BRAINED Study
Start date:April 2018 End date:
August 2020 Co-ordinated by:
Neurosurgery Department, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Main trial site:
RIE & Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Blood samples will be assessed using infrared spectroscopy as part of a project looking at tumour biomarkers to ascertain whether people most at risk of having a brain tumour can be correctly identified.
This is a tissue governance project aiming to recruit 600 participants in order to inform a larger trial.
Chief Investigator
Mr Paul Brennan
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Local PI
Dr Matt Reed
Director of EMERGE, Consultant, NRS Career Research Fellow & Honorary Reader in Emergency Medicine
Research Team
Rachel O'Brien
Lead Research Nurse
Clare Moceivei
Research Nurse- Bank Staff
Allan MacRaild
Stroke Lead Research Nurse
Jessica Teasdale
Senior Research Nurse - Stroke/Neurosurgery
Michelle Curtin
Senior Research Nurse - Stroke/Neurosurgery
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