MaGiCAD
News
MaGiCAD news items are listed below, with most recent at the top.
| 24/06/05 | Today the 100th (and final) MaGiCAD partner was recruited into the study. The first partner was recruited on 9/10/03. Well done Caryl! |
| 17/06/05 | It is with regret we announce that Claire Nugent has recently decided not to return to MaGiCAD. She has been on maternity leave since the birth of her daughter last year. Claire started work as a clinical research assistant in October 2002 and took on the roll of Study Co-ordinator when Sarah Hayns went on maternity leave. As well as fulfilling her management responsibilities, Claire recruited the greatest number of patients for the study. We are all grateful for her outstanding work in MaGiCAD and will miss her. |
| 05/01/05 | A paper we submitted to the journal Atherosclerosis was recently accepted for publication. This will be the first paper published using samples from the MaGiCAD study. Click here for a summary. |
| 10/12/04 | Today was Sarah Hayns' last day with the MaGiCAD team.
Sarah was the first clinical research assistant to begin work on the
MaGiCAD study, in October 2001, and many of the procedures that we
use today were set up by her. Sarah went on maternity leave in October
'02 and returned part-time in July of 2003. She resumed her
role as Study Co-ordinator when Claire Nugent left on maternity leave
in April. Sarah has gone to a permanent position based at Addenbrooke's
Hospital in Cambridge. We all wish her well in her new job. Sarah was
an energetic, conscientious and efficient member of the MaGiCAD team
and will be missed by us all. |
| 12/7/04 | Last week Ruth Westbrooke joined us for the Summer period to do some analysis of the MaGiCAD samples. She is a student in her second year studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge University. |
| 8/7/04 | Today Caryl Barnard recruited our 1000th MaGiCAD study recruit! Please click here for more information. |
| 18/6/04 | Congratulations to Claire and husband David on the arrival of Amélie, born 14 June. All are doing well. |
| 27/4/04 | On 18 April Claire Nugent left to go on to maternity leave. We all send her our best wishes for June. |
| 27/4/04 | No news for a while, but we have now recruited 888 patients in MaGiCAD! |
| 12/12/03 | We are now well over 700 patients recruited into MaGiCAD. Thank you all for your help! And have a very happy Christmas! |
| 9/10/03 | First MaGiCAD partner recruited into study by Caryl Barnard. |
| 14/07/03 | Our new Clinical Research Assistant, Annik Panicker started today. See the Staff page for more details. |
| 12/6/03 | The 500th patient was recruited into MaGiCAD today! |
| 15/4/03 | We are currently recruiting another full-time CRA whose job description includes some time working on the MaGiCAD study. NB: Applications have now closed. |
| 2/4/03 | Claire and Caryl are today recruiting our 400th patient into MaGiCAD. This is a big milestone, as the original study design catered for only 400 patients. |
| 27/2/03 | MaGiCAD is now up to 350 patients! Only another 1300 to go! |
| 16/12/02 | There has been substantial media interest in the new metabonomic test for heart disease. The BBC has the story on its web-site, while there has been substantial coverage in many National and local newspapers (including The Times, The Telegraph, and The Mail) |
| 27/11/02 | On the 24 November we published in the journal Nature
Medicine a paper describing the use of metabonomics as a potential
alternative to angiography for diagnosing heart disease. This is
potentially a very significant step forward in replacing angiography
with a minimially-invasive alternative. One of the aims of MaGiCAD
is to further evaluate the use of metabonomics for diagnosing heart
disease. Follow this
link to the paper. The joint press release from Imperial College,
London, the University of Cambridge and Papworth Hospital is here. |
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4/11/02 |
Sarah Hayns
has left us on her maternity leave. We wish her and her new arrival
(due late November) the very best wishes. |
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4/11/02 |
We have now employed two further Clinical Research Assistants, Caryl
Barnard and Claire Nugent. See the Staff page
for more details. |
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1/8/02 |
We will shortly be interviewing for another clinical research assistant
to be based at Papworth Hospital. This should increase the rate at
which MaGiCAD will grow! |
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18/7/02 |
Initial analysis has now been completed. See Results for details! |
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MaGiCAD has now been computerised! All new questionnaires are now being administered using an Apple iBook computer. This will mean that time will not need to be spent transferring data from paper onto computer databases in the future. |