Mrs Sopna Choudhury

Mrs Sopna Choudhury

Institute of Applied Health Research
Research Project Manager

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7864
Email
s.m.choudhury.1@bham.ac.uk
Address
Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Sopna is a highly motivated and versatile research professional with over 15 years of health research and clinical project management experience, both in the UK and international. A passionate individual who is eager to help improve the lives of people living with ill health. A strategic project manager with expertise in management of medical research programmes and clinical trials development nationally and internationally. Experienced in clinical research including overall coordination and management from start up through close out activities, from protocol and related documents development, gaining relevant approvals to delivery of study outcomes within schedule, budget, quality/compliance and performance standards. 

Sopna has a significant amount of project management experience and, as a consequent, understanding of deliverables, deadlines and risk management, with ability to communicate effectively to ensure tasks are achieved.

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Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Health Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea. 2004

Biography

Sopna currently works as a project manager for NIHR RIGHT project on Transforming the Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy and Buruli ulcers in LMICs. This project is working across three countries – India, Nepal and Nigeria – with the overall aim to improve self-care in the community for leprosy patients who are at risk of recurrent ulcers and further disfigurement and disability and to better understand the needs of patients with Buruli ulcer and the barriers to meeting those needs. The research programme also includes a clinical trial of a promising yet inexpensive tissue regenerative treatment for healing of ulcers. Sopna provides effective high-level project management for this research programme and is responsible for ensuring that the research programme runs smoothly and to a high standard, fulfilling all requirements of the funding body and leading to high quality research outputs.

Prior to re-joining the University of Birmingham, Sopna was invited to take up a post at Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar (WCM-Q) by a faculty member. Sopna worked as a Clinical Projects Manager in Clinical Research Core in the research division at WCM-Q. The role was to help develop clinical research within the College and lead clinical research teams in all aspects of completing research studies.

Sopna was responsible for collaborating on diverse research projects, both locally and internationally, assisting investigators with the design and preparation of new clinical study research proposals, monitoring progress of each clinical site and taking appropriate action to ensure good recruitment, compliance with the protocol and the quality and timeliness of the data collections.

Before moving to Qatar, Sopna worked at the University of Birmingham as a Project manager/research fellow responsible for different research studies and staff under the National Institute for Health Research funded Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs). The areas of research were type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and sleep apnoea.

Sopna’s research interests include chronic disease management, access to health care services and general clinical research management.

Research

Research groups and centres

Institute of Applied Health Research

Publications

Tohid H, Choudhury S, Agouba S, Aden A, Ahmed L, Omar O, Chagoury O, Taheri S. Perceptions and attitudes to clinical research participation in Qatar Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2017 Dec (8): 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2017.10.010

Pallayova M, Zaghloul HB, Arora T, Choudhury SM, Omar OM, Chagoury OL, Taheri S. Investigating physiological glucose excursions before, during, and after Ramadan in adults without diabetes mellitus. Physiology & Behavior. 2017; 179: 110-115.

Choudhury S, Arora T, Alebbi S, Ahmed L, Aden A, Omar OM, Taheri S. How do Qataris source health information? PLOS ONE. 2016; 11(11): e0166250. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166250

Choudhury S, Hussain S, Yao G, Hill J, Malik W, Taheri S. The impact of a diabetes local enhanced service on quality outcome framework diabetes outcomes. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 17;8(12):e83738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083738. JIP: 3.730

Brophy S, Crowley A, Mistry R, Hill R, Choudhury S, Thomas NE, Rapport F. Recommendations to improve physical activity among teenagers- A qualitative study with ethnic minority and European teenagers. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 31;11:412. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-412.

Benning A, Ghaleb M, Suokas A, Dixon-Woods M, Dawson J, Barber N, Franklin BD, Girling A, Hemming K, Carmalt M, Rudge G, Naicker T, Nwulu U, Choudhury S, Lilford R. Large scale organisational intervention to improve patient safety in four UK hospitals: mixed method evaluation. BMJ. 2011 Feb 3;342:d195. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d195.

Choudhury SM, Brophy S, Fareedi MA, Zaman B, Ahmed P, Williams R. Examining the effectiveness of a peer-led education program for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in a Bangladeshi population. Diabet Med. 2009 Jan;26(1):40-4.

Choudhury SM, Brophy S, Williams R. Understanding and beliefs of diabetes in the UK Bangladeshi population. Diabet Med. 2009 Jun;26(6):636-40.

Choudhury S, Brophy S, Fareedi MA, Zaman B, Ahmed P, Williams DR. Intervention, recruitment and evaluation challenges in the Bangladeshi community: experience from a peer lead educational course. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Oct 9;8:64.

Davies H, Mannan S, Brophy S, Williams R. Routine glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibody (GADA) testing: patients' perspective. Fam Pract. 2008 Jun; 25(3):176-80. Epub 2008 Apr 28

Brophy S, Mannan S, John A, Cheung W.I, Lyons R, Weston C, Williams R. Risk of Further Acute Vascular Events Following an Initial Myocardial Infarction or Stroke (Road Safety Research Report). Department for Transport (DFT). March 2006 

Reviews 

Arora T, Choudhury S, Taheri S. The Relationships Among Sleep, Nutrition, and Obesity. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 2015; DOI 10.1007/s40675-015-0030-z

Hosseini Araghi M, Chen Y-F, Jagielski A, Choudhury S, Banerjee D, Thomas GN, Taheri S. Weight loss intervention through lifestyle modification or pharmacotherapy for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults [protocol]. Cochrane database of systematic reviews [Internet]. 2012 [cited 2013 Feb 19]; (12): CD010281. Available from: http://0-onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libra.naz.edu/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010281/full. JIP: 5.785

