Development of a Methodology Hub for the island of Ireland
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University of Belfast
Department Name: Centre for Public Health
Abstract
This proposal is to develop an expert centre in design and analysis of clinical trials (a Methodology Hub). The Hub will support the design and conduct of clinical trials throughout Ireland, and will provide training to staff who are designing clinical trials. This will result in better quality trials, which are more likely to produce correct results. In turn, this will lead to more efficient use of funds and improved healthcare for patients.
Technical Summary
The overarching aim of this proposal is to develop a Methodology Hub, based in Belfast, which will lead the development of clinical trial methodology on the island of Ireland. The Methodology Hub, when established, will:
1) Develop beacons of excellence in specific areas of trial methodology research.
2) Build training capacity, on an all-island basis, in novel methodologies that span a range of complex intervention types, with an emphasis on translation to improve practice and health outcomes.
3) Improve patient care by strengthening the relevance and validity of the healthcare evidence base, with specific reference to healthcare needs and priorities on the island of Ireland.
4) Establish strong collaborative networks with established Methodology Hubs within the UK and with centres with relevant expertise throughout Ireland.
This proposal seeks to build on existing clinical research infrastructure and investment to facilitate the development of a world-class environment for conducting methodological research. The Hub will aim to improve the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials and will establish training programmes to develop the next generation of clinical trialists, trial methodologists and clinical trial personnel. A programme of work will be carried out to increase the validity and relevance of early and late phase clinical trials through improved design, conduct and analysis, initially in relation to cancer, vision, public health and nutrition, with a particular emphasis on behavioural modification and complex interventions. The Director and other Hub staff will develop a balanced methodological research portfolio, generated and supported by a broad team of clinical investigators. Mutually beneficial collaborations will be developed with industry where appropriate, and strong linkages with trialists and policy makers throughout Ireland and the UK in order to ensure the dissemination and rapid application of research findings. These linkages will ensure that a research agenda for trial methodology can be maintained which is informed by the needs of the research community.
1) Develop beacons of excellence in specific areas of trial methodology research.
2) Build training capacity, on an all-island basis, in novel methodologies that span a range of complex intervention types, with an emphasis on translation to improve practice and health outcomes.
3) Improve patient care by strengthening the relevance and validity of the healthcare evidence base, with specific reference to healthcare needs and priorities on the island of Ireland.
4) Establish strong collaborative networks with established Methodology Hubs within the UK and with centres with relevant expertise throughout Ireland.
This proposal seeks to build on existing clinical research infrastructure and investment to facilitate the development of a world-class environment for conducting methodological research. The Hub will aim to improve the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials and will establish training programmes to develop the next generation of clinical trialists, trial methodologists and clinical trial personnel. A programme of work will be carried out to increase the validity and relevance of early and late phase clinical trials through improved design, conduct and analysis, initially in relation to cancer, vision, public health and nutrition, with a particular emphasis on behavioural modification and complex interventions. The Director and other Hub staff will develop a balanced methodological research portfolio, generated and supported by a broad team of clinical investigators. Mutually beneficial collaborations will be developed with industry where appropriate, and strong linkages with trialists and policy makers throughout Ireland and the UK in order to ensure the dissemination and rapid application of research findings. These linkages will ensure that a research agenda for trial methodology can be maintained which is informed by the needs of the research community.
Organisations
- Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (Collaboration)
- Hygieia (Collaboration)
- Public Health England, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Belgian Red Cross (Collaboration)
- GOAL Ireland (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (Collaboration)
- Irish Health Research Board (Collaboration)
- The Cochrane Collaboration (Collaboration)
- Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit - NICTU (Collaboration)
- University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Oxfam GB, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Ottawa, Canada (Collaboration)
- Government of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (Collaboration)
- Public Health Agency (PHA) (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- National University of Ireland, Galway (Collaboration)
- Tufts University (Collaboration)
- London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (Collaboration)
- Grants Admin Office (Collaboration)
- Medical Research Council (Collaboration)
- Molecular Medicine Ireland (Collaboration)
- Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Collaboration)
- Health Research Board (HRB) (Collaboration)
- UNLISTED (Collaboration)
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (Collaboration)
- Intelligent Health Ltd, UK (Collaboration)
Publications
Alderdice F
(2016)
Do Cochrane summaries help student midwives understand the findings of Cochrane systematic reviews: the BRIEF randomised trial.
in Systematic reviews
Allen-Walker V
(2016)
Routine weighing of women during pregnancy-is it time to change current practice?
in BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Anand R
(2020)
Fool's gold? Why blinded trials are not always best.
