Nicole Mckeown

As a Clinical Health Psychology post-graduate student, my academic and social interests have advanced into a passion for health research. As a research professional with strong skills focusing on clinical data research, I can provide critical insight towards new challenges in research data and methodologies, as well as a drive to constantly learn and update such skills in practice. As an enthusiastic and highly motivated person, accustomed to using my own initiative as well as a proven team player; I approach any situation with integrity and a disciplined positive attitude.

CLINICAL DATA ASSOCIATE, CELERION BELFAST

• Responsible for handling, correcting and capturing various forms of source clinical data into eCRFs for healthy and patient clinical trial studies.
• Verifying robustness and ensuring study and safety data is quality controlled and entered in accordance with GCP and sponsor-specific protocols and timelines.
• Collaborating with study managers, senior stakeholders and auditors to provide documentation, updates and responses to query logs.
• Utilising online databases and systems, EDCs, collaboration tools and file management systems for data cleaning procedures and coding for database locks.
• Prioritising workload to accommodate timelines for project milestones and deadline targets

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

• Data collection procedures for multi-cultural quantitative study design
• Assisted ethical approval, protocols, translation of manuscripts and preparation of study events and equipment
• Administered standardised numerical, literature and cognitive testing
• Transferred digital and source data and assisted in study data cleaning within deadlines

ONCOLOGY RESEARCH ASSISTANT, ACTION CANCER BELFAST

• Assisted pilot scheme research in health promotion unit
• Collaborated with clinic staff, patients, study managers and funding sponsors
• Prepared and managed patient databases and study data set up
• Coded and cleaned data appropriately, input into SPSS, and performed descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses, ANOVA/Regression models of quantitative data
• Transcribed source quantitative data, performed thematic and content analyses
• Academic reporting of study results, disseminating findings to a multidisciplinary team, and assisting in research funding applications

MSC CLINICAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Graduated with Commendation (72%).

• Academic, clinical and practical experience in independent health research design, literature and systematic reviews, data collection, recruitment and sampling clinical populations
• Qualitative methods of data analysis; transcribing interviews and thematic analysis
• Quantitative methods (coding and cleaning data, assumption testing, regression models, ANOVA, reliability/validity analysis, moderation and mediation analysis
• Thesis report writing and applications for ethical approval and academic journal peer review
• Application of ethical guidelines within research, presentation and disseminating of results

BSC PSYCHOLOGY, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

-Graduated with First class honours in BPS accredited course.

A-LEVEL, ST DOMINIC’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BELFAST

Mathematics (B) - Psychology (A) - Irish (A) - Business Studies/AS (A)