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
Time to next procedure in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing aspiration: derivation and initial validation of the RED score
Journal article
Mishra EK. et al, (2026), Thorax
Vibrotactile positional therapy for the treatment of positional obstructive sleep apnoea: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Kelly JL. et al, (2025), Thorax
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
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
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