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Annette Dean M
(2013)
Using Pedometer Step-Count Goals to Promote Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Feasibility Study of a Controlled Trial
in International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Antes G
(2012)
Knowledge as a key resource for health challenges.
in Lancet (London, England)
Badham J
(2019)
The importance of social environment in preventing smoking: an analysis of the Dead Cool intervention.
in BMC public health
Bakker JP
(2019)
A systematic review of feasibility studies promoting the use of mobile technologies in clinical research.
in NPJ digital medicine
| Description | APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) TB Report on R&D for Global Health |
| Geographic Reach | National |
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| Geographic Reach | National |
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| Description | Advice to WHO and others for Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), a multi-national randomised trial in Canada, China, India and South Africa |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | Cochrane Methodology Reviews |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Cochrane Methodology Reviews - {MC} |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | The editorial base of the Cochrane Methodology Review Group is in the former All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research. The Cochrane Methodology Review Group continues to achieve among the highest impact factor of the Cochrane Review Groups |
| Description | Cross Government Trial Advice Panel |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-trial-advice-panel-role-and-membership |
| Description | Delphi study for CONSORT extension for RCTs in cohorts and routinely collected data |
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| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in advisory committee |
| Description | Evidence Aid input to International Development Comittee |
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| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| Description | Evidence Aid input to World Humanitarian Summitt |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | HRA consultation on the provision of information to trial participants at the end of the study |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| Description | Input from COMET initiative to EMA conssulation on multiplicity in clinical trials |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| URL | https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/multiplicity-issues-clinical-trials |
| Description | MECIR for protocols consultation in The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| Description | NICE Disinvestment and Eyes on Evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Each month, we highlight 5-10 Cochrane Reviews to NICE that might lead to changes in health and social care in the UK, either through disinvestment in ineffective interventions or increased attention to effective interventions. The disinvestment opportunities are highlighted through the NICE website. A selection of the effective interventions are published in the NICE monthly publication, Eyes on Evidence, which has more than 22,000 subscribers and is also promoted through other routes such as tweets, forwarded emails and articles republished in the Nursing Times. |
| Description | PRISMA extensions for Protocols (PRISMA-P) and Individual Participant Data (PRISMA-IPD) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Particiipation in HSC PHA R&D Division consultation on NI research infrastructure |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| Description | Peer review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Gave evidence to a government review |
| Description | Sessions on Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses for clinical trainees in Northern Ireland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Trinity College Dublin Library study (midwifery undergraduates) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Lectures for undergraduate midwives were revised, in relation to information retrieval and critical appraisal. |
| Description | Wellcome Trust consultation on access to clinical trial data |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a national consultation |
| Description | Department for the Economy PhD Studentship |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Enabling research awards |
| Amount | £35,419 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2014 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | Evidence Aid |
| Amount | € 500,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | C and A Foundation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Evidence Aid development {MC} |
| Amount | $100,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Lampert Family Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 12/2014 |
| Description | Hubs for Trials Methodology studentship (Process evaluation) |
| Amount | £92,697 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | PhD studentship (Core outcome set) |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | PhD studentship (Surrogate outcomes) |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit - NICTU |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Research Innovation Grant |
| Amount | £59,977 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Alcohol Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Telemonitoring Northern Ireland: evaluations |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2014 |
| End | 11/2015 |
| Title | SWAT and SWAR |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A review (SWAR) are examples of methodology research that can be embedded in prospective studies and systematic reviews respectively. We have established an online, prospective registry of these, which is freely available to all. The online site allows people to register the outline for SWAT/SWAR and to view the repository. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | SWAT and SWAR are being embedded into trials and reviews, improving the evidence base for research methods. |
| URL | http://go.qub.ac.uk/SWAT-SWAR |
| Description | 'Beat the Street Walking to School Competition' |
| Organisation | Intelligent Health Ltd, UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research aim is to investigate the characteristics and influence of social networks on children's school travel behaviour. The involvement of Helen McAneney has been in the conceptualising and design of the assessment. RH manages the project and has gained appropriate ethical approval, whilst Helen will carry out the analysis of the network data, once received. Frank Kee will also be involved over analysis and write-up phase. At least 1 peer reviewed publication is envisaged, which the client requests. Helen obtained the data in 2013, has further cleaned the data and carried out initial analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intelligent Health Ltd have been commissioned to deliver an international schools walking competition called 'Beat the Street'. This is a promotional event format that aims to encourage children to walk to school. It is a multi-week competition format between schools from major cities in each of two or more countries to achieve that goal. The principal promotion is the social interaction of children and reward. Intelligent Health Ltd have recruited schools, installed technology , developed the web-based survey for baseline, 4-week intervention and post-intervention assessments, whereby collecting all the data. Data is to be cleaned and passed to researchers in required format for analysis. In 2012, Beat the Street recruited 12 schools from London, Reading and Vancouver. In 2013 data has been cleaned and passed onto researchers for analysis. |
