King's Trials Partnership
The King’s Trials Partnership is a new initiative designed to bring together clinical trials expertise within the King’s Health Partners. The aim is to develop a strong and active network of trialists to share and expand clinical trials knowledge, to increase collaborative links between trials groups within the organisation and to assist in the development and adoption of innovative methods and practice. For a list of upcoming events, please see here.
The group is led by a steering committee of clinical trials experts, whose members include:
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Professor Andrew Pickles
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Head of Biostatistics and Director of the UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit, King’s College London
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Professor Philippa Garety
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Clinical Director, Psychosis, South London & Maudsley Mental Health Trust
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Professor Rob Howard
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Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Professor Tom Jamieson-Craig
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Research Director, South London & Maudsley Mental Health Trust
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Joanna Kelly
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Senior Data Manager, UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit, King’s College London
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Dr Sabine Landau
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Reader, Department of Biostatistics, King’s College London
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Professor Paul McCrone
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Health Economics, Health Services and Population Research
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Caroline Murphy
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Manager of the UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit, King’s College London
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Grzegorz Kowalski
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QA Manager, UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit, King’s College London
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Professor Janet Peacock
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Medical Statistics, Department of Primary Care & Public Health
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Professor John Strang
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Head of Department of Addictions, IoP and Clinical Director, South London & Maudsley Mental Health Trust
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Professor Til Wykes
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Vice-Dean Research, IoP and Director of UK Mental Health Research Network
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Upcoming KTP events:
The partnership will be organising monthly events focussing on various aspects of clinical trials. Events will be held on the second Wednesday of every month, and will vary between lunchtime talks and afternoon workshops. Upcoming events are:
12th June 2013
Biomarkers trials
Speaker: Toby Prevost
To be kept informed of upcoming events, please visit http://www.ctu.co.uk and use the link in the top right-hand corner to add your email to our mailing list.
To register for any of the upcoming events, please email grzegorz.kowalski@kcl.ac.uk
Previous KTP events:
8th May 2013
Imaging trials
Speaker: Mitul Mehta
10th April 2013
Avoiding assessor bias
Speakers: Jennifer Hellier; Matt Woolgar
13th March 2013
Adaptive trial designs
Speakers: Adrian Mander; Michael Sweeting; Jack Bowden; James Wason
13th February 2013
No event
16th January 2013
Gate-keeping in recruitment
Speaker: Rohan Borschmann
12th December 2012
Clustering Issues in Trials
Speaker: Sabine Landau
14th November 2012
The COMET Initiative
Speaker: Paula Williamson
10th October 2012
Health Economics
Speaker: Paul McCrone
September 2012
No event
July 2012
DAMOCLES: Issues in data monitoring for RCTs & a Charter for DMCs
Speaker: Matthew Sydes
June 2012
No event
May 2012
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Statement and Extensions
Speaker: Jennifer Hellier
April 2012
MHRA and Risk-based GCP Inspections
Speaker: Sarah Ruiz
March 2012
Web-based delivery of complex interventions
Speakers: Nicholas Tarrier, Clare Reeder, Peter Musiat, Lauren Rayner
February 2012
Single case series and experimental designs
Speaker: David Veale
January 2012
Improving Recruitment to Trials
Speaker: Tom Jamieson-Craig