Vichithranie Madurasinghe
MSc
Medical Statistician & Course Tutor
Vichithranie is a medical statistician, and the course tutor on the MSc in Clinical Trials.
She has been involved in design and analysis of range of studies including clinical trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, studies using routinely collected data and methodological research.
In particular, Vichithranie is part of the research team that assesses the feasibility of embedded study methodology for testing recruitment strategies for clinical trials and developed the reporting guidelines for embedded studies.
She completed her master’s degree in Medical Statistics at the University of Leicester, UK in 2009, and worked in academia and the National Health Service before joining the Clinical Trials Service Unit in 2020.
Her research interests are developing methods for design, delivery and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies in health research.
Recent publications
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Beta-blocker therapy in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (B-HFpEF): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Kaddoura DR. et al, (2024), Curr Probl Cardiol
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Can we achieve better trial recruitment by presenting patient information through multimedia? Meta-analysis of 'studies within a trial' (SWATs).
Journal article
Madurasinghe VW. et al, (2023), BMC Med, 21
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Supported Intervention Versus Intervention Alone for Management of Fecal Incontinence in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multicenter Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial
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Dibley L. et al, (2023), Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 50, 235 - 244
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STOP— a training intervention to optimise treatment for smoking cessation in community pharmacies: cluster randomised controlled trial
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Jumbe S. et al, (2022), BMC Medicine, 20
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Can we achieve better recruitment by providing better information? Meta-analysis of 'studies within a trial' (SWATs) of optimised participant information sheets.
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Madurasinghe VW. et al, (2021), BMC Med, 19