The Centre of Excellence for Public Health (Northern Ireland)
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomed Sci
Abstract
Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because it included sensitive information such as personal details.
Publications
O'Halloran AM
(2009)
Genetic polymorphisms in platelet-related proteins and coronary artery disease: investigation of candidate genes, including N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 4 (GALNT4) and sulphotransferase 1A1/2 (SULT1A1/2).
in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis
Gray OM
(2009)
An investigation of susceptibility loci in benign, aggressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis in Northern Irish population.
in Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
Dallongeville J
(2009)
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma polymorphisms and coronary heart disease.
in PPAR research
Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration
(2009)
Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies.
in Statistics in medicine
Marshall A
(2009)
Simulating Coxian phase-type distributions for patient survival
in International Transactions in Operational Research
Wilson, Ted (Lecturer In Biology); Bray, George A.; Temple, Norman J.; Boyle Struble, Marie
(2009)
Nutrition Guide for Physicians
Markandya A
(2008)
Counting the cost of vulture decline-An appraisal of the human health and other benefits of vultures in India
in Ecological Economics
McCann CJ
(2008)
Novel biomarkers in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction compared with cardiac troponin T.
in European heart journal
Campbell D
(2008)
Assessing the spatial dependence of welfare estimates obtained from discrete choice experiments
in Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences
Velentzis LS
(2008)
Do phytoestrogens reduce the risk of breast cancer and breast cancer recurrence? What clinicians need to know.
in European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Savage DA
(2008)
Genetic association analyses of non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in diabetic nephropathy.
in Diabetologia
Hoekstra T
(2008)
Associations between aerobic and muscular fitness and cardiovascular disease risk: the northern Ireland young hearts study.
in Journal of physical activity & health
Summers CM
(2008)
Influence of the cystathionine beta-synthase 844ins68 and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C>T polymorphisms on folate and homocysteine concentrations.
in European journal of human genetics : EJHG
Su S
(2008)
Total syntheses of (+/-)-massadine and massadine chloride.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Cupples ME
(2008)
How effective is prevention in coronary heart disease?
in Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Empana JP
(2008)
Contribution of novel biomarkers to incident stable angina and acute coronary syndrome: the PRIME Study.
in European heart journal
Fletcher AE
(2008)
Sunlight exposure, antioxidants, and age-related macular degeneration.
in Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Longo A
(2008)
The internalization of externalities in the production of electricity: Willingness to pay for the attributes of a policy for renewable energy
in Ecological Economics
Donnelly M
(2008)
Oesophageal cancer: caregiver mental health and strain.
in Psycho-oncology
McClean KM
(2008)
Obesity and the lung: 1. Epidemiology.
in Thorax
Linden GJ
(2008)
Persistently raised C-reactive protein levels are associated with advanced periodontal disease.
in Journal of clinical periodontology
Woodside JV
(2008)
Saturated and trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease.
in Current atherosclerosis reports
Silander K
(2008)
Gender differences in genetic risk profiles for cardiovascular disease.
in PloS one
| Title | Inside out: What you don't see - {RMB} |
| Description | 'Inside Out: What You Don't See' was an exhibition held at the Naughton Gallery, Queen's University Belfast. It consisted of fifteen pieces of art produced by prisoners in HMP Maghaberry who attended the Donard Day Centre (a mental health facility). The artwork explores issues of mental health and how prison impacts on the well-being of prisoners and their families. The project was a collaboration between the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHCT), Prison Arts Foundation and Queen's University Belfast. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | The project helped to highlight the benefits of creative interventions for prisoners. This has led to an increased level of provision of art interventions in the Donard Day Centre and in other parts of the Northern Ireland prison estate. The exhibition also helped to increase public awareness of the public health implications of imprisonment. |
| Description | The final report to funders has not changed but there continue to be multiple academic outputs (separately listed elsewhere) |
| Exploitation Route | KTE activities from academic outputs AND new UKPRP grant applications |
| Sectors | Education,Environment,Healthcare |
| Description | Dr Ruth Hunter and Professor Frank Kee have been invited to sit on a regional policy group devising the next Physical Activity and Sports strategy for Northern Ireland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | DEL PhD studentship to study the Good Behaviour Game in Primary Schools (Joanne Mulgrew) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Santander mobility scholarship - {RMB} |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Santander Bank |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 07/2014 |
| Description | National Cancer Institute - {AKu} |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Andrew Kunzmann conducted statistical analyses and is currently in the process of producing two manuscripts regarding the associations between dietary fibre and fruit and vegetable intakes and risk of colorectal neoplasms. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have provided guidance via teleconferences and have provided access to the data. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Careers in international health : what next? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreofExcellenceforPublicHealthNorthernIreland/SeminarSeries... |
| Description | Cork metropolitan area : smarter travel area national competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Event: HIA forum : how HIA can support local govt and health promotion action on sustainable travel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.publichealth.ie/files/file/HIA/Ian%20Winning%20Smarter%20Travel%20Area%20national%20compe... |
| Description | Death and its determinants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at seminar organised by the Centre of Excellence for Public Health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Ethnic variations in developmental experiences in children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreofExcellenceforPublicHealthNorthernIreland/SeminarSeries... |
