Lizzie Bailes

I joined the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) in October 2024 as a Research assistant. My background is in social care and mental health and I have worked with different populations:

• Adults with longstanding mental health difficulties
• Children with ADHD and tics
• Adults who have experienced critical illness and hospital-based traumas
• Hospital staff

I have also gained some experience as a research assistant working for the University of Sheffield (SUMS) on a project exploring burnout of employees working within environmental sectors.

I joined the CTRU to gain experience of working in a clinical research context, I wanted to expand my knowledge of these processes and learn about different conditions and treatment modalities. Since joining the CTRU I have been working as a Research Assistant on two studies: EXPERTS-ALS and Star-MS.