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Dr Beatriz Goulao

Dr Beatriz Goulao
TRiaDS methodology research fellow and statistician

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Dr Beatriz Goulao
Dr Beatriz Goulao

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Biography

Beatriz Goulao is a research fellow and a statistician at the Health Services Research Unit. She leads the PoINT project on patient and public involvement in numerical aspects of trials and was awarded a Fellowship Development Fund by the Wellcome Trust in 2019. Her work aims to improve patient and public involvement and communication of statistics in trial teams. Beatriz is TRiaDS (Translation Research into Dental Setting) methodology research fellow since 2020 and her work focuses on evaluating and streamlining implementation science interventions, including audit and feedback. Beatriz has analysed several dental trials at the Health Services Research Unit and she is the lead statistician in the SCRIPT and PIP trials.

Beatriz is passionate about science communication: she is an Ask For Evidence ambassador and is part of the Public Engagement Group in HSRU having led or been involved in activities with the aim of disseminating research to a wider audience. In July 2018 Beatriz was awarded the Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement with Research in the Early Career Researcher category.

Previously, she finished her MSc in Biostatistics in 2013 and she has an MSc in Metabolic Diseases with a focus on nutrition epidemiology (2013) and worked as a researcher in the Epidemiology Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon and as a registered dietitian in the Portuguese National Health System.

Qualifications

PhD, Applied Health Sciences University of Aberdeen 2020
MSc, Metabolic Disease and Food Behaviour Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon 2013
MSc, Biostatistics Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon 2013
BSc (Hons), Dietetic and Nutrition Lisbon's Health Technology School 2010

External Memberships and Affiliations

Assistant editor for the Clinical Trials journal

Member of the Audit and Feedback International Metalab International Trainee Network

Member of the Informed Health Choices International Network

Core member of the MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership Statistical Analysis Working Group

Research

Research Overview

Beatriz's research focuses on three key areas:

- She is the Principal Investigator of the Patient and public Involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials (PoINT): a project to identify priorities to involve patients and the public in numerical aspects of trials

- She is the co-Principal Investigator in an NHS Education project to test whether enhancing audit and feedback with a training session improves antibiotic prescribing in dentistry (TiPTAP - Training in Practice Targeting Antibiotic Prescribing (TiPTAP): A Randomised Controlled Trial). As TRiaDS - Translation Research in a Dental Setting - methodology research fellow, Beatriz is involved in the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in dentistry

- She is the lead statistician in two large National Institute for Health Research funded dental trials: SCRIPT and PIP

Beatriz is the statistician working the diagnostic accuracy longitudinal study EDNA.

 

Collaborations

Beatriz is a member of the Informed Health Choices International Network.

Beatriz was awarded the Santader Mobility Award in 2017 to work on the efficient collection of dental outcomes in trials at the University of Munster. 

Beatriz is a collaborator of the Unit of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (learn more here) in the project PEN-3S - Nutritional status of Portuguese elders: national prevalence study and development of an electronic surveillance system.

Research Funding and Grants

Research funding

Co-holders: Thomas Lamont, Katie Banister, Beatriz Goulao, Linda Young, ... PIs: Craig Ramsay and Jan Clarkson. The PIP trial - Pulpotomy for the Management of Irreversible Pulpitis (PIP) [£2,100,617]. 2020-2023. Funding body: National Institute for Health Research.

Co-holders: Heather Cassie, Eilidh Duncan, Beatriz Goulao, Linda Young, Alistair Ross. PIs: Laura Beaton and Jan Clarkson. Can co-design enhance national quality improvement interventions? [£33,617]. Jan-Jun 2020. Funding body: Chief Scientist Office Catalytic Research Grants.

PI: Beatriz Goulao. Patient and public Involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials (PoINT) [£36,280]. 2019-2020. Funding body: Wellcome Trust – Institutional Strategic Support Fund at the University of Aberdeen.

PI: Beatriz Goulao. Reporting results of diagnostic accuracy studies to patients and the public [£1,500]. 2019. Funding body: Medical Research Scotland.

