Dr Polly Ashford
Senior Trials Manager
Norwich Medical School
Member
Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Member
Public Health and Health Services Research
The Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) works with chief investigators at UEA and other academic institutions throughout the UK to design and deliver high quality research studies improve patient care across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions and in different health care settings.
We are fully registered with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration and receive National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Trails Unit support funding to develop and support NIHR trials.
Our key areas of research include complex interventions in: asthma; infection; mental health; dementia; diabetes; gastrointestinal diseases including cancer; improving health outcomes of care home residents; drug and device trials in lung fibrosis; cardiovascular diseases; surgery; and dementia.
Details of all our current projects, structure, staff roles and collaborators can be found on the CTU website.
