Obesity e-Lab: e-Infrastructure for inter-disciplinary collaborative research into obesity
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Medical and Human Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Manchester City Council (Collaboration)
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Collaboration)
- Manchester City Football Club (Collaboration)
- Nokia (Collaboration)
- Asda Stores Limited (Collaboration)
Publications
Ainsworth J
(2012)
eLab: bringing together people, data and methods to enhance knowledge discovery in healthcare settings.
in Studies in health technology and informatics
Arnold M
(2016)
Obesity and cancer: An update of the global impact.
in Cancer epidemiology
Arnold M
(2015)
Global burden of cancer attributable to high body-mass index in 2012: a population-based study.
in The Lancet. Oncology
Badrick E
(2017)
Obesity paradox and mortality in adults with and without incident type 2 diabetes: a matched population-level cohort study.
in BMJ open diabetes research & care
Badrick E
(2014)
Bias in the estimation of adult body mass index from general practice records
in European Journal of Public Health
Badrick E
(2014)
Diabetes and cancer: 5 years into the recent controversy.
in European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Bechhofer S
(2010)
Research Objects: Towards Exchange and Reuse of Digital Knowledge
in Nature Precedings
Bechhofer S
(2013)
Why linked data is not enough for scientists
in Future Generation Computer Systems
Birkin M
(2010)
Elements of a computational infrastructure for social simulation.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
| Description | This award led to a stream of methodological and applied (obesity) research and applications following its initial findings. The MethodBox methodology was adopted in cohort management systems for MRC (e.g. Asthma eLab and CLOSER) and NIH (e.g. multiple birth cohort data management system). The methodology in terms of broader Research Objects and reproducibility has propagated further in www. researchobject.org. The applied findings have led to new obesity research that has changed thinking, for example in the Obesity Paradox. |
| Exploitation Route | The outcomes have been taken forward by others in methodological and applied (obesity) research and applications. The MethodBox methodology was adopted in cohort management systems for MRC (e.g. Asthma eLab and CLOSER) and NIH (e.g. multiple birth cohort data management system). The methodology in terms of broader Research Objects and reproducibility has propagated further in www. researchobject.org. The applied findings have led to new obesity research that has changed thinking, for example in the Obesity Paradox. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Description | The MethodBox designs for organising and searching for cohort data have been implemented in large-scale public sector projects such as the Department of Health and Social Care's Connected Health Cities (www.connectedhealthcities.org) programme, specifically in its Trustworthy Research Environments, and in commercial applications such as https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/g-cloud/services/949914387464917 |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Description | Diabetes UK Clinical Research Grant |
| Amount | £218,495 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 14/0004971 |
| Organisation | Diabetes UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | MRC: STELAR |
| Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | NIHR CLAHRC: Healthy children, healthy families: an applied public health research programme |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Department | NIHR CLAHRC Yorkshire and Humber |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Preparing methodbox for national service |
| Amount | £39,925 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/J010014/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 07/2012 |
| Description | The impact of body mass index on cancer-related survival in chemotherapy-naïve patients with non-metastatic colorectal and endometrial cancers: a federation meta-analysis of trial data |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2016/1626 |
| Organisation | World Cancer Research Fund |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Title | Research Objects and Trustworthy Research Environments (eLabs) |
| Description | Digital research laboratories with consitent orchestration of algorithms over challenging data sources in healthcare |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Continued to feed www.researchobject.org and spawned the Trustworthy Research Environment deployments across www.connectedhealthcities.org and wider NHS |
| URL | https://www.herc.ac.uk/research_project/elab/ |
| Title | Health survey for England time series dataset, 1991-2009 |
| Description | The Health Survey for England is a time-series dataset of the HSE from 1991-2009 and is a result of a project funded by the University of Manchester to examine obesity. More information about the HSE is available from the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Government website including information on the sample design, questionnaire and variables for each year of the survey. The original HSE datasets for 1991 to 2009 are held at the UK Data Archive under GN 33261. Main Topics: The main topics include obesity, socio-economic status variables (e.g education, social class and income). Classification variables: ethnicity, sex, age etc, health-related variables: smoking, drinking, blood pressure, cholesterol, sample design variables: Government Office Region, physical activity, social capital. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not yet identified |
| Description | Childhood Obesity Research Group for Innovation (CORGI) |
| Organisation | Asda Stores Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | HeRC staff conducting a series of 'mini-workshops' with existing parent groups in primary schools in Manchester to inform the development of mobile health technology solutions to tackle childhood obesity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Direction and strategy |
| Impact | Multidiscplinary team comprising of NHS; public health; academia; smes; greatersport et al - to address the obesity epidemic in children and adults using innovative technologies. Final outputs from the workshops will be used to inform future technology development. CORGI team are currently applying for further funding from British Heart Foundation to develop mobile technology for children's healthy weight management. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Childhood Obesity Research Group for Innovation (CORGI) |
