Dr Martin Clarke
Position on Board
Clinical Studies Officer (CSO)
Biography
As Clinical Studies Officer (CSO), my role involves facilitating and supporting the delivery of national research studies within Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. CSO's support the work of the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN), which was set up by the Department of Health to improve the speed, quality and integration of clinical research. CSO's in Derbyshire are part of the East Midlands Hub of the Mental Health Research Network (MHRN) which is a collaboration between the Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) and Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust (NHCT), with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a linked clinical site.
My role involves:
- Identifying patients eligible to participate in UKCRN portfolio studies and providing information and support for patients involved in research projects;
- Coordinating treatment, assessment and follow-up in accordance with research protocols;
- Promoting research amongst clinicians, service users and the wider NHS;
- Assisting with the set up of new research studies across Derbyshire.
I joined the Trust in 2009 from the University of Oxford where I was a Senior Research Assistant on the IDEA study evaluating the new, high secure, Dangerous & Severe Personality Disorder units. Prior to that I worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Leicester and gained my PhD exploring the outcome (e.g. reconviction & mortality) of nearly 600 patients admitted to Arnold Lodge Medium Secure Unit. Research interests include suicide, self harm, and outcomes of forensic populations.