| Impact | This collaboration has enabled the use of technology to infer network connections, rather than the tradition roster/open question method. It is an extension to the methodology used within the PAL study, in which Helen McAneney is involved, with the potential proof of concept as an intervention amongst School aged children. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving those from Public Health, Mathematics/Physics and Network theory. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | AIIHPC Structured Research Network |
| Organisation | All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Advice on evaluation research (including core outcomes, randomised trials and systematic reviews). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Conduct of research across hospices and other centres of palliative care on the island of Ireland. |
| Impact | Participation of launch meeting of the Structured Research Network in AIIHPC. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Belgian Red Cross - Flanders and Evidence Aid |
| Organisation | Belgian Red Cross |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub worked with the Belgian Red Cross - Flanders to organise the second Evidence Aid Conference in Brussels, in October 2012. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Belgian Red Cross - Flanders co-hosted the second Evidence Aid Conference, in Brussels in October 2012. |
| Impact | The conference brought together nearly 100 people from a diverse range of organisations. It helped to prioritise future work for Evidence Aid. A report of the 2012 Conference was published as Vandekerckhove P, Clarke MJ, De Buck E, Allen C, Kayabu B. Second Evidence Aid Conference: prioritizing evidence in disaster aid. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2013; 7: 593-596. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | COMET |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub worked with the two other Hubs and the Centre for Statistics in Medicine to organise the second COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) conference in Bristol in 2011 and the third in Manchester in 2013. This was made possible through funding from the Network of Hubs. In 2012, the COMET Initiative secured additional funding from the MRC Methodology Research Programme and the European Union FP7 programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners work in collaboration in this project. |
| Impact | The 2-day second COMET conference was attended by more than 150 researchers and trialists, systematic reviewers, health service users, healthcare practitioners, journal editors, research funders, policy makers and regulators. The interactive meeting included 20 posters on display and short presentations on specific projects. The new COMET website was also available, giving participants an early view of the searchable database available and an opportunity to provide feedback. The meeting promoted much discussion and debate about the methodology, standards and science of outcomes standardisation for effectiveness trials in health care. The strong agreement that this will improve the quality of health research was balanced by the recognition of certain challenges and issues which will need to be tackled head on. Discussion illuminated the need for an international approach to core outcome set development, and this needs to be truly collaborative, with all relevant stakeholder groups involved from the outset. Funders, peer reviewers, journal editors and regulatory authorities have a responsibility to make sure that issues are addressed in research, and the involvement of patients is critical to making sure that appropriate outcomes are measured in effectiveness trials. Since the COMET II Conference, the success of the COMET Initiative has been built upon in securing funding from the MRC Methodology Research Panel and the European Union FP7 programme. These projects will improve the provision of training and support for people working on core outcome sets, and include research into the development and use of core outcome sets. Presentations: UK Critical Care Research Forum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 June 2012 Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference, Telford, England, 5 September 2012 Publications: Williamson PR, Altman DG, Blazeby JM, Clarke M, Devane D, Gargon E, Tugwell P. Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider. Trials 2012; 13: 132. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | COMET |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub worked with the two other Hubs and the Centre for Statistics in Medicine to organise the second COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) conference in Bristol in 2011 and the third in Manchester in 2013. This was made possible through funding from the Network of Hubs. In 2012, the COMET Initiative secured additional funding from the MRC Methodology Research Programme and the European Union FP7 programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners work in collaboration in this project. |
| Impact | The 2-day second COMET conference was attended by more than 150 researchers and trialists, systematic reviewers, health service users, healthcare practitioners, journal editors, research funders, policy makers and regulators. The interactive meeting included 20 posters on display and short presentations on specific projects. The new COMET website was also available, giving participants an early view of the searchable database available and an opportunity to provide feedback. The meeting promoted much discussion and debate about the methodology, standards and science of outcomes standardisation for effectiveness trials in health care. The strong agreement that this will improve the quality of health research was balanced by the recognition of certain challenges and issues which will need to be tackled head on. Discussion illuminated the need for an international approach to core outcome set development, and this needs to be truly collaborative, with all relevant stakeholder groups involved from the outset. Funders, peer reviewers, journal editors and regulatory authorities have a responsibility to make sure that issues are addressed in research, and the involvement of patients is critical to making sure that appropriate outcomes are measured in effectiveness trials. Since the COMET II Conference, the success of the COMET Initiative has been built upon in securing funding from the MRC Methodology Research Panel and the European Union FP7 programme. These projects will improve the provision of training and support for people working on core outcome sets, and include research into the development and use of core outcome sets. Presentations: UK Critical Care Research Forum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 June 2012 Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference, Telford, England, 5 September 2012 Publications: Williamson PR, Altman DG, Blazeby JM, Clarke M, Devane D, Gargon E, Tugwell P. Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider. Trials 2012; 13: 132. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | COMET |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Centre for Statistics in Medicine |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub worked with the two other Hubs and the Centre for Statistics in Medicine to organise the second COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) conference in Bristol in 2011 and the third in Manchester in 2013. This was made possible through funding from the Network of Hubs. In 2012, the COMET Initiative secured additional funding from the MRC Methodology Research Programme and the European Union FP7 programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners work in collaboration in this project. |
