Teena Thomas

Teena Thomas is a PhD student with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials” (EDICT), funded by the European Union, and an affiliate PhD scholar of the HRB-TMRN. She is based at the Catholic University of Croatia and enrolled in the TRIBE doctoral programme at the University of Split School of Medicine. Before starting her PhD, Teena obtained a Master’s in Health Data Science from the University of Galway and worked as a research assistant at the Centre for Health Research Methodology (CHRM), University of Galway, on the HRB-TMRN funded project “Qualitative Research Supporting Inclusive Trials” (QASSIST). She also has several years of experience in healthcare market research.

Teena’s research focuses on equity, diversity and inclusion in clinical trials. Her doctoral research, “Mapping EDI representation in European clinical trials”, is supervised by Prof Livia Puljak (Catholic University of Croatia) and Prof Damir Sapunar (University of Split School of Medicine).