Participating Sites
ASCEND has 8 trial sites in the UK. You can see them on the map below.
Clinical Research Associates (CRA) from the Sponsor team have been allocated to each site to monitor the study. You can find your CRA contact below.
S01: Guy’s Hospital, London
Chief Investigator: Professor David Jackson
Clinical Research Associate: Kirsty Barnwell
Email: kirsty.barnwell@kcl.ac.uk
S02: Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
Principal Investigator: Professor Adel Mansur
Clinical Research Associate: Kirsty Barnwell
Email: kirsty.barnwell@kcl.ac.uk
S03: Bradford Royal Infirmary
Principal Investigator: Professor Dinesh Saralaya
Clinical Research Associate: Elaine Yiadom-Boakye
Email: elaine.yiadom-boakye@kcl.ac.uk
S04: Gartnavel Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Principal Investigator: Dr Rekha Chaudhuri
Clinical Research Associate: Jeanette Hansen
Email: jeanette.hansen@kcl.ac.uk
S05: Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
Principal Investigator: Professor Dominick Shaw
Clinical Research Associate: Kirsty Barnwell
Email: kirsty.barnwell@kcl.ac.uk
S06: Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Principal Investigator: Dr Hassan Burhan
Clinical Research Associate: Kirin Sultana
Email: kirin.sultana@kcl.ac.uk
S07: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
Principal Investigator: Dr Thomas Brown
Clinical Research Associate: Kirsty Barnwell
Email: kirsty.barnwell@kcl.ac.uk
S08: University Hospital Southampton
Principal Investigator: Dr Hitasha Rupani
Clinical Research Associate: Elaine Yiadom-Boakye
Email: elaine.yiadom-boakye@kcl.ac.uk
The ASCEND study is open to recruitment until the end of October 2025.
