Dr Priya Castellane
Group Leader
Priya is a public health researcher who builds partnerships between hospital research teams and community health providers.
- Studies
- 3
- People
- 2
About the group
The unit partners with community health providers to co-design studies, recruit fairly and report results back in plain language.
Our people
Ruby Hartigan
Summer Research Student
Ruby is helping the unit write plain-language summaries of trial results for participants.
Our research
The studies listed on this page are run or led by the group. Each one is entered once and also appears on the matching theme pages.
RecruitingEthics TEST/2026/058
Follow-up in the Community
Post-operative check-ups at a local community clinic instead of the hospital.
CompletedEthics TEST/2024/120
Results Back to People
Testing different ways of sharing trial results with the people who took part.
In progressEthics TEST/2025/149
Rural Recovery Check-ins
Nurse phone check-ins from a local health centre for people recovering from surgery far from the hospital.
Our publications
Selected papers, each with a summary in plain language, then the full list by year.
Returning trial results to participants: a comparison of three approaches
Castellane P, Hartigan R, et al. Example Trials Methodology, 2025. doi:10.5555/example.2025.031
In plain language
We asked trial participants how they preferred to hear about results. Short videos and community meetings were both understood better than printed summaries, and people valued hearing from the research team directly.
2026
- Co-designing surgical trials with community health providersCastellane P. Example Trials Methodology, 2026. doi:10.5555/example.2026.108
2025
- How patients talk about surgical risk: a qualitative studyAldous M, Wrenfield T. Example Health Communication, 2025. doi:10.5555/example.2025.104
News from this group
- Community partners join the Community Trials Unit
Three community health providers have joined the unit as research partners.