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Professor Helen Hancock

Professor of Clinical Trials, Director Â鶹´«Ã½ Clinical trials Unit, Director NIHR Research Support Service Hub delivered by Â鶹´«Ã½ and Partners

Background

Biography

I have research expertise in the design, development and conduct of clinical trials.

My background in the NHS and my active research and academic roles, mean I am familiar with the landscape and strategic imperatives within which the NIHR and NHS operate.

I offer academic and strategic leadership of Â鶹´«Ã½ Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) and NIHR Research Support Service Hub delivered by Â鶹´«Ã½ and Partners .

 

Director, Â鶹´«Ã½ Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU)

I hold responsibility for the academic, financial, administrative and business management of NCTU.

NCTU is focused on excellence in the design, development and conduct of clinical trials to improve patient outcomes .The Unit provides the infrastructure to support clinical trials and studies to be conducted to the standards required by regulators and in accordance with best practice and guidance.

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Email: nctu-enquiries@newcastle.ac.uk

 

Director, NIHR Research Support Service Hub delivered by Â鶹´«Ã½ and Partners

The Research Support Service provides advice and input into application for national peer-reviewed funding for translational, clinical and applied health, public health, and social care research. It can also support applications for fellowships and other personal awards.

Email: nihr-rss@newcastle.ac.uk





Publications

  • Articles

    • Holliday R, Wilson N, Ryan V, Butcher C, Homer T, Watts P, Kareithi D, Blaylock P, Ternent L, Finch R, Bissett S, Todd A, Hancock H, Ellwood F, Conway D, Jakubovics N, Kist R, Holmes R, Bauld L, Preshaw P. . Trials 2025, 26, 261.
    • Mossop H, Walmsley Z, Wilson N, Agbeleye O, Bardgett M, Bevin-Nicholls A, Breckons M, Cole M, Craig D, Dimairo M, Hancock H, Law M, Lopes A, Noor NM, Oparah C, Pallmann P, Phillipson J, Robertson DS, Teare MD, Thomson KH, Yap C, Wason JMS. . BMC Medicine 2025, 23, 528.
    • Akowuah EF, Maier RH, Hancock HC, Wagnild J, Vale L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Kharati E, Ogundimu E, Mathias A, Walmsley Z, Howe N, Graham R, Ainsworth K, Zacharias J. . Health Technology Assessment 2025, 29(55), 1-121.
    • Witham MD, McDonald C, Wilson N, Rennie KJ, Bardgett M, Bradley P, Clegg AP, Connolly S, Hancock H, Hiu S, Nicholson K, Robertson L, Simms L, Steel AJ, Steves CJ, Storey B, Wason J, von Zglinicki T, Sayer AA. . Lancet Healthy Longevity 2025, 6(3), 100695.
    • Witham MD, McDonald C, Wilson N, Rennie KJ, Bardgett M, Bradley P, Clegg AP, Connolly S, Hancock H, Hiu S, Nicholson K, Robertson L, Simms L, Steel AJ, Steves CJ, Storey B, Wason J, von Zglinicki T, Sayer AA. . The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2025, 6(3), 100695.
    • Mossop H, Al Ashmori S, Sotire T, Clark E, Watson G, Witham M, Vale L, McGregor N, Phillipson J, Wason JM, Yarnall AJ, Hancock H, Kenny RA, Frith J. . Health Technology Assessment 2025, 29(54), 1-21.
    • Mossop H, Al-Ashmori S, Sotire T, Clark E, Watson G, Witham MD, Vale L, McGregor N, Phillipson J, Wason JMS, Yarnall AJ, Parry S, Hancock H, Kenny RA, Frith J. . Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2025, 11(1), 118.
