Final year Specialist Registrar in gastroenterology, Dr Mark Samaan has won the Royal College of Physicians/NIHR Clinical Research Network Award for leadership in research in the trainee category.
Mark received this latest award for his work in setting up and running the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patient involvement in research day to coincide with World IBD Day in May.
For his work in recruiting patients to two studies, Mark also received a Royal College of Physicians/NIHR Clinical Research Network Award in 2017. One of these trials was GO-LEVEL, which uses a drug called golimumab to treat Ulcerative Colitis.
Finally, Mark achieved the Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2018 in the area of clinical and translational science which he received earlier this year from the British Society of Gastroenterology.
Mark’s interest in clinical research began in 2013 when he had the opportunity to work at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam. He feels that being involved in clinical research is hugely beneficial to him as a practising clinician.