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Professor Craig Ramsay

Professor Craig Ramsay

Director of Health Services Research Unit

I am currently accepting PhDs in Dentistry and Nutrition and Health.

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Professor Craig Ramsay
Professor Craig Ramsay

Contact Details

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Address
The University of Aberdeen Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building,
Foresterhill
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

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

PhD, Public Health University of Aberdeen 2000
PGDip, Information Systems Edinburgh Napier University 1994
BSc, Mathematics and statistics University of Edinburgh 1993
Research

Research Areas

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Specialisms

  • Healthcare Science
  • Medical Statistics

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Nutrition and Health and Dentistry.

I provide PhD supervisory support for full or part-time PhD students. Some recent examples include: 

Research 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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  • Outcomes of a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial of surgery for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery (MASTER)

    Abrams, P., Constable, L., Cooper, D., MacLennan, G., Drake, M. J., Harding, C., Mundy, A., McCormack, K., McDonald, A., Norrie, J., Ramsay, C., Smith, R., Cotterill, N., Kilonzo, M., Glazener, C., MASTER trial team

    European Urology

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Value of Preventative Dental Care

    Boyers, D., van der Pol, M., Watson, V., Lamont, T., Goulao, B., Ramsay, C., Duncan, A., Macpherson, L., Clarkson, J.

    Journal of Dental Research

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034521989943

  • Risk-based, 6-monthly and 24-monthly dental check-ups for adults: the INTERVAL three-arm RCT

    Clarkson, J. E., Pitts, N. B., Goulao, B., Boyers, D., Ramsay, C. R., Floate, R., Braid, H. J., Fee, P. A., Ord, F. S., Worthington, H. V., van der Pol, M., Young, L., Freeman, R., Gouick, J., Humphris, G. M., Mitchell, F. E., McDonald, A., Norrie, J. D., Sim, K., Douglas, G., Ricketts, D. N. J.

    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 24, no. 60, pp. 1-138

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24600
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15396/1/Clarkson_et_al_HTA_RiskBased6Monthly_VoR.pdf
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  • Aerosol Generating Procedures and their Mitigation in International Dental Guidance Documents - A Rapid Review

    Clarkson, J. E., Ramsay, C., Aceves Martins, M., Brazzelli, M., Calvert, G., Colloc, T., Dave, M., Glenny, A., Goulao, B., Lamont, T. J., Richards, D., Riley, P., Robertson, C., Walsh, T., Wilson, G. J., Worthington, H. V.

    Cochrane Oral Health. 69 pages

    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementation of antibiotic stewardship programmes in hospitals in developed countries: insights from transnational studies

    Rzewuska, M., Duncan, E., Francis, J. J., Morris, A. M., Suh, K. N., Davey, P. G., Grimshaw, J. M., Ramsay, C. R., The JPIAMR (Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance) Working Group on Behavioural Approaches to Antibiotic Stewardship Programmes

    Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 5, 41

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.00041
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14669/1/Rzewuska_et_al_FS_BarriersAndFacilitators_VoR.pdf
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  • Three behavior change theory–informed randomized studies within a trial to improve response rates to trial postal questionnaires

    Goulao, B., Duncan, A., Floate, R., Clarkson, J., Ramsay, C.

    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 122, pp. 35-41

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.01.018
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  • Recommendations for the re-opening of dental services: a rapid review of international sources

    Clarkson, J., Ramsay, C., Aceves, M., Brazzelli, M., Colloc, T., Dave, M., Glenny, A., Goulão, B., Lamont, T. J., Richards, D., Robertson, C., Wilson, G. J., The COVID-19 Dental Services Evidence Review Working Group

    Cochrane Oral Health. 36 pages

    Books and Reports: Other Reports

    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14282/1/covid19_dental_reopening_rapid_review_07052020.pdf

  • A behavioural approach to specifying interventions: what insights can be gained for the reporting and implementation of interventions to reduce antibiotic use in hospitals?

    Duncan, E. M., Charani, E., Clarkson, J. E., Francis, J. J., Gillies, K., Grimshaw, J. M., Kern, W. V., Lorencatto, F., Marwick, C. A., McEwen, J., Möhler, R., Morris, A. M., Ramsay, C. R., Rogers Van Katwyk, S., Rzewuska, M., Skodvin, B., Smith, I., Suh, K. N., Davey, P. G.

    Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 1338–1346

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaa001
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14142/1/Duncan_etal_JAC_Behavioural_approach_VOR.pdf
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  • Trial Forge Guidance 2: how to decide if a further Study Within A Trial (SWAT) is needed

    Treweek, S., Bevan, S., Bower, P., Briel, M., Campbell, M., Christie, J., Collett, C., Cotton, S., Devane, D., El Feky, A., Galvin, S., Gardner, H., Gillies, K., Hood, K., Jansen, J., Littleford, R., Parker, A., Ramsay, C., Restrup, L., Sullivan, F., Torgerson, D., Tremain, L., von Elm, E., Westmore, M., Williams, H., Williamson, P. R., Clarke, M.

    Trials, vol. 21, 33

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3980-5
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13499/1/Treweek_Trials_Trial_forge_VOR.pdf
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  • Practical help for specifying the target difference in sample size calculations for RCTs: The DELTA2 five-stage study, including a workshop

    Cook, J. A., Julious, S. A., Sones, W., Hampson, L. V., Hewitt, C., Berlin, J. A., Ashby, D., Emsley, R., Fergusson, D. A., Walters, S. J., Wilson, E. C., Maclennan, G., Stallard, N., Rothwell, J. C., Bland, M., Brown, L., Ramsay, C. R., Cook, A., Armstrong, D., Altman, D., Vale, L. D.

    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 23, no. 60

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23600
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13466/1/HTA_3030850_VOR.pdf
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