    • Austin D, Maier RH, Akhter N, Sayari M, Ogundimu E, Maddox JM, Vahabi S, Humphreys AC, Graham J, Oxenham H, Haney S, Cresti N, Verrill M, Osborne W, Wright KL, Goranova R, Bailey JR, Kalakonda N, Macheta M, Kilner MF, Young ME, Morley NJ, Neelakantan P, Gilbert G, Thomas BK, Graham RJ, Fujisawa T, Mills NL, Hildreth V, Prichard J, Kasim AS, Hancock HC, Plummer C. . JACC: CardioOncology 2024, 6(5), 684–696.
    • Fisher AJ, Carby M, Thompson R, Parmar J, Alaloul M, Santhanakrishnan K, Hancock H, Wason J, Grayling M, Hasenfuss J, Lally J, Gennery A, Exley C, Lordan J, Bradley P, Flinn A, Bardgett M, White M, Goudie N, Phillipson J, Kershaw A, Smith H, Russell S, Vale L, Chadwick T, Bryant A, Bevin-Nicholls A, Frisby L, Johnson R. . BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2024, 11(1), e001995.
    • Wyatt NJ, Watson H, Anderson CA, Kennedy NA, Raine T, Ahmad T, Allerton D, Bardgett M, Clark E, Clewes D, Martin CC, Doona M, Doyle JA, Frith K, Hancock H, Hart A, Hildreth V, Irving PM, Iqbal S, Kennedy C, King A, Lawrence S, Lees CW, Lees R, Letchford L, Liddle T, Lindsay JO, Maier RH, Mansfield JC, Marchesi JR, McGregor N, McIntyre RE, Ostermayer J, Osunnuyi T, Powell N, Prescott NJ, Satsangi J, Sharma S, Shrestha T, Speight A, Strickland M, Wason JMS, Whelan K, Wood R, Young GR, Zhang X, Parkes M, Stewart CJ, Jostins-Dean L, Lamb CA. . BMJ Open 2024, 14(4).
    • Gravestock P, Clark E, Morton M, Sharma S, Fisher H, Walker J, Wood R, Hancock H, Waugh N, Cooper A, Maier R, Marshall J, Chandler R, Bahl A, Crabb S, Jain S, Pedley I, Jones R, Staffurth J, Heer R. . NIHR Open Research 2023, 2, 49.
    • Akowuah E, Mathias A, Bardgett M, Harrison S, Kasim AS, Loughran K, Ogundimu E, Trevis J, Wagnild J, Witharana P, Hancock HC, Maier RH. . BMJ Open 2023, 13(1), e065992.
    • Akowuah EF, Maier RH, Hancock HC, Kharatikoopaei E, Vale L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Ogundimu E, Wagnild J, Mathias A, Walmsley Z, Howe N, Kasim A, Graham R, Murphy GJ, Zacharias J. . JAMA 2023, 329(22), 1957-1966.
    • Harrison SL, Loughran KJ, Trevis J, Witharana P, Maier R, Hancock H, Bardgett M, Mathias A, Akowuah EF. . Anaesthesia 2023, 78(10), 1215-1224.
    • Bawamia B, Spray L, Wangsaputra VK, Bennaceur K, Vahabi S, Stellos K, Kharatikoopaei E, Ogundimu E, Gale CP, Keavney B, Maier R, Hancock H, Richardson GD, Austin D, Spyridopoulos I. . GeroScience 2023, 45, 2689-2705.
    • Akowuah EF, Wagnild JM, Bardgett M, Prichard JG, Mathias A, Harrison SL, Ogundimu EO, Hancock HC, Maier RH, Wilkinson C, Kasim A, Witharana P, Trevis J, Neave C, Sarginson L, Honeyman B, Walker Y, Lewis S, Holden A, Ainsworth K, Wanless F, Hauxwell T, Metson L. . Anaesthesia 2023, 78(9), 1120-1128.
    • Wason JMS, Dimairo M, Biggs K, Bowden S, Brown J, Flight L, Hall J, Jaki T, Lowe R, Pallmann P, Pilling MA, Snowdon C, Sydes MR, Villar SS, Weir CJ, Wilson N, Yap C, Hancock H, Maier R. . BMC Medicine 2022, 20(1), 254.
    • Rennie KJ, Witham M, Bradley P, Clegg A, Connolly S, Hancock HC, Hiu S, Marsay L, McDonald C, Robertson L, Simms L, Steel AJ, Steves CJ, Storey B, Wason J, Wilson N, von Zglinicki T, Sayer AAP. . BMJ Open 2022, 12(7), e061823.
    • Hancock HC, Maier RH, Kasim A, Mason J, Murphy G, Goodwin A, Owens WA, Akowuah E. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(1), e041398.
