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Professor Craig Ramsay

Professor Craig Ramsay
Professor Craig Ramsay
Professor Craig Ramsay

Director of Health Services Research Unit

Accepting PhDs

About
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 statistics 
    1993 - University of Edinburgh 
  • PGDip Information Systems 
    1994 - Edinburgh Napier University 
  • PhD Public Health 
    2000 - University of Aberdeen 
Research

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.

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Nutrition and Health

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Dentistry

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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: 

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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  • The effectiveness of early lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Azuara-Blanco, A., Burr, J. M., Cochran, C., Ramsay, C., Vale, L., Foster, P., Friedman, D., Quayyum, Z., Lai, J., Nolan, W., Aung, T., Chew, P., McPherson, G., McDonald, A., Norrie, J. D. T., Effectiveness in Angle-closure Glaucoma of Lens Extraction (EAGLE) Study Group
    Trials, vol. 12, pp. 133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using the theory of planned behaviour as a process evaluation tool in randomised trials of knowledge translation strategies: A case study from UK primary care

    Ramsay, C. R., Thomas, R. E., Croal, B. L., Grimshaw, J. M., Eccles, M. P.
    Implementation Science, vol. 5, 71
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Predicting missing quality of life data that were later recovered: an empirical comparison of approaches

    Fielding, S., Fayers, P., Ramsay, C.
    Clinical Trials, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 333-342
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol

    Clarkson, J. E., Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M. P., Eldridge, S., Grimshaw, J. M., Johnston, M., Michie, S., Treweek, S., Walker, A., Young, L., Black, I., Bonetti, D., Cassie, H., Francis, J., Mackenzie, G., Macpherson, L., McKee, L., Pitts, N., Rennie, J., Stirling, D., Tilley, C., Torgerson, C., Vale, L.
    Implementation Science, vol. 5, 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: A systematic review

    Shojiani, K., Jennings, A., Mayhew, A., Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M., Grimshaw, J.
    Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 5, pp. E216-E225
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Beliefs about surgery: Development and validation of an instrument to assess cognitive representations about surgery, in the context of a chronic illness

    Francis, J. J., Wileman, S. M., Bekker, H., Barton, G. R., Ramsay, C. R.
    Psychology & Health, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1125-1137
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • How to Influence Patient Oral Hygiene Behavior Effectively

    Clarkson, J., Young, L., Ramsay, C. R., Bonner, B. C., Bonetti, D.
    Journal of Dental Research, vol. 88, no. 10, pp. 933-937
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of on-screen, point of care computer reminders on processes and outcomes of care

    Shojania, K. G., Jennings, A., Mayhew, A., Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M. P., Grimshaw, J.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 3
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Investigating the missing data mechanism in quality of life outcomes: a comparison of approaches

    Fielding, S., Fayers, P. M., Ramsay, C. R.
    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 7, no. -, 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Can't do it, won't do it! Developing a theoretically framed intervention to encourage better decontamination practice in Scottish dental practices

    Bonetti, D. L., Young, L., Black, I., Cassie, H., Ramsay, C. R., Clarkson, J.
    Implementation Science, vol. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Knee Arthroplasty Trial (KAT): design features, baseline characteristics, and two-year functional outcomes after alternative approaches to knee replacement

    Campbell, M., Fiddian, N., Fitzpatrick, R., Grant, A., Gray, A., Morris, R., Murray, D., Rowley, D., Johnston, L., MacLennan, G., McCormack, K., Ramsay, C., Walker, A., KAT Trial Group
    The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. American Volume, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 134-141
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Minimal access surgery compared with medical management for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: UK collaborative randomised trial

    Grant, A. M., Wileman, S. M., Ramsay, C. R., Mowat, A. G., Krukowski, Z., Heading, R. C., Thursz, M. R., Campbell, M. K., REFLUX Trial Group
    British Medical Journal, vol. 337, a2664
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Minimal access surgery compared with medical management for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: UK collaborative randomised trial

    Grant, A. M., Wileman, S. M., Ramsay, C. R., Mowat, N. A., Krukowski, Z. H., Heading, R. C., Thursz, M. R., Campbell, M. K., REFLUX Trial Group
    British Medical Journal, vol. 337, a2664
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Screening tests for detecting open-angle glaucoma: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mowatt, G., Burr, J. M., Cook, J. A., Siddiqui, M. A. R., Ramsay, C., Fraser, C., Azuara-Blanco, A., Deeks, J. J., The OAG Screening Project
    Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 5373-5385
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of minimal access surgery amongst people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a UK collaborative study. The REFLUX trial

    Grant, A. M., Wileman, S. M., Ramsay, C. R., Bojke, L., Epstein, D., Sculpher, M., Macran, S., Kilonzo, M. M., Vale, L. D., Francis, J., Mowat, A. G., Krukowski, Z. H., Heading, R., Thursz, M., Russell, I., Campbell, M. K., REFLUX Trial Group
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 12, no. 31
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Recruitment to publicly funded trials: Are surgical trials really different?

