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Sabeen Zahra
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

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Biography

Sabeen joined the York Trials Unit as a Trial Coordinator in December 2020. She has worked on a surgical wound trial (SWHSI-2). She is currently working on trials looking at treatment for venous leg ulcers (VenUS 6) and surgically treated bone-metastases (PORTRAIT).

Qualifications

  • BSc Allied Health Sciences, King Edward Medical University
  • PhD Human Nutrition, The University of Sheffield

Research

Overview

Sabeen’s research interests include vitamin D, skeletal muscle health, diet, ageing and ethnic minorities.

Projects

  • 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
  • SWHSI-2 - A pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention
  • VenUS-6 - A randomised controlled trial of compression therapies for the treatment of venous leg ulcers.

Research group(s)

Supervision

  • Skeletal muscle strength and function in older adults
  • Vitamin D intake
  • Researching older population and ethnic minority (participants recruitment and sustainability)

Publications

Full publications list

Contact details

Sabeen Zahra
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

Tel: 01904 32 (1078)

@healthsciyork