The Sponsor is the individual, or organisation (or group of individuals or organisations) that takes on responsibility for confirming there are proper arrangements to initiate, manage, monitor and finance a study. For any research that takes place in the context of the NHS in Scotland, there must be a Sponsor. Normally, the Sponsor will be one of the organisations taking the lead for particular aspects of the arrangements for the study. The sponsor may be the Chief Investigator’s employing organisation, the lead organisation providing healthcare, or the main funder.
R&I Management Approval is no longer provided by the Glasgow Sponsored Team, this is now provided by another R&I Systems Team member, independently of the Sponsor Co-ordinator
The Sponsor Team provide information and support to researchers from study inception right up to the point of issuing R&I Management Approval. The Sponsor Team can offer guidance in the following areas:
- Study Planning and Design
- Grant applications and study costings
- Any required study specific permissions and approvals (e.g. Ethics Approval, MHRA etc.)
- Study set-up support (e.g. making contact with appropriate support departments such as R&I Pharmacy and Imaging)
- Study documentation development (including study protocol, patient information and consent forms etc.)
- Sponsor confirmation and assistance with any contracts and/or agreements
If you wish NHSGGC to Sponsor your study (or Co-Sponsor with the University of Glasgow), you should contact the R&I Sponsor Team as early as possible.
To find the appropriate contact in the R&I Sponsor Team for your study, please use the Info Path document available here.
You can also find the contact details for the Sponsor Team below.
The interactive Sponsor Team SOP Roadmap gives further information on the Sponsor process in NHSGGC.
Sponsor Team Contacts
Study Type
Ionising Radiation for combined review of clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product Ionising Radiation and Devices form for combined review of combined trial of an investigational medicinal product and an investigational medical device Clinical investigation or other study of a medical device Other clinical trial to study a novel intervention or randomised clinical trial to compare interventions in clinical practice.
Disease Area
Critical Care Dermatology Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Medical Genetics Mental Health (Includes Adolescent Psychiatry, Alcohol/Drugs Misuse, Adult Mental Health, Psychological Medicine/ Clinical Psychology, Family Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Learning Disability) Neurology (Non Stroke) (Includes Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Migraine & Headache) Ophthalmology Pathology Stroke.
Sponsor Co-ordinator
Mrs Barbara Ross – Academic Research Co-ordinator
barbara.ross@ggc.scot.nhs.uk / 0141 314 4011
Administrative Support
Ms Brittany Graham Senior Research Administrator Brittany.Graham@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4011 Line Manager: Mrs Barbara Ross.
| Study Type | Disease Area | Sponsor Co-ordinator | Administrative Support |
| As above | Anaesthetics Cardiology (Colin Berry and John McMurray team led) Cardiovascular & Exercise Medicine Diabetes Heath Services and Delivery Research (Includes Biochemistry, Immunology, Clinical and Medical Physics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Homeopathy) Haepatology Infectious Diseases (Includes Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Virology and Bacteriology) Metabolic and Endocrine (Includes Dietetics, Metabolic Disease and Human Nutrition) Physiotherapy Public Health (Includes Occupational Health, Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and Family Planning) Surgery (Includes Burns, Plastic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery) | Dr Maureen Travers Academic Research Co-ordinator Maureen.travers@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4012 | Mrs Kirsty Theron Senior Research Administrator Kirsty.Theron@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4011 Line Manager: Dr Maureen Travers |
| As above | Paediatrics and Neonatal Gastroenterology Orthopaedics Rheumatology A & E, Trauma & Emergencies Haematology (Non Oncology and Oncology) Oral and Dental Health Cardiology (John Cleland team led) Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Midwifery Renal and Urology Respiratory Medicine | Ms Alison Hamilton Academic Research Co-ordinator Alison.Hamilton@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4414 | Ms Brittany Graham Senior Research Administrator Brittany.Graham@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4011 Line Manager: Ms Alison Hamilton |
| As above | ALL Cancer and CRUK co-ordinated Cancer studies | Ms Joanne McGarry Academic Research Co-ordinator Joanne.McGarry@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4001 | Mrs Kirsty Theron Senior Research Administrator Kirsty.Theron@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4011 Line Manager: Ms Joanne McGarry |
| Study administering questionnaires/interviews for quantitative analysis, or using mixed quantitative/qualitative methodology Study involving qualitative methods only Study limited to working with human tissue samples (or other biological samples) and data (specific project only) Study limited to working with data (specific project only) Research tissue bank or Research database Patient Information Centres (PIC) Basic Science Study involving procedures with human participants | All of the above | Ms Rebecca Jardine Research Facilitator rebecca.jardine@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 4172 | Ms Islay Morrison Research Administrator islay.morrison2@ggc.scot.nhs.uk 0141 314 0230 Line Manager: Ms Rebecca Jardine |