Laura Doherty
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

Profile

Biography

Laura joined York Trials Unit in 2019 as a Trial Support Officer and began working as a Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator) in 2023. Throughout this time, she has worked on numerous trials in both NHS and social care settings.

Qualifications

• BSc(Hons) Biochemistry with Industrial Placement Year
• MSc Applied Health Research

Research

Projects

• HAMLET - A multicentre, two-arm, non-blinded, pragmatic, parallel group, randomised controlled superiority trial assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of Through Knee Amputation (TKA) compared to Above Knee Amputation (AKA) in patients requiring major lower limb amputations (MMLA), but who are unsuitable for a Below Knee Amputation (BKA).
• PORTRAIT - an RCT investigating whether pain and quality of life are improved with post-operative radiotherapy compared to no radiotherapy and whether radiotherapy reduces the likelihood of further surgery in the future.

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

• Laura Doherty's Publications