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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One of my 2026 goals is to be more present on BlueSky! Another is to recruit a great candidate to this 4-yr PhD studentship with us at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation -applying behavioural science to the design and delivery of clinical trials. Please share. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Improving health by improving trials – applying behavioural science to improve the design and delivery of clinical trials. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This time next year we will be wrapping up #ICTMC2026 in Birmingham. I'm already starting to think through ideas for abstracts. What trials methods research do you hope to hear about/present at the conference? ictmc.org

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ICTMC 2026 – International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference

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Jolyn Hersch PhD @jolynhersch.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

*New publication* Interventions to support patient decision making about taking part in health research: A systematic review doi.org/10.1016/j.pe... Just out in Patient Education & Counseling @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au @katiegillies.bsky.social

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

@anniestats.bsky.social gave a great talk on decentralised trials. Main message from PhD review work is there isn't a one size fits all approach. Trial design may need to be contextually determined and responsive to population needs #SCT2025

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

@liamhbishophealth.bsky.social kicks off his talk at #SCT2025 by thanking the Society for continuing to create space for raising EDI issues in clinical trials through recognition across sessions and committees. And gives a great talk on building trust through community focussed workshops and videos.

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Using imp sci to consider how actionable regulatory guidance is for diversity in clinical trials. Rebecca Metcalfe highlights that more work is needed to make system-level changes to where and how trials are conducted. Building trusted relationships & enforcing guidance are key next steps #SCT2025

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you want more trials methods research post #SCT2025 please do come to #ICTMC2026 in Birmingham UK 14-17 September. More here ictmc.org

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Adwoa Parker walking us through the update of the Cochrane review on interventions to improve recruitment. 7 years & >50 new studies doesn't tell us much more with high certainty. Suggests trialists think carefully about using interventions with no effect (bottom 3 in pic) #SCT2025

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MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership @mrcnihrtmrp.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

See how we can enable lower carbon clinical trials without compromising health outcomes. UCD, University of Liverpool, University of Galway, ICR, the HRB-TMRN, MRC-NIHR TMRP & PPI partners, co-developed this video about Greener Trials. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbgG... #internationalclinicaltrialsday

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Greener Trials

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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 20/05/2025

From development to delivery, it takes a collaborative multidisciplinary team to make a clinical trial successful. Find out more about how Clinical Trials Units make research happen here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk #ICTD2025 #ClinicalTrials #CTD2025

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Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (formerly HSRU) @ace-aberdeen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

#ClinicalTrialsDay is the time to consider how to ensure the environmental sustainability of clinical trials. Read our @frankskyou.bsky.social write about why and how greener trials serve the purpose of benefiting the coming generations on SpringerNature blog: bit.ly/4moCL11

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Towards Greener Trials

In celebration of International Clinical Trials Day, which this year has a sub-theme around ‘benefiting generations to come’, Frank Sui-keung You from the University of Aberdeen explains why our plane...

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My highlight from #SCT2025 day 1 was Mollie Paynes talk on her PhD research on dose-response methodology in complex intervention trials. It's always great to hear a statistics talk that non-statisticians can also follow. Perfectly pitched. More on Mollies work here github.com/molliejpayne...

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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 19/05/2025

Tomorrow isn’t just International Clinical Trials Day. Keep your eyes peeled for the launch of our strategy for 2025 – 2030! #UKCTUNetwork #CTUNetworkStrategy

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Late breaking session at #SCT2025 on the impact of recent US govt actions. So important for us to come together as a trials community to collectively support the research endeavour and our US colleagues. Flags an opinion piece in @nytimes.com today that encourages us to 'get mad in public'

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

There is a need for trials methodology research for trials designed & delivered in the global south. Sangeetha Paramasivan flags article on need for this work in RCTs in India & talks through adaptation of quintet recruitment intervention in this setting #SCT2025 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Trials Methodology Research: what is it and why should India invest in it?

This Viewpoint presents an overview of trials methodology research (TMR) and the case for investing in TMR in India. Randomised controlled trials and other types of clinical research inform evidence-b...

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Arun Sanyal giving the Curtis Meinert Keynote @ #SCT2025 talks us through the use of Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) in liver trials. Makes a suggestion for pan-specialty #CoreOutcomeSets to facilitate DOOR integration in evidence synthesis for intersecting clinical contexts.

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

One of our PhD students, Mojca Cerar, is running a survey to understand how recruitment & retention data in trials is communicated with trial sites. If you have any role in this process please complete our 10 min survey. We only have 23 responses with 2 weeks to go! forms.office.com/e/9RCxiiCXM2

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social —> www.bmj.com/content/389/... #openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Shaun Treweek @streweek.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If you are doing work on equity, diversity and inclusion in randomised controlled trials, the journal Trials has a special series you could submit to: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/... Deadline end of June, and articles can be original research, commentary, education but not protocols.