| Organisation | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | HeRC staff conducting a series of 'mini-workshops' with existing parent groups in primary schools in Manchester to inform the development of mobile health technology solutions to tackle childhood obesity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Direction and strategy |
| Impact | Multidiscplinary team comprising of NHS; public health; academia; smes; greatersport et al - to address the obesity epidemic in children and adults using innovative technologies. Final outputs from the workshops will be used to inform future technology development. CORGI team are currently applying for further funding from British Heart Foundation to develop mobile technology for children's healthy weight management. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Childhood Obesity Research Group for Innovation (CORGI) |
| Organisation | Manchester City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | HeRC staff conducting a series of 'mini-workshops' with existing parent groups in primary schools in Manchester to inform the development of mobile health technology solutions to tackle childhood obesity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Direction and strategy |
| Impact | Multidiscplinary team comprising of NHS; public health; academia; smes; greatersport et al - to address the obesity epidemic in children and adults using innovative technologies. Final outputs from the workshops will be used to inform future technology development. CORGI team are currently applying for further funding from British Heart Foundation to develop mobile technology for children's healthy weight management. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Childhood Obesity Research Group for Innovation (CORGI) |
| Organisation | Manchester City Football Club |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | HeRC staff conducting a series of 'mini-workshops' with existing parent groups in primary schools in Manchester to inform the development of mobile health technology solutions to tackle childhood obesity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Direction and strategy |
| Impact | Multidiscplinary team comprising of NHS; public health; academia; smes; greatersport et al - to address the obesity epidemic in children and adults using innovative technologies. Final outputs from the workshops will be used to inform future technology development. CORGI team are currently applying for further funding from British Heart Foundation to develop mobile technology for children's healthy weight management. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Childhood Obesity Research Group for Innovation (CORGI) |
| Organisation | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | HeRC staff conducting a series of 'mini-workshops' with existing parent groups in primary schools in Manchester to inform the development of mobile health technology solutions to tackle childhood obesity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Direction and strategy |
| Impact | Multidiscplinary team comprising of NHS; public health; academia; smes; greatersport et al - to address the obesity epidemic in children and adults using innovative technologies. Final outputs from the workshops will be used to inform future technology development. CORGI team are currently applying for further funding from British Heart Foundation to develop mobile technology for children's healthy weight management. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Large Scale Citizen Science Project for physical activity promotion |
| Organisation | Nokia |
| Department | Withings |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | As a result of the mature relationship developed between HeRC and Withings, a new project is being scoped and planned at present as a collaboration between Withings, The University of Manchester and ConnectedHhelath Cities. The aim is to conduct a citizen science project with mass participation across the North of England to understand how digital health can be used as an intervention to increase physical activity and lower heartrate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Withings bring expertise in the digital health and mobile health sector. Agreements are confidential as to scope of involvmenet at present. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Large Scale Citizen Science Project for physical activity promotion |
| Organisation | Nokia |
| Department | Withings |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | As a result of the mature relationship developed between HeRC and Withings, a new project is being scoped and planned at present as a collaboration between Withings, The University of Manchester and ConnectedHhelath Cities. The aim is to conduct a citizen science project with mass participation across the North of England to understand how digital health can be used as an intervention to increase physical activity and lower heartrate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Withings bring expertise in the digital health and mobile health sector. Agreements are confidential as to scope of involvmenet at present. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Withings Connected Health |
| Organisation | Nokia |
| Department | Withings |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of data, preparation of manuscript for publication |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, critical revision of manuscripts |
| Impact | Paper: Sperrin, M., Rushton, H., Dixon, W., Normand, A., Villard, J., Chieh, A. & Buchan, I (2016). Who Self-Weighs and What Do They Gain From It? A Retrospective Comparison Between Smart Scale Users and the General Population in England. J Med Internet Res, 18(1), e17. eScholarID:296222 | PMID:26794900 | DOI:10.2196/jmir.4767 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Does your software look like this? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presented at The Collaborations Workshop 2011 at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh Opportunity to communicate research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Enabling obesity research using the HSE : the obesity e-Lab project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Health Survey for England User Group on the 9th July 2009 in London. Presentation Slides |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Interview for an article in The Telegraph |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The HeRC Director and Co-Investigator were ask to comment on a story by The Telegraph on their study published in the International Journal of Obesity. The article raised the profile of HeRC related research with the public. Communication of current research findings on obesity to the public was achieved. The HeRC Directors comments highlighted the need for government approach to this issue to be more detailed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10282592/Britons-have-stopped-getting-fatter.html |