| Description | Expert panel discussion on mental health in prisons - {RMB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion involving the mental health commissioner for the Public Health Agency, the director of offender policy and operations (Northern Ireland Prison Service), a former prisoner who works as an outreach worker for a charitable organisation, and a retired art therapist who previously worked for the Probation Board Northern Ireland. 91 people attended 20 from an academic background, 56 from the public sector, and 15 from the 3rd sector. Question and answer session with panel and audience surrounding the themes of mental health in prison, the benefits of arts based interventions and the need for greater public debate regarding public health in prisons. Provided platform for networking between university staff and students with public sector and 3rd sector stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Getting whole populations to move more |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | HIA concepts & opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | HIA training course |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Introduction to health impact assessment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | HIA introductory session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Introduction to the obesity hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at regional launch of the obesity hub |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | MRC Population Health Sciences Research Network (PHSRN) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Guest speaker at the Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland away day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.med.qub.ac.uk/review/Peter_Craig_MRC_PHSRN/player.html |
| Description | Pharmacoepidemiology : an application of epidemiological methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Presentations made by members of the NICOLA scientific team at the launch of the report of the initial findings of the 1st Wave of the NICOLA CAPI survey. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The NICOLA Scientific team presented the initial findings of the 1st wave of the CAPI survey. The Commissioner for Older people also joined with the NICOLA scientific team in highlighting the importance of the findings and a senior civil servant (Ms Bernie Rooney, Head of the Social Inclusion Unit at the Department for Communities) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health (Professor Young) made responses to the findings and highlighted the importance of the study to policy making.Professor Kee on behalf of the NICOLA team gave two broadcast interviews ((BBC Northern Ireland and Radio Foyle) higlighting some of the findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Report of the commission on social determinants of health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Stemnet : what is stemnet? |
| 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 | W5 is the regional contract holder for delivery of Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) Programmes in Northern Ireland and Chief Executive, Dr Sally Montgomery will give an overview of STEMNET at 11:00hrs on the 2nd of September 2011, 2nd floor seminar room ICSB, RVH. http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/events/CurrentEvents/EventStore/Name,250289,en.html http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/events/CurrentEvents/EventStore/Name,250289,en.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/events/CurrentEvents/EventStore/Name,250289,en.html |
| Description | The SPHERE study secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice : a cluster RCT of tailored practice and patient care plans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | for the SPHERE study team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | The effect of socioeconomic status on outcomes in cystic fibrosis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Studies across the world have consistently shown that people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds experience worse health than those in more socio-economically advantaged positions. In the UK and internationally policies are being implemented to try to reduce these inequalities, with limited success. In order to develop more effective interventions we need a better understanding of how these health differences are generated and maintained. This study aims to investigate the effect of socioeconomic status on clinical outcomes, healthcare use and employment opportunities in people with cystic fibrosis. Because cystic fibrosis is genetically determined, this offers an opportunity to investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on health and social outcomes, in a chronic condition without a socioeconomic gradient in incidence. Using longitudinal modeling techniques, I am analysing the national cystic fibrosis registers from the UK and Denmark to investigate relationships with health inequalities. For example, are there differences in lung function, access to healthcare, survival, educational attainment and employment, for people living in different socio-economic circumstances? These insights will inform the development of policies to improve public health and patient care for people with cystic fibrosis and more generally. David Taylor-Robinson is a Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, and an MRC Population Health Scientist Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool. His Fellowship project involves exploring pathways to health inequalities by undertaking a longitudinal analysis of the UK and Danish Cystic Fibrosis Registers. Previously he trained in paediatrics at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, and is broadly interested in issues of child public health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | The future of medical publishing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreofExcellenceforPublicHealthNorthernIreland/SeminarSeries... |
| Description | The relationship between policy and research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://coe.qub.ac.uk/index.php/seminar-series.html |
| Description | Undertaking a health impact assessment on the cardiovascular service framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at launch of the health impact assessment of the Northern Ireland cardiovascular service framework |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | What can biomarkers tell us about cardiovascular disease and death |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | CoE Seminar Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.publichealth.ie/events/external |