Core Team

Mrs Pina Donaldson

  • FiCTION Trial Administrator
  • Dental Hospital & School, University of Dundee

Mrs Pina Donaldson BACS Finance & Administration.  Pina is the new FiCTION Trial Administrator, based in Dundee.  Born in Canada to Italian parents, Pina graduated from Western University in 2003 and worked there full time in varying administrative roles including Conference/B&B Manager, Financial Assistant, Financial Officer (with ICFAR) and Procurement Administrator.  Pina is also a certified Body Attack Instructor.  In January 2014, Pina followed her heart to Scotland where she married the love of her life and then began working as Senior Secretary of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught programs at the University of Aberdeen’s Business School.  Pina’s role within the Trial is to assist with the administrative duties behind the delivery of the HTA FiCTION Trial and provide support to the Joint Chief Investigators, Senior Clinical Researcher, Co-applicants, Collaborators and all others involved in the Trial.   Pina is the main point of contact for all those involved in the Trial, and day to day she liaises closely with Newcastle University’s Clinical Trials Unit.