Araghi MH, Chen YF, Jagielski A, Choudhury S, Banerjee D, Hussain S, Thomas GN, Taheri S. Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep. 2013 Oct; 36(10):1553-62, 62A-62E. JIP: 5.100

Choudhury S, Taheri S. Obstructive sleep apnoea and type 2 diabetes: whose disease is it anyway? [review]. Practical diabetes international. 2011;28(4)

Brophy S, Brunt H, Davies H, Mannan S, Williams R. Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults. Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) 01/2011; 9(9):CD006165. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD006165.pub3

Brophy S, Brunt H, Davies H, Mannan S, Williams R. Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD006165. Review

Brophy S, Davies H, Mannan S, Williams D.R.R. Cochrane Review. Interventions for Latent Autoimmune diabetes in Adults: Protocol. May 2006.

Books 

Choudhury S, Thomas A, Taheri S, Banerjee D. Sleepiness and driving. In: Barrett D, McNamara P, editors. Encyclopedia of sleep and dreams. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO; 2012; 719-23.

Abstracts

Omar O, Choudhury S, Aden A, Ahmed S, Chagoury O, Al Homse H, Takiddin A, El-din Selim M, Taheri S, Clinical laboratory biomarkers of psoriasis in Qatar. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Gad H,  Arora T,  Omar O, Choudhury S, Chagoury O, Sheikh J, Taheri S. The associations among objectively estimated sleep and obesity indicators in elementary schoolchildren in Qatar. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Elgazar S, Elshakh H, Omar O, Choudhury S, Agouba S, Tohid H, Gad H,  Dahir A, Chagoury O, Fituri O, Rachid A, Adel A, Hamdi A, Nauman A, Farghaly G, Alkadi M, Ibrahim B, Jayyousi A, Janahi I, Farook S, Menzies R, Al-Malki H, Asim M, August P, Suthanthiran M, Taheri S. Preliminary observations from the Intervention using vitamin D for Elevated urinary ALbumin in diabetes (IDEAL-2) Study. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Choudhury S, Arora T, Jagielski A, Hamid M, Taheri S. The impact of health locus of control on type 2 diabetes complications. . Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Choudhury S,  Arora T,  Omar O, Chagoury O, Al Rifal N, Sheikh J, Taheri S. Qatar Obesity Reduction Study (QORS): A pilot school-based campaign to tackle childhood obesity in Qatar. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Choudhury S, Omar O, Aden A, Ahmed S,  Agouba S, Chagoury O, Al Homse H, Takiddin A, El-din Selim M, Taheri S, The impact of psoriasis on mental health. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Aden A, Choudhury S, Omar O, Ahmed S,  Agouba S, Chagoury O, Al Homse H, Takiddin A, El-din Selim M, Taheri S, The Relationship between psoriasis and lifestyle habits in Qatar. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Payra S, Omar O,  Choudhury S,  Pallayova M, Chagoury O, Taheri S. A Proteomic Analysis of Daily Glucose Variation. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Zaghlool H, Omar O, Pallayova M, Choudhury S, Taheri S. Factors Associated with Presenteeism at Work in Type 2 Diabetes. The Eight Annual WCM-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 18 February 2018.

Tohid H, Ahmed L, Aden A, Agouba S, Gad H, Omar O, Choudhury S, Chagoury O, Taheri S. Gender and Ethnic Disparity in Body Mass Index in Qatar: Cross Sectional Study. Fifth HMC Research Forum, At Doha, Qatar; May 2016.

Choudhury S, Arora T, Alebbi S, Aden A, Ahmed L, Agouba S, Shewehy A, Dakroury Y, Albahri A, Ahmed S, Selim D, Omar O, Chagoury O, Taheri S. A study to explore how and where the population of Qatar source health information. The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC'16). Doha, Qatar; 22-23 March 2016.

Tohid H, Agouba S, Ahmed L, Gad H, Aden A, Choudhury S, Omar O, Chagoury O, Taheri S Attitudes, Barriers and Motivators of Clinical Research Recruitment in State of Qatar: Findings from PERCEPTIONS Study. Doha, Qatar; 22-23 March 2016.

Tohid H, Omar O, Ahmed S, Ahmed L, Agouba S, Gad H, Aden A, Choudhury S, Chagoury O, Taheri S. BMI Assessment in General Public in State of Qatar: Findings from a Nation Growing Fat. The Sixth Annual WCMC-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 20 February 2016.

Arora T, Elshakh H, Choudhury S, Taheri S. The Relationships between Sleep Duration and Sleep Inertia with Dietary Behaviors in Young Adolescents. 29th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Seattle, USA; 6-10 June 2015.

Arora T, Bayoumy K, Chagoury O, Zaghlool H, Orabi C, Choudhury S, Taheri S. The potential consequence of increased adiposity during Ramadan upon glucose levels. Arab Diabetes Medical Congress. Doha, Qatar; 23-25 April 2015.

Choudhury S, Arora T, Alebbi S, Aden A, Marmar R, Khudair N, Younes S, Katibe R, Machaca K, Taheri S. A study to explore how and where the population of Qatar source health information. The Fifth Annual WCMC-Q Research Retreat. Doha, Qatar; 21 February 2015.

Mannan SB, Brophy S, Williams DRR. Examining the effectiveness of peer led education for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the UK Bangladeshi population (DACIB). [Abstract for Poster presentation] March 2007.

Davies H, Mannan SB, Brophy S, Hilldrup I, Wareham K, Bingley P, Fielding A, Williams R. Prevalence of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults [LADA] in South Wales and implications for the patient: analysis of preliminary first year results. March 2006.