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Research

I am currently the Trial Manager for PLACEMENT, a clinical trial looking at pain management in people undergoing lower limb amputation for peripheral vascular disease and/or diabetes. My PhD investigated skeletal muscle and myocardial microvascular blood flow in older adults with chest pain and unobstructed coronary arteries using near-inrared spectroscopy, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and myocardial contrast echocardiography. I previously managed the ISCHEMIA trial, at 28 UK sites on behalf on the International Sponsor, which compared optimal medical therapy and revascularisation in people with stable angina and obstructive coronary artery disease.  

Teaching

During my Phd, I taught on several first, second and third year undergraduate Sport and Exercise Science and Medical and Health Science courses at The University of the Sunshine Coast. In 2023 I taught Research Methods to MSc and intercalated medical students at Cardiff University.

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Biography

2011 - 2017 Department of Cardiac Research, Northwick Park Hospital

2018 - 2022 School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast

2022 - present Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University

Honours and awards

• 2022: PhD - Cardiovascular Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast
• 2008: MSc - Cardiac Rehabilitation, University of Essex
• 2004: BSc - Exercise and Sports Sciences, University of Exeter

Professional memberships

• UKTMN

Academic positions

• 2019 - 2022: Sessional Tutor, University of the Sunshine Coast

Speaking engagements

·      Prize for Early-Mid Career Researcher presentation at the Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network Annual Symposium, Australia - 2021 

·       Poster presentation (Does treatment strategy affect local referral rates to cardiac rehabilitation in post-myocardial infarction patients before discharge? G. Young, R. Collins, J. Donaghy, R. Kavalakkat, I. Hassan, E. Howard, L. Phaure, A. Banfield, A. Vamvakidou) at EuroHeartCare, Jonkoping, Sweden - 2017

·       Presentation on ‘Patient recruitment and retention’, ISCHEMIA US Study Coordinator Training meeting, New York University Medical Centre, NY, USA - 2016

·       Presentation on ‘Careers in Cardiac Research’ at the 10th Annual UK Course for Cardiac Catheter Lab Professional, Liverpool, UK - 2015

Committees and reviewing

• South West Research Hub Committee