Since May 2010 she has been overseeing all the clinics that are run to recruit and follow up participants in the rapid reduction smoking cessation study. She is involved with the preparation and setting up of clinics in the preloading trial that is due to start early 2012. Miriam’s previous experience as a research associate in the department of Primary Care Clinical Science has included teaching patients to take their own blood pressures in the TASMINH2 study, and screening patients for suitability for colonoscopy screening in the MMP9 study. Qualifications