MaGiCAD

Staff

The MaGiCAD study is a large study, with input from many different people and institutions. It's base is at Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, in Cambridgeshire, and it is run in conjunction with scientists from the University of Cambridge and a Commercial Sponsor, TCP Innovations.

A brief introduction into the staff involved with MaGiCAD is given below:

Management Committee

Dr. David Mosedale (chair)
Dr. Peter Schofield (Lead Clinician)
Dr. Sarah Clarke
Dr. Hester Goddard
Dr. David Grainger

Clinical Research Associates

Mrs. Sarah Hayns (study co-ordinator)
Dr. Claire Nugent
Mrs. Caryl Barnard

Ms. Annik Panicker


Management Committee

The Management Committee is responsible for the overall running of the MaGiCAD study, in accordance with the MaGiCAD Constitution.

Dr. David Mosedale
David Mosedale graduated from Girton College, Cambridge University in 1993 and completed his Ph.D. degree, under the supervision of Prof. Jim Metcalfe and Dr. David Grainger, in 1996. He is currently employed as a Clinical Scientist at Papworth Hospital, but remains an associate scientist in the Inflammation Research and Therapy group in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge where he worked from 1996 to 2003. Dr. Mosedale's research interests include developing new antibody-based detection methods (he pioneered the application of quantitative immunofluoresence technology) and more recently in the application of these methods to the epidemiology of heart disease.

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Dr. Peter Schofield
  Peter Schofield is a consultant cardiologist at Papworth Hospital. In addition to his clinical duties, he is also head of the Cardiac Studies Unit and is responsible for a considerable amount of Research done at Papworth Hospital. His interests range from clinical research, evaluating new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of coronary heart disease (both surgical and medical) through to basic laboratory-based research aimed at better understanding the pathophysiological processes which accompany development of heart disease.

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Dr. Sarah Clarke
   

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Dr. Hester Goddard
  At the start of her career Dr Hester Goddard pursued an interest in the early development of mammalian embryos (both mice and men!). She was awarded a PhD for her research at the MRC labs in Mill Hill and then came to Cambridge University where she worked with other scientists trying to answer the question how one single cell becomes an embryo. During this period she supervised research students and taught undergraduates at Cambridge and other universities in Europe and USA. She then developed her interest in communicating science by working as a commissioning editor for a number of publishers, teaching secondary and sixth form science and writing for children. She has now returned to a research environment as a Research Officer in the R&D Unit at Papworth Hospital. Her role involves assisting staff in designing and managing their clinical studies so that they get reliable answers to their research questions!

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Dr. David Grainger
David Grainger graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University in 1989 and went on to study for a Ph.D. under the supervision of Profs. Jim Metcalfe and Peter Weissberg in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. Since 1994, he has been a Royal Society University Research Fellow, currently based in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, located at Addenbrooke's Hospital. He is the principal investigator of the Inflammation Research and Therapy group, which primarily researches into the role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease, with particular focus on cytokines and signalling molecules.

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Clinical Research Associates

The Clinical Research Associates are responsible for the day-to-day running of MaGiCAD. They select the patients to approach from the daily list, conduct the patient questionnaires and prepare blood samples.

 

Ms. Sarah Hayns
Sarah Hayns graduated from the University of Sussex in 1993 with a first class honours degree in biology (specialising in molecular biology). She subsequently spent two years in a molecular biology research lab at the MRC Cell Mutation Unit, University of Sussex. Sarah has since worked in various clinical roles including veterinary nursing at a practice in Portsmouth and a vascular technician position at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. The latter involved performing Doppler scans on patients with peripheral vascular disease. She remains particularly interested in vascular disease and is currently employed as a clinical research assistant at Papworth Hospital.  Sarah works 30 hours/week and is currently the Study Co-ordinator for MaGiCAD.

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Dr. Claire Nugent
Claire Nugent graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University in 1996 and went on to study for a PhD. in Prof. Stephen O'Rahilly's Insulin Signalling Group in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. Following on from this, she spent a year working as a Development Editor in the Biological Sciences Group of Cambridge University Press. She has now moved back into research and is currently employed as a clinical research assistant in the Cardiac Studies Unit at Papworth Hospital working on the MaGiCAD study.  Claire has recently gone on maternity leave and we wish both her and her husband David best wishes with the next few months.

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Mrs. Caryl Barnard
Caryl Barnard graduated as a biomedical scientist in Australia and has worked in hospital and university laboratories doing both routine clinical and research projects, with a particular interest in immunology and tissue culture. Since coming to the UK in 1988, this interest has broadened to fertility monitoring and insulin studies. Caryl has taken time-out from science to work as a conference co-ordinator but is now enjoying being a clinical research assistant with the MaGiCAD study based in the Cardiac Studies Unit at Papworth Hospital.

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Ms. Annik Panicker
Annik Panicker completed her honours degree at the University of Western Australia majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology. She came to the UK in 1997 and worked in the pharmaceutical industry where she was involved in the development of cell-based high throughput screens for drug discovery. Her most recent research was in the field of cardiac ion channels. Annik's main responsibility is to act as Study Co-ordinator for the Longitudinal Study under the direction of David Mosedale, but she is also a part-time member of the MaGiCAD study team.

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