Our Team
Directors
Dr. Alan Wade MB ChB FRCA
Dr. Gordon Crawford BSc MB ChB MRCGP
CPS Research was founded in 1988 by Alan and Gordon. Alan previously was in practice and has developed interests in the pharmaceutical industry, advertising, and medical education with a special interest in neuropsychopharmacology. Gordon is still a senior partner in a medical practice near Glasgow.Both Alan and Gordon have worked in clinical trials for over 25 years and have valuable and significant experience in planning studies, writing protocols, designing recruitment strategies, and writing reports. They have also experience presenting data at conferences, the FDA and EMEA, and supporting a Sponsor in filing a New Drug Applications with the EMEA.
They are also founders and Directors of CPS Research’s affiliate company Patients Direct which was formed to provided web based Patient Prompted Reporting capabilities to a wide range of users.
Our Management team
The management team is led by Tom McCulloch who joined CPS Research in 1994. He has a wealth of experience in clinical trials and project management. Tom has overall responsibility for the day to day running of the business and liaises directly with our clients, ethics committees and other regulatory agencies.
Tom is supported by Elaine McGregor as Office Manager and her experienced administrative team who provide a high and consistent quality of service and support to clients.
Our Research Nursing team
At the core of CPS Research is a dedicated team of experienced trained research nurses. Led by Clinical Development Manager, Ms Lesley Fitzpatrick, they are responsible for the data collection and liaison with investigators; both in primary care and at specialist sites throughout the West of Scotland.
Our nursing team integrates with local clinical units to assist with patient recruitment, management and study data collection. All nurses are highly trained with an extensive range of experience in all therapeutic areas and undertake regular continuing professional education, both in-house and externally including regular updates on ICH GCP
