Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Trials
Date & time: Thursday 30th April 2026, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Ajay Aggarwal (Guy's and St Thomas' & King's College London)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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Exploring the NIHR BRC: Research, Training and Career Pathways
Date & time: Thursday 23rd April, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Speaker: Professor Ann Henry (University of Leeds)
Chair: Holly Speight (NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme Manager)
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Exploring the NIHR BRC AnnHenryApril26.pdfBalancing Acts: The Story of Being a Woman in Academic Medicine
Balancing Acts: The Story of Being a Woman in Academic Medicine
Date & time: Thursday 5th February, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn (University of Manchester)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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NIHR lecture-women in clinical academia_sent to NIHR .pdfUsing routinely collected health systems data in clinical trials: benefits and challenges
Using routinely collected health systems data in clinical trials: benefits and challenges
Date & time: 27th November 2025, 1:10-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Macey Murray (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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Using routinely collected health systems data in clinical trials: benefits and challenges - slides.pdfHow Do I Become A PI?
How Do I Become A PI?
Date & time: 15th October 2025, 1:10-2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Anna Goodman (Guys' and ST Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Holly Speight (NIHR Associate PI Scheme Manager)
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How do I become a PI.pdfBridging the Gap: My Journey from Basic Science to Clinical Research with the Associate PI Scheme
Bridging the Gap: My Journey from Basic Science to Clinical Research with the Associate PI Scheme
Date & time: 10th July 2025, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Krishnaraj Rathod (Queen Mary University)
Chair: Holly Speight (NIHR Associate PI Scheme Manager)
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Bridging the Gap: My Journey from Basic Science to Clinical Research with the Associate PI Scheme- 10th July 2025.pdfMaking Clinical Trials More Inclusive
Making Clinical Trials More Inclusive
Date & time: 11th June 2025, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Kamlesh Khunti (University of Leicester)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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Pedri London Making clinical trials more inclusive 180625 20mins.pdfBalancing academia and clinical duties
Balancing academia and clinical duties
Date & time: 24th April 2025, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Professor Alastair O’Brien (UCL Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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Slides for site: Balancing academia and clinical duties 24.04.25.pdfClinical trials aimed at optimising approved drugs
Clinical trials aimed at optimising approved drugs
Date & time: 20th February 2025, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Gauthier Bouche (University College London & Anticancer Fund, Brussels)
Chair: Dr Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
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Slides: Clinical Trials Optimising Approved Drugs, 20 Feb 2025.pdfDrug development and early phase trials
Drug development and early phase trials
Date & time: 27th June 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Debra Josephs (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)
Chair: Hannah Rush (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
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Slides: RLL Drug development and early phase trials, Dr Debra Josephs.pdfExperiences in UK-US Fulbright Programme
Experiences in UK-US Fulbright Programme
Date & time: 17 June 2024, 11:00am
Speaker: Professor Charlotte Summers (University of Cambridge)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: General
Design of non-inferiority trials
Design of non-inferiority trials
Date & time: 23rd May 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Matt Nankivell (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Hannah Rush (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Health Economics in Clinical Trials
Health Economics in Clinical Trials
Date & time: 25th April 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Caroline Clarke (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Matt Nankivell (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Principal Investigator Pipeline Programme (PIPP) for Research Nurses and Research Midwives
Principal Investigator Pipeline Programme (PIPP) for Research Nurses and Research Midwives
Date & time: 21st March 2024, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Sharon Dorgan (NIHR Clinical Research Network)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: Research Nurses & Midwives
How to do a systematic review and why they are useful
How to do a systematic review and why they are useful
Date & time: 14th March 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Claire Vale (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Matt Nankivell (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Lessons learned from REMAP-CAP
Lessons learned from REMAP-CAP
Date & time: 5th March 2024, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Prof. Tony Gordon (Imperial College London)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy / Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: General
How to be a good Principal Investigator
How to be a good Principal Investigator
Date & time: 15th February 2024, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Duncan Gilbert (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Hannah Rush (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Adaptive Trial Designs
Adaptive Trial Designs
Date & time: 6th February 2024, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Professor Victoria Cornelius (Imperial)
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy / Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: General
Recruitment challenges and how to overcome them
Recruitment challenges and how to overcome them
Date & time: 25th January 2024, 12:00-1:00pm
Speaker panel: Prof Ruth Langley, Prof Jane Blazeby & Prof Cliona Kirwan
Chairs: Matt Nankivell and Prof Ruth Langley (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Pathways to PI/CI as an academic physiotherapist
Pathways to PI/CI as an academic physiotherapist
Date & time: 9th January 2024, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: General
What happens next when you need to stop a drug or trial enrolment?
What happens next when you need to stop a drug or trial enrolment?
Date & time: 7th December 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speakers: Professor Sheena McCormack, Dr Annabelle South, Dr Claire Amos (MRC CTU at University College London)
Chair: Hannah Rush (MRC CTU at University College London)
Suitable audience: General
Airway clearance
Airway clearance
Date & time: 7th November 2023, 9:00-10:00am
Speaker: Dr George Ntoumenopoulis (St Vincent’s, Sydney)
Chair: Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: Critical care
Novel Designs for Randomised Phase III Trials
Novel Designs for Randomised Phase III Trials
Date & time: 26th October 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Prof Max Parmar (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Please note due to technical issues with the webinar recording the speaker requested that a previous version of their talk was provided on our website. Presentation slides are not available.