    • Maier RH, Kasim AS, Zacharias J, Vale L, Graham R, Walker A, Laskawski G, Deshpande R, Goodwin A, Kendall S, Murphy GJ, Zamvar V, Pessotto R, Lloyd C, Dalrymple-Hay M, Casula R, Vohra HA, Ciulli F, Caputo M, Stoica S, Baghai M, Niranjan G, Punjabi PP, Wendler O, Marsay L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Modi P, Kirmani BH, Pullan MD, Muir AD, Pousios D, Hancock HC, Akowuah E. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(4), e047676.
    • Bayliss CD, Maier RH, Kasim A, Hancock H, Akowuah E. . Heart, Lung and Circulation 2021, 30(6), 909-916.
    • Wilson N, Biggs K, Bowden S, Brown J, Dimairo M, Flight L, Hall J, Hockaday A, Jaki T, Lowe R, Murphy C, Pallmann P, Pilling MA, Snowdon C, Sydes MR, Villar SS, Weir CJ, Welburn J, Yap C, Maier R, Hancock H, Wason JMS. . BMC Medicine 2021, 19(1), 251.
    • Maier R, Bawamia B, Bennaceur K, Dunn S, Marsay L, Amoah R, Kasim A, Filby A, Austin D, Hancock H, Spyridopoulos I. . JMIR Research Protocols 2020, 9(9), e19456.
    • Clark E, Morton M, Sharma S, Fisher H, Howel D, Walker J, Wood R, Hancock H, Maier R, Marshall J, Bahl A, Crabb S, Jain S, Pedley I, Jones R, Staffurth J, Heer R. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(12), e034708.
    • Stocker R, Close H, Hancock H, Hungin APS. . BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 2017, 7(4), 464-469.
    • Cox J, Hancock H, Maier R, Spratt J, Lee CM, Bhatti A, Mason J. . Breast 2017, 32, 217-224.
    • Akowuah E, Goodwin AT, Owens WA, Hancock HC, Maier R, Kasim A, Mellor A, Khan K, Murphy G, Mason J. . Trials 2017, 18(1), 46.
    • Rees CJ, Rajasekhar PT, Wilson A, Close H, Rutter MD, Saunders BP, East JE, Maier R, Moorghen M, Muhammad U, Hancock H, Jayaprakash A, MacDonald C, Ramadas A, Dhar A, Mason JM. . Gut 2016, 66(5), 887-895.
    • Akowuah E, Hancock H, Maier R, Kasim A, Zacharias J, Deshpande R, Birdi I, Vale L, Livesey S, Stewart M, Murphy G. . NIHR Research Project 2016.
    • Fuat A, Hancock HC. . British Journal of Cardiac Nursing 2014, 9(7).
    • Dhar A, Close H, Hancock H, Maier R, Wilson D, Mason JM, Vishwanath YKS, Rees C, Dwarakanath D. . World Journal of Gastroenterology 2014, 20(48), 18199-18206.
    • Hancock HC, Close H, Fuat A, Murphy JJ, Hungin APS, Mason JM. . BMJ Open 2014, 4(3), e003866.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Spyridopoulos I, Bawamia B, Spray L, Wangsaputra V, Stellos K, Bennaceur K, Kharatikoopaei E, Ogundimu E, Gale CP, Keavney B, Maier R, Hancock H, Richardson G, Austin D. . In: ESC Congress 2022. 2022, Barcelona, Spain: Oxford University Press.
    • Akowuah E, Goodwin AT, Owens WA, Hancock HC, Maier R, Kasim A, Mellor A, Khan K, Murphy G, Mason J. . In: Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Meeting & Cardiothoracic Forum. 2017, Belfast, Ireland: SCTS.
    • Cox J, Hancock H, Spratt J, Close H, May C, Mohammed U, Mason J. . In: UK Radiological Congress. 2015, Liverpool, UK.
    • Cox J, Hancock H, Spratt J, Close H, Lee CM, Mohammed U, Mason J. . In: British Society of Breast Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2014. 2014, Brighton, UK: BioMed Central Ltd.

  • Letter

    • Hancock HC, Maier R, Kasim AS, Mason JM, Murphy GJ, Goodwin A, Owens WA, Kirmani B, Akowuah EF. . Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) 2019, 73(19), 2487-2492.

  • Reviews

    • Wagnild JM, Akowuah E, Maier RH, Hancock HC, Kasim A. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e049202.
    • Siriwardena AK, Mason JM, Mullamitha S, Hancock HC, Jegatheeswaran S. . Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2014, 11(8), 446-459.