Dr Linda Sharples
MRC bodies you are a member of:
- MRP
Main form of employment:
- Programme leader (statistics), MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge
Research group/department web page/s:
Personal remuneration:
- Service level agreement with Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust funds 80% of my salary
- University of Cambridge
Shareholdings and financial interests in companies
- None
Research income during current session [over £50k per grant]
- Grant funding from Papworth hospital to MRC for statistical collaboration which has varied in amount depending on activity and nature of collaboration (1989 ongoing).
- NIHR training fellowship in clinical trial methodology, with additional funding for 2 summer interns.
- National Institute for Health Research
- A crossover, randomised controlled trial of mandibular advancement devices in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (TOMADO trial).
- National Institute for Health Research
- A pragmatic, randomised controlled trial comparing upper mini-sternotomy to full median sternotomy as a surgical approach for aortic valve replacement (MiniStern Trial).
- Research for Patient Benefit
- National Institute for Health Research
Major academic collaborators [national and international]
- N Demiris of the department of Statistics, University of Athens
- C Rogers, S Stoica, J Blazeby of University of Bristol
- A Fisher, L Vale of University of Newcastle
- Y Laprizopoulos University of Cambridge department of Public Health and Primary Care
- M Glover, J Fox-Rushby, M Buxton of the Health Economics Research Group, University of Brunel
- L Bojke, C Klaxton of the Centre for Health Economics, University of York
- Members of the cardiothoracic advisory group from NHS blood and Transplant
- Numerous medical researchers at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Un-remunerated involvement with and membership of medical, bio-medical, pharmaceutical, healthcare provision or science or health policy/communication and similar activities/organisations
- Have acted as an advisor on NICE appraisals, to the NHS Blood and Transplant and to National Commissioning Group for specialist services (none are currently active)
Political/pressure group associations:
- Member of the Labour party
- Member of the UCU
Family:
- Wolfson Institute for Preventative Medicine, Queen Mary College (spouse’s work place)
