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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Systematic review of the clinical and cost effectiveness of cholecystectomy versus observation/conservative management for uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones or cholecystitis
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 637-647Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3712-6
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5579/1/Brazzelli_2014.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/systematic-review-of-the-clinical-and-cost-effectiveness-of-cholecystectomy-versus-observationconservative-management-for-uncomplicated-symptomatic-gallstones-or-cholecystitis(e29a0a7a-469c-40f1-ad6f-8ca6e5c92211).html
Specifying the target difference in the primary outcome for a randomised controlled trial: guidance for researchers
Trials, vol. 16, 12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-014-0526-8
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4303/1/s13063_014_0526_8.pdf
Optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: A systematic review
Eye (Basingstoke), vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 1399-1406Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.214
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Optical coherence tomography for the diagnosis, monitoring and guiding of treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 18, no. 69, pp. 1-254Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18690
The use of Latin squares and related block designs in implementation research
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 1299-1301Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.07.007
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4322/1/Steen2014.pdf
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Perceived difficulty and appropriateness of decision making by General Practitioners: a systematic review of scenario studies
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, 621Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://bit.ly/132yl7H
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0621-2
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4138/1/s12913_014_0621_2.pdf
Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 101, no. 12, pp. 1532-1540Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9595
Observational study of current use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in UK critical care units
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 610-617Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeu108
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A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins
The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 371, no. 13, pp. 1218-1227Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA cross-specialty survey to assess the application of risk stratified surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer in the UK
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 466-474Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1308/003588414X13946184902884