| Description | Interview for article in the Daily Mail |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The HeRC Director and Co-Investigator were asked to comment on an article by the Daily Mail detailing the results of their study on obesity rates which was published in the International Journal of Obesity. The article raised the profile of HeRC related research with the public. Communication of current research findings on obesity to the public was achieved. The HeRC Directors comments highlighted the need for the government approach to this issue to be more detailed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2408931/Britains-obese-continue-weight-despite-drop-nation... |
| Description | Managing knowledge and sharing expertise in public health research-MethodBox : simplifying and enriching your access to national survey data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre Seminar, November 2010 Supported associated research project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | MethodBox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the British Library, London, January 2011 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | MethodBox : a service for data users in health research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the data management in the social sciences and the contribution of the DAMES Node in Stirling on 30th January 2012. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | MethodBox : accessing health and social surveys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Community Based Medicine Informatics Seminar, Manchester, June 2010 Supported associated research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | MethodBox : simplifying your access to national health data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Primary Care Research Network, Liverpool, October 2010 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | MethodBox : simplifying your access to national health data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Mental Health Research Network Seminar Opportunity to present research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Methodbox : finding surveys and sharing methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Family Resources Survey meeting at the Royal Statistical Society, London http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2012-06-22/ http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2012-06-22/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2012-06-22/ |
| Description | Methodbox : finding surveys and sharing methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Using Large-Scale Government Microdata for Employment and Labour Market Research one day workshop organised by the ESDS government. Opportunity to present information on research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | New Data for Understanding the Human Condition:International Perspectives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and presentation at the Oragnisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Global Science Forum in July 2011, which featured discussions surrounding Data and Research Infrastructure for the Social Sciences, including MethodBox. This meeting and discussions led to the the report by the OECD Global Science Forum entitled "New Data for Understanding the Human Condition: International Perspectives" The Global Science Forum established an expert group to review developments in international data availability, consider their suitability for comparative research, detail the challenges to be addressed, and make recommendations to respond to these new opportunities. MethodBox was discussed at this meeting as a platform for preparing, saving and sharing research ready data-sets. The Global Science Forum established an expert group to review developments in international data availability, consider their suitability for comparative research, detail the challenges to be addressed, and make recommendations to respond to these new op |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Obesity e-Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Obesity e-Lab to the Greater Manchester Directors of Public Health in May 2009 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Obesity e-Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Obesity e-Lab was presented to the Greater Manchester Public Health Information Network Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Obesity e-Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Obesity e-Lab to the National Obesity Observatory in September 2009 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Obesity e-Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Manchester Primary Care Trust in July 2009 Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Reflections on Digital Social Research in the e-Research Ecosystem |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | presentation including details on MethodBox at UCLA on 19th May 2011 which discussed DSR projects in the braoder context of the ecosystem nationally and internationally Presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Resources for crime survey users : MethodBox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | MethodBox featured in the Resources for crime survey users at the Crime surveys user meeting, December 2011 at the Royal Statistical Society London. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | What is an e-Lab? : on-line social & health data, methods and investigators? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | An e-Lab is a secure, online environment that brings together data, research methods, analytical tools, references and people at the point of investigation or decision making. Currently, the full potential of scientific work and findings is not being realised as many communities do not have an easy platform to find and share resources on demand. These divisions often occur between both disciplines and working environments. The e-Lab infrastructure aims to blur these boundaries and provide a 'playground' for communities to carry out and enhance their work through the sharing of knowledge and expertise with others. This talk will cover the motivation driving the development of the e-Lab; an overview of the technical and operational infrastructure; and the use of e-Labs using case-driven examples. Opportunity to present information on research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |