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
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