Research
As part of the Evidence Synthesis at LRiG I have been involved in supporting different types of evidence synthesis including:
NIHR
* Safe and effective gradual reduction (tapering) of opioids in people with chronic non-cancer pain: systematic review of effects, barriers and facilitators and inequalities to inform service design in the NHS
* Optimising a whole-person-centred approach to stopping medicines in older people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: The Tailor Medication Synthesis. (Scoping Review)
* A mapping review and realist synthesis investigating the service models and systems for co-existing mental health and substance use conditions.
* Respite care and short breaks for young adults with life-limiting/complex health and/or complex physical disability needs (LLDNs) conditions: mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework development.
WHO
* A systematic review of the effect of policies to restrict the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children.
* A systematic review of the impact of marketing for foods and non-alcoholic beverages on children’s eating behaviours, body weight and health: a review of recent evidence.
* Health Effects of Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Use for Household Cooking, Heating, and Lighting Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Public Health England
* Marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages - current UK trends, impact on eating behaviours and body weight and its role in health inequalities: a systematic review of recent evidence.
Other
* A systematic review and Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing exposure in children and adults.
* A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of game-based or influencer food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing on children and adolescents: exploring hierarchy of effects outcomes.
* A systematic review of the use of the contact heat evoked potential system (CHEPS) in magnetoencephalography (MEG) pain studies.
* Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions in primary teeth: an umbrella review.
* Spinal cord stimulation for painful diabetic neuropathy: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
* Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Machine Learning Algorithms for Classifying Pain Intensity, Phenotype or Treatment Outcomes Using Electroencephalogram Data. ( https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=172091)
* The effectiveness of music therapy interventions for people with eating disorders.
* A systematic review of child and young person, parent and researcher experiences of ophthalmic research.
* Examination of equity in the delivery of personalised health and care.
* Systematic review of the use of smartphone and tablet devices to support cognition by community-dwelling older people with and without cognitive impairment. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=176865 (Systematic review of the use of smartphone and tablet devices to support cognition by community-dwelling older people with and without cognitive impairment. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=176865)
* Umbrella review of strategies to improve uptake of screening programmes.
Methodological Approaches to Incorporating Health Inequalities in Evidence Synthesis
Programme Theory To Inform Evidence Synthesis
Research grants
Development and validation of clinical tools for predicting outcome in newly diagnosed epilepsy
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2025 - February 2026
Peer support intervention to improve mental health outcomes in those who have experienced miscarriage: systematic review and evidence synthesis of effects, barriers and facilitators to inform service design
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
May 2024 - April 2026
A themed synthesis of funded research 2012-2022
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION (UK)
August 2023 - May 2024
Safe and effective gradual reduction (tapering) of opioids in people with chronic non-cancer pain: systematic review of effects, barriers and facilitators and inequalities to inform service design in the NHS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
September 2020 - August 2024
The RECO study: Realist Evaluation of service models and systems for CO- existing mental health and substance use conditions
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2020 - December 2021
Respite care and short breaks for young adults with life limiting/complex health and/or complex physical disability needs (LLDNs)conditions: Mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework development.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
February 2018 - July 2019