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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.
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.
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.
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.
Five-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Treatments for Varicose Veins
Brittenden, J., Cooper, D., Dimitrova, M., Scotland, G., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., MacLennan, G., Ramsay, C. R., Norrie, J., Burr, J. M., Campbell, B., Bachoo, P., Chetter, I., Gough, M., Earnshaw, J., Lees, T., Scott, J., Baker, S. A., Tassie, E., Francis, J., Campbell, M. K.
The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 381, no. 10, pp. 912-922
Photodynamic versus white light-guided treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: A study protocol for a randomised trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness
Tandogdu, Z., Lewis, R., Duncan, A., Penegar, S., McDonald, A., Vale, L., Shen, J., Kelly, J. D., Pickard, R., N Dow, J., Ramsay, C., Mostafid, H., Mariappan, P., Nabi, G., Creswell, J., Lazarowicz, H., McGrath, J., Taylor, E., Clark, E., Maclennan, G., Norrie, J., Hall, E., Heer, R.
Protocol for a Randomised controlled trial to Evaluate the effectiveness and cost benefit of prescribing high dose Fluoride toothpaste in preventing and treating dental Caries in high-risk older adults (reflect trial)
Tickle, M., Ricketts, D. J. N., Duncan, A., O'Malley, L., Donaldson, P. M., Clarkson, J. E., Black, M., Boyers, D., Donaldson, M., Floate, R., Forrest, M. M., Fraser, A., Glenny, A. M., Goulao, B., McDonald, A., Ramsay, C. R., Ross, C., Walsh, T., Worthington, H. V., Young, L., Bonetti, D. L., Gouick, J., Mitchell, F. E., Macpherson, L. E., Lin, Y. L., Pretty, I. A., Birch, S.
Prioritizing research areas for antibiotic stewardship programmes in hospitals: a behavioural perspective consensus paper
Rzewuska, M., Charani, E., Clarkson, J. E., Davey, P. G., Duncan, E. M., Francis, J. J., Gillies, K., Kern, W. V., Lorencatto, F., Marwick, C. A., McEwen, J., Möhler, R., Morris, A. M., Ramsay, C. R., Rogers Van Katwyk, S., Skodvin, B., Smith, I., Suh, K. N., Grimshaw, J. M., The JPIAMR (Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance) Working Group on Behavioural Approaches to Antibiotic Stewardship Programmes
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 163-168
DELTA2 guidance on choosing the target difference and undertaking and reporting the sample size calculation for a randomised controlled trial
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.