| Impact | The 2-day second COMET conference was attended by more than 150 researchers and trialists, systematic reviewers, health service users, healthcare practitioners, journal editors, research funders, policy makers and regulators. The interactive meeting included 20 posters on display and short presentations on specific projects. The new COMET website was also available, giving participants an early view of the searchable database available and an opportunity to provide feedback. The meeting promoted much discussion and debate about the methodology, standards and science of outcomes standardisation for effectiveness trials in health care. The strong agreement that this will improve the quality of health research was balanced by the recognition of certain challenges and issues which will need to be tackled head on. Discussion illuminated the need for an international approach to core outcome set development, and this needs to be truly collaborative, with all relevant stakeholder groups involved from the outset. Funders, peer reviewers, journal editors and regulatory authorities have a responsibility to make sure that issues are addressed in research, and the involvement of patients is critical to making sure that appropriate outcomes are measured in effectiveness trials. Since the COMET II Conference, the success of the COMET Initiative has been built upon in securing funding from the MRC Methodology Research Panel and the European Union FP7 programme. These projects will improve the provision of training and support for people working on core outcome sets, and include research into the development and use of core outcome sets. Presentations: UK Critical Care Research Forum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12 June 2012 Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference, Telford, England, 5 September 2012 Publications: Williamson PR, Altman DG, Blazeby JM, Clarke M, Devane D, Gargon E, Tugwell P. Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider. Trials 2012; 13: 132. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Centre for Evidence Based Medicine and Evidence Aid |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub worked with the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine to organise the first Evidence Aid Conference in Oxford, in September 2011. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Centre for Evidence Based Medicine co-hosted the first Evidence Aid Conference, in Oxford in September 2011. |
| Impact | The conference brought together more than 70 people from a diverse range of organisations. There were delegates from the Belgian Red Cross, US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, The Cochrane Collaboration, Department for International Development (UK), Health Protection Agency (UK), International Committee for Red Cross, Lancet, Médecins Sans Frontières, OXFAM, Research4Life, Save the Children, UNHCR and the World Health Organization. It helped to identify ways to provide evidence for key issues in practice and in the highlighting of key questions for research relevant to natural disasters and other healthcare emergencies. Future work will include issues relevant to the methods of such research. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Cochrane Methodology Review Group |
| Organisation | The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The editorial base for the Cochrane Methodology Review Group is in the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub. We oversee the editorial aspects of all Cochrane Methodology Reviews, from the registration of the title through to the publication of the full reviews and its subsequent updates. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Preparation, maintenance and promotion of access to Cochrane Methodology Reviews. |
| Impact | In 2011, the Cochrane Methodology Review Group published new reviews on the assessment of the risk of bias in clinical trials, the impact of checking reference lists to identify clinical trials for systematic reviews and methods for obtaining unpublished data. We also published updated reviews on the impact of randomisation to protect against selection bias in clinical trials and strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials. In 2012, three new Cochrane Methodology Reviews have been submitted for publication. These cover the likelihood that new interventions will be better than established interventions in randomised trials, the impact of the CONSORT statement, and the effects of industry sponsorship on the reporting of trials. The Impact Factor for the Cochrane Methodology Review Group in 2011 was calculated to be 20.200. This is the highest for any Cochrane Review Group, and contrasts with 5.912 for Cochrane Reviews generally. The Cochrane Methodology Review Group has continued to have one of the highest impact factors of any CRG, and to publish 1 to 4 new or updated reviews per year, and 1 to 4 protocols for reviews. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Connected Health evaluations |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland (DHSSPSNI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All Ireland Hub had several meetings with the Permanent Secretary and others in the DHSSPS about the establishment of an evaluative framework for connected health (or integretated healthcare initiatives). This might lead to proposals for a European framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions with colleagues in Europe about using the special status of Northern Ireland to lead the establishment of a a European framework for evaluating connected health initiatives. The methodological underpinning of this would have been led by the All-Ireland Hub. It included an evaluation of telecare in Northern Ireland. |
| Impact | Proposal being prepared for colleagues in Europe. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Effective and ineffective interventions in Cochrane Reviews |
| Organisation | The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the former All-Ireland Hub works with the Cochrane Editorial Unit to identify health and social care interventions that are effective or ineffective based on the conclusions of Cochrane Reviews. Discussions began with Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare in early 2020 about extending the dissemination and impact of this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Cochrane Collaboration uses this information to improve the impact of Cochrane reviews. |
| Impact | Outputs are shared with Cochrane. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Enabling Research Awards panel member |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Mike Clarke was a member of the panel for the Enabling Research Wards in 2014 and 2015. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The HSC PHA R & D Division use the panel to fund awards intended to boost the chances of a more substantial award for researchers in Northern Ireland. |
| Impact | Confidential decisions about funding awards. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Enabling Research Awards panel member (McAuley) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Danny McAuley was a member of the panel for the Enabling Research Wards from 2013. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The HSC PHA R&D Division use the panel to fund awards intended to boost the chances of a more substantial award for researchers in Northern Ireland. |
