Meet the Team

The NightLife study is funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme (NIHR127440). The study sponsor is the University of Leicester and the Leicester Clinical Trials Unit is the co-ordinating centre.

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James Burton

Job title: Professor of Renal Medicine and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

Role on study: Chief Investigator

Affiliations: University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Loughborough University

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Katherine Hull

Job title: Renal Registrar

Role on study: Clinical Research Fellow, PhD student, member of Trial Management Group, Patient Participation, Involvement and Experience Lead

Affiliations: University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Matthew Graham-Brown

Job title: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Lecturer in Renal Medicine and Consultant Nephrologist

Role on study: Cardiac MRI sub-study lead, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Laura Gray

Job title: Professor of Medical Statistics

Role on study: Co-applicant, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Leicester

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Hannah Worboys

Job title: NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands PhD Student

Role on study: Developing a statistical algorithm between the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQoL) questionnaire and EQ-5D (health-related quality of life) to enable use of KDQoL in economic evaluation

Affiliations: University of Leicester

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Kate Bramham

Job title: Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

Role on study: Member of Trial Management Group, regional advisor for centres in London/South of England

Affiliations: King's College London, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Helen Eborall

Job title: Lecturer in Critical Public Health

Role on study: Co-applicant, process evaluation lead (workstream 2), member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Edinburgh

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Victoria Cluley

Job title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Role on study: Qualitative researcher (process evaluation - workstream 2), member of Trial Management Group, Patient Participation, Involvement and Experience Lead

Affiliations: University of Leicester

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Paddy Mark

Job title: Professor of Nephrology and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist

Role on study: Co-applicant and member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Glasgow and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

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Nicola Cooper

Job title: Professor of Healthcare Evaluation Research

Role on study: Co-applicant, health economic evaluation lead, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Leicester

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James Fotheringham

Job title: NIHR Clinician Scientist, Consultant Nephrologist

Role on study: Health economic design and evaluation lead, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sandip Mitra

Job title: Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Lecturer

Role on study: Co-applicant, dialysis expertise, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Manchester, Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust

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Madeleine Warren

Job title: Patient consultant and advocate

Role on study: Patient co-applicant, PPIE representative, member of Trial Management Group and and Trial Steering Committee

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Leila Rooshenas

Job title: Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Health Sciences

Role on study: Co-applicant, oversight of QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (workstream 3), member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Bristol

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Gavin Murphy

Job title: Director of Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, Honorary Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

Role on study: Co-applicant and member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Kateryna MacConaill

Job Title: Renal Registrar

Role on study: Clinical Research Fellow, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Leicester, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Niamh Quann

Job title: Senior Trial Manager

Role on study: Central trial management and Patient Participation, Involvement and Experience Lead

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester

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Ghazala Waheed

Job title: Medical Statistician

Role on study: Trial Statistician, member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester

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Cassey Brookes

Job title: Principal Statistician

Role on study: Statistical oversight, Member of trial Management Group

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester

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Carmel Conefrey

Job title: Senior Research Associate for QuinteT Programme

Role on study: Lead researcher for QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (workstream 3), member of Trial Management Group

Affiliations: University of Bristol

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Theresia Bonsell

Job title: Database Development Manager

Role on study: Oversight of database build, programming and function

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester

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Bindiya Chavda

Job title: Clinical Trials Administrator

Role on study: Administrative support

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester

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Andrew Ryder

Job title: Database Developer

Role on study: Database build and programming, troubleshooting

Affiliations: Leicester Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leicester