Professor Athene Lane
B.Sc.(York), Ph.D.(Wales)
Current positions
Professor of Trials Research
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
My research focuses on the design and conduct of clinical trials, methods to improve clinical trials, links between diet/physical activity and prostate cancer, cancer prevention and survivorship and Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
BRC2 - Diet and Physical Activity Theme
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2022 to 30/11/2027
8071 MRC via UoLiverpool HTMR Network Impact Award (CLOSED)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2019
PLAN-A
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Phase 1 – Pilot Study
In this phase of the study we worked with Year 8 girls in one Wiltshire school. We held four focus groups with the girls to get…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/07/2018 to 31/03/2021
Clinician engagement in trials - surgical trainee collaboratives
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2017 to 31/10/2018
Development of evidence-based retention in clinical trials
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2013 to 01/04/2015
Publications
Recent publications
12/03/2025Five-year Follow-up of the Urodynamics for Prostate Surgery Trial; Randomised Evaluation of Assessment Methods—A Noninferiority Randomised Controlled Trial of Urodynamics
European Urology Focus
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators for Ethnic Minority Groups to Audio Recording Recruitment Discussions in Clinical Trials: A Participatory Approach to Improving Informed Consent and Participation
Health Expectations
Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT
NIHR Health Technology Assessment
Conservative management versus invasive management of significant traumatic pneumothoraces in the emergency department (the CoMiTED trial)
BMJ Open
Cost-effectiveness of a primary healthcare intervention to treat male lower urinary tract symptoms
BMJ Open
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