Find out about The TOPS team, the Patient Advisory Group, and the four study sites below
The TOPS Team
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Victoria Jansen
Study Chief Investigator, Physiotherapist, Pulvertaft Hand Centre, University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Victoria is an NIHR/ICA Fellow at Keele University.
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Professor Danielle van der Windt
Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, School of Medicine Keele University
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Dr. Elaine Nicholls
Research Fellow in Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Keele University
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Dr. Charlotte Woodcock
Lecturer in Applied Health Research, School of Medicine Keele University
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Dr. Michelle Marshall
Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology and Imaging, School of Medicine, Keele University
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Emma Marshall
Trial Co-ordinator, Keele Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Paul Hendrick
Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Debbie Larson
Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist, Spire Hospital, Norwich
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Annie Glover
Project Administrator, Keele Clinical Trials Unit
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Helen McKenna
Occupational Therapist Extended Scope Practitioner in Hands, Pulvertaft Hand Centre, University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Trust.
Patient Advisory Group
Our patient advisory group (PAG) is made up of people who have thumb base OA.
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Ken Clamp
Patient Advisory Group member, and part of the Study Management Group.
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Deb Hickson
Patient Advisory Group member
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Kathy Fell
Patient Advisory Group member
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Dave Tyler
Patient Advisory Group member
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Stephen Dent
Patient Advisory Group member
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Carmel Ashby
Patient Advisory Group member
Study sites
The study has taken place at the following four NHS sites:
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital
Hand Therapy Department, Kings Mill Hospital
Nottingham City Care
Pennine MSK Service, Oldham