Acknowledgements
We would also like to acknowledge the contribution of all the applicants on the original proposal, as well as Judith Hogg and Ailsa Donnelly from PRIMER (the Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource) who contributed patient and public involvement to the MRC START team.
MRC START Group
Sandra Eldridge, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK s.eldridge@qmul.ac.uk
Jonathan Graffy, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, The Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OSR, UK jpg43@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Adwoa Parker York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK adwoa.parker@york.ac.uk
Peter Knapp, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, and the Hull York Medical School University Road, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK peter.knapp@york.ac.uk
David Torgerson, York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, University Road, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK david.torgerson@york.ac.uk
Shaun Treweek, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Fosterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK shaun.treweek@mac.com
PSM COPD Group
Professor Peymane Adab, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK, p.adab@bham.ac.uk
Amy Blakemore, Centre for Primary Care: Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK, amy.blakemore@manchester.ac.uk
Dr. Peter Coventry, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK peter.coventry@york.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Daley, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
a.daley@lboro.ac.uk
Professor David Fitzmaurice, Warwick Primary Care, University of Warwick, UK d.a.fitzmaurice@bham.ac.uk
Professor Carl Heneghan, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK carl.heneghan@phc.ox.ac.uk
Catherine A Hewitt, Medical Statistician, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham UK C.A.Hewitt@bham.ac.uk
Natalie Ives, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham UK, N.J.Ives@bham.ac.uk
Rachel Jordan, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK
r.jordan@bham.ac.uk
Sue Jowett, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK
s.jowett@bham.ac.uk
David Nunan, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
david.nunan@phc.ox.ac.uk
Sally Singh, Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, Biomedical Research Centre (Respiratory), University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester UK
sally.singh@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
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