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Eleanor Mitchell

Associate Professor of Clinical Trials, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Eleanor is Associate Professor of Clinical Trials and has worked in clinical research since 2002 at the University of Nottingham and in the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nctu/) since 2008. Her main research interests are maternal and newborn health and she has led studies in the UK and internationally, focusing on research in low and middle income countries. She is also interested in research methodology around how we conduct clinical trials to answer important clinical questions, specifically focusing on training of research teams. She works as part of large collaborations designing and delivering clinical trials in a range of clinical areas and is an investigator on a number of large UK-based studies in maternal and newborn health. She leads outreach work with parents interested in maternal and newborn health and leads a national Facebook group called Bump2Baby Parents' Voices, where she talks to parents and expectant parents about research, including contributing to design and conduct of studies. Prior to her current role, she led a large trial management team for a number of years, leading a broad portfolio of clinical trials. She is the NCTU Teaching and Learning Lead.

Eleanor is also the Chair of the UK Trial Manager's Network (UKTMN), hosted by the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit since 2018. The UKTMN (https://www.tmn.ac.uk/default.aspx) was established in 1998 and aims to provide a forum for trial management professionals in the UK to share expertise. It currently has around 2000 members in the UK. She is a member of the UKCRC CTU Network Executive Group (https://www.ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/) and the Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) Executive Group (https://www.methodologyhubs.mrc.ac.uk/about/tmrp/). She co-leads the careers workstream of the NIHR Methodology Incubator.

Teaching Summary

Eleanor is NCTU Teaching and Learning lead, with responsibility for oversight of all teaching related activity in the Unit.

Research Summary

Chief Investigator of the NIHR-funded GILD trial, evaluating intrapartum blood glucose monitoring strategies for women/birthing people with gestational diabetes:… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

Chief Investigator of the NIHR-funded GILD trial, evaluating intrapartum blood glucose monitoring strategies for women/birthing people with gestational diabetes: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR159223

Chief Investigator of the UKRI-funded NEWS-HEAT trial, evaluating a care bundle aimed at hypothermia reduction in preterm infants in Kenya.

Eleanor is also co-investigator on several large randomised clinical trials.

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www.gbs3trial.ac.uk

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Several trials are currently in set-up and details will be added in due course.

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