
Director (CHaRT)
- About
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- Email Address
- g.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438147
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
2nd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am currently Professor of Medical Statistics and the Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHaRT) which is the Clinical Trials Unit embedded within the Health Services Research Unit. My overarching research interest is in designing fair tests of health care treatments and policies, with a specifc interest in evaluating surgical and complex interventions. I'm also interested in improving the design, conduct, and analysis and reporting of clinical trials through the development and application of methodological research to clinical trials from CHaRT.
My undergrad degree is in Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1997. After a year training as a Mathematics teacher I joined the Unit in September 1998 as a statistician. I studied part-time for an MSc in Applied Statistics with Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. In 2008 I was appointed Senior Statistican, and in 2016 was I Interim Programme Director for the Health Care Assessment Programme, until being appointment as CHaRT Director in April 2017.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics1997 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Applied Statistics2004 - Sheffield Hallam University
- Research
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Research Overview
The application of statistical methods to clinical trials. Recent example is JCE paper available here on using instrumental variables in a surgery trial to address non-compliance. Collaborators were Jonathan Cook (Oxford), Tom Palmer (Lancaster), and Richard Emesley (Manchester).
Research on making trials more efficient, collaborating with Trial Forge.
Current Research
A complete list of the CHaRT RCT portolio is available by clicking here
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach on our MPH course module PU5031: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH.
- Publications
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Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage: The UK-REBOA Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA, vol. 330, no. 19, pp. 1862-1871Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThree-year cost utility analysis of mini versus standard slings: A trial based economic evaluation
BJUI CompassContributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths in Scotland: an application of the MRC framework
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 23, no. 1, 1205Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10201-7
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Patient preferences for stress urinary incontinence treatments: a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. e066157Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReply to Arnulf Stenzl, Morgan Rouprêt, J. Alfred Witjes, Paolo Gontero. High-quality Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour Needs Additional Forms of Tumour Delineation. Eur Urol 2023;83:193–4
European UrologyContributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.05.040
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Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural and personalised exercise interventions for reducing fatigue in inflammatory rheumatic diseases
RheumatologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead157
PROSPECT: 4- and 6-year follow-up of a randomised trial of surgery for vaginal prolapse
International Urogynecology Journal, vol. 34, pp. 67-78Contributions 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: ArticlesCost utility analysis of shockwave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopic stone treatment in adults
BJU International, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 253-261Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of socioeconomic status on baseline values and outcomes at 24 months in the Treatment of Advanced Glaucoma Study randomised controlled Trial
British Journal of OphthalmologyContributions to Journals: Articles