Expertise
Systematic review
Biography
I am a systematic reviewer working in the HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre within ESMI. Our work entails a number of different systematic reviews on varied topics relating to the organisation and delivery of health services in the UK. I began life as a reviewer in January 2016, working on a Health Technology Assessment evaluating the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving the mental health of children and young people with long term physical conditions. Prior to joining PenCLAHRC I was an associate lecturer in Sport & Health Sciences at the University of Exeter, where I obtained my PhD in the biomechanics of lower limb stress fractures and worked closely with the Royal Marines. View a list of current projects I am involved in on the HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre website.
Projects
- PhD Project – Cluster randomised trials for evaluating school-based interventions to improve physical health, mental health and behavioural outcomes in pupils
- Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach
- Improving the mental health of children and young people with long term conditions
Publications
- Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond
- Characteristics and practices of school-based cluster randomised controlled trials for improving health outcomes in pupils in the United Kingdom: a methodological systematic review
- Characteristics and practices of school-based cluster randomised controlled trials for improving health outcomes in pupils in the UK: a systematic review protocol
- Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: The interweave synthesis approach
- Experiences of interventions aiming to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people with a long-term physical condition: A systematic review and meta-ethnography
- Interventions to improve the mental health of children and young people with long-term physical conditions: linked evidence syntheses
- School-based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review with multiple synthesis methods.
- Effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions to reduce procedural anxiety in children and adolescents undergoing treatment for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Analogy learning in Parkinson’s: A proof-of-concept study