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Dr Rebecca Kearney

Job Title
Professor
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Phone
02476 573156
Biography

Professor Kearney is Associate Director of Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and has held a joint appointment between University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and Warwick Medical School since 2007.

Her focus is leading the delivery of research programmes that evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of interventions in the area of trauma and orthopaedic rehabilitation.Professor Kearney has completed an Arthritis Research UK Fellowship (2009-2012), NIHR Clinical Lectureship (2013-2016) and is currently undertaking an NIHR Career Development Fellowship (2017-2022). She is currently Chief Investigator for a series of multi centre randomised controlled trials underpinned by NIHR and musculoskeletal charity funding.

Title Funder Award start Award end
Statistical methods for interrupted clinical trials. MRC 01 Apr 2022 31 Mar 2025
NIHR RfPB via Oxford - 6mth extension WAX: Weight- bearing in ankle fractures. A randomised clinical trial of weight-bearing following operatively treated ankle fracture" Main award on 57252 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Sep 2022 28 Feb 2023
NIHR HTA Full Stage:FAME National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 May 2019 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
UK study of ankle fracture rehabilitation ? multicentre randomised controlled trial. NIHR CDF Fellowship. National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2017 30 Jun 2022
Weight-bearing in Ankle Fractures: A randomised clinical trial of weight-bearing following operatively treated ankle fracture WAX NIHR RfPB led by Oxford National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2019 31 Mar 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
ARUK- Re-cost- Achilles Tendinopathy Management: A placebo randomised controlled trial evaluating platelet rich plasma injections. Arthritis Research UK 01 Sep 2015 28 May 2021
Research Capacity Funding for Rebecca Kearney Rehabilitation support posts 2016: Linked to project RfPB Ankle study University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 01 Apr 2016 31 Mar 2021
Research Capacity Funding for Rebecca Kearney for work on the NIHR RfPB- Ankle Injury Rehabilitation, and other research grants University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 01 Jan 2016 31 Dec 2020
Re-cost STAR HTA- (Full- see 41431) National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2016 28 Feb 2019
NIHR RfPB- Ankle Injury Rehabilitation (original- 45160) Award re-cost National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Aug 2015 31 May 2017
NIHR Clinical academic training programme fellowship National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2013 31 Dec 2016
STAR Study of Tendo Achilles Rehabilitationmixed method evaluation of clinical and cost effectiveness University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 01 Jan 2013 31 Dec 2015
ATM Project - Achilles Tendinopathy Management Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 01 Feb 2010 31 Jan 2012