Katie Biggs
MA (Hons) University of Edinburgh, MSc University of Liverpool
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow/Portfolio Lead
CTRU Deputy Director
+44 114 222 6128
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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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Show: Featured publications All publications
Featured publications
Journal articles
- . EClinicalMedicine.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 29(29).
- . BMJ Open, 15(5).
- . BMJ Open, 15(3).
- . Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 6(2), 49-63.
- . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24.
- . Trials, 25(1).
- . NIHR Open Research, 4(12).
- . BMJ Open, 14(3).
- . British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(1), 76-85.
- . BMJ Quality and Safety, 33(6).
- . Public Health Research, 11(12).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 27(20).
- . British Journal of Dermatology, 189(3), e42-e43.
- . Autism, 27(8), 2281-2294.
- . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(1), 39-49.
- . Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1.
- . Trials, 23(1).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 26(42).
- . PLOS ONE, 17(9).
- . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 151, Part A.
- . Trials, 23(1).
- . BMC Psychiatry, 22.
- . BMC Medicine, 20(1).
- . BMJ Open, 12(5).
- . Autism Research, 15(7), 1237-1248.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39, 317-324.
- . BMJ Open, 12(1).
- . Journal of Attention Disorders, 25(14), 1962-1976.
- . BMC Medicine, 19(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(8), 587-593.
- . PLoS ONE, 16(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(2), 88-93.
- . Trials, 22.
- . PLoS ONE, 15(11).
- . Trials, 21(1).
- . BMJ, 369.
- . Trials, 21.
- . Trials, 20(1).
- . BMC Medicine, 16.
- . BMJ Open, 8(8).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 22(11), 1-204.
- . PharmacoEconomics Open.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 20(88), 1-180.
- . The Lancet, 388(10042), 356-364.
- . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- . Trials, 16(S2).
- . BMC Gastroenterology, 12.
- . BMJ Open, 9(5).
- . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-15.
Book chapters
- , Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions (pp. 147-169). Springer International Publishing
Other
- . BMJ, i3710-i3710.
All publications
Journal articles
- . EClinicalMedicine.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 29(29).
- . BMJ Open, 15(5).
- . BMJ Open, 15(3).
- . Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 6(2), 49-63.
- . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24.
- . Trials, 25(1).
- . NIHR Open Research, 4(12).
- . BMJ Open, 14(3).
- . British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(1), 76-85.
- . BMJ Quality and Safety, 33(6).
- . Public Health Research, 11(12).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 27(20).
- . British Journal of Dermatology, 189(3), e42-e43.
- . Autism, 27(8), 2281-2294.
- . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(1), 39-49.
- . Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1.
- . Trials, 23(1).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 26(42).
- . PLOS ONE, 17(9).
- . Computers in Biology and Medicine, 151, Part A.
- . Trials, 23(1).
- . BMC Psychiatry, 22.
- . BMC Medicine, 20(1).
- . BMJ Open, 12(5).
- . Autism Research, 15(7), 1237-1248.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 39, 317-324.
- . BMJ Open, 12(1).
- . Journal of Attention Disorders, 25(14), 1962-1976.
- . BMC Medicine, 19(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(8), 587-593.
- . PLoS ONE, 16(1).
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(2), 88-93.
- . Trials, 22.
- . PLoS ONE, 15(11).
- . Trials, 21(1).
- . BMJ, 369.
- . Trials, 21.
- . Trials, 20(1).
- . BMC Medicine, 16.
- . BMJ Open, 8(8).
- . Health Technology Assessment, 22(11), 1-204.
- . PharmacoEconomics Open.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 20(88), 1-180.
- . The Lancet, 388(10042), 356-364.
- . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- . Trials, 16(S2).
- . BMC Gastroenterology, 12.
- . Trials, 23(1).
- . BMJ Open, 9(5).
- . European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-15.
Book chapters
- , Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions (pp. 147-169). Springer International Publishing
Conference proceedings
- . Trials, Vol. 20(Supplement 1) (pp 2-3). Brighton, UK, 6 October 2019 - 6 October 2019.
Posters
- Challenges in the design, planning and implementation of trials evaluating group interventions. 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019).
- Lessons learnt from a multi-centre type 3 surgical trial. 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019).
- The PRACTICE trial: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and ACTIvity after COPD Exacerbations. COPD10.
Other
- . BMJ, i3710-i3710.
Preprints
- , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- , Center for Open Science.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
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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).