Professor Gareth Griffiths BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor of Clinical Trials, Director of the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
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Professor Gareth Griffiths is Professor of Clinical Trials within Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Professor Griffiths was appointed to the Chair of Clinical Trials and Director of the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit in July 2014. Having graduated with a BSc in Biological Sciences (joint statistics and biology) at Reading University, a MSc in Statistics in applications in Medicine at Southampton University and later a Phd in bladder cancer clinical trials at Cardiff University, has spent the majority of his career in the area of clinical trials. He has held the position of senior statistician/scientific lead at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, Director of the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR - Wales) Cancer Registered Research Group and Director and founder of the Wales Cancer Trials Unit in Cardiff before his current appointment at Southampton University.
Professor Griffiths is the Director of the UKCRC registered Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) which is based within the Faculty of Medicine. Southampton CTU is Cancer Research UK (CRUK) core funded and receives National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials unit support funding.
Qualifications
BSc in Biological Sciences, Reading University 1993
MSc in Statistics with applications in medicine, Southampton University 1994
Phd in bladder cancer clinical trials, Cardiff University 2013
Appointments held
Present Director of the Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
Professor of Clinical trials
2005 – 2014 Director of the Wales Cancer Trials Unit
2000 – 2005 Scientific lead/Senior Medical Statistician, Medical Research Council’s Clinical Trials Unit
1996 – 2000 Medical Statistician, Medical Research Council’s Clinical Trials Unit
1994 – 1996 Statistician Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
Also April 2010 to July 2014, Director of the NISCHR Cancer Registered Research Group