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Staff Profile

Dr Steph Clutterbuck

Trial Manager

Background

Qualifications

2014 Ph.D. Evolutionary Psychology, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK

2007 B.A. (Hons) Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada


Previous Positions

2022- Present Trial Manager, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, Newcastle University

2021-2022 Project Manager, John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Newcastle University

2019-2021 Approvals Officer, Health Research Authority, NHS

2015-2019 Clinical Trials Coordinator, Royal Papworth Hospital Clinical Trials Unit, NHS

2014-2015 Assistant Trial Manager, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, Newcastle University

2013-2014 Research Assistant, Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

2008-2010 Research Assistant, Alcohol Team, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University

2007-2008 Research Assistant, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University 


Membership/Committees

UKTMN

NHS R&D Forum AI and Data Research Group

Research

Current Trial

I am the Trial Manager on the SarcoSIGHT Trial. SarcoSIGHT is a NIHR EME funded trial taking place in multiple NHS hospitals across the UK. This randomised control trial is comparing fluorescence guided sarcoma surgery to the standard of care.


Research Background

I began my research career as a Research Assistant in the Institute of Healthy & Society at Newcastle University working on various projects including a validation study of food portion assessment tool for children (CAFS Study) as well as a large cluster randomised control trial based in primary care, A&E and criminal justice settings, which compared screening and brief intervention tools for alcohol misuse (SIPs Study).

 

My PhD research in the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University investigated the relationship between childhood adversity and reproductive trajectories via the mechanism of interest in infants in adolescent females. During the final write up year of my thesis, I joined the Academic Psychiatry group in the Institute of Neuroscience where I designed computer based experimental neuropsychological tools to measure processing speed in patients with bipolar depression (ANSWER Pilot).


I moved into clinical trial research first at the Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit working as an Assistant Trials Manager on trials investigating the effectiveness of various drug therapies for people living with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (SPIRIT Trials). I then moved to NHS site level research management as a Clinical Trials Coordinator co-ordinating the running of heart, lung and sleep related trials at Royal Papworth Hospital Clinical Trials Unit in Cambridge.

 

I gained clinical research regulatory experience as an Approvals Officer at the Health Research Authority. I was responsible for processing clinical research ethics applications, attending ethical review meetings and supporting researchers and committee members to ensure a timely approval of projects.

 

My recent and current roles at Newcastle University involve the set up and management of clinical research. As a Project Manager in the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Newcastle University, I managed projects led by Professor Jordi Diaz- Manera, specifically projects using MRI and artificial intelligence. Now as a Trial Manager in the Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit I am responsible for working with clinical investigators to manage their research trials through all stages of the clinical trial life cycle.



 


Teaching

Teaching

2010-2012 Demonstrator, Stage 1 undergraduate psychology, Research Methods, School of Psychology, Newcastle University

2010-2012 Lecturer, MRCPsych Candidates, Fundamentals of Psychology NHS, St Nicholas Hospitals

2009-2010 Seminar Leader Stage 1 & 2 MBBS, Medicine in Community, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University



Publications