Our Services A - Z - Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Department.
About the service
The RDI Department deals with all aspects of clinical research and innovation at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL)
Research is vital to the NHS as it means we can continually improve the healthcare we provide to our patents and develop new and improved treatments and medications. Research is embedded in the care we provide and we aim to offer the chance of taking part in research to as many of our patients as we can.
Our aim is to increase the number of research studies we can offer to our patients and help them to understand more about research and what it means to the NHS.
- Email: research@sthk.nhs.uk
- Enquiry Line: 0151 290 4898
- Contacting the RDI Team
Research Development & Innovation Department
- Email: research@sthk.nhs.uk
- Enquiry Line: 0151 290 4898
Clinical Director of Research
- Dr Ascanio Tridente – Ascanio.Tridente@sthk.nhs.uk
RDI Manager
- Jeanette Anders - jeanette.anders@sthk.nhs.uk
RDI Co-ordinator
- Paula Scott - paula.scott@sthk.nhs.uk
RDI Support Officer
- Jennifer Miller - jennifer.miller4@sthk.nhs.uk
Senior Research Nurses
- Amanda McCairn - Amanda.McCairn@sthk.nhs.uk
- Sharon Burnett - Sharon.Burnett@sthk.nhs.uk
Research Nurses/Midwife
- Angela Ballantyne - Angela.Ballantyne@sthk.nhs.uk
- Denise Graham - Denise.Graham@sthk.nhs.uk
- Jennifer Procter - Jennifer.Procter6@sthk.nhs.uk
- Karen Shuker - Karen.Shuker@sthk.nhs.uk
- Kerri Armitage - Kerri.Armitage@sthk.nhs.uk
- Nicola Collins - Nicola.Collins@sthk.nhs.uk
- Sharon Dealing - Sharon.Dealing@sthk.nhs.uk
- Zoe Grindley - Zoe.Grindley@sthk.nhs.uk
- Eric Mbogu – eric.mbogu@sthk.nhs.uk
Data Managers
- Michelle Robinson - Michelle.Robinson@sthk.nhs.uk
- Nicola Hornby - Nicola.Hornby@sthk.nhs.uk
Project Support Officers
- Kathy Callaghan – Kathy.callaghan@sthk.nhs.uk
- About the Team
Patients may be approached by our Research Nurses/Midwives and/or Principle Investigators (PI) for participation in research studies.
- Location
The Research Hub is based on Level 1 at Whiston Hospital, located opposite Outpatients Suite.
- Relevant Leaflets/Documents/Links
Performance in Initiating and Delivering Research
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) has a contract as an NHS Provider for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). As part of this contract we are required to provide the following information –
- Performance in Initiating – all clinical trials approved by STHK in the last year
- Performance in Delivering – all commercial clinical trials hosted by STHK and closed within the last year
To view this information please click here - https://ccfctp.nihr.ac.uk/public-trustsubmissions/st-helens-and-knowsley-hospital-services-nhs-trust-1019
Page last updated on 14th February 2024
