Staff profiles
Philippa Watts
Trial Manager
- Email: philippa.watts@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: AGE Research Group
NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre
3rd floor Biomedical Research Building
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, NE4 5PL
Background
I started working in Â鶹´«Ã½ Clinical Trials Unit as Trial Administrator in December 2015 and became a Trial Manager in January 2018.
I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Research in September 2024 and in October 2024 I started work on a PhD in Translational and Clinical Research as part of the AGE Research Group,NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre.
Research
I am Trial Manager on the REVITALiSE platform trial, which is currently in set up and will be testing treatments for sarcopenia. This also forms part of my PhD research which includes ways to increase recruitment and retention of older people to sarcopenia trials.
Previously I was Trial Manager on TOPSAT 2, COBALT, the BHF SENIOR-RITA Trial, HAPLO+4Kids and ENHANCE-D.
Publications
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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.
- Kunadian V, Mossop H, Shields C, Bardgett M, Watts P, Teare MD, Pritchard J, Adams-Hall J, Runnett C, Ripley DP, Carter J, Quigley J, Cooke J, Austin D, Murphy J, Kelly D, McGowan J, Veerasamy M, Felmeden D, Contractor H, Mutgi S, Irving J, Lindsay S, Galasko G, Lee K, Sultan A, Dastidar AG, Hussain S, Haq IUI, de Belder M, Denvir M, Flather M, Storey RF, Newby DE, Pocock SJ, Fox KAA. . New England Journal of Medicine 2024, 391(18), 1673-1684.
- White P, Gregson B, McColl E, Brennan P, Steel A, Watts P, Wood R, Bowes C, Javadpour M, Weston A, Mitra D. . Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation 2021, 8(8).