Meet the team

The PLUS study is a collaboration between patients, researchers and clinical teams in organ donation and transplant.

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Professor Peter Friend

Chief Investigator

The University of Oxford

Dr. Simon Knight

Operational Lead

The University of Oxford

Our operational team

Kerrie Brusby

Clinical Operations Manager

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Charlie Brown

Clinical Trial Manager

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Aleema Iqbal

Clinical Trial Coordinator

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Emily Arbon

Clinical Data Manager

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Helen Thomas

Trial Statistician

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Shaminie Shanmugaranjan

Trial Statistician

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Laura Silsby

Trial Statistician

Clinical Trials Unit, NHS Blood and Transplant

Quality Assurance

Katie Keen

GCP Quality Project Specialist

NHS Blood and Transplant

Local principal investigators

Chris Watson

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Thamara Perera

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Gabriel Oniscu

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

Wayel Jassem

King's College Hospital, London

Magdy Attia

St James University Hospital, Leeds

Colin Wilson

Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Joerg-Matthias Pollock

Royal Free Hospital, London