Professor Craig Ramsay

Director of Health Services Research Unit

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

Contact Details

Telephone: work +44 (0)1224 438142
Fax: fax +44 (0)1224 438165
Email: c.r.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
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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Dentistry Accepting PhDs View Research Area
Nutrition and Health Accepting PhDs View Research Area

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:

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

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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Long term outcomes of simple clinical risk stratification in management of differentiated thyroid cancer
2018
Craig, W. L., Smart, L., Fielding, S., Ramsay, C., Krukowski, Z. H.

The Surgeon, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 283-291

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2018.01.007

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12023/1/SURGE_S_17_00394_3.pdf
INTERVAL (investigation of NICE technologies for enabling risk-variable-adjusted-length) dental recalls trial: a multicentre randomised controlled trial investigating the best dental recall interval for optimum, cost-effective maintenance of oral health in dentate adults attending dental primary care
2018
Clarkson, J. E., Pitts, N. B., Bonetti, D., Boyers, D., Braid, H., Elford, R., Fee, P. A., Floate, R., Goulão, B., Humphris, G., Needleman, I., Norrie, J. D. T., Ord, F., van der Pol, M., Ramsay, C. R., Ricketts, D. N. J., Worthington, H. V., Young, L., INTERVAL Trial Collaboration

BMC Oral Health, vol. 18, 135

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-018-0587-2

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10898/1/INTERVAL.pdf
Improving the Quality of Dentistry (IQuaD): a cluster factorial randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost-benefit of oral hygiene advice and/or periodontal instrumentation with routine care for the prevention and management of periodontal disease in dentate adults attending dental primary care
2018
Ramsay, C. R., Clarkson, J. E., Duncan, A., Lamont, T. J., Heasman, P. A., Boyers, D., Goulão, B., Bonetti, D., Bruce, R., Gouick, J., Heasman, L., Lovelock-Hempleman, L. A., Macpherson, L. E., McCracken, G. I., McDonald, A. M., McLaren-Neil, F., Mitchell, F. E., Norrie, J. D., van der Pol, M., Sim, K., Steele, J. G., Sharp, A., Watt, G., Worthington, H. V., Young, L.

Health Technology Assessment, vol. 22, no. 38, pp. 1-176

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22380

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10733/1/3014714.pdf
Areas for improvement in community optometry: flashes and floaters take priority
2018
Duncan, E. M., Cassie, H., Pooley, J., Elouafakoui, P., Prior, M., Gibb, E., Ramsay, C., Young, L., TRiaDS Research Methodology Group

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 411-421

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12564

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10688/1/Duncan_et_al_2018_Ophthalmic_and_Physiological_Optics.pdf
The split-plot design was useful for evaluating complex, multi-level interventions but there is need for improvement in its design and report
2018
Goulão, B., MacLennan, G., Ramsay, C.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 96, pp. 120-125

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.10.019

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11390/1/The_split_plot_design_was_useful_for_evaluating_complex_multi_level_interventions_but_there_is_need_for_improvement_in_its_design_and_report.pdf
Trial Forge Guidance 1: What is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)
2018
Treweek, S., Bevan, S., Bower, P., Campbell, M., Christie, J., Clarke, M., Collett, C., Cotton, S. C., Devane, D., El Feky, A., Flemyng, E., Galvin, S., Gardner, H. R., Gillies, K., Jansen, J., Littleford, R., Parker, A., Ramsay, C., Restrup, L., Sullivan, F., Torgerson, D., Tremain, L., Westmore, M., Williamson, P. R.

Trials, vol. 19, 139

Contributions to Journals: Letters

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2535-5

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10095/1/s13063_018_2535_5.pdf
Male synthetic sling versus artificial urinary sphincter trial for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery (MASTER): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
2018
Constable, L., Cotterill, N., Cooper, D., Glazener, C., Drake, M. J., Forrest, M., Harding, C., Kilonzo, M., MacLennan, G., McCormack, K., McDonald, A., Mundy, A., Norrie, J., Pickard, R., Ramsay, C., Smith, R., Wileman, S., Abrams, P., The MASTER Study Group

Trials, vol. 19, pp. 1-17

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2501-2

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10149/1/Trials.pdf

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Diagnostic accuracy of Optical Coherence Tomography for diagnosing glaucoma: secondary analyses of the GATE study
2018
Virgili, G., Michelessi, M., Cook, J., Boachie, C., Burr, J., Banister, K. R., Garway-Heath, D., Bourne, R. R. A., Asorey, A., Ramsay, C. R., Azuara-Blanco, A.

British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 102, pp. 604-610

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310642

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9300/1/BJO_submited_31_July.pdf
A core outcome set for localised prostate cancer effectiveness trials
2017
Maclennan, S., Williamson, P. R., Bekema, H., Campbell, M., Ramsay, C., N'Dow, J., Maclennan, S., Vale, L., Dahm, P., Mottet, N., Lam, T., COMPACTERS study group

BJU International, vol. 120, no. 5B, pp. E64-E79

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.13854

Additional Links

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A core outcome set for localised prostate cancer effectiveness trials
2017
MacLennan, S., Williamson, P. R., Bekema, H. J., Campbell, M., Ramsay, C., N'Dow, J., MacLennan, S., Vale, L., Lam, T., COMPACTERS study group

BJU International, vol. 120, no. 5B, pp. E64-79

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.13854

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10420/1/COMPACTERS_Version_30_BJUI_CLEAN_TL_V2.docx

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Biography

Qualifications

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Specialisms

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Research Funding and Grants

Publications

Long term outcomes of simple clinical risk stratification in management of differentiated thyroid cancer

Areas for improvement in community optometry: flashes and floaters take priority

The split-plot design was useful for evaluating complex, multi-level interventions but there is need for improvement in its design and report

Trial Forge Guidance 1: What is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)

Male synthetic sling versus artificial urinary sphincter trial for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery (MASTER): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Diagnostic accuracy of Optical Coherence Tomography for diagnosing glaucoma: secondary analyses of the GATE study

A core outcome set for localised prostate cancer effectiveness trials

A core outcome set for localised prostate cancer effectiveness trials