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Currently low response rates from CTU Directors (n=5), Programmers/Data Managers (n=0), & QA Managers (n=3) working in clinical trials. We need to know what these groups think the challenges are for greener trials. forms.office.com/e/fkeLD8HbMA Please complete &RT @ukctunetwork.bsky.social

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We now have 71 responses but need more if we are to identify the key challenges for the design and delivery of greener trials. Please complete and share onwards. Average completion time is only 12mins. We need to hear from you. forms.office.com/e/fkeLD8HbMA Thank you

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Do you work on clinical trials? We need your help to understand the challenges to designing & delivering greener trials. Only 30 responses so far but we can all have a say on this topic. Please take 10 minutes to tell us what you think tinyurl.com/GreenTrials Please share across your networks

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Great 1st paper from Frank You's PhD👏 Review headline-Much of the carbon in trials is associated with human behaviour. We found no studies investigating determinants of these behaviours. Soon to launch survey will help us fill this gap to make our trials greener. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Carbon Emissions Associated with Clinical Trials: A Scoping Review

ObjectivesTo review and synthesise available evidence on carbon emissions associated with clinical trials to inform future research on design and delivery of gr

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We are currently discussing the implications of trial post-randomisation exclusions at #CCRdownunder … the following paper by Dean Fergusson et al is a useful primer on when such exclusions might be acceptable and when they might not www.bmj.com/content/325/...

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Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis

When is it legitimate to exclude randomised patients from the analysis of data in clinical trials? Basing their analysis on the desirability of minimising bias and random error, the authors consider t...

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Funding available to do a PhD on statistical methods for assessing the integrity of RCTs, based in Aberdeen, with Alison Avenell, myself, Graeme MacLennan and Mark Bolland. Competitive process, funded by MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I’ve done a starter pack for people working in inclusivity in trial methodology but I can’t see some of the key people I’d like to include. Feel free to share @vickylshepherd.bsky.social @katiegillies.bsky.social @markjayes.bsky.social @kerryhood.bsky.social @willjcragg.bsky.social

Image shows the tagged people above in a starter pack card saying join the conversation trial methodology on Bluesky

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A key component of trial conduct is monitoring of the integrity of the data quality and assessment that conduct of trial processes are being accurately followed 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #107

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Great to read about others reflections on #ICTMC2024. Our ACE staff also shared their highlights from the conference here www.abdn.ac.uk/hsru/blog/ac...

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ACE team members reflect on attending ICTMC 2024 Conference in Edinburgh

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Marion Campbell @marionkcampbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Many of you know I post something about methods most Mondays on the “other side”… will share here too. Here is today’s … It is often important to assess not only the effectiveness of an interventions in a trial but also the #CostEffectiveness of the intervention 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #106

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Qualitative Health Research Group @QHRGroup @qhrgroup.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Collecting qualitative data remotely? New guidance published by the University of Warwick funded by UKRI, MRC, and NIHR publishing.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/uw...

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Qualitative Remote Data Collection Guidance 2024 | University of Warwick Press

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Do you have a degree in a health related subject and experience of qualitative research methods?Are you looking for PhD opportunities? Would you like to work on trials methods research? Then this might be the answer.... tinyurl.com/DataIntegr

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Characterising #machinelearning studies in healthcare, the full set Weak design/methods tinyurl.com/yc4easr9 Poor reporting tinyurl.com/55ed3j9k High risk of bias tinyurl.com/yk6m9sx5 Full of Spin tinyurl.com/yckubrnp Not open science tinyurl.com/437bfz8f #StatsSky #MLSky #mustdobetter 😬

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I'm pretty new to Bluesky and haven't found all the trials methods researchers yet! Trying to bring us all together in one place for others to find & fill my feed with all things trials. Please feel free to share and let me know if you'd like added. go.bsky.app/AsP6Yta

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Qualitative Health Research Group @QHRGroup @qhrgroup.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hello #Bluesky community ☺️ We are a community for #qualitative methodologists supported by the NIHR. Our aim is to raise awareness of the value & impact of qualitative methods in health & care research, provide opportunities for networking & career development. Pls follow & join our network🙂

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Katie Gillies @katiegillies.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

What is Trials Methodology? Listen to Prof Paula Williamson tell us why its like making coffee....oh any why methods research on outcomes is important podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The What – Professor Paula Williamson

Podcast Episode · Trials Methodology: A Podcast · 08/10/2024 · 30m

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Beatriz Goulão @beatrizgoulao.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Presented the results of INITIAL at #ICTMC2024 - when should we consider patient involvement in stats analysis plans? Prioritised items focus on interpretation and dissemination of results & side effects. Crucial to make trials more relevant to patients bit.ly/3zVaITn

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