Research groups
Emma Hedley
Senior Trial Manager
I have been a member of ORTU for over 20 years. My role as a Senior Trial Manager involves managing and overseeing the conduct of studies/trials within our portfolio. This includes, CTIMPs, randomised controlled trials, device and single centre studies.
As part of my role, I oversee and mentor other members of the team, including two Assistant Trial Managers and a Clinical Trials Assistant. I am also involved in costing new grant applications for ORTU.
Recent publications
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The randomised thoracoscopic talc poudrage+indwelling pleural catheters versus thoracoscopic talc poudrage only in malignant pleural effusion trial (TACTIC): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Dipper A. et al, (2023), BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10, e001682 - e001682
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Role of thoracic ultrasonography in pleurodesis pathways for malignant pleural effusions (SIMPLE): an open-label, randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Psallidas I. et al, (2022), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10, 139 - 148
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Increasing adherence to CPAP in mild OSA using remote monitoring: the merge randomised controlled trial
Conference paper
Kelly JL. et al, (2022), JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH, 31
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"Prospective validation of the RAPID clinical risk prediction score in adult patients with pleural infection: the PILOT study." John P. Corcoran, Ioannis Psallidas, Stephen Gerry, Francesco Piccolo, Coenraad F. Koegelenberg, Tarek Saba, Cyrus Daneshvar, Ian Fairbairn, Richard Heinink, Alex West, Andrew E. Stanton, Jayne Holme, Jack A. Kastelik, Henry Steer, Nicola J. Downer, Mohammed Haris, Emma H. Baker, Caroline F. Everett, Justin Pepperell, Thomas Bewick, Lonny Yarmus, Fabien Maldonado, Burhan Khan, Alan Hart-Thomas, Georgina Hands, Geoffrey Warwick, Duneesha De Fonseka, Maged Hassan, Mohammed Munavvar, Anur Guhan, Mitra Shahidi, Zara Pogson, Lee Dowson, Natalia D. Popowicz, Judith Saba, Neil R. Ward, Rob J. Hallifax, Melissa Dobson, Rachel Shaw, Emma L. Hedley, Assunta Sabia, Barbara Robinson, Gary S. Collins, Helen E. Davies, Ly-Mee Yu, Robert F. Miller, Nick A. Maskell and Najib M. Rahman. Eur Respir J 2020; 56: 2000130.
Journal article
(2020), The European respiratory journal, 56
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Continuous positive airway pressure versus standard care for the treatment of people with mild obstructive sleep apnoea (MERGE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Wimms AJ. et al, (2020), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 8, 349 - 358