Claire Snowdon BA MA PhD
- c/o Diana Elbourne, Room G31
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
- T: 020 7927 2629
- F: 020 7637 2853
I have a BA in English Literature and an MA Women's Studies. My PhD at LSHTM was completed in 2005, and was entitled "Collaboration, participation and non-participation: decisions about involvement in randomised controlled trials for clinicians and parents in two neonatal trials".
My current research builds on work conducted at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), Oxford (1994-97) and at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (1997-2005).
Affiliation
Teaching
I am a seminar leader for the Principles of Social Research compulsory module in Term 1.
Research
Since 1994 I have worked on issues relating to the conduct of clinical trials with Diana Elbourne. Our work started at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and moved to LSHTM in 1987. We take a qualitative approach, aiming to gain insights into the views and experieces of a variety of parties associated largely with perinatal clinical trials. Amongst the topics that we have considered are decision-making for trial enrolment, the management of feedback of results to trial participants and postmortems for research purposes.
We are currently funded by HTA to focus on issues around bereavement subsequent to trial enrolment for parents of neonates, clinicians and trial team members (The Bracelet Study - www.bracelet-study.org.uk). The first survey phase of this research was conducted by Sheila Harvey. In-depth interviews for the second qualitative phase will start in 2009.
Research areas
- Clinical trials
- Ethics
Other interests
- Consent
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Selected publications
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BRACELET study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials.
Snowdon, C.; Harvey, S.E.; Brocklehurst, P.; Tasker, R.C.; Ward Platt, M.P.; Allen, E.; Elbourne, D.;
Trials, 2010; 11(1):65
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Effectiveness of bereavement interventions in neonatal intensive care: A review of the evidence.
Harvey, S.; Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D.;
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med, 2008; 13(5):341-56
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Recruitment to randomised trials: strategies for trial enrolment and participation study. The STEPS study.
Campbell, M.K.; Snowdon, C.; Francis, D.; Elbourne, D.; McDonald, A.M.; Knight, R.; Entwistle, V.; Garcia, J.; Roberts, I.; Grant, A.; Grant, A.; The STEPS group, .;
Health Technol Assess, 2007; 11(48):1-126
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Declining enrolment in a clinical trial and injurious misconceptions: is there a flipside to the therapeutic misconception?
Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D.; Garcia, J.
Clin Ethics, 2007; 2(4):193-200
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"It was a snap decision": Parental and professional perspectives on the speed of decisions about participation in perinatal randomised controlled trials.
Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D.; Garcia, J.;
Soc Sci Med, 2006; 62(9):2279-90
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Financial considerations in the conduct of multi-centre randomised controlled trials: evidence from a qualitative study.
Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D.; Garcia, J.; Campbell, M.K.; Entwistle, V.A.; Francis, D.; Grant, A.M.; Knight, R.C.; McDonald, A.M.; Roberts, I.;
Trials, 2006; 7(1):34
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Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: attitudes of neonatologists and pathologists
Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D. R.; Garcia, J.
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2004; 89(3):F204-7
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Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: attitudes of bereaved parents
Snowdon, C.; Elbourne, D. R.; Garcia, J.
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2004; 89(3):F208-11
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