Laura Doherty
Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator)

Profile

Biography

Following her graduation from the University of Leeds, Laura joined YTU as a Trial Support Officer in June 2019. She completed a placement year at Reckitt Benckiser, based in their R&D department, where she was involved in the development of consumer health products.

Qualifications

• BSc(Hons) Biochemistry with Industrial Placement Year

Research

Projects

• HAMLET - A multicentre, two-arm, non-blinded, pragmatic, parallel group, randomised controlled superiority trial assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of Through Knee Amputation (TKA) compared to Above Knee Amputation (AKA) in patients requiring major lower limb amputations (MMLA), but who are unsuitable for a Below Knee Amputation (BKA).
• PORTRAIT - an RCT investigating whether pain and quality of life are improved with post-operative radiotherapy compared to no radiotherapy and whether radiotherapy reduces the likelihood of further surgery in the future.

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

• Laura Doherty's Publications