Clinical research helps us to find the best possible care options for our patients. Our dynamic research teams include an array of research support staff who help us to deliver over 500 research studies every year. Our 'My Role in Research' series aims to delve a little deeper into these roles...
Sally is a Research Administrator in the Women & Children’s team. She explains how she found joining research after 10 years on the wards, and how she wishes she had joined research earlier. My role day-to-day is varied. I don't have a day that's the...
Elizabeth Goff has been a Research Administrator in the Emergency and Critical Care Research team since August 2017. She appreciates how her role offers variety and challenge while fitting around her family commitments.
Dr Alan Uren is a Specialist Clinical Researcher who has worked at the Bristol Urological Institute for more than 10 years. He had a varied career before taking a research role, including working as a professional musician.
Kerry Lewis is a Senior Research Nurse in Emergency and Critical Care at North Bristol NHS Trust. She shares her journey into her current role, what she enjoys about it and how she feels she’s making an impact with her work. I’ve had a roundabout...
Alison Jenkins is a Research Nurse for the Renal team at North Bristol NHS Trust. As well as managing research studies, she is also a young adult support worker for renal patients. Alison explains how she enjoys the variety her two roles offer, and how she uses her clinical knowledge all the time in her role.
Suriya is a Senior Cancer Research Nurse for the Hematology team at North Bristol NHS Trust. As well as managing research studies, she is undertaking a PhD to improve lung patients’ quality-of-life to support them to live better for longer. Suriya explains how she enjoys the variety that her clinical and academic roles offer.
Shona McIntosh is Lead nurse for Palliative and End of Life Care at North Bristol NHS Trust. She shares how she was initially spurred into doing research due to perceiving an unfairness in treatment paths of two groups of patients. Plus, thoughts on balancing clinical work and research.
Rebecca Cousins is Lead Research Nurse for the Urology team at North Bristol NHS Trust. She has recruited Research Nurses without previous research experience and shares her thoughts on the support available for this path, how she got involved in research, and why she feels she’s making an impact with her work. “We get the satisfaction of engaging hospital patients in research and then following their progress.” Find out more about a Lead Research Nurse’s role
Dr. Tom Roberts is a multi-award-winning Emergency Care Registrar whose enthusiasm for asking questions has paved the way for a career in Research. We spoke to Tom to find out how he got involved in research and what he’s working on.
