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Philippa Watts

Philippa has a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Dundee, and her career has encompassed a variety of roles from grants management to running national public awareness campaigns. Since 2015 she has worked in Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, managing a range of non-commercial trials in a variety of therapeutic areas with a particular interest in research in older people. Undertaking a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Research sparked an interest in pursuing research as well as managing it, and so she joined the AGE Research Group to do a PhD in clinical trials methodology. Part of this will involve managing REVITALiSE, the sarcopenia platform trial, while testing different ways to increase inclusivity and improve communication to potential trial participants and their families/carers, with the aim of improving the way trials are run.