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Dr Ruth Tunn DPhil

Research Facilitator ruth.tunn@npeu.ox.ac.uk

Biography

Ruth joined the NPEU in April 2024 as a Research Facilitator. She supports the team through all stages of the research process, from horizon scanning for funding opportunities to facilitating dissemination.

Before joining the NPEU, Ruth worked in the Centre for Statistics in Medicine/Oxford University Clinical Trials Research Unit as a Research Fellow on an MRC–NIHR-funded project to update the CONSORT and SPIRIT guidelines for reporting randomised trials and their protocols. Prior to this, she spent seven years in Japan working as a senior editor and project manager in the researcher services industry, helping non-native English speaking academics and clinicians to publish and disseminate their research.

Ruth holds a BA in Physiology a DPhil in Pharmacology from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Publications

Tunn R, Boutron I, Chan AW, Collins GS, Hróbjartsson A, Moher D, Schulz KF, de Beyer JA, Hansen Nejstgaard C, Østengaard L, Hopewell S. Methods used to develop the SPIRIT 2024 and CONSORT 2024 Statements. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 29;169:111309. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111309

Hopewell S, Boutron I, Chan AW, Collins GS, de Beyer JA, Hróbjartsson A, Nejstgaard CH, Østengaard L, Schulz KF, Tunn R, Moher D. An update to SPIRIT and CONSORT reporting guidelines to enhance transparency in randomized trials. Nat Med. 2022 Sep;28(9):1740-1743. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01989-8