Teams

The PANTHER Trial team includes doctors, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, and scientists from around the world with internationally recognized expertise in treating respiratory failure.

Executive

The executive team provides strategic oversight, ensuring trials are aligned with organisational goals, properly resourced, and compliant with regulatory and ethical standards. They monitor progress, manage risks, and address challenges while coordinating with stakeholders like internal teams, regulatory agencies, and investors. 

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Prof Victoria Cornelius

BSc, PhD

  • Chair , Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology
  • Director , Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Dr Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Biobanking

The Biobanking team manages the collection, processing, storage, and distribution of biological samples like blood and tissue. They ensure the samples are preserved correctly, maintain data integrity, follow strict quality control protocols, and comply with ethical and legal standards. Their work is essential for advancing medical research and developing personalized treatments.

Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Dr Emma Davenport

DPhil

  • Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Dr. Lorenzo Del Sorbo

MD

  • Attending Physician, University Health Network
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dhruv Parekh

  • Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
  • Consultant , Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
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Prof Manu Shankar-Hari

  • Chair , University of Edinburgh
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ECR

Early career researchers (ECRs) are in the initial stages of their research careers. ECRs play a vital role in advancing scientific knowledge and innovation, often bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas to their fields. They are usually involved in a variety of research activities, including conducting experiments, publishing papers, and applying for grants to support their work. 

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Jun Kataoka

  • Attending physician, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo
  • Clinician scientist, St. Marianna University
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Funding

The funding team manages the financial aspects, including budget planning, securing funding, monitoring expenditures, allocating resources, ensuring compliance with regulations, and preparing financial reports. They ensure the trial has the necessary financial resources to run smoothly and efficiently.

Dr. Niall Ferguson

MD, MSc

  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health
  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Intervention prioritisation

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) involves patients and the public in the research process. They help design studies, develop protocols, improve recruitment and retention, ensure ethical standards, and assist in disseminating results. PPI enhances the quality, relevance, and ethical standards of clinical trials by incorporating the perspectives of those directly affected by the research.

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Patrick Lawler

MD, MPH, FRCPC

  • Cardiologist, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
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Dr. John Marshall

MD, FRCSC, FACS FCAHS

  • Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Attending Surgeon and Intensivist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Prof Manu Shankar-Hari

  • Chair , University of Edinburgh
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Methodology

The methodology team designs the study, develops protocols, analyses data, ensures quality control, provides methodological support, and reports findings accurately. Their work ensures the trial is scientifically sound and the results are reliable and reproducible.

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
image of Lieuwe Bos

Prof Victoria Cornelius

BSc, PhD

  • Chair , Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology
  • Director , Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Dr. Anna Heath

MMath, PhD

  • Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
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Dr Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr Rachel Phillips

MSc, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
  • Head of Statistics, Imperial College London
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Dr Ed Waddingham

MMath, MSc, PhD

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PPI involvement

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) involves patients and the public in the research process. They help design studies, develop protocols, improve recruitment and retention, ensure ethical standards, and assist in disseminating results. PPI enhances the quality, relevance, and ethical standards of clinical trials by incorporating the perspectives of those directly affected by the research.

Dr Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dhruv Parekh

  • Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
  • Consultant , Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
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Dr Johnny Stewart

  • Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Operations

The clinical trial operations team is responsible for planning trials, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing trial sites, coordinating communication among teams, maintaining quality control, handling budgets, and overseeing trial closeout and reporting. They ensure that clinical trials run smoothly, safely, and according to protocols and guidelines.

There are no team members at this time.

Outcomes

The outcomes team will ensure that we have long term follow up data from patients. 

There are no team members at this time.