Tom Drake

We’re excited to launch CLARITY, an educational cluster-RCT for acute appendicitis, with @STARSurgUK! 🚀 📍 We’ve launched at 1️⃣0️⃣ pilot sites in the UK, with the main phase beginning this Autumn! 🔗 claritytrial.co.uk 🧵 1/

The treatment of patients with suspected appendicitis in the UK is too variable, and this impacts on patient outcomes. Check out this new RCT that hopes to address this, improve care for patients and ultimately improve outcomes. Read about the CLARITY trial here:

Ever wanted to do 'high-performance surgical research' but thought it's not for you? We'd love to hear from you. >If you've benchmarked, we have an ACF post in general surgery available. >If you're thinking about doing a PhD in April/October 2025, get in touch. We're very supportive of female applicants and have an inclusive environment.

I'm delighted to announce that I won Miltenyi's Travel Grant Contest @miltenyibiotec to attend the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) 2024 Congress in Rotterdam #EACR2024. This will connect me with fantastic cancer researchers in Europe!

Now Online First: Changes in hospital mortality in patients with #cancer during the #COVID19 pandemic in the #UK (ISARIC-CCP-UK): a prospective, multicentre cohort study thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

@connrboyle @SurgicalSaber @NOTSS_lab @RichSkipworth @edinsurg_online Congratulations! Great team and a great appointment!

2 year research post confirmed with @SurgicalSaber 🎉 can't wait to join such a great team @NOTSS_lab @RichSkipworth

Our latest research for people with cancer in @TheLancetOncol - important lessons for still vulnerable groups. Big team science! @LanceTurtle @cancermedic @EdinburghUni @LivUni @EdinUniUsher @CRUK_Policy @CRUKScotland

Many thanks to all our co-authors and the ISARIC @ISARIC1 @CCPUKstudy team, particularly Sarah Elliot (twitter handle unknown to me!), @ewenharrison @ProfCalumSemple @cancermedic and many others!

We’re pleased to share our latest analysis of the ISARIC4C CCP-UK dataset of patients hospitalised with COVID in the UK, looking at patients having treatment for cancer over the first two years of the pandemic. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our fabulous new group at @EdinUni_IGC studying liver plasticity and cancer. Come join our team! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Delighted to have been awarded the @UofGCancerSci post-graduate prize for my time as a PhD student at @CRUK_SI 🎉 Thanks to the panel for selecting me! Thanks to everyone at ‘The Beatson’, especially @immuno_ed and all of the @Robertslab1 for supporting me through the PhD! 💖

If you’re interested in liver cancer, cancer prevention, BH3-mimetics or are just keen to join this fantastic team👇🏻; check out our @CR_UK funded postdoc position at the @CRUK_SI. Deadline 31/01/24.

🔥6 modern lessons in appendicitis every uptodate surgeon should know 👉 Appendicitis is common, it’s hard to diagnose, and every surgeon has an opinion. I’ve been reading, publishing, and reviewing on it since 2011, since one of the first collaborative research projects ever: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23842836/ So here are 6 modern, evidence-based lessons every surgeon around the world should know🧵:

Great first part on @STARSurgUK and the #student empowerment across the world 🌍 🙌🏻 #STARSURG10 #collaborativeresearch #surgicalresearch @EuroSurg @GlobalSurg @RCSEd @Sivesh93 @Tom_Drake1 @kennethmclean92 @ayamriad @da_chaudhry @kouli_omar @profp_edinsurg

Ms Ruth Blanco Colino (@ruthbc93) tells us about our European partners @EuroSurg and their experience with collaborative academic surgery #starsurg10

@Tom_Drake1 walks down memory lane with how @STARSurgUK started at @RCSnews

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In low- and middle-income countries, laparoscopic surgery is perhaps more cost effective than imagined links.springernature.com/f/a/J_M4z7gv2L…~

#2 is my favourite type. Not that I'm biased in any way... (300 is optimistically small anyways) @dnepo @DrJamesGlasbey @aneelbhangu @Sivesh93 @Tom_Drake1 @kennethmclean92 @harryclax @MikeFBath

@OmarMOmar15 @UoB_IAHR @NIHR_GSU @aneelbhangu @dnepo @DrJamesGlasbey @MariaPicciochi @VirginiaLedda @Sivesh93 @JoanaffSimoes @yanelizabethli Congratulations!

Thanks @UoB_IAHR @NIHR_GSU Looking forward to get started.