Personal award: Engage Researchers’ Academy member [£970]. 2018. Funding body: UK Research and Innovation.

Personal award: Engage Researchers’ Academy attendee support [£870]. 2018. Funding body: Wellcome Trust – Institutional Strategic Support Fund at the University of Aberdeen.

Personal award: Santander Mobility awards to travel and collaborate with a research team at Munster University [£800]. 2017. Funding body: Santander.

Beatriz Goulao, Clare Robertson. Public engagement award to develop a Treasure Hunt activity and disseminate the evidence synthesis process [£300]. 2017. Funder: Public Engagement with Research Unit, University of Aberdeen.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Beatriz is a tutor for:

  • undergraduate students in the University of Aberdeen
  • Real World Trials online course
  • Patient and Public Involvement in Research online course

Beatriz is also an assessor for the Evidence Based Health course.

She supervises MSc projects and has a particular interest in patient and public involvement in research and in trial methodology, as well as in dental research and the evaluation of implementation science interventions, including audit and feedback and clinical audits. Beatriz is currently a co-supervisor of a PhD project looking at the prediction of root caries in adults (Patrick Fee, University of Dundee).

Publications

Publications 

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  • 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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  • Use of effective contraception following provision of the progestogen-only pill for women presenting to community pharmacies for emergency contraception (Bridge-It): a pragmatic cluster-randomised crossover trial

    Cameron, S. T., Glasier, A., McDaid, L., Radley, A., Baraitser, P., Stephenson, J. M., Gilson, R., Battison, C. G., Cowle, K., Forrest, M., Goulao, B., Johnstone, A., Morelli, A., Patterson, S., McDonald, A., Vadiveloo, T., Norrie, J.

    The Lancet, vol. 396, no. 10262, pp. 1585-1594

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31785-2
    Open Access
    http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15399/1/Cameron_et_al_TheLancet_UseOfEffectiveContraception_VoR.pdf
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  • Surgical Treatment for Recurrent Bulbar Urethral Stricture: A Randomised Open-label Superiority Trial of Open Urethroplasty Versus Endoscopic Urethrotomy (the OPEN Trial)

    Goulao, B., Carnell, S., Shen, J., MacLennan, G., Norrie, J., Cook, J., McColl, E., Breckons, M., Vale, L., Whybrow, P., Rapley, T., Forbes, R., Currer, S., Forrest, M., Wilkinson, J., Andrich, D., Barclay, S., Mundy, A., N'Dow, J., Payne, S., Watkin, N., Pickard, R.

    European Urology, vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 572-580

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2020.06.003
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  • Antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays administered to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 infection to improve patient outcomes and to protect healthcare workers treating them (Review)

    Burton, M., Clarkson, J. E., Goulao, B., Glenny, A., McBain, A. J., Schilder, A. G., Webster, K. E., Worthington, H. V.

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 9, CD013627

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013627.pub2
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  • Antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays to protect healthcare workers when undertaking aerosol‐generating procedures (AGPs) on patients without suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 infection (Review)

    Burton, M. J., Clarkson, J. E., Goulao, B., Glenny, A., McBain, A. J., Schilder, A. G., Webster, K. E., Worthington, H. V.

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 9, CD013628

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013628.pub2
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  • Use of antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays by healthcare workers to protect them when treating patients with suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 infection

    Burton, M. J., Clarkson, J. E., Goulao, B., Glenny, A., McBain, A. J., Schilder, A. G., Webster, K. E., Worthington, H. V.

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 9, pp. CD013626

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013626.pub2
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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

  • 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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  • Antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays administered to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection to improve patient outcomes and to protect healthcare workers treating them (Protocol)

    Burton, M., Clarkson, J. E., Goulao, B., Glenny, A., McBain, A. J., Schilder, A. G., Webster, K. E., Worthington, H. V.

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 5, CD013627

    Contributions to Journals: Articles

    Digital Object Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013627
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