Collaborative Hub

Traits Collaborative Hub

Collaborative

TRAITS is coordinated from the collaborative hub based in the University of Edinburgh.   The collaborative hub coordinates the RCT, the biology and data work streams and partnerships with academic and commercial groups.   

This group comprises a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, methodologists, trialists and representatives acting on behalf of patients and their relatives.

Professor Manu Shankar-Hari

Chief Investigator

Chair of Translational Critical Care Medicine, the University of Edinburgh 

Honorary ICU Consultant, NHS Lothian 

Dr David Griffith

Deputy Chief Investigator

TRAITS Co-applicant

Reader in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, the University of Edinburgh

Honorary Consultant n Anaesthesia and Critical Care, NHS Lothian

Dr Anne-Marie Docherty

TRAITS Data Lead

TRAITS Co-applicant

Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, the University of Edinburgh  

Honorary Consultant in Critical Care, NHS Lothian

Professor Nazir Lone

TRAITS Data Lead

TRAITS Co-applicant

Professor of Critical Care and Epidemiology, the University of Edinburgh  

Honorary Consultant in Critical Care, NHS Lothian

Professor Christopher Weir

TRAITS Lead Statistician

TRAITS Co-applicant

Personal Chair of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, the University of Edinburgh

Professor Kenneth Baillie

TRAITS Co-applicant

Professor of Experimental Medicine

The University of Edinburgh  

Consultant in ICU, NHS Lothian  

Professor Kev Dhaliwal

TRAITS Co-applicant

Professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology

The University of Edinburgh  

Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, NHS Lothian 

Professor Timothy Walsh

TRAITS Co-applicant

Professor of Critical Care

The University of Edinburgh 

Honorary Consultant in Critical Care, NHS Lothian   

Director of Innovation for NHS Lothian, and Health Innovation South East Scotland  

Professor Michael Gillies

TRAITS Co-applicant

Honorary Professor in Critical Care and Pain Medicine

The University of Edinburgh  

Consultant in Critical Care, NHS Lothian

Professor John Norrie

TRAITS Co-applicant

Chair of Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, the University of Edinburgh

Professor Alasdair Gray

TRAITS Co-applicant

Honorary Professor of Emergency Medicine

The University of Edinburgh   

Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian  

R&D Director, NHS Lothian  

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Dr Carol Porteus

TRAITS Co-applicant

Patient and Public Involvement Lead

Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, the University of Edinburgh

Dr Corienne McCulloch

TRAITS Co-applicant

Lead Research Nurse

Edinburgh Clinical Care Research Group, the University of Edinburgh

Hazel Milligan

TRAITS Co-applicant

Lead Clinical Trial Pharmacist

NHS Lothian

Fiona Wee  

TRAITS Senior Trial Manager

Institute for Regeneration & Repair

The University of Edinburgh

Emily Lynch

TRAITS Trial Support Officer

Institute for Regeneration & Repair

The University of Edinburgh

Renske Hoekstra

TRAITS PhD Student

Institute for Regeneration & Repair

The University of Edinburgh

Peter Smith

TRAITS Post Doc Researcher

Institute for Regeneration & Repair

The University of Edinburgh

David Buchanan

TRAITS Data Analyst

The Usher Institute, the University of Edinburgh