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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‘Better’ clinical decisions do not necessarily require more time to make
2017
McCleary, N., Francis, J. J., Campbell, M. K., Ramsay, C. R., Eccles, M. P., Treweek, S., Allan, J.

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 82, pp. 173–174

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.11.004

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9609/1/IME_secondary_analysis_research_letter.docx
Effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (UKUFF): a randomized controlled trial
2017
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

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.99B1.BJJ-2016-0424.R1

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9861/2/UKUFF_Manuscript_final_submitted.docx

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9861/1/Figure_1_Trial_Profile.docx

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9861/3/Figure_2_Mean_and_95_25_CI_of_Oxford_Shoulder_Score_across_time_.docx
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
2017
Javanbakht, M., Azuara-Blanco, A., Burr, J. M., Ramsay, C., Cooper, D., Cochran, C., Norrie, J., Scotland, G.

BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 1, e013254

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013254

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8141/1/e013254.full_1_.pdf
Costs, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic and open repair for rotator cuff tears: an economic evaluation alongside the UKUFF trial
2016
Murphy, J., Gray, A., Cooper, C., Cooper, D., Ramsay, C., Carr, A.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British volume , vol. 98-B, no. 12, pp. 1648–1655

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7961/1/1648.full_1_.pdf
Reporting and dealing with missing quality of life data in RCTs: has the picture changed in the last decade?
2016
Fielding, S., Ogbuagu, A., Sivasubramaniam, S., MacLennan, G., Ramsay, C. R.

Quality of Life Research, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2977-2983

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1411-6

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7694/1/art_3A10.1007_2Fs11136_016_1411_6.pdf
Supporting genetics in primary care: investigating how theory can inform professional education
2016
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

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2016.68

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7783/1/ejhg201668a.pdf
ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions
2016
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.

BMJ, vol. 355, i4919

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4919

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8085/1/bmj.i4919.full.pdf
Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial
2016
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

The Lancet, vol. 388, no. 10052, pp. 1389-1397

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30956-4

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7902/1/1_s2.0_S0140673616309564_main.pdf
An Audit and Feedback Intervention for Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dental Practice: The RAPiD Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
2016
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

PLoS Medicine, vol. 13, no. 8, e1002115

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002115

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7458/1/Elouafkaoui2016.pdf
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)
2016
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

Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10266

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‘Better’ clinical decisions do not necessarily require more time to make

Effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (UKUFF): a randomized controlled trial

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

Costs, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic and open repair for rotator cuff tears: an economic evaluation alongside the UKUFF trial

Reporting and dealing with missing quality of life data in RCTs: has the picture changed in the last decade?

Supporting genetics in primary care: investigating how theory can inform professional education

ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions

Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial

An Audit and Feedback Intervention for Reducing Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dental Practice: The RAPiD Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

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)