month. Which included the first GP practice in the intervention arm which offers a free taxi for the women to get to their breast screening appointment. You can read more about the DOORStep study here.

COPD Cardio Protect Open to Recruitment

COPD Cardio Protect is looking at the effect that adding an inhaled steroid (budesonide) has on platelet activity and function in people with COPD. The study has one site at Hull University Teaching Hospitals which has now opened to recruitment.

Study Recevies its Approvals

Congratulations the BREEZE 2 team on obtaining Research Ethics Committee (REC) and Health Research Authority (HRA) Approvals in September. BREEZE 2 is a randomized controlled trial of complex intervention to manage breathlessness in pulmonary fibrosis.

New Trial Manager

The HHTU are pleased to welcome a new Trial Manager to the team. Amy Wilkinson joins us from Hull University Teaching Hospitals where she worked as a trial manager in the inflammatory Bowel Disease research group. It is great to have Amy and her expertise on board and we look forward to the contributions Amy will make to research at HHTU. She has started to work on the FANfirst study which you can find out more about here.

Trial Manager Accepted onto University Programme

We are pleased to announce that Matthew Northgraves (Trial Manager) has been accepted to take part the University’s Building Brilliant Leaders Programme. This programme is designed to develop leaders who understand their impact on their people’s wellbeing, who actively create an inclusive culture and who can work with people as individuals to bring out the best in everyone. Our Senior Data Manager Sarah Sumpter completed the programme as a part of the last cohort and said

‘the programme has helped me rethink leadership and create clear goals for my development. I now understand people better and feel more confident in tackling challenging people related tasks.’

We wish Matt the best of luck with the programme.

DSH News Roundup

September saw the data for 2 projects arrive. HALO and PREDISPOSE HEME opened last month and the data from HALOZYME and NHS England respectively have now arrived much to the researchers delight. We look forward to seeing the outcomes of this research. You can read more about these projects in Augusts news here and learn more about the Data Safe Haven here.

ProACTIVE Work Package 2b opened this month and the data arrived from NHS England. This work package is examining the impact of Alcohol Care Teams by assessing re-admission rates, length of stay, etc. with an interrupted time series analysis using nationally available data from NHS England. The whole three-year programme of research is in full swing and is examining the clinical and cost effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams to inform the future commissioning of these services.

We had 2 projects close this month in the DSH which were both student projects. One was Aneeqa Qureshi’s who was studying a masters in the UoH institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Modelling Centre (DAIM) and her project used AI. Deborah Chilekwa’s project Ethnic inequalities in cervical screening uptake also closed. This used data from the UK data service. We are able to provide free access to the Data Safe Haven which allows for student projects like the above to have access to the Data Safe Heven when they may not have been able to. You can learn more on our costings page or email DSH@hull.ac.uk for more information.