THE CLINICAL TRIAL EXPERIENCE 
Stuart Wood - Trainer & Educator

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The Clinical Trial Experience was created by Dr Stuart Wood and is administered by Waywood Training which is part of Waywood Enterprises Limited, a UK limited company.

  Business, Education & Training Experience

Stuart worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 18 years. After 8 years in clinical research he also embraced an educational role which evolved into a full time technical and medical support and educational role to clinicians and healthcare professionals on aspects of virology, immunology and oncology.  He also provided internal training support to sales and marketing staff, was an active member of numerous cross-functional teams.  During this time he visited Loughborough University to teach undergraduates and postgraduates and also give talks for the University Careers service.

In parallel to his business career, Stuart visited schools to run creative percussion workshops for children and teachers.

He passionately believes in people and helping each individual to achieve their full potential.  His passion is 'making the complex easy' so that everyone benefits.

Stuart accepted redundancy from the pharmaceutical industry mid-2007 and subsequently established Waywood Enterprises Limited.

"Stuart is a rare individual. His ability to create sense from chaos, to distil clarity of thinking from murky waters and to impart technical knowledge in a way that makes it all seem simple, is a unique gift. His dry humour and ability to view things from a different angle, was of huge value and support to me in my role. Always challenging and thorough in his dissection, Stuart was great to work with and made meetings interesting! Put simply, he is a man many could learn from, pragmatic, human, reflective and passionate about the positive impact of what he does."

SM : DeMontfort University, Leics.

  Academic Background

Stuart obtained a first class honours degree in Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, going on to obtain his PhD in neuropharmacology, specialising in narcotic analgesia.

During his time in industry Stuart obtained a distinction in the Diploma of Clinical Sciences from Cardiff University and was also accredited with the professional status of Chartered Chemist (CChem MRSC) by The Royal Society of Chemistry.

  The Clinical Trial Experience

Stuart was asked how he came up with the idea of The Clinical Trial Experience.

"Having left the industry and started helping out with the STEM Ambassador scheme, it became apparent that schools really are interested in the whole clinical trial thing.  I was surprised recently to see that Health & Social Care and Psychology A-levels both look at clinical trials (also called drug trials) as part of their syllabus. So it's not just 'the scientists' that have an interest in this type of work. Students from Key Stage 3 upwards seem very interested in why we have trials, how they're run, how we can be sure that the results are valid, what happens when things go wrong; all that kind of stuff. But there's a lot of ignorance out there thanks to unbalanced media hype which presents a distorted image especially when something goes wrong, which as with any experiment, it can do. My background puts me in an ideal position to pass on my expertise, experience and knowledge in a balanced and hopefully, understandable way. So, I developed The Clinical Trial Experience which allows children, teachers, adults, in fact whoever wants to use the training, to run their own mini clinical trial, without drugs or needles! They get involved with all sorts of decision-making from start to finish.  My ability to make complex things easy to understand allows me to pass this information on in a way that is accessible even to those with little or no formal science training, whilst my academic background allows me to present this information in universities and to professional societies.  There seems to be a lack of awareness outside the pharmaceutical industry of just what types of jobs are available once you're in, so I'm able to help 'on the careers front' as well."

  Music & Arts Experience

Stuart started playing drums at 19, taking up world percussion some 10 years later. He has worked, played sessions and recorded with a wide range of bands; locally; nationally; internationally. His playing experience includes working with Psalm Drummers where he was also one of five drummers involved in the 2005 procession and enthronement of Rev Dr John Sentamu as Archbishop of York and also playing at the Calling All Nations event in July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. 

His CD, Soundscapes, using nearly 100 different percussion instruments (plus a few melodic ones) was released to critical acclaim in 1998.  The year 2002 saw fulfilment of another project with publication of Friendship is a Verb (in a hurting world), a book of poetry and thoughts on friendships and relationships, written by Stuart after a period of serious illness.

Stuart has run percussion workshops for all ages, inspiring and encouraging others to discover their own creativity.  His work in schools included combining his experiences to create workshops which supported and revised various aspects of the Key stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum.

Stuart has also used his knowledge of the instruments, his science and industry background and his music experiences to produce workshops meeting specific needs for a wide range of customers.

"I worked with Stuart for many years, and as part of our Medical team he provided excellent support for all of my team members in the South. He was called upon to deliver up to date Medical Information, for our promoted products, and gave excellent in depth presentations. He was always available for team and customer follow-up. Stuart also ran a series of extremely valuable journal and training sessions for the team over the years. Knowing Stuart's passion as a musician, I also invited Stuart to do some team development work with percussion instruments, this was a fantastic session, one of the best team building sessions I have ever been involved with. I would most definitely recommend involving Stuart on this hands on musical session with your teams. Overall a great and extremely knowledgeable person to work with."

EW:  Commercial Manager, MEDA Pharmaceuticals, UK.

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PO Box 202
Loughborough
Leics
LE11 1WH

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a trading name of Waywood Enterprises Limited
PO Box 202 Loughborough LE11 1WH UK
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