| Impact | Confidential decisions about funding awards. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Evaluation of dNav in Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Hygieia |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have had extensive discussions about an evaluation of this service for diabetics in Northern Ireland. We are awaiting a decision about whether such an evaluation will take place alongside the implementation, which needs to come from HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hygieia, Inc. provide the service and the equipment. They are committed to an evaluation and have been part of our extensive discussions. |
| Impact | None to date, as this is now awaiting decisions by others; but this is an important example of collaboration between the Hub and industry. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Evidence for Equity |
| Organisation | University of Ottawa |
| Department | Institute of Population Health |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All Ireland Hub liaises with Evidence for Equity (E4E, formerly Equity Evidence Aid) on behalf of Evidence Aid. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team in the University of Ottawa lead Equity Evidence Aid. |
| Impact | Strategic meeting of Equity Evidence Aid took place in 2013. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Feedback on HRB review of suicide |
| Organisation | Irish Health Research Board |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Extensive feedback was provided on a challenging review relevant to suicide prevention in Ireland. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The HRB did the review |
| Impact | Improvements to the report. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | GOAL evaluations |
| Organisation | GOAL Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Advice on evaluation studies and assistance in appointment of new member of the GOAL evaluation team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Conduct of their evaluations and appointment of their new staff member. |
| Impact | Evaluations ongoing and staff member details are probably protected under data protection. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Health Research Board, Ireland |
| Organisation | Health Research Board (HRB) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub has held several discussions with senior staff at the Health Research Board (HRB) in regard to expanding the work of the Hub to the island of Ireland as a whole; and as part of the assesment of the Cochrane Training Fellowship Scheme. In 2012, the HRB agreed to contribute to the costs for expanding the Hub into Ireland. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperation in strengthening research in Ireland. |
| Impact | In 2011, a report on the Cochrane Training Fellowship Scheme was prepared for consideration by the Board of the HRB, recommending the continuation of the scheme. An outline proposal is being prepared for the Board of the HRB on the strengthening of methodology research and support in the Republic of Ireland, including the potential role of the All-Ireland Hub and the Network of Hubs in this. In 2012, the HRB agreed to contribute 1 million euros to the MRC to fund the expansion of the All-Ireland Hub to Ireland and a further 250,000 euros to the work of the Network of Hubs. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Humanitarian Evidence Programme |
| Organisation | Oxfam GB |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We provided guidance on the methods to use in the systematic reviews commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme, and on applications and protocols for these reviews. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxfam and Tufts oversee the Humanitarian Evidence Programme |
| Impact | Successful awards for systematic reviews. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Humanitarian Evidence Programme |
| Organisation | Tufts University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We provided guidance on the methods to use in the systematic reviews commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme, and on applications and protocols for these reviews. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxfam and Tufts oversee the Humanitarian Evidence Programme |
| Impact | Successful awards for systematic reviews. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | LSHTM Annual Lecture |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Annual lecture on the importance of randomised trials and systematic reviews. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Course on evidence based global health. |
| Impact | Annual lecture, and discussions about joint projects relating to large randomised trials and Evidence Aid. |
| Description | Molecular Medicine Ireland |
| Organisation | Molecular Medicine Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub has had several discussions with the Chief Executive Office of Molecular Medicine Ireland about collaborative efforts across the island of Ireland, through 2011 and 2012. The Director sat on the Board of the MMI as an observor for QUB. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperation to strengthen research on the island of Ireland. |
| Impact | The Director of the Hub represented Queen's University Belfast on the MMI Board. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | NICE and disinvestment |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub has continued to work with the UK Cochrane Centre, the Cochrane Editorial Unit and NICE to identify opportunities for disinvestment from ineffective health care through the findings of new and updated Cochrane Reviews. In 2012, the work was sub-contracted from the UK Cochrane Centre to Queen's University Belfast. A extension and a new contract means that this work will continue to at least 2016. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NICE use the output from this project to identify low value interventions to the NHS. |
| Impact | NICE has continued to publish "Cochrane QP" in NHS Evidence, highlighting ineffective healthcare interventions to practioners and commissioners in the NHS. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub worked within the Network of Hubs on a variety of projects, including outcomes (see COMET), evidence synthesis and trial recruitment. The Director of the All-Ireland Hub was Chair of the Network in 2011 to 2013, and led the successful application for the renewal of funding for the Network (£1 million) and the establishment of a PhD studentship fund (£2.3 million). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other Hubs in the Network of Hubs helped to establish the All-Ireland Hub's plans for research. They collaborated in projects relating to outcomes, evidence synthesis and recruitment to trials. |
| Impact | The second and third COMET conferences, the evidence synthesis session for the Network's Conference in February 2012, and a short document setting out issues to consider if one is struggling with the recruitment to a trial. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Northern Ireland CTU |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit - NICTU |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Director NICTU |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NICTU is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered Clinical Trials Unit and has a specific remit to provide support for the design, conduct, analysis and publication of clinical trials and other well designed studies. |