Video length: 1:00:15
Latent class analysis and cluster analysis
Latent class analysis and cluster analysis
Date & time: 3rd October 2023, 7:00-8:00pm BST (Evening)
Speaker: Prof Kevin Delucchi (University of California, San Francisco)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy / Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: General
Understanding statistics: survival analysis
Understanding statistics: survival analysis
Date & time: 28th September 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Matt Nankivell (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Chair: Sophie Merrick (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Qualitative methods in healthcare research, Core outcome sets in critical care
Qualitative methods in healthcare research, Core outcome sets in critical care
Date & time: 5th September 2023, 2:00-3:00pm BST
Speaker: Prof Bronagh Blackwood (Queen's University Belfast)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy / Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: Critical Care/General
The new definition of ARDS and global implication for trials
The new definition of ARDS and global implication for trials
Date & time: 8th August 2023, 7:00-8:00pm BST (evening)
Speaker: Prof Michael Matthay (University of California, San Francisco)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: Critical Care/General
How to be a good Principal Investigator
How to be a good Principal Investigator
Date & time: 13th July 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Duncan Gilbert Consultation Clinical Oncologist and Senior Lecturer in Cancer and Clinical Trials at MRC CTU at UCL
Chair: Sophie Merrick (MRC CTU at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Delivering trials during the COVID-19 pandemic
Delivering trials during the COVID-19 pandemic
Date & time: 4th July 2023, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Dr Tamas Szakmany (Cardiff University)
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy / Dr Bronwen Connolly (Queen's University Belfast)
Suitable audience: Critical care / general
Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials – what and why?
Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials – what and why?
Date & time: 29th June 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speakers: Ben Cromarty (Patient rep) & Kate Sturgeon (Senior Research nurse & Patient and Public Involvement Coordinator, MRC CTU at UCL)
Chair: Sophie Merrick (MRC CTU at UCL)
Suitable audience: General
Innate immunity in critical care
Innate immunity in critical care
Date & time: 6th June 2023, 2:00-3:00pm
Speaker: Dr Tony Rostron (Newcastle University)
Chair: Dr Bronwen Connolly, Queen’s University Belfast
Suitable audience: Critical care
Understanding statistics: sample size calculations
Understanding statistics: sample size calculations
Date & time: 25th May 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Matt Nankivell (MRC CTU at University College London)
Chair: Sophie Merrick (MRC CTU at UCL)
Suitable audience: General (open to all)
Research in Time Critical Emergencies
Research in Time Critical Emergencies
Date: 9th May 2023
Speaker: Prof Gavin Perkins (Warwick University)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly
Suitable audience: Critical Care/General
Delivering complex, innovative design clinical trials using a biomarker-guided approach
Delivering complex, innovative design clinical trials using a biomarker-guided approach
Date: 2nd May 2023
Speaker: Dr Nurulamin Noor, Research fellow and PI for PROFILE trial
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy
Suitable audience: Gastroenterology
How to design a trial including novel trial designs and non-inferiority trials
How to design a trial including novel trial designs and non-inferiority trials
Date: 20th April 2023
Speaker: Matt Nankivell, Senior Statistician at MRC CTU (UCL)
Chair: Dr Hannah Rush
Suitable audience: General (open to all)
Considerations from early career to successful female clinical academic
Considerations from early career to successful female clinical academic
Date: 4th April 2023
Speaker: Professor Cecilia O’Kane, Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly
Suitable audience: General (open to all)
How to report serious adverse events
How to report serious adverse events
Date: 30th March 2023
Speaker: Hannah Rush, Medical Oncology Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow at MRC CTU at University College London.
Chair: Matt Nankivell, MRC CTU at University College London
Suitable audience: General (open to all)
ARDS subphenotypes
ARDS subphenotypes
Date: 28th March 2023
Speaker: Professor Carolyn Calfee, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Chair: Dr Kiran Reddy
Suitable audience: Critical Care
CTIMP study regulations
CTIMP study regulations
Date: 7th February 2023
Speakers: Mr Jason Wakelin-Smith and Dr Krishna Prasad (MHRA)
Chair: Dr Bronwen Connolly
Suitable audience: General (open to all)
Introduction to medical statistics / cluster randomised trials
Introduction to medical statistics / cluster randomised trials
Date: 10th January 2023
Speaker: Prof Ranjit Lall (Warwick University)
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly
Video length: 48:19
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Why do we need large randomised trials?
Why do we need large randomised trials?
Date: 8th December 2022
Speaker: Prof Mike Clarke (QUB)
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly
Trial design and leadership
Trial design and leadership
Date: 8th November 2022
Speakers: Prof Danny McAuley (QUB)
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly (QUB)
Video length: 45:17
Apologies as the first few minutes of the talk was not captured in this recording.
My experience as an Associate PI Trainee
My experience as an Associate PI Trainee
Date: 11th October 2022
Speakers: Dr Syamlan Ali
Chairs: Dr Kiran Reddy and Dr Bronwen Connolly
Welcome to MARCH/PHIND studies & the Associate PI Scheme
Welcome to MARCH/PHIND studies & the Associate PI Scheme
Learning Resources for Early Career Researchers
Date: 13th September 2022
Speakers: Dr Kiran Reddy & Dr Bronwen Connolly (QUB)
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