    Cook, J. A., Ramsay, C. R., Norrie, J.
    Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 631-634
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A review of RCTs in four medical journals to assess the use of imputation to overcome missing data in quality of life outcomes

    Fielding, S., MacLennan, G. S., Cook, J. A., Ramsay, C. R.
    Trials, vol. 9, 51
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Developing the Intervention and Outcome Components of a Proposed Randomised Controlled trial (RCT) of a National Screening Programme for Open Angle Glaucoma (OAG): Medical Research Council funded trial platform study (G0701759): Study protocol

    Burr, J., Azuara-Blanco, A., Hernández, R. A., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D.
    Working Papers: Working Papers

  • A pragmatic randomised, controlled trial of intensive care follow up programmes in improving longer-term outcomes from critical illness: the PRACTICAL study

    Cuthbertson, B., Rattray, J., Johnston, M., Wildsmith, J. A., Wilson, E., Hernandez, R., Ramsay, C., Hull, A. M., Norrie, J., Campbell, M., PRaCTICaL Study Group
    BMC Health Services Research, vol. 7, 116
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation on cognitive function in men and women aged 65 years and over: A randomised controlled trial

    McNeill, G., Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D.
    Nutrition Journal, vol. 6, 10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using the literature to quantify the learning curve: A case study

    Cook, J. A., Ramsay, C. R., Fayers, P.
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 255-260
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: A systematic review and economic evaluation

    Burr, J. M., Mowatt, G., Hernández, R. A., Siddiqui, M. A. R., Cook, J. A., Lourenco, T., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D., Fraser, C. M., Azuara-Blanco, A., Deeks, J., Cairns, J., Wormald, R., McPherson, S., Rabindranath, K., Grant, A. M.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 11, no. 41, pp. 1-190
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using the literature to quantify the learning curve: A case study

    Cook, J. A., Ramsay, C. R., Fayers, P.
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 255-260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Trial Protocol Tool: the PRACTIHC software tool that supported the writing of protocols for pragmatic randomized controlled trials

    Treweek, S. P., McCormack, K., Abalos, E., Campbell, M. K., Ramsay, C. R., Zwarenstein, M., PRACTIHC Collaboration
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 1127-1133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of reference pricing and other drug pricing policies

    Aaserud, M., Dahlgren, A. A., Kosters, J. P., Strum, H., Ramsay, C. R., Oxman, A. D.
    Regulatory Rapporteur, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 2-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of enhanced feedback and brief educational reminder messages on laboratory test requesting in primary care: a cluster randomised trial

    Thomas, R. E., Croal, B. L., Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M. P., Grimshaw, J. M.
    The Lancet, vol. 367, no. 9527, pp. 1990-1996
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Pharmaeutical policies: effects of reference pricing, other pricing, and purchasing policies

    Aaserud, M., Austvoll-Dahlgren, A., Kosters, J. P., Oxman, A. D., Ramsay, C., Sturm, H.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD005979
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A comparison of imputation methods for trial data collected by reminder. 2006 International Society for Quality of Life reserach meeting abstracts

    Fielding, S., Fayers, P., Ramsay, C. R., Campbell, M. K.
    Quality of Life Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of the antimicrobial drug prescribing in hospitals

    Davey, P., Brown, E. A., Fenelon, L., Finch, R., Gould, I., Holmes, A., Ramsay, C. R., Taylor, E., Wiffen, P., Wilcox, M.
    Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 211-216
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients

    Davey, P., Brown, E., Fenelon, L., Finch, R., Gould, I., Hartman, G., Holmes, A., Ramsay, C., Taylor, E., Wilcox, M., Wiffen, P. J.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD003543
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

    Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., McNeill, G., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D., Writing Group on the MAVIS trial
    British Medical Journal, vol. 331, no. 7512, pp. 324-329
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies

    Grimshaw, J. M., Thomas, R. E., MacLennan, G., Fraser, C., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L., Whitty, P., Eccles, M. P., Matowe, L., Shirran, L., Wensing, M., Dijkstra, R., Donaldson, C.
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Experimental evaluations of change and improvements strategies

    Eccles, M., Campbell, M. K., Ramsay, C. R.
    Improving patient care: the implementation of change in clinical practice., pp. 235-247, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Theory-based identification of barriers to quality improvement: induced abortion care.