| Impact | Portfolio of grant applications and successful awards from the NIHR and other funders.. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit signposting and back-up advice |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit - NICTU |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | When researchers approach the NICTU for advice that is for a study outside their scope, they suggest that the researcher contact the HSC Statistical and Methodological Support Service. The service then provides the relevant advice and support, as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NICTU advises researchers who approach them with studies that are outside their scope to contact the Support Service. |
| Impact | Several discussions have taken place and advice has been given, but there are no formal outputs to date. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | OptiBIRTH |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design, conduct and analysis of cluster randomised trial |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oversight of this EU FP7 research project, including identifcation of the intervention to test in the trial. |
| Impact | No impacts yet. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Prioritisation of reviews for disasters |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Evidence Aid led a prioritisation exercise for reviews needed in disaster risk reduction, planning, response and recovery. This unique activity involved dozens of agencies and hundreds of individuals in online surveys, and a 2-day workshop with 30 participants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dozens of agencies and hundreds of agencies contributed to the online surveys. 30 people took part in the 2-day workshop. |
| Impact | Evidence Aid Priority Setting Group EAPSG. Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies. PLOS Currents Disasters. 2013 Oct 16. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.c9c4f4db9887633409182d2864b20c31. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Prioritisation of reviews for disasters |
| Organisation | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Evidence Aid led a prioritisation exercise for reviews needed in disaster risk reduction, planning, response and recovery. This unique activity involved dozens of agencies and hundreds of individuals in online surveys, and a 2-day workshop with 30 participants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dozens of agencies and hundreds of agencies contributed to the online surveys. 30 people took part in the 2-day workshop. |
| Impact | Evidence Aid Priority Setting Group EAPSG. Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies. PLOS Currents Disasters. 2013 Oct 16. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.c9c4f4db9887633409182d2864b20c31. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Prioritisation of reviews for disasters |
| Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Evidence Aid led a prioritisation exercise for reviews needed in disaster risk reduction, planning, response and recovery. This unique activity involved dozens of agencies and hundreds of individuals in online surveys, and a 2-day workshop with 30 participants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dozens of agencies and hundreds of agencies contributed to the online surveys. 30 people took part in the 2-day workshop. |
| Impact | Evidence Aid Priority Setting Group EAPSG. Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies. PLOS Currents Disasters. 2013 Oct 16. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.c9c4f4db9887633409182d2864b20c31. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Public Health England and Evidence Aid |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Department | Centre for Radiation, Chemicals and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub has worked with Professor Virginia Murray and her colleagues at Public Health England (formerly, the Public Health Agency) on various projects relevant to the provision of evidence for natural disasters and other healthcare emergencies, including topics relevant to improving the methods for the relevant research. These include a rapid Cochrane Review of the effects of electric fans in heatwaves. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration on the design and preparation of the Cochrane Review of electric fans in heatwaves and other discussions relevant to Evidence Aid. Development of resources for Evidence Aid in response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Phlippines (November 2013) |
| Impact | Kar-Purkayastha I, Clarke M, Murray V. Dealing with disaster databases - what can we learn from health and systematic reviews? Application in practice. PLoS Currents Disasters 2011;3:RRN1272. Gupta S, Carmichael C, Simpson C, Clarke MJ, Allen C, Gao Y, Chan EYY, Murray V. Electric fans for reducing adverse health impacts in heatwaves. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD009888. Resources on www.EvidenceAid.org |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | R&D Division, HSC Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub provided methodological advice and input to the review of applications for funds for rapid systematic reviews in various areas of mental health. in 2012, the Hub provided advice to the R&D Division on the recent opening up of NIHR funding streams to researchers from Northern Ireland. In October 2012, the R&D Division agreed to continue to contribute £50,000 per year to the Hub should its renewal bid be successful. In 2017, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub took on the role of providing advice to researchers in the Health and Social Care sector in Northern Ireland who need support with statistics or methodology |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperation on strengthening research in Northern Ireland. |
| Impact | The R&D Division awarded a series of grants for rapid systematic reviews following the assessment process in 2011. The R&D Division agreed to continue to contribute £50,000 per year to the Hub should its renewal bid be successful. The R&D Division provides £30,000 per year to the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub for the HSC Statistical and Methodological Support service. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Research Measurement Standardization Special Interest Group |
| Organisation | International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Expertise to develop a COS for Alcohol Brief Interventions bringing skills to this international collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shorter and Clarke have provided methodological leadership on this collaboration to develop core outcome sets and novel approaches to measurement standardisation |
| Impact | Prioritization of Outcomes in Efficacy and Effectiveness of Alcohol Brief Intervention Trials: International Multi-Stakeholder e-Delphi Consensus Study to Inform a Core Outcome Set GW Shorter, N Heather, JW Bray, AH Berman, EL Giles, AJ O'Donnell, M Clarke et al... Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 80 (3), 299-309 The Variability of Outcomes Used in Efficacy and Effectiveness Trials of Alcohol Brief Interventions: A Systematic Review GW Shorter, JW Bray, EL Giles, AJ O'Donnell, AH Berman, A Holloway, M Clarke et al... Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 80 (3), 268-298 The 'Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol'(ORBITAL) framework: protocol to determine a core outcome set for efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol GW Shorter, N Heather, JW Bray, EL Giles, A Holloway, C Barbosa, M Clarke et al... Trials 18 (1), 611 |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Research methodology support to Northern HSC Trust |
| Organisation | Northern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provision of advice, including a workshop of quantitative study design at Causeway Hospital. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Requests for advice |
