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The Research Governance Team should be contacted for all sponsorship queries, amendments and applications for locally sponsored studies (UoA and NHSG).

You can e-mail the research governance team here: researchgovernance@abdn.ac.uk

For reporting adverse events and breaches: pharmaco@abdn.ac.uk

For data studies using DASH please contact: nnpac@abdn.ac.uk

Or come and see us in person - Polwarth Building Room 1.126

Research Governance Manager
Louise King

Research Governance Officers
Stacey Dawson
Lynn McKay

The Quality Assurance team can offer assistance with the University of Aberdeen-NHS Grampian Quality Management System, including SOPs, audit and compliance with standards. The Quality Assurance Manager is also the named archivist and can provide guidance on archiving research data.

Research Monitors can be contacted to discuss assistance with the creation of Investigators Site Files, queries with regard to monitoring visits and/or any other questions that research teams may have with the progress of trials or general advice. For general monitoring queries please email the monitoring team: gram.monitorsrandd@nhs.scot

Quality Assurance Manager
Richard Cowie
Tel: 01224 (5)54656
richard.cowie@nhs.scot

Research Monitor/Quality Assurance Support Officer
Rory Lynch
Tel: 01224 (5)58003
rory.lynch@nhs.scot

Research Monitor
Caroline Campbell
Tel: 01224 (5)58003
caroline.campbell@nhs.scot

Document Controller
Jenna Craig                                                                                               
Tel: 01224 (5)54362
jenna.craig@nhs.scot

Please contact gram.randd@nhs.scot for general enquiries in the first instance.

R&D Director
Seshadri Vasan
Tel: 01224 (5)51121
gram.randd@nhs.scot

Interim Senior Manager
Susan Ridge
Tel: 01224 (5)53728
susan.ridge@nhs.scot

Finance & Business Support Assistant
Tel: 01224 (5)59452
gram.randdfinance@nhs.scot

Research and Innovation

For funding, research applications or contractual queries, please contact:

Institute of Medical Sciences and Rowett Institute:                                                                                                    Dr Anne McGavigan: anne.mcgavigan@abdn.ac.uk
Tel: 01224 437095

or

Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Institute of Dentistry and Institute of Education in Healthcare and Medical Sciences:                                                                                                                                                                Katrina Stuart: katrina.stuart1@abdn.ac.uk

For more Research and Innovation contact information please click here.

General R&D queries, archiving queries and endowments administration.

Office Manager
Fiona Brebner
Tel: 01224 (5)51121
gram.randd@nhs.scot

Administrative Assistant
Lucy Kennedy
gram.randd@nhs.scot

Administrative Assistant
Joyce Owen
gram.randd@nhs.scot

All commercial queries, including commercial contracts/budget review/acceptance, finance, study set up and close down.

For General enquiries: gram.randd_commercial@nhs.scot

Head of Commercial Research
Alison Stewart
Tel: 01224 (5)54958
alison.stewart10@nhs.scot

Assistant Research and Development Manager
Mutsumi Ono

Data Co-ordinator
Karen Melvin

Support in completing feasibility questionnaires and other documents required at Feasibility Stage, Site Selection Visits (SSV) and Site Initiation Visits (SIV).

All non-commercial queries, including non-commercial contracts/budget review/acceptance and finance queries.

Non-Commercial Research Manager
Susan Ridge
Tel: 01224 (5)53728
susan.ridge@nhs.scot

Assistant Research and Development Manager
Nicola Price
Tel: 01224 (5)51174
Nicola.price@nhs.scot

Senior Project Administrator
Louise Osborne
gram.randdpermissions@nhs.scot

Data Coordinator
Linda Leith
Tel: 01224 (5)53846
gram.randdpermissions@nhs.scot

Data Coordinator
Lisa Shearer
Tel: 01224 (5)53846
gram.randdpermissions@nhs.scot

Research Passport and CPMS queries.

Study-wide global governance checks on behalf of Scotland, of non-commercial and commercial multi-centre research studies and issue of Governance Report. Contract/budget negotiations with commercial sponsors.

Study management enquiries, including maintenance of research facilities and lab processing.

CRFs Manager
Mariella D’Alessandro
Tel: 01224 (5)54051
mariella.dalessandro@nhs.scot

R&D Trials Manager 
Lynn MacKay
Kirsteen MacDonald (Clinical Trials Administrator) 
Tel: 01224 438002
gram.crfadmin@nhs.scot

CRFs Laboratory Technicians
Lizzie McConville 
Zoe Cahoon
Robyn Cockroft 
Morag Harvey
gram.crflabs@nhs.scot

Patient and public awareness, engagement or involvement (PPI) in research.

Research Engagement and Involvement (REI) Officers
Claudia Zabke
Emma Berry
gram.ppa@nhs.scot

Research nurses’ costs and availability enquiries.

Lead Research Nurse
Vicky Taylor
Tel: 01224 (5)55171
vicky.taylor3@nhs.scot

Scientific Officer
Rachel Hardie
gram.nosres@nhs.scot

Senior Ethics Co-ordinator
Carol Irvine

Assistant Ethics Co-ordinator
Sarah Lorick

Ethics Administrator
Karen Stephen

The training team offer courses and support for both new and established researchers. You can e-mail the training team here: gram.randdtraining@nhs.scot

Training Facilitators
Gillian Dowds
Mandi Coutts

NRS Portfolio Performance Manager
Jacqui Pearson
jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot
Recruitment in the North Node (Grampian, Highland, Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland)

NRS Champion Support Manager
Maria Amezaga
maria.amezaga@nhs.scot
Research activity and delivery to clinical studies in Reproductive Health and Childbirth across Scotland

NRS PCC Change Manager
John McDonald
john.mcdonald3@nhs.scot

Senior Administrators
Pamela Shand
Kalyar Lwin
Anne Brebner
Michelle Middleton
gram.nrspcc@nhs.scot

For trials involving a medicinal product, contact the CTP at the earliest opportunity. You can obtain advice on supply, formulary requirements, storage, QP release etc.

Pharmacy can be contacted by emailing gram.pharmacytrials@nhs.scot.