Institute of Health and Social Care Research

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Institute of Health and Social Care Research
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Research groups

• Public Health
• Child Health
• PENTAG (HTA)
• Early Bird
• Health complexity
• Anaesthetics

• Neurology and neuro-rehabilitation
• Mental Health
• Bone and joint
• Primary Care
• Complementary Medicine

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Research staff disciplines

• Psychologists
• Epidemiologists
• Statisticians
• Mathematical modellers

• Clinicians
• Health service researchers
• Sociologists
• Qualitative methodologists

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Research technologies

• Mathematical modelling
• Systematic reviews
• Trials
• Epidemiological analysis of large datasets
• Qualitative methods including meta-ethnography
• Development of patient-centred outcome measures

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Methodological expertise

• Analyses of routine datasets
• Systematic reviews and clinical trials
• Evaluation of diagnostic and screening tests

• Qualitative methods
• Molecular genetics
• Micro-vascular circulation

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Primary Care Research Themes

• Access to care
• Addressing inequalities in health status and
  experience
• Whole person care
• Application of new technologies in primary care
  settings

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Research Projects some examples

• Quality of out-of-hours care (Prof John Campbell)
• Complementary therapies (Dr Adrian White)
• Torbay Financial Assessment Benefits Team
• Early diabetes care (Dr Philip Evans/ WAKEUP
  study)
• Respiratory research programme (Dr Rupert Jones)
• Factor V Leiden testing in primary care (Egenis)
• Cardiac rehabilitation home vs hospital (Dr
  Hayes Dalal)
• Out-of-hours provision for palliative care (Dr
  Suzanne Richards)

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Research projects herbal medicine
Major issues Efficacy Safety Usage
Research methodology Clinical trials Systematic
reviews Postmarketing surveillance Surveys
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gt 100 papers published in peer-reviewed literature
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The Health Complexity Group

• Developing theoretical understanding processes of
  change in health and social care communities and
  in urban and social regeneration.
• Work is informed by the principles of complexity
  theory, tested on the basis of the empirical
  findings.
• Our research offers rapid, real-time feedback,
  which helps to make sense of projects being
  undertaken by practitioners, and which can shape
  the future development of these projects.
• Rapid feedback is supported by summative research
  which seeks to offer theoretical, evidence based,
  explanations.

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PMS Epidemiology and Public HealthDavid Melzer

• - Genetic and conventional epidemiology on ageing
  / chronic disease
• Epidemiological insights into disability
  prevention
• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and US
  Health and Retirement study
• Early disability, risk factors, healthy behaviour
  change and retirement etc
• Genetic variation and physical or cognitive
  impairment
• Policy programme on genetics / complex science
• Pharmacogenetics
• Evaluating tests - complex conditions

Two heads, by Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519
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Child health

• Social factors and health
• Cerebral palsy and socio-economic status,
  gestation and intra-uterine growth
• Child abuse and disability and socio-economic
  status, gestation and intra-uterine growth

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Child health

• Parent group generated research
• Randomised controlled trial - anti-oxidants and
  folinic acid in babies with Down syndrome
• Randomised controlled trial and qualitative
  study cranial osteopathy in children with
  cerebral palsy

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Child health

• Other HTA in children
• Enzyme replacement therapy in lysosomal storage
  disease
• Development of school-based interventions in
  childhood obesity