
MA (Hons), PhD
Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- hanne.bruhn@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438139
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building
University of Aberdeen
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
My personal pronouns are she/her.
I’m a Research Fellow at the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen. I’m currently working exclusively in Trial Methodology (yay!) with Professor Shaun Treweek, mainly contributing to Trial Forge that aims to be more systematic about how we generate and use research evidence in making trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting decisions.
During my time in HSRU I’ve worked across a range of projects (e.g. ESP2, RECAP, PREP-AIR, ActWELL/ActWELL study, PoINT, Improved Data for Improved Outcomes Project). Prior to joining HSRU, I worked on a variety of Health Services Research projects at the University of Aberdeen (PIPPC, EMMA, eTHoS, UKUFF, MUNROS). using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
I’m working part-time between HSRU, University of Aberdeen, UK and HRB Clinical Research Facility University College Cork, Ireland and I’m a HRB-TMRN Research Associate.
I graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a MA (Hons) in Psychology in 2001 and completed a PhD in Psychology, also from the University of Aberdeen, in 2008.
Feel free to follow me on twitter but consider muting active travel/cycling as I use the account for cycle campaining mainly (unfortunately, Aberdeen is abysmal in this regard).
- Research
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Current Research
- Trial Forge
- PRO-EDI - Tools to help reviewers make equality, diversity and inclusion assessments
- Estimating Site Performance 2 (ESP2) - currently suspended
- Trial Managers: an undervalued resource in the clinical trials team? Analysis of survey responses
- Trial Forge Guidance 5: Ethical issues to consider when doing SWATs (studies within a Trial)
- Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials (a Cochrane systematic review), led by Dr Adwoa Parker, University of York
Past Research
- What do researchers think of and want from the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE): a qualitative study
- Evidence Packs for Trial Forge
- Prepare for the real-world evaluation of an intelligent system for breast cancer screening: identify and assess stakeholders’ needs (PRE-AIR)
- Public involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials (PoINT)
- Primary Care – Improved Data for Improved Outcomes (GPDash)
- Developing dissemination materials for the ActWELL trial
- Reporting clinical trial results appropriately to participants (RECAP)
- Health Care Reform: the impact on practice, outcomes and costs of New roles for health professionals (MUNROS)
- UK Rotator cuff surgery trial (UKUFF)
- Either traditional haemorrhoidectomy or stapled haemorrhoidopexy for haemorrhoidal disease (eTHoS): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
- An RCT of an Electronic Medication Management Assistant in improving patient adherence to medicines compared to usual care (EMMA)
- Developing a RCT of general practice-based, pharmacist-led, management of chronic pain (PIPPC)
- Publications
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Using qualitative methods in pilot and feasibility trials to inform recruitment and retention processes in full-scale randomised trials: a qualitative evidence synthesis
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 4, e055521Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat, how, when and who of trial results summaries for trial participants: Stakeholder informed guidance from the RECAP project.
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 3, e057019Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProviding trial results to participants in Phase III pragmatic effectiveness RCTs: a scoping review
Trials, vol. 22, 361Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPeer Review Report For: A protocol for the establishment and evaluation of an older adult stakeholder panel for health services research [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations].
HRB Open Research, vol. 3, 1Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesDissemination of trial results to participants in Phase III pragmatic clinical trials: an audit of trial investigators intentions
BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 1, e035730Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035730
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14353/1/e035730.full.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Estimating Site Performance (ESP): can trial managers predict recruitment success at trial sites? An exploratory study
Trials, vol. 20, 192Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3287-6
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12141/1/Estimating_Site_Performance.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
What are the motivating and hindering factors for health professionals to undertake new roles in hospitals?: A study among physicians, nurses and managers looking at Breast Cancer and Acute Myocardial Infarction care in nine countries
Health Policy, vol. 122, no. 10, pp. 1118-1125Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCost Effectiveness of Stapled Haemorrhoidopexy and Traditional Excisional Surgery for the Treatment of Haemorrhoidal Disease
PharmacoEconomics - Open, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 271-280Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTask shifting between physicians and nurses in acute care hospitals: cross-sectional study in nine countries
Human Resources for Health, vol. 16, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0285-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10515/1/s12960_018_0285_9.pdf
A pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing stapled haemorrhoidopexy with traditional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease: the eTHoS study
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 21, no. 70, pp. 1-224Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21700
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9743/1/3011701.pdf.crdownload