York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Research & Innovation Department - Management Team

About Us
About Us
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
For Patients and Public
For Patients and Public
The Research & Development Office strive to increase the opportunities for patients and their families to be informed about, and involved in, our research and research processes.
- Research at York and Scarborough
- How to get involved and what our contributors say
For Researchers
For Researchers
The information on these pages will be relevant to York Hospital staff NHS Foundation Trust staff who are planning their own research study.
Research Careers
Research Careers
For Industry
Innovation
Innovation
- Innovation Competition
News
SOPs and Guidance
SOPs and Guidance
This section contains the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidance documents issued by the R&D Unit.
Our Research
Our Research
SHARC
SHARC

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Management Team and Strategic Team
Head of Research and Innovation	Lydia Harris	lydia.harris1@nhs.net 01904 726606 07702 816606	Development of our Trust's research profile and capacity to conduct research Delivery of the Trusts Research Strategy Management of Research Contracts and Finance Supporting applications for funding (including Patient and Public Involvement) Strategic research oversight and delivery locally, regionally and nationally
Head of Research Delivery (Clinical) & Lead Research Nurse	Cate Laven	catherine.laven2@nhs.net 01904 724641 07788 977568	Supporting, leading, supervising, managing and/or co-ordinating all Trust Nurses involved in research Line managing the Senior Research Nurses/midwives/AHPs and overseeing all research nurse activity, ensuring a trained and competent workforce Responsible for the efficient and effective utilisation of the Nursing/Midwifery/AHP Researchers and non-Medical research staff Developing nursing/midwifery/AHP research practice within the Trust
Head of Research Operations and Research Advisor	Deborah Phillips	deborah.phillips23@nhs.net 07464 491875	Preparation and management of all matters related to Trust Research Sponsorship applications Sponsor representative for Trust sponsored research studies Named individual to authorise IRAS applications Independent Scientific Review and Research Advice Research Misconduct lead
Head of Research Delivery (non-clinical)	Mags Szewczyk	mags.szewczyk1@nhs.net 0777 6496705	Currently on secondment
Commercial Research Manager	Marthe Ludtmann	marthe.ludtmann1@nhs.net	Contact for all commercial research activities and commercial stakeholders Commercial research study facilitation Acquisition of new commercial research studies for the Trust Costings & Contracting Assistance with intellectual property protection
Senior Research Nurses	Kate Howard (Currently away on secondment) Paul Brittain	kate.howard9@nhs.net 01904 721733 paul.brittain@nhs.net 01904 725125	Line management, training and supervision of research delivery teams Ensuring staff are managed and supported in the workplace and are appropriately trained to evidence they are competent to carry out their research work Paul Brittain covers: Cancer, Specialist & Clinical Support Services Group Kate Howard covers: Medicine Care Group - York & Scarborough, Surgery & Family Health Care Group Find out more about the Care Groups here
Grant Development Officer	Lisa Ballantine	l.ballantine@nhs.net 07985 315502	Distributing Research funding opportunities Supporting all aspects of research funding applications Building collaborations Costing research bids (including SoECAT support) PPE Supporting early career researchers
Research Grant Support Officer	Elettra Casellato	elettra.casellato@nhs.net	Distributing Research funding opportunities Supporting all aspects of research funding applications Building collaborations Costing research bids (including SoECAT support) PPIE Supporting early career researchers
Innovation Manager	Cameron Stockwell	cameron.stockwell1@nhs.net	Research Communications, Knowledge mobilisation, dissemination Supporting all aspects of innovation funding applications Building collaborations Costing research bids (including SoECAT support) Intellectual Property and Contracting Innovation development, adoption, and verification
SHARC Programme Manager	Trevor Mahon	trevor.mahon@nhs.net	Project management PPIE Stakeholder collaboration Community Partnerships Research opportunity communication
R&I Project Co-ordinator– Management Team	Ellis Bramall	ellis.bramall@nhs.net	EDGE Project Co-ordintator Florence (e-ISF) Project Co-ordinator Innovation Hub Project Co-ordinator Innovation Health Cluster, and Dragons’ Den Innovation Call Project Support Finance Project Support High-level senior administrative and organisational support to the Head of Research & Innovation
R&I Administrator - Management Team yhs-tr.research.governance@nhs.net	Sarah Sheath	sarah.sheath@nhs.net	Processing of invoices, reconciliation of suppliers’ statements & investigating outstanding invoices Preparation and maintenance of R&I forecasts, costings, invoicing, and expenditure analyses Administrative support in the coordination of R&I Department activities R&I Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Controller

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1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026

York & Scarborough

91 research studies open to recruitment

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5385 patients recruited into clinical trials