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Dr Helen Parsons

Job Title
Associate Professor (Research Focussed)
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Phone
024 765 72665
Research Interests

I am primarily a trial statistician. I specialise in the design and analysis of RCTs of surgical interventions in orthopaedics. I am particularly interested in the design and analysis of trials of complex interventions where there may be treatment switching or delays in treatment initiation. My other research interests include the design and use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), especially in clinical trials; and the use of complex or routine data as trial outcomes.

Biography

Helen graduated from the University of Birmingham with a MSci in Mathematical Sciences. She then remained at Birmingham to complete her PhD at the Centre for Systems Biology developing tools for analysing J-resolved NMR spectroscopy of metabolomic data. Helen joined WMS in January 2011 as a Research Fellow in Medical Statistics and joined Warwick CTU in October 2016. She now works with the Surgery, Pain and Rehabilitation group to design and run clinical trials.

Title Funder Award start Award end
Second Stage NIHR HTA application: Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial for Hips (RACER-HIP): Outline IDEATE 65472. Main Trial: 67372. 2&5Y FU: IDEATE 67377. 10Y FU: IDEATE 67377 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Oct 2021 30 Sep 2033
Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial. (RACER) - NIHR HTA (second stage via UHCW NHS trust) RACCER (outline record 60354) Main Trial = 62365 (4yrs), Follow-on yrs 5-9 = 62408, and Follow-on yrs 10-13 = 62409 National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2020 31 Mar 2033
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Personalised therapy or OpeRative Treatment? (REPPORT) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2027
NIHR HTA: Big Toe OstEoarthritis (Big TOE) Trial National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2024 30 Nov 2027
Stage 2 NIHR HTA Commissioned call 19/124 Effectiveness of meniscal allograft transplantation: METEOR2 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2022 30 Nov 2027
British Society of Rheumatology advanced research call via Keele: Flares in Axial Spondyloarthritis - Treating with Effective Resources: a feasibility study (The FASTER-f study) Keele University 01 Jun 2023 31 Dec 2024
Measuring fatigue in Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA): refinement, application and evaluation of a new electronic patient-reported outcome measure (the Warwick Axial Spondyloarthritis Fatigue and Energy questionnaire (e-WASTEd)) in rheumatology clinical practice. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Aug 2022 31 Jul 2024
Develop a core outcome set for measuring outcomes in neurosarcoidosis (Clinicians in Residence) Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) 01 Feb 2024 31 Mar 2024
Understanding the experience of living with and managing vulval lichen sclerosus ESRC 01 Sep 2020 28 Feb 2023
NIHR HTA Costed Extension: ARTISAN 12 Months costed extension National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Dec 2021 30 Nov 2022
A Randomised, Efficient, Adaptive Clinical Trial in Surgery: Assessment of a Biodegradeable Spacer for Tears of the RotAtor Cuff Tendons (STARTS:REACTS) National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2018 31 Jan 2022
ARTISAN National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2018 30 Nov 2021
ARTISAN: SWAT MRC 01 May 2019 01 Sep 2021
NIHR Research Design Service West Midlands, Warwick Hub National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Oct 2013 30 Sep 2018
Evaluating the Effects of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in England Using the Mental Health Minimum Dataset National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2016 31 Aug 2018
National Screening Committee (NSC) - Evaluation of Screening Education UK National Screening Committee 01 May 2015 31 Dec 2016
Bladder Path: Image directed redesign of bladder cancer treatment pathways 46647 Award re-cost - HTA Full - Biomarker Trial National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2016 30 Sep 2016
Primary care treatment of pain-related insomnia: A feasibility study of ahybrid cognitive-behavioural approach National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2014 30 Sep 2016
RDS Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Bursary National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Feb 2013 31 May 2013