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The research and development team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, research nurses, practitioners, administrators, data assistants and other non-delivery roles.
We work in all clinical areas across the Royal Devon to deliver a vast array of trials.
Whether you are interested in research at Exeter or are based in Tiverton or Barnstaple, get in touch to learn more about research at the Royal Devon.
Contact us
If you would like to find out more about our services and our current studies, please contact us:
Research and Development
01392 403431
Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter
01392 406289
Meet the team
Professor Helen Quinn
Research and Development Director
Professor John Findlay
Associate Research and Development Director
Dr Pilar Rivera Ortega
Associate Research and Development Director
Dr Nick Kennedy
Chief Research Information Officer
Professor Maggie Shephard
Associate Director for Nursing Research/Consultant Nurse Monogenic Diabetes
Lizzy Gordon
Lead Research Nurse
Sam Keenan
Research Matron
Heather Palfrey
Commercial Research Matron
Samantha Smart
Research and Development Manager
Ali Kerridge
Sponsored Study Manager
Commercial research
If you are an organisation looking to open a commercial research study with us, please contact rduh.research-eastern@nhs.net
- Heather Palfrey, Commercial Research Matron
- Emma Reid - Team Lead for the Commercial Research Centre
We are part of the South West Commercial Research Group. Visit the SWCRG website to learn more, or email swcrg@nhs.net.
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