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Kate Hicks
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

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Biography

Kate Hicks has worked as a trial coordinator at York Trials Unit since 2008. She is currently part of a team coordinating the E-PLAYS-2 (Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication impairment) trial. She has previous experience in coordinating both CTIMP and non-CTIMP studies, having worked on EVERT (Effective Verruca Treatments), BreatheMOR-HF (morphine for breathlessness in heart failure), BRIGHT (Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh) and SWIFFT (Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures).  Prior to joining York Trials Unit, Kate worked in the commercial sector as a medical writer and as a researcher within two pharma consultancy groups.

Qualifications

  • BA
  • PhD

Research

Overview

Kate's research interests include trials evaluating healthcare interventions.

Projects

  • EPLAYS-2 - Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication impairment: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Previous projects

  • BreatheMOR-HF – An RCT to determine whether prescribing slow-release daily morphine tablets to individuals with heart failure helps with breathlessness
  • BRIGHT – Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh: an RCT of a school and text-based programme to improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas
  • EVerT2 – An RCT of needling vs. nonsurgical debridement for the treatment of a Verruca
  • RACPC  -Explaining Tests in Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic
  • REFORM – Improving balance to prevent falls in older people: an RCT
  • SWIFFT – An RCT to determine whether adults with a fracture of the scaphoid waist should receive plaster cast treatment or surgical fixation

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Publications

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Kate Hicks

Contact details

Dr Kathryn Hicks
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

Tel: 01904 32(1924)

@healthsciyork