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David Murray BSc

Senior Trials Programmer david.murray@npeu.ox.ac.uk

Biography

After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc in Applied Geology, David spent four years as a seismic geophysicist within the oil and gas exploration industry. In 2001 David worked for a GIS and cartographic company in Oxford as a software developer.

Since joining the NPEU as a Trials Programmer in November 2011, David has worked on numerous studies (including SIFT, ELFIN, ANODE, Poppi, TOBY Xe, Baby-OSCAR and NeoCLEAR) and since March 2020 the RECOVERY study. In 2014 he was appointed Senior Trials Programmer. His responsibilities include the development, validation and maintenance of clinical data databases to ensure that high quality data are available for analysis.

He has a particular interest in clinical trial data management and is a member of the Association for Clinical Data Management https://acdmglobal.org/.

Projects

ANODE: prophylactic ANtibiotics for the prevention of infection following Operative DElivery ARCTIC: The efficacy and safety of two topical antiseptic solutions for skin disinfection prior to percutaneous central venous catheter insertion in preterm neonates: a feasibility study Baby-OSCAR: Outcome after Selective Early Treatment for Closure of Patent Ductus ARteriosus in Pre-term Babies DOLFIN: Developmental Outcomes of Long Term Feed Fortification in Neonates E-Freeze: E-Freeze: Freezing of embryos in assisted conception: a randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a policy of freezing embryos followed by thawed frozen embryo transfer, compared with a policy of fresh embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. ELFIN Study: A multi-centre randomised placebo-controlled trial of prophylactic enteral lactoferrin supplementation to prevent late-onset invasive infection in very preterm infants EXPRESS: EXPRESS - Expressing in prematurity - Simple interventions. Does a guided relaxation audio track increase yield of expressed milk in mothers of very preterm infants? A randomised controlled trial and nested exploratory work. FROSTTIE: FROSTTIE: A randomised controlled trial of FRenotomy Or breastfeeding Support for babies with Tongue-TIE Minidex: Minidex: The efficacy and safety of very low dose dexamethasone used to facilitate the extubation of ventilator dependent preterm babies who are at high risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. NeoCLEAR: NeoCLEAR: Neonatal Champagne Lumbar punctures Every time u2013 An RCT. A multicentre, randomised controlled 2x2 factorial trial to investigate techniques to increase lumbar puncture success neoGASTRIC: neGASTRIC Poppi: A blinded randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of morphine analgesia for procedural pain in infants. SIFT Study: SIFT – Speed of Increasing milk Feeds Trial SurfON: SurfON – Surfactant Or Not TOAST: Treating Oesophageal Atresia to prevent Stricture ToSCiN: Timing of Stoma Closure in Neonates (ToSCiN) UKMidSS: UK Midwifery Study System

Team