| Impact | Provision of advice, including a workshop of quantitative study design at Causeway Hospital. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A Review (SWAR) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research led the SWAT and SWAR programmes and developed an online repository of these outlines for studies that will facilitate methodology research in clinical trials, systematic reviews and other research. Following the end of the MRC award to develop this Hub, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub continues to maintain the repository, including adding new outlines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research provided funding for the establishment of this project. The other partners include other Hubs, the NIHR HTA programme, and the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network, Clinical Trials Units and others will contribute ideas and support the dissemination and implementation of SWAT and SWAR. |
| Impact | Website has been established and SWAT and SWAR are being conducted. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A Review (SWAR) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research led the SWAT and SWAR programmes and developed an online repository of these outlines for studies that will facilitate methodology research in clinical trials, systematic reviews and other research. Following the end of the MRC award to develop this Hub, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub continues to maintain the repository, including adding new outlines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research provided funding for the establishment of this project. The other partners include other Hubs, the NIHR HTA programme, and the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network, Clinical Trials Units and others will contribute ideas and support the dissemination and implementation of SWAT and SWAR. |
| Impact | Website has been established and SWAT and SWAR are being conducted. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A Review (SWAR) |
| Organisation | National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research led the SWAT and SWAR programmes and developed an online repository of these outlines for studies that will facilitate methodology research in clinical trials, systematic reviews and other research. Following the end of the MRC award to develop this Hub, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub continues to maintain the repository, including adding new outlines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research provided funding for the establishment of this project. The other partners include other Hubs, the NIHR HTA programme, and the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network, Clinical Trials Units and others will contribute ideas and support the dissemination and implementation of SWAT and SWAR. |
| Impact | Website has been established and SWAT and SWAR are being conducted. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A Review (SWAR) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research led the SWAT and SWAR programmes and developed an online repository of these outlines for studies that will facilitate methodology research in clinical trials, systematic reviews and other research. Following the end of the MRC award to develop this Hub, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub continues to maintain the repository, including adding new outlines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research provided funding for the establishment of this project. The other partners include other Hubs, the NIHR HTA programme, and the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network, Clinical Trials Units and others will contribute ideas and support the dissemination and implementation of SWAT and SWAR. |
| Impact | Website has been established and SWAT and SWAR are being conducted. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Studies Within A Trial (SWAT) and Studies Within A Review (SWAR) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research led the SWAT and SWAR programmes and developed an online repository of these outlines for studies that will facilitate methodology research in clinical trials, systematic reviews and other research. Following the end of the MRC award to develop this Hub, the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub continues to maintain the repository, including adding new outlines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research provided funding for the establishment of this project. The other partners include other Hubs, the NIHR HTA programme, and the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network, Clinical Trials Units and others will contribute ideas and support the dissemination and implementation of SWAT and SWAR. |
| Impact | Website has been established and SWAT and SWAR are being conducted. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Tom Valente |
| Organisation | University of Southern California |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Team has collected and analysed data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input into research. |
| Impact | Poster presentation at XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), May 21-26 2013, Hamburg, Germany. Accepted publication in American Journal of Public Health, "Hidden" social networks in behavior change interventions. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Trial Forge |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research (HTMR) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research helped to coordinate a workshop and the activities of Trial Forge.. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners contributed to the workshop financially and scientifically. |
| Impact | None to date |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Trials Methodology Research Partnership |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Northern Ireland Hub contributes to discussions and activities in the TMRP, which is hosted by the University of Liverpool but is a UK and Ireland wide partnership. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosting of the TMRP. |
| Impact | Improvements to research. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 1st Dilemma Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This lunchtime seminar presented a real-life trial dilemma faced by researchers in QUB and discussed possible solutions and the repercussions of each choice. The context of the dilemma was be that of a multi-centre Glaucoma Trial which would compare a new method of imaging over current practice. The dilemma faced by researchers regards the different types of imaging that is used in different study sites. A presentation was given by Professsor Augusto Azuara-Blanco who was conducting the Trial and the group discussed the possible actions that could be taken. Afterwards, Professor Azuara-Blanco revealed the decision he made and explained the reasoning behind this. After the seminar, those in attendance said that the seminar was very interesting and would make the think differently when they face their own research dilemmas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | AUKCAR methodology workshop, invited presentation Helen McAneney |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at AUKCAR workshop on the SWAT (Studies Within A Trial) and SWAR (Studies Within A Review) Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Attending MRC methodological hub and contributing to olanning and activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The decision le dto a lot of work and successful PhD proposals Ensured that staff from Ulster University participate diin the Hub and wrote research proposals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | BCT