Julia is a Clinical Trials Manager based in the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit. Dr Julia Boyd Clinical Trials Manager Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Usher Institute College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 651 9908 Email: julia.boyd@ed.ac.uk Background Having completed my nurse training in Edinburgh I then went onto study for a BSc with honours in Molecular Biology at Edinburgh University. Following this I completed a PhD at the MRC Human Genetics Unit and went onto work as a post doc in various departments at the University. I then moved into the field of clinical research and have experience of working in both commercial and academic environments. I joined the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit as a Trial Manager in 2007. I first became involved in Critical Care research in 2009 when I joined Tim Walsh and his team to work on the RELIEVE study, a feasibility study looking at transfusion triggers. Research I am currently the trial manager for the A2B Trial, an ICU sedation study, to investigate whether Alpha 2 agonists for sedation lead to better outcomes from critical illness. HTML This article was published on 2024-09-24
