Staff profiles

Roles and Responsibilities

My current responsibilities include leading and oversight of data management and information systems activities across NCTU, leading on the continual development and review of NCTU data management processes, providing high-level advice for new trials being developed in collaboration with NCTU, in addition to contributing to the unit's activities and strategy as a member of the NCTU Senior Team.

Qualifications

PhD in Mathematics, Newcastle University, 2007

Diploma in Statistics, The Open University, 2013

MSc and BSc in Mathematics

Previous Positions

2015-2022: Database Manager, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

2014-2015: Database Officer, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

Research Interests: Systems and data management, statistical and mathematical analyses, clinical trials design.

• Articles

  • Morton M, Wilson N, Homer TM, Simms L, Steel A, Maier R, Wason J, Ternent L, Abouhajar A, Allen M, Joyce R, Hildreth V, Lakey R, Cherlin S, Walker A, Devereux G, Chalmers JD, Hill AT, Haworth C, Hurst JR, De Soyza A. Dual bronchodilators in Bronchiectasis study (DIBS): protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo-controlled, three-arm, double-blinded, randomised controlled trial studying bronchodilators in preventing exacerbations of bronchiectasis. BMJ Open 2023, 13(8), e071906.
  • Harding C, Chadwick T, Homer T, Lecouturier J, Mossop H, Carnell S, King W, Abouhajar A, Vale L, Watson G, Forbes R, Currer S, Pickard R, Eardley I, Pearce I, Thiruchelvam N, Guerrero K, Walton K, Hussain Z, Lazarowicz H, Ali A. Methenamine hippurate compared with antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections in women: the ALTAR non-inferiority RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2022, 26(23), 1-172.
  • Harding C, Mossop H, Homer T, Chadwick T, King W, Carnell S, Lecouturier J, Abouhajar A, Vale L, Watson G, Forbes R, Currer S, Pickard R, Eardley I, Pearce I, Thiruchelvam N, Guerrero K, Walton K, Hussain Z, Lazarowicz H, Ali A. Alternative to prophylactic antibiotics for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections in women: multicentre, open label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. BMJ 2022, 376, e068229.
  • Abouhajar A, Alcock L, Bigirumurame T, Bradley P, Brown L, Campbell I, Del Din S, Faitg J, Falkous G, Gorman GS, Lakey R, McFarland R, Newman J, Rochester L, Ryan V, Smith H, Steel A, Stefanetti RJ, Su H, Taylor RW, Thomas NJP, Tuppen H, Vincent AE, Warren C, Watson G. Acipimox in Mitochondrial Myopathy (AIMM): study protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, adaptive design trial of the efficacy of acipimox in adult patients with mitochondrial myopathy. Trials 2022, 23(1), 789.
  • Freeman R, Maguire A, Ryan V, Wilson N, Innes N, Clarkson J, McColl E, Marshman Z, Robertson M, Abouhajar A, Chadwick B, Deery C, Wong F, Douglas G. The FiCTION trial: child oral health related quality of life and dental anxiety across 3 treatment strategies for managing caries in young children. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2020, 48(4), 328-337.
  • Rennie KJ, OHara J, Rousseau NS, Stocken DD, Howel D, Ternent L, Drinnan M, Bray A, Rooshenas L, Hamilton DW, Steel A, Fouweather T, Hynes A-M, Holstein E-M, Oluboyede Y, Abouhajar A, Wilson JA, Carrie S. Nasal Airway Obstruction Study (NAIROS): a phase III, open label, mixed methods, multicentre randomised controlled trial of septoplasty versus medical management of a septal deviation with nasal obstruction. BMC Trials 2020, 21(1), 179.
  • Innes NP, Clarkson JE, Douglas GVA, Ryan V, Wilson N, Homer T, Marshman Z, McColl E, Vale L, Robertson M, Abouhajar A, Holmes RD, Freeman R, Chadwick B, Deery C, Wong F, Maguire A. Child caries management: a randomized controlled trial in dental practice. Journal of Dental Research 2020, 99(1), 36-43.
  • Maguire A, Clarkson JE, Douglas GVA, Ryan V, Homer T, Marshman Z, McColl E, Wilson N, Vale L, Robertson M, Abouhajar A, Holmes RD, Freeman R, Chadwick B, Deery C, Wong F, Innes NPT. Best-practice prevention alone or with conventional or biological caries management for 3- to 7-year-olds: the FiCTION three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2020, 24(1), 1-174.
  • Forbes R, Ased A, Abouhajar A, Brennand C, Brown H, Carnell S, Chadwick T, Eardley I, Lecouturier J, Mossop H, Pearce I, Pickard R, Thiruchelvam N, Walton K, Wilkinson J, Harding C. ALternatives To prophylactic Antibiotics for the treatment of Recurrent urinary tract infection in women (ALTAR): study protocol for a multicentre, pragmatic patient‐randomised non‐inferiority trial. Trials 2018, 19, 616.
  • Abouhajar AA, White MC, Young NJ. A Schwarz Lemma for a domain related to μ-synthesis. Journal of Geometric Analysis 2007, 17(4), 717-750.