Katie Biggs
MA (Hons) University of Edinburgh, MSc University of Liverpool
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
CTRU Assistant Director
Senior Research Fellow
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
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- Profile
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I am an Assistant Director of the Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) and a Senior Research Fellow interested in trial conduct and methodology, particularly concerning inclusion. I am the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) lead for the Research Support Service (RSS) Hub delivered by York and partners and the CTRU lead on StratCare 2 and TRICEPS.
I joined the CTRU in March 2010 having previously worked in various mental health services as a support worker. My previous roles included psychometric testing and data collection from service users and families as well as support in daily activities. My psychology-based degrees provided a good grounding in research methods, data collection and analysis.
In CTRU I previously worked as a Study Co-ordinator on 3Mg (HTA – 06/01/02), Well-being and ADHD (Shire Pharmaceuticals), MERIDIAN (HTA – 09/06/01) and Development of an Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE), and as a Trial Manager on HubBLe (HTA – 10/57/46), PRACTICE (HTA –13/24/03) and I-SOCIALISE (PHR – 15/49/32). I have completed an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship and led a methodological project (ACCESS).
I was CTRU senior oversight and a co-applicant on ASPECT, I-SOCIALISE and am currently in that role on StratCare 2 and TRICEPS.
I became Lead Trial Manager in 2015, supporting study management staff and oversight of projects, including resourcing staff. In 2020, I became Assistant Director, responsible for CTRU management with the CTRU Director and the CTRU management group and coordinating the CTRU input to pandemic research.
- Research interests
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Inclusivity in trials
Patient and Public Involvement in trials
Clinical trial methodology
Recruitment and retention in trials
- Publications
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- Research group
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CTRU, DTS
- Grants
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StratCare Trial 2 (NIHR153364): Evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of AI-driven stratified care for depression (Co-applicant)
NIHR Pre-doctoral fellowship – training and development award, focussed on inclusivity in trials of complex interventions (Lead applicant).
TRICEPS (NIHR133169): Transcutaneous limb recovery post-stroke. An efficacy and mechanism evaluation of transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation for upper limb recovery post-stroke – a randomised, controlled, multi-arm, multi-stage, adaptive design trial (Co-applicant).
ACCESS (CTU efficiency funding, via NIHR CTU funding): A collaborative study between CTUs and other researchers to identify the activities needed to improve representation of under-served groups in trials and understand their implementation (Lead applicant).
PRIEST (HTA – 11/46/07): Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage (formally PAINTED, a hibernating influenza pandemic study, amended for the COVID pandemic).
ASPECT (HTA – 15/38/04): Alleviating Specific Phobias Experienced by Children Trial (Co-applicant).
I-SOCIALISE (PHR – 15/49/32): Investigating SOcial Competence and Isolation in children with Autism taking part in LEGO-based therapy clubs In School Environments (Co-applicant).
CAT: Costing Adaptive Trials led by Newcastle University (qualitative lead).
- Teaching interests
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I am interested in supervising dissertations related to trial conduct and inclusion in research and healthcare.
- Teaching activities
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I currently co-lead HAR6116 (Randomised Controlled Trials to Support Reimbursement Decision Making) and teach the ‘Effective recruitment for trials’ lecture on HAR674 (Randomised Controlled Trials).