OUR TEAM & ADVISERS

The people behind the evidence

StudySetGo is built by practising scientists and backed by an advisory board of senior UK academics. The people who design your trial are the people who stand behind its credibility.

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THE CORE TEAM

Scientists who built a CRO

We’re not project managers who’ve taken a science course. We’re scientists who’ve built a CRO, because you need practising researchers, not coordinators, to produce evidence that holds up.

Nathan Phillips

Nathan Phillips

CEO & Founder

PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow

Founded StudySetGo after experiencing firsthand how broken the path from product idea to clinical evidence was for health brands. Leads strategy, client relationships, and product direction.

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Dr Tom Jameson

Dr Tom Jameson

Chief Scientific Officer

Protocol design · Outcome measures · Statistics

Ten years of research experience spanning academia, pharma, and biotech, specialising in supplement interventions. Tom designs every StudySetGo protocol, selects the outcome measures, and writes the statistical analysis plan. The people who write the protocol stand behind the findings.

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Dr Chris Koscien

Dr Chris Koscien

Research Scientist

Women's health · NHS clinical trials

Brings a women's health research background and hands-on experience delivering clinical trials in the NHS, from participant recruitment through to data collection. Chris runs StudySetGo studies day-to-day, so the person collecting your data is a scientist, not a coordinator.

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ADVISORY BOARD

The board behind the science

Every StudySetGo trial is shaped with input from an advisory board spanning senior academics, practising clinicians, and start-up operators. They pressure-test our science and our service, so your evidence stands up to the people who matter.

Dr Tom Maden-Wilkinson

Dr Tom Maden-Wilkinson

Advisory Board · Exercise & Musculoskeletal Physiology

Director of Exercise Science, Emles · former Associate Professor

Physiologist specialising in muscle and bone health. A former Associate Professor, Tom has led studies with Olympians, elite athletes, astronauts, and people with long-term health conditions. Now Director of Exercise Science at Emles, he advises early-stage companies and government bodies across the healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries.

“Independently conducted research is imperative for end users, funders and investment opportunities but often is too expensive and too time consuming for most early stage companies. StudySetGo provide a pathway to get this done.”

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Dr Luke Boylan

Dr Luke Boylan

Advisory Board · Clinical Development & Medical Strategy

Physician · Principal Investigator, Phase I–III trials · MBA Healthcare Management

Physician and clinical research professional with experience spanning orthopaedic surgery, commercial clinical trials, and pharmaceutical clinical development. Luke has served as a Principal Investigator across multiple Phase I–III studies, holds an MBA in Healthcare Management, and advises on drug development, medical strategy, and healthcare innovation.

“Having worked at the frontline of clinical research, I have seen firsthand the limitations of legacy CRO operations; StudySetGo is building a more agile, technology-enabled approach for the future of decentralised and participant-centred research.”

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Richard King

Richard King

Advisory Board · Commercial & Growth

Founding teams, Permutive & Pact Coffee · 20+ years commercial leadership · NED

An experienced start-up operator with more than 20 years in senior sales and marketing roles. Richard was in the founding teams at Permutive and Pact Coffee, devising and executing the growth strategies that took both from pre-revenue to Series A and beyond. He now advises founders and sales teams in early-stage businesses.

“It combines my passion for start-ups with supporting SSG's exceptional team who are transforming the ways health brands can back their claims with science.”

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WHY IT MATTERS

What an academic advisory board does for your study

Credible evidence isn’t just well-run, it’s well-reviewed. Our board is the reason StudySetGo data stands up to scrutiny.

Protocol scrutiny

Every study design is pressure-tested by senior methodologists before a single participant is recruited, catching the flaws that undermine a result later.

Credibility that travels

Evidence shaped by recognised academics carries weight with the people you need to convince: retailers, regulators, and investors.

Built to publish

Designs are held to peer-review standards from day one, so your study is ready for publication, not just a marketing claim.

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