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Overview
- 160 full-time employees
- 25 part-time or 'bank' employees
- 120 graduates or postgraduates
- 8 registered physicians
- 40 registered nurses
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Managing and Clinical Director
Malcolm Boyce BSc MB ChB FRCP FFPM FRQA FCMI Chartered FCIPD QP
Malcolm was the founding Managing and Clinical Director of HMR in 1993. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator for several hundred trials of potential new medicines in healthy volunteers and in patients. His special interest is in asthma and allergy. He also has responsibility for our ISO 9001 quality system.
He qualified in physiology in 1966 and medicine in 1969, at Bristol University, and subsequently became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Physicians. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
From 1969-1976, he held various posts in clinical and academic medicine, before becoming a pharmaceutical physician in the international pharmaceutical industry. During that time, he carried out or co-ordinated numerous trials in Europe and the USA across all phases of drug development, with a wide variety of potential new medicines.
He is a member of the London Multicentre Research Ethics Committee, the ABPI Clinical Trials Committee, and various professional societies, including the British Pharmacological Society and the Association of Human Pharmacologists in the Pharmaceutical Industry. He has published over 90 articles in journals and books on development of new medicines.
Click here to see a copy of Malcolm's CV.
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Medical Director
Steve Warrington MA MD FRCP FFPM
Steve was the founding Medical Director of HMR in 1993. He has been the principal investigator for many trials of potential new medicines in healthy volunteers, especially first-administration-to-man trials. He holds a licence for administration of radiolabelled medicines to man.
He qualified in physiology, in 1968, and in medicine, in 1971, at Cambridge University. He trained in clinical pharmacology, internal medicine and in cardiology at St Bartholomew's Hospital and was awarded an MD in 1984 by Cambridge University, for research into non-invasive methods of testing cardiovascular medicines in healthy subjects. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Physicians. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
During 1981-1993, he was Medical Director of a commercial clinical pharmacology unit linked to the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St Bartholomew's Hospital.
He is a committee member of the Clinical Section of the British Pharmacological Society, a referee for various clinical pharmacology journals, and the author of more than 150 publications on general and specialist clinical pharmacology.
Click here to see a copy of Steve's CV.
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Key Staff
Projects Director
Yuet Lewis SRN
Yuet was the founding Chief Research Nurse of HMR in 1993, became Projects Manager in 1995, and Projects Director in 2003. She prepares quotations and schedules trials, taking account of needs for staff, beds and other resources.
Yuet is a qualified nurse with 20 years' experience of clinical pharmacology trials.
Financial Director and Company Secretary
Kevin O'Brien BComm FCMA
Kevin is another founder member of HMR. In 1995, he became Company Secretary, and in 1996, he became a full-time member of staff. In 2003, Kevin was appointed Financial Director. He is responsible for our accounting systems, payroll, pension schemes, taxation compliance, monetary assets, the statutory books, and information disclosed to the Registrar of Companies.
Kevin became a Bachelor of Commerce at University College, Cork, in 1985, a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in 1995, and a fellow of CIMA in 2006.
Staff Training Manager
Dawn Sherman RGN
Dawn joined HMR as a Research Nurse in 2001, and, as one of our most experienced nurses, was appointed as Staff Training Manager in 2006. Before joining HMR, Dawn worked as a senior sister in the NHS for over 5 years, and as a nurse manager in a phase 2 clinical pharmacology unit for 3 years.
Dawn qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1987. Her other qualifications include ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice (1992), ENB 176 Critical Care Course (1992) and a Diploma in Management Studies (1995).
Director of Clinical Science
Kate Darwin BA DPhil MRQA
Kate joined HMR as Medical Writer and Quality System Administrator in 1998, and became Head of Medical Writing and Quality Services in 2000. As Head of Medical Writing, she was responsible for the writing of our trial reports, and for training and providing support to staff in writing reports, protocols, ethics submissions etc. As Head of Quality Services, she managed the Quality Team. In 2005, Kate was promoted to Director of Clinical Science. She manages our team of Clinical Project Managers, and is responsible for medical writing and providing scientific regulatory support.
Kate gained a BA in Biochemistry in 1992 and a DPhil in microbiology in 1996, from Oxford University, and is a Member of the British Association of Research Quality Assurance.
Quality Manager
Afia Khatun Ali BSc
Afia joined HMR as a Research Technician in 2003, and soon became Quality Coordinator in her ward team. In 2004 she joined our QA department, as a Quality Research Associate. We promoted her to Quality Manager in 2008. As leader of Quality Services, Afia maintains our ISO 9001 quality system, and manages the QA department.
Afia holds a BSc in Pharmacology from University College London. She is an Associate Member of the British Association of Research Quality Assurance, and a Registered Member of the Institute of Clinical Research.
