Claire is the Assistant Trial Manager on the FIRST PETT Study in the Division of Care in Long Term Conditions. This study is trialling a novel treatment for PTSD with UK military veterans and one of Claire’s key activities will be supporting the recruitment and retention of trial participants. Claire has a particular interest in promoting patient and public involvement in research, supporting people with lived experience to be engaged in health care research.

Previously, Claire was a research assistant on the OPTIMA RCT programme, in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the IoPPN. OPTIMA was a mixed-methods study which aimed to help parents to manage their children’s disruptive and defiant behaviours via support offered through a digital app-based parent training course.Claire also holds a qualification in psychotherapeutic counselling and works in private practice supporting clients through a range of life challenges and emotional difficulties.