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Dr Lou Sutcliffe

Data Manager

  • Address: Floor 2
    Biomedical Research Building
    Newcastle University
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE4 5PL
Background

Research Experience

My background is in clinical trials and clinical research, and I have worked across this area in academia, the NHS, and the private sector in pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical companies and contract research organisations. I am currently the Data Manager for the Mobilise-D consortium. Previous roles at Newcastle include managing clinical trials for the Stroke Research Group and research associate with Helen Phillips and Judith Goodship's groups working on studies of the genetics of congenital heart disease and heart development in the Institute of Genetic Medicine. Other previous experience includes recruiting heart and kidney transplant patients for the Institute of Transplantation Biobank, and knee replacement patients in the Freeman Hospital, and as technical administrator managing SOPs and regulatory documentation for a clinical trials pathology laboratory at a CRO. 

Qualifications

PhD Biology Durham University CASE Studentship with Lonza Biologics 2008-2012 "Chemical genetic dissection of efferent IRE1a signalling"    - Investigating protein folding mechanisms as a way to improve biopharmaceutical yields and quality. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5943/

BSc Hons Pharmacology with Industrial Experience 2001-2005 University of Manchester

Publications

See publications tab,

Acknowledged for patient recruitment/tissue collection in:

 Dixon D, Coates J, del Carpio Pons A, Horabin J, Walker A, Abdul N, Kalson NS, Brewster NT, Weir DJ, Deehan DJ, Mann DA, Borthwick LA. A potential mode of action for Anakinra in patients with arthrofibrosis following total knee arthroplasty. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 10;5:16466.

 Parry SW, Deary V, Finch T, Bamford C, Sabin N, McMeekin P, O'Brien J, Caldwell A, Steen N, Whitney SL, Macdonald C, McColl E. The STRIDE (Strategies to Increase confidence, InDependence and Energy) study: cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention to reduce fear of falling in older fallers living in the community - study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Jun 6;15:210. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-210. PubMed PMID: 24906406; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4059076.

Research

I am currently working for the Mobilise-D consortium https://www.mobilise-d.eu/

If you are looking for information on the Feeding After Stroke Project, please see the below Privacy Notice:

Privacy Notice: The Feeding After Stroke Project 

1. The Data Controller for this project is:

  • Dr Christopher Price Newcastle University 3-4 Claremont Terrace Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AE United Kingdom E-Mail: C.I.M.Price@Newcastle.ac.uk

2. Data used for this project includes:

  • Numbers of patients who were admitted to hospital in England with a stroke;
  • Numbers of stroke patients who had an operation known as a “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy” (PEG);
  • Numbers of stroke patients in each age category.
  • Numbers of stroke patients in each gender category.
  • Numbers of stroke patients in each ethnic origin category
  • Numbers of stroke patients in each area of England at the time of their admission to hospital with a stroke.

3. It is not necessary to personally identify any patient for the purposes of this research, nor will any attempt be made to do so. The researchers will only have access to combined stroke patient data.

4. The data is collected from: Hospital Episode Statistics and the Office of National Statistics via NHS Digital.

5. The purpose for processing the data is: To help improve the care of stroke patients.

6. The data provided by NHS Digital will not be shared with anyone outside the research team.

7. The legal basis for processing the data is: Public task: the processing is necessary for us to perform a task in the public interest.

8. The University's current Data Protection Officer is: Maureen Wilkinson.
    You can contact Newcastle University's Data Protection Officer at the following address:

  • IT Service Claremont Tower Claremont Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Email: rec-man@ncl.ac.uk

9. You have a number of rights under the GDPR in relation to the data held about you. For more detail on these rights and how to exercise them, see the university’s Data Subject Rights web pages.

10. If you are unhappy with our use or storage of your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") about this. Please see the ICO website for more details of how to complain.

Publications