Samantha Brady
Research Fellow (Trial Manager)

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Biography

Sam is a Research Fellow/Trial Manager based at York Trials Unit, currently managing BioDrive AFS, BATH-OUT-2, SCEPTRE and PERISCOPE trials.

Sam previously managed the SPACES programme of research which aims to co-produce an intervention to support people with severe mental ill health to take part in physical activity.

Prior to this, Sam coordinated a number of large national multi-centre trials, including the Covid-19 Urgent Public Health Study BASIL (Behavioural Activation in Social Isolation) which aimed to rapidly develop a feasible, acceptable, clinical and cost-effective brief psychological intervention (behavioural activation) to improve depression and loneliness in older adults with physical-mental multi-morbidity during isolation.

Sam is an experienced mixed methods health researcher, who joined the University of York in 2013. Sam spent eighteen months as a trial/study support officer in the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group before completing a PhD exploring the sexual health and behaviour of people with severe mental illness. Part way through her PhD Sam joined the York Trials Unit and Statistics research group and spent 4 years working as Research Fellow (trial coordinator).

Prior to working at the University, she has worked in a variety of clinical mental health settings including acute, forensic, child and adolescent and older adult’s services.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Psychology
• MSc by Research in Psychology (distinction)
• PhD Health Sciences 2019 (University of York)

Departmental roles

• Member of the Peer Support for Teaching Working Group
• Member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee