Liz Cook
Research Fellow (Trial Manager)

Profile

Biography

Liz joined YTU in 2013 and is experienced in trial management and the coordination of multi-centre pragmatic randomised trials. Liz has a special interest in orthopaedic surgical trials.

Qualifications

• BSc
• MSc - Applied Health Research

Career

Liz has worked in clinical trials settings (both commercial and non-commercial) since 1998, previously in monitoring, quality assurance and regulatory roles.

Research

Projects

• FIRST
• FLARE - A multi-centre, two-arm, non-inferiority, parallel group, randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot, economic evaluation and nested qualitative study, to assess whether the repair of the Flexor Digitorum Profundus (FDP) alone results in a as good as quality of life compared to repairing FDP and the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS).
• SCOOTT - A multi-centre, superiority and non-inferiority three-arm RCT to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of treating arthritis of the base of the thumb, with or without surgery and to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of trapeziectomy versus base of thumb joint replacement.

Previous Projects

• KReBs – A RCT of the effect of a Two-layer Compression Bandage System on Knee Function following Total Knee Arthroplasty
• PRESTO - Pragmatic Randomised Evaluation of Stable Thoracolumbar fracture treatment Outcomes
• LEISH 1
• SOFFT – A non-inferiority RCT of fracture fixation for simple olecranon fractures in adults
• SWIFFT – An RCT to determine whether adults with a fracture of the scaphoid waist should receive plaster cast treatment or surgical fixation
• TIDE – An RCT investigating alternatives to nasal mupirocin for early nasal decolonisation of MRSA amongst adult hospital in-patients
• AVURT – An RCT assessing the effectiveness of aspirin for the treatment of venous leg ulcers
• L1FE – A RCT investigating the effectiveness of surgical fixation with INFIX compared to non-surgical management of LC-1 fragility fractures in older adults
• BOA Orthopaedic Surgery Research Centre (BOSRC)

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

• Liz Cook's publications

Teaching

Postgraduate

• Randomised Controlled Trials Module

External activities

Memberships

• York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Research and Development Group Committee Member