Who runs the FOxTROT Programme?
The research programme and the Lead Researchers have been approved by the relevant authorities in the UK – the Health Research Authority (HRA) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Professor Jenny Seligmann
The Lead Researcher, Professor Jenny Seligmann (MBChB, MRCP, PhD), is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Senior Lecturer based at St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. Professor Seligmann is a member of the Advanced and Adjuvant Disease Subgroup of the NCRI Colorectal Group and has authored over 60 professional publications, primarily on bowel cancer and has rapidly developed an international reputation in this field.
Professor Dion Morton
The Co-Chief Investigator is Professor Dion Morton (Professor of Surgery) who is based at the University of Birmingham
Professor Dion Morton (OBE), the Co-Lead Researcher, has been the Professor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham since 2006 where he was appointed Barling Chair of Surgery in 2015. Additionally, Professor Morton was appointed as the Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2011.
His primary research interests are clinical and translational research for colorectal cancer and the development of clinical trials in surgery.
Professor Seligmann & Professor Morton lead a large and renowned team of bowel cancer experts across the UK on the FOxTROT research studies. This research is part of an international programme involving patients, hospitals and researchers not only in the UK but across the world.
The Clinical Trials Research Unit at the University of Leeds is responsible for the management of the research. We are indebted to Yorkshire Cancer Research who are funding the FOxTROT 2 and FOxTROT 3 research.
Trial Management Group
Janet Graham – Novel Therapies Lead
Mike Braun – Safety Lead
Laura Magill – International Development
Chris Williams – Trial Physician
James Platt – Trial Physician
Mark White – Trial Physician
Alexandra Gilbert – Honorary Consultant
Joanna Askey – Pharmacy Advisor
Nick West – Pathology Lead
Andrew Beggs – Translational Lead
Damian Tolan – Radiology Lead
Pete Wheatstone – PPI Representative
CTRU Staff
Nancy Fernandes da Silva – Delivery Lead
David Cairns – Scientific Lead
Trial Management
Lucy Bailey – Senior Trial Manager
Claire Dimbleby – Senior Trial Manager
Rhiannon Lambkin – Senior Trial Manager
Emma Batman – Senior Trial Coordinator
Doina Levinte – Senior Trial Coordinator
Adora Wan – Senior Trial Coordinato
Daniel McRae – Trial Management Assistant
Stephanie Evans – Trial Management Assistant
Amy Heald – Data Entry Clerk
Data Management
Eszter Katona – Data Manager
Aaisha Ali – Data Manager
Koshy Thomas – Data Manager
Jake Burman – Trial Coordinator
Damien Hindmarch – Data Management Assistant
Phil Brannan – Data Management Assistant
Statisticians
Rachel Phillip – Senior Medical Statistician
Anna Perry – Trial Statistician
Emily Connell – Trial Statistician
Chloe Gaul – Trial Statistician