Head of Data Management and Statistics
Thomas Kumke MSc PhD
Thomas joined HMR as Head of Data Management and Statistics in 2006. The Data Management group builds trial databases, generates randomisation codes, and produces tables and listings for the clinical report. In addition to overseeing the group, Thomas writes Statistical Analysis Plans, does the statistical analysis of trial data, and provides statistical advice on trials.
Thomas received an MSc in Soil Science at the University of Aberdeen in 1993, a Diploma in Water Engineering in 1994 at the Technical University Dresden and his doctoral degree in Geoecology at the Technical University Braunschweig in 1998. From 1999 to 2005 he worked as a postdoctoral scientist in Palaeoecology and as a lecturer in Statistics in Ecology at the University of Potsdam.
Thomas is a member of various scientific societies in statistics and ecology, Associate Editor of Communications in Biometry and Crop Science and is author and co-author of more than 50 publications on geoecology, palaeoecology and statistical applications.
Head of Laboratory Services
Juan Naveda BSc FIBMS
Juan joined HMR as Head of Laboratory Services in 2001. He has extensive laboratory experience, including 10 years of laboratory development and management in the NHS and private pathology units. His expertise includes business planning and development and resource management.
Director of Human Resources and Administration
Stephen Smith BA MSc Chartered FCIPD FCMI FRSA
Stephen joined HMR as a Research Technician in 1996. He now has over ten years' experience of administration and staff recruitment here. In 2000 he became Head of Administration and Human Resource Management with additional responsibility for housekeeping and health and safety systems. He has chaired the Health and Safety committee since 1997. In 2005 he was made Director.
Before joining HMR, Stephen worked in NHS pathology laboratories for 6 years.
Stephen obtained a BA in Fine Art, in 1990, at Wimbledon School of Art, and an MSc in International Business, in 1999, at Birkbeck College, London University. He obtained fellowship of both the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and the Chartered Management Institute, in 2006. Stephen was nominated as Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2007.
Ward Manager
Sarah Boulton BSc
Sarah joined HMR as a Research Technician in 2000 and was promoted to Team Leader in 2002. She has over 7 years' experience of phase 1 clinical trials in healthy subjects, and has taken a lead role in more than 30 trials, testing a wide variety of new compounds. In 2007 she was promoted to Ward Manager, responsible for the day-to-day running of our wards.
Sarah holds a BSc in Psychology and Biology from Liverpool John Moores University.
IT Manager
John Kirk BSc MSc MBCS MIAP MRI
John joined HMR as IT Manager in 2005. In addition to managing the IT team, he is also responsible for developing software to assist in the management of clinical trials.
John gained a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Durham in 1995, and an MSc in Advanced Computing from Kings College London in 2004. He is also a member of the British Computer Society, the Institution of Analysts and Programmers, and the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
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Training
- 3 full-time trainers
- Induction training in procedures, GCP and ISO 9001 for all new staff
- Special training for individual trials
- Regular resuscitation training
- Attendance at external courses
- Course organisers and teachers of MSc in early drug development, Dept Clinical Pharmacology, St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Joint training programme with Thames Valley University
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Vacancies
We are a young, dynamic company and often have vacancies for nurses, technicians, physicians, clinical project managers, and support staff.
Research Nurse
Research Nurses are involved with all aspects of running a trial. In particular, Research Nurses are responsible for the safety and well-being of the trial subjects, and closely monitoring them after administration of the test medicine.
Research Nurses liaise with representatives from the companies sponsoring our trials, to ensure that the work is conducted in strict accordance with good clinical practice. The nurse's role has a large administrative component: preparing documents for forthcoming trials, maintaining records as trials progress, and checking the quality of trial documents. As Research Nurses gain experience, they are given responsibility for running trials.
Research Technician
Research Technicians work alongside nurses and physicians, in our busy wards. Amongst other duties, Research Technicians are responsible for the following: preparing documents for forthcoming trials; collecting and processing blood samples; recording physiological measurements; maintaining records as trials progress; checking the quality of trial documents; and liaising with representatives from the companies that sponsor our trials, to ensure that the work is conducted in strict accordance with good clinical practice. As Research Technicians gain experience, they are given responsibility for running trials.
University Certificate in Clinical Pharmacology Practice
Our training and induction programme for Research Nurses and Technicians has been accredited by Thames Valley University and acknowledged by the ABPI, and now leads to a nationally-recognised qualification. The programme lasts 18 months, and after successfully completing various assignments and modules, employees are awarded a University Certificate of Personal and Professional Development in Clinical Pharmacology Practice.
To apply
Please send your CV (including 'A' level grades and degree class) and a well-presented covering letter to:
Stephen Smith
Director of Human Resources and Administration
HMR
Central Middlesex Hospital
Acton Lane
Park Royal
London
NW10 7NS
Telephone: 020 8961 4130
Email: hmr@hmrlondon.com
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