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PhD Title: Investigating the communication of retention strategies in clinical trials (by published research papers). My PhD is a mixed-methods project looking at how retention strategies are communicated through the lifecycle of a clinical trial from the design stage of the trial, the consent stage and also investigating trial participants views and opinions on the use of retention strategies and their communication in trials. So far as part of my PhD I have completed the following projects; • How much is the lack of retention evidence costing trial teams in Ireland and the UK? – published.• How do trial teams plan for retention during the design stage of the trial? A scoping review protocol - published.• How do trial teams plan for retention during the design stage of the trial? A scoping review – accepted and awaiting publication.• Retention strategies are routinely communicated to potential trial participants but often differ from what was planned in the trial protocol – submitted for reviewFrom these projects I have gained research experience in quantitative and qualitative methodologies; • Conducting a scoping review; writing and publishing a scoping review protocol, conducting database searches, screening, data extraction and analysis and publication of the review. • Deductive content analysis. • Writing and formatting research papers.• Writing ethics applications.

Full-time online lecturer on the Postgraduate Certificate course in Clinical Trials in University College Cork for six months. I was the lecturer and module coordinator for two modules EH6123 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials and EH6125 Ethics, Data Management and Quality in Clinical Trials. Additionally was the module coordinator for MH6036 Research in Clinical Practice for students who were enrolled into the MSc in Paediatrics and Child Health and MSc in Allergy and Immunology provided in University College Cork. I was responsible for delivering the content, marking assignments and providing feedback and engaging with studenets to answer queries etc.

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

• Led the SWAT ethics application, prepared ethics and SWAT documents for the project; Does patients’ guided self-reflection on their illness increase engagement with and recruitment to clinical trials: a mixed-methods study within a trial (SWAT). • Led the SWAT ethics application, prepared ethics and SWAT documents for the project; Development and testing of a novel multi-trial programmable animation platform: An education intervention to improve the efficiency and success rate of pre-screening and subsequent recruitment. • Conducted literature reviews, and wrote introductions to papers and research proposals. • Extracted data and critically appraised research papers. • Led writing a paper on investigating the costs associated with retention strategies used in clinical trials. • Contributed to the PRECIS II project; conducted data extraction. • 2020-2021 – Teaching assistant EH6128 Management of Multicentre Studies - assisted with the administration of the discussion boards.• 2020-2021 –Teaching assistant on the module EH6123 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials - assisted with the administration of the discussion boards.

Title: A pilot questionnaire-based study to investigate patient perception of what the challenges to recruitment to a renal randomised controlled trial registry might be.• In my final year of my undergraduate degree, I led this project to completion and the work has been published.• Reviewed the existing literature and evidence in this field to inform the research. • Interacted with patients in Cork University Hospital to collect data via questionnaire. • Coded and analysed the data in SPSS (v16) using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. • Collaborated with co-authors to write, edit, and publish the paper.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Clinical Trial Methodology

PhD Title: Investigating the communication of retention strategies in clinical trials (by published research papers)

Postgraduate Certificate, Clinical Trials, First Class Honours

Modules: Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Analysis and Ethics, Data Management and Quality.

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health, First Class Honours