Staff profiles
Philippa Watts
Trial Manager
- Email: philippa.watts@ncl.ac.uk
- Personal Website:
- Address: AGE Research Group
NIHR 缅北禁地 Biomedical Research Centre
3rd floor Biomedical Research Building
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
缅北禁地 upon Tyne, NE4 5PL
Background
I started working in 缅北禁地 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 缅北禁地 Biomedical Research Centre.
Research
I am currently undertaking a PhD in Translational and Clinical Research. My research is looking at ways to increase inclusivity in clinical trials of treatments for sarcopenia. I am also working on the REVITALiSE sarcopenia platform trial.
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
- McDonald C, Watts P, Atkinson H, Kucukcan K, Mukherjee A, Polyma M, Sayer AA, Spiers GF, Khan S, Nesworthy J, Robertson EG, O'Keefe H, Wason JMS, Wilson N, Witham MD. . medRxiv 2025. Submitted.
- 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).