Dr Adwoa Parker is a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellow and Associate Professor at The University of York. She is a trial methodologist and leads the Trial Forge Studies Within A Trial (SWATs) Centre at the University of York. SWATs are self-contained studies embedded within ongoing randomised trials that aim to generate evidence to improve the design and delivery of future trials. Adwoa’s Advanced Fellowship, ‘IMPLEMENT SWATs’, funded for 10 years, aims to use implementation science and SWATs to improve evidence-informed participant recruitment and retention in trials.

The overarching ambition of Adwoa’s research is to facilitate better methods, for better research,for better health care and better health.