    Foy, R., Walker, A. E., Ramsay, C. R., Penney, G., Francis, J.
    International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 147-155
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Statistical evaluation of learning curve effects in surgical trials

    Cook, J. A., Ramsay, C. R., Fayers, P.
    Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 421-427
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A randomised controlled trial of a tailored, multifaceted strategy to promote implementation of a clinical guideline on induced abortion care

    Foy, R., Penney, G., Grimshaw, J. M., Ramsay, C. R., Walker, A. E., MacLennan, G. S., Stearns, S. C., McKenzie, L., Glasier, A.
    BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 111, no. 7, pp. 726-733
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies

    Thomas, R. E., MacLennan, G. S., Fraser, C. M., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D., Whitty, P., Eccles, M. P., Matowe, L., Shirran, E. A., Wensing, M., Dijkstra, R., Donaldson, C.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1-352
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effectiveness of strategies to disseminate and implement clinical guidelines for the management of impacted and unerupted third molars in primary dental care, a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Bahrami, M., Deery, C., Clarkson, J. E., Pitts, N. B., Johnston, M., Ricketts, I., MacLennan, G., Nugent, Z. J., Tilley, C., Bonetti, D., Ramsay, C.
    British Dental Journal, vol. 197, pp. 691-696
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sample size calculator for cluster randomized trials

    Campbell, M. K., Thomson, S., Ramsay, C. R., MacLennan, G. S.
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 113-125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of guidelines on mild hypertension in pregnancy: time series analysis

    Foy, R., Ramsay, C. R., Penney, G., Vale, L. D., Thomson, A. P., Greer, I.
    BJOG-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 111, no. 8, pp. 765-770
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Interrupted time series designs in health technology assessment: lessons from two systematic reviews of behavior change strategies

    Ramsay, C. R., Matowe, L., Grilli, R., Grimshaw, J. M., Thomas, R. E.
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 613-623
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes

    Grimshaw, J., McAuley, L. M., Bero, L., Grilli, R., Oxman, A. D., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D., Zwarenstein, M.
    Quality improvement research: Understanding the science of change in health care. Grol, R., Baker, R., Moss, F. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 79-96, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Assessing the long-term effect of educational reminder messages on primary care radiology referrals

    Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M. P., Steen, N.
    Clinical Radiology, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 319-321
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Guideline dissemination and implementation strategies: a systematic review of effectiveness and efficiency

    Thomas, R. E., MacLennan, G. S., Fraser, C. M., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D., Whitty, P., Eccles, M., Matowe, L., Shirran, E. A.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 57, no. 9 Suppl 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Outcomes of an intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing: interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis

    Ansari, F., Gray, K., Nathwani, D., Phillips, G., Ogston, S., Ramsay, C. R., Davey, P.
    Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 52, pp. 842-848
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Principals of statistical analysis-estimation and hypothesis testing

    Ramsay, C. R.
    In: Key topics in clinical research (eds. Smith,F. G.;Smith,J. E.), BIOS, Oxford, pp. 99-109, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies

    Eccles, M. P., Campbell, M. K., Ramsay, C. R.
    Quality & safety in health care, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 47-52
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies

    Campbell, M. K., Eccles, M., Ramsay, C. R.
    In: Quality improvement research: understanding the science of change in health care (eds. Grol,R.;Baker,R.;Moss,F.), BMJ Books, London, pp. 97-114, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Room for improvement: a systematic review of the quality of evaluations of interventions to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing

    Ramsay, C. R., Brown, E. G., Davey, P., Hartman, G., BSAC HIS Working Party Optimizatio
    Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 764-771
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes

    McAuley, L. M., Bero, L. A., Grilli, R., Oxman, A. D., Ramsay, C. R., Vale, L. D., Zwarenstein, M.
    Quality & safety in health care, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 298-303
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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