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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.
Effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (UKUFF): a randomized controlled trial
Carr, A., Cooper, C., Campbell, M., Rees, J., Moser, J., Beard, D., Fitzpatrick, R., Gray, A., Dawson, J., Murphy, J., Bruhn, H., Cooper, D., Ramsay, C.
The Bone & Joint Journal, vol. 99-B, no. 1, pp. 107-115
Early lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary angle closure glaucoma: An economic evaluation based on data from the EAGLE trial
Javanbakht, M., Azuara-Blanco, A., Burr, J. M., Ramsay, C., Cooper, D., Cochran, C., Norrie, J., Scotland, G.
Supporting genetics in primary care: investigating how theory can inform professional education
Wilson, B. J., Islam, R., Francis, J. J., Grimshaw, J. M., Permaul, J. A., Allanson, J. E., Blaine, S., Graham, I. D., Meschino, W. S., Ramsay, C. R., Carroll, J. C.
EJHG : European journal of human genetics : the official journal of the European Society of Human Genetics. , vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1541-1546
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions
Sterne, J. A., Hernán, M. A., Reeves, B. C., Savović, J., Berkman, N. D., Viswanathan, M., Henry, D., Altman, D. G., Ansari, M. T., Boutron, I., Carpenter, J. R., Chan, A., Churchill, R., Deeks, J. J., Hróbjartsson, A., Kirkham, J., Jüni, P., Loke, Y. K., Pigott, T. D., Ramsay, C. R., Regidor, D., Rothstein, H. R., Sandhu, L., Santaguida, P. L., Schünemann, H. J., Shea, B., Shrier, I., Tugwell, P., Turner, L., Valentine, J. C., Waddington, H., Waters, E., Wells, G. A., Whiting, P. F., Higgins, J. P.
Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial
Azuara-Blanco, A., Burr, J., Ramsay, C., Cooper, D., Foster, P. J., Friedman, D. S., Scotland, G., Javanbakht, M., Cochran, C., Norrie, J., Eagle Study Group
An Audit and Feedback Intervention for Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dental Practice: The RAPiD Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Elouafkaoui, P., Young, L., Newlands, R., Duncan, E. M., Elders, A., Clarkson, J. E., Ramsay, C. R., Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRiaDS) Research Methodology Group
A randomised controlled trial comparing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones. (C-Gall trial)
Malik, M., Murchie, P., Gillies, K., Brazzelli, M. G., Avenell, A., Hernandez, R., Norrie, J., Blazeby, J., Ramsay, C., Ahmed, I.
International Surgical Congress of the Association-of-Surgeons-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland, pp. 195-196