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 including research inclusion, links between diet/physical activity and prostate cancer, cancer prevention and survivorship and Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
A randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and mechanisms of online perinatal emotional skills groups compared to treatment as usual for women and birthing people with borderline personality disorder
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2025 to 31/12/2028
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
Publications
Recent publications
01/06/2026Long-term outcomes of cribriform-positive and cribriform-negative prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy in the ProtecT trial
BJU International
Measuring and evaluating participant understanding of consent processes in clinical trials
Trials
Patient-reported outcome measures in prostate research
BJU International
Rapid Respiratory Microbiological Point-of-Care Testing and Antibiotic Use in Primary Care
JAMA Internal Medicine
Physical Activity for health in South Asian Men with Prostate Cancer: A feasibility study
Related people
Dr Sian Noble
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Chris Metcalfe
Professor of Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jodi Taylor
Director of Operations, Bristol Trials Centre
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Stephanie MacNeill
Associate Professor in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Mrs Grace Young
Senior Research Associate in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)