Karen Glerum
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Stakeholder Engagement Manager

Profile

Biography

Karen joined York Trials Unit in 2020 as a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and Stakeholder Engagement Manager. She previously worked as an independent communications consultant for a wide variety of clients in the public and private sector. Karen started her career in the Netherlands, where she was employed as a senior communications and media relations officer by local councils and the Dutch pension fund APG.

Qualifications

• MSc Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University (USA)
• BSc Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University (USA)
  

Departmental roles

• Academic Lead for Service User and Carer Engagement

Research

Projects

• CASCADE - Case finding for depression in primary care: a regression discontinuity design
• DIDACT - Multi-centre randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgery compared with sling immobilisation in the management of adults with radiological diagnosis of a displaced fracture of the distal clavicle that does not involve the acromioclavicular joint.
• EXTEND - An RCT determining the effectiveness of longer antibiotic courses in improving intra-abdominal infection patient outcomes
• TIDE - An RCT investigating whether there are effective alternatives to nasal mupirocin for early decolonisation of MRSA amongst adult hospital in-patients

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics