CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Wound management of Open Lower Limb Fractures (WOLLF) - full proposal, with Professor Matthew L Costa, Clinical Trials Unit, - Professor Stavros Petrou - Health Sciences Research Institute - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Dr Elizabeth Tutton - School of Health and Social Studies - - - - - Dr Julie Bruce - Health Sciences Research Institute Prof Sallie E Lamb - Health Sciences Research Institute Professor Damian R Griffin - Clinical Sciences Research Institute Dr Simon Gates - Health Sciences Research Institute - University of Warwick - University of Warwick, Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/03/2012 Project End Date: 28/02/2017
• Co-Sponsorship Agreement: Feasibility study of a trial of arthroscopic surgery for hip impingement compared with non-operative care, Funded by: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Project Start Date: 04/01/2012 Project End Date: 31/12/2013
• Distal Radius Fracture (DRAFFT), with Associate Professor Matthew Costa, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Miss Claire Daffern - Health Sciences Research Institute Professor Nigel Stallard - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Sarah J Duggan - Health Sciences Research Institute - - Prof Sallie E Lamb - Health Sciences Research Institute Professor Damian R Griffin - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: HTA, Project Start Date: 01/07/2010 Project End Date: 31/12/2013
• A randomised controlled trial of total arthroplasty resurfacing versus hemi-arthroplasty resurfacing in the treatment of primary osteoarthritis of the shoulder, with Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute Mr Christopher D Smith - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/01/2011 Project End Date: 31/12/2013
• NIHR Programme Grant via Oxford NHS Trust: S3 Programme, with - - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: HTA, Project Start Date: 01/11/2009 Project End Date: 31/07/2013
• Research Contract: UK FASHIoN ? UK Feasibility Study of a trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Hip Impingement compared with Non-operative care, with - Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Professor Matthew L Costa - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - - Dr Ann E Adams - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/09/2011 Project End Date: 28/02/2013
• Bupa Foundation: The Warwick Hip Trauma Study, with Associate Professor Matthew Costa, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Dr Nicholas R Parsons - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - - Dr Juul Achten - Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Professor Damian R Griffin - Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: BUPA Foundation, Project Start Date: 01/04/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2012
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Professor Damian R Griffin,Turner S, Aldridge J, Shergill N, (2011) 'Injuries in Gymnastics' in Sports Injuries, 486 - 491, Editors: Michael Hutson and Cathy Speed (978-0-19-953390-9), Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
• Parsons, N.R., et al.(2011) 'A statistical framework for quantifying clinical equipoise for individual cases during randomized controlled surgical trials' Trials 12 (1), (1745-6215) [article]
• Leung, E., Ferjani, A. M., Kitchen, A., Griffin, D., Stellard, N. and Wong, L. S.(2011) 'Risk-adjusted scoring systems can predict surgeons? performance in colorectal surgery' The Surgeon 9 (1), 3 - 7 (1479-666X) [article]
• Achten, J., Parsons, N. R., Edlin, R. P., Griffin, D. R. and Costa, M. L.(2010) 'A randomised controlled trial of total hip arthroplasty versus resurfacing arthroplasty in the treatment of young patients with arthritis of the hip joint' BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 11 8 (1471-2474) [article]
• Audige L, Griffin D, Bhandari M, Kellam J and Ruedi TP(2005) 'Path analysis of factors for delayed healing and nonunion in 416 operatively treated tibial shaft fractures.' Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research 438 221 - 232 (0009-921X)

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Conferences

RESEARCH DEGREES SUPERVISED

• Influence of the Mechanical Environment upon the Healing of Segmental Bone Defects in the Rat Femur, Date of Completion: 2010
• Education of scoring systems in colorectal surgery, Date of Completion: 2009
• Fixclips-biological internal fixation system in paediatric orthopaedics, Date of Completion: 2009
• The effect of BMP-2 and its inhibitors on fracture repair, Date of Completion: 2009
• Patient Factors Associated with Outcome after Total Knee Replacement, Date of Completion: 2009
• Biomechanical study of optimum distal interlocking screw configuration in distal metaphyseal fractures of tibia treated with intramedullary nails using joint simulation: A clinically relevant approach