Director of Health Services Research Unit
- About
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- Email Address
- c.r.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438142
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building,
Foresterhill
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am Director of the Health Services Research Unit and Professor of Health Care Evaluation. I also direct the Aberdeen Health Technology Assessment Group, which is the only academic centre in Scotland responsible for providing technology assessment reports for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
I have wide ranging research interests in health services research with expertise in service improvement research, surgical trial evaluation, and quasi-experimental study designs and as statistical editor for the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care group I have led the worldwide development of systematic review methodology for interrupted time series designs. I serve on several national and international committees and was an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics and statistics1993 - University of Edinburgh
- PGDip Information Systems1994 - Edinburgh Napier University
- PhD Public Health2000 - University of Aberdeen
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Medical Statistics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
I provide PhD supervisory support for full or part-time PhD students. Some recent examples include:- Complex designs in randomised clinical trials – a case study in dentistry - Beatriz Goulao
- Interrupted times series (ITS) evaluation - Jemma Hudson
- What are the personal, clinical and social impacts of longer waiting times? A multi-methods study - Elisabeth Kirchner
- Optimising the responsible use of antibiotics - Shazia Yousuf
Funding and Grants
In terms of research grant awards, I have personally been involved as chief investigator or principal applicant on a portfolio of national and international studies generating in excess of £30 million, with £20 million in the last 5 years. The projects include a mix of large scale international trials and methodological studies funded from a variety of sources – all the studies are healthcare policy relevant and of national or international significance.
- Publications
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Predictors of long-term intraocular pressure control after lens extraction in primary angle closure glaucoma: results from the EAGLE trial
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 107, no. 8, pp. 1072-1078Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImplementation of a web-based asynchronous consultation service in a hospital in Northeast Scotland: a multi-method multi-lens assessment
HSR UK Annual ConferenceContributions to Conferences: PostersUsing re-randomisation designs to increase the efficiency and applicability of retention studies within trials: a case study
Trials, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 299Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRegional and national antimicrobial stewardship activities: a survey from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance - Primary Care Antibiotic Audit and Feedback Network (JPIAMR-PAAN)
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 5, no. 2, dlad048Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulating complex patient populations with hierarchical learning effects to support methods development for post-market surveillance
BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 23, no. 1, 89Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLaparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: the C-GALL RCT
Health and Social Care Delivery ResearchContributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentification of outcomes reported for hospital antimicrobial stewardship interventions using a systematic review of reviews.
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 5, no. 1, dlac127Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCorrection to: Pulpotomy for the Management of Irreversible Pulpitis in Mature Teeth (PIP): a feasibility study (Pilot and Feasibility Studies, (2022), 8, 1, (77), 10.1186/s40814-022-01029-9)
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 8, 82Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesEarly detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: an economic evaluation based on data from the EDNA study
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 106, no. 12, pp. 1754-1761Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterpretation of change scores for the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25: the minimally important difference
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 106, no. 11Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-318901
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