Taxonomy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 56 individuals attended a one day workshop on the Behaviour Change Taxonomy. This involved lectures, practical sessions and discussion of the application of the taxonomy in designing and evaluating interventions and policies. Attendees included academics, public health practitioners and members of community health organisations. Interest to pursue the same methodological concept in other settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | BERA presentation by Gareth Robinson 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at BERA on "A Social Network Perspective of Shared Education in Northern Ireland" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | British Council Campus Tours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | British Council Campus Tour to promote research within the faculty and own work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | COMET lecture (UK Critical Care Research Forum) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on core outcome sets (COMET). Plans to develop two core outcome sets in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Clinical Trials the All-Ireland Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | This presentation and question session was given as part of the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society's annual meeting. The All-Ireland Hub was promoted to the audience of Midwifery students in the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Cochrane Evidence Pods and Journal Clubs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub is Podcast and Journal Club editor for The Cochrane Library. He oversees the preparation and publication of all Evidence Pods and the monthly Journal Clubs. These are available from www.cochrane.org/podcasts and www.CochraneJournalClub.com. Both collections are freely available on the internet. The Evidence Pods and Journal Clubs cover a wide range of areas of health care, and highlight methodological issues as appropriate. The podcasts are listened to thousands of time per month and the Journal Clubs atrract several thousand visitors a month, and has more than 8000 followers in November 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013 |
| URL | http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts; www.CochraneJournalClub.com |
| Description | Cochrane Evidence Pods and Journal Clubs - {MC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Director of the All-Ireland Hub (Mike Clarke) is Podcast and Journal Club editor for The Cochrane Library. He oversees the preparation and publication of all Evidence Pods and the Journal Clubs. These are available from www.cochrane.org/podcasts and www.CochraneJournalClub.com. Both collections are freely available on the internet. The Evidence Pods and Journal Clubs cover a wide range of areas of health care, and highlight methodological issues as appropriate. The podcasts are listened to thousands of time per month and the Journal Clubs attract several thousand visitors a month. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
| URL | http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts |
| Description | Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges - Poster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Smartphones - a method for longitudinal survey data capture: One step forward or two steps back? Helen McAneney, Mark McCann, John Moriarty, Mark Tully, Leeanne O'Hara, Oliver Perra, Suleiman Yerima, Sakir Sezer, Paul Ell, Robert Miller, Geraldine Macdonald. Interaction and discussion on concept. Continued interaction with international colleague with potential for future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://conferences.thehillgroup.com/UMich/complexity-disparities-populationhealth/ |
| Description | Debating Matters (judge in October 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clarke was a panel member for this event, sponsored by MRC and Wellcome Trust. His involvement led to extensive discussion with the school students who took part in the debating competition and with the organisers, including the Queen's University Belfast Literific Society about greater engagement in health and social care research, through debates around uncertainties. Invitation to suggest topics for debate to Literifics Society, request for quote for media release for Debating Matters and invitation to judge again in 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.debatingmatters.com/ |
| Description | Development Weeks - QUB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to undergraduate biomedical science students on my research area of Research Methodology and work in Centre for Public Health, which sparked interaction and good feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Development of Evidence Based Aid: Helping Decision Makers Before and After Natural Disasters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This meeting was open to the public as part of the Development Research Week Programme at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; and was organized in partnership with the Trinity International Development Initiative. The meeting was chaired by the Director of the All-Ireland Hub, one of the founders of Evidence Aid. It offered an opportunity for organisations based in Ireland to consider the role that Evidence Aid can play to promote evidence-based practices in humanitarian emergencies and international development. The plenary session included talks on the use of evidence by donors in the humanitarian sector and related areas (Ciara O'Brien, Deputy Director, Emergency and Recovery Section, Irish Aid), an NGO's perspective on how evidence was, or was not, used in the Horn of Africa (Austin Kennan, Regional Director, Horn of Africa, Concern), and the inclusion of evidence based practice in the academic curriculum (Pat Gibbons, Director, MSc Humanitarian Action, UCD). Bonnix Kayabu, Evidence Aid Co-ordinator, also spoke about the role of systematic reviews and the Evidence Aid needs assessment survey. After these talks, small group discussions allowed participants to focus on these issues in more detail. Participants in the meeting agreed to follow-up on the discussions, to help strengthen the use of research evidence by development agencies on the island of Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | ESO Masterclass on Systematic Reviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This 5-day workshop has led to requests to Mike Clarke (who organised, provided academic leadership and taught on the workshop) run similar courses for cancer guidelines, to contribute to systematic reviews and to edit the ESMO Handbook of Interpreting Clinical Study Results. Improved understanding of the role of systematic reviews in cancer care, guidelines and policy across Europe. The Masterclass is likely to be run again in 2016, because of its success. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.eso.net/events-2.html?e=ESO_Masterclass_on_Systematic_Reviews_in_Cancer_Care,_Guidelines_... |
| Description | ESRC Festival Event - {LM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Twenty people (a mixture of school teachers, principals and researchers) attended an event targeted at teaching professionals, in both primary and secondary level education, to understand their experience of social science research and understand and tackle participation barriers and survey fatigue in schools. The first half of the event showcased current school-based social research in both Queen's University and the University of Ulster. The second half of the event focused on eliciting the views of schools who have participated in research. Delegates were asked to complete a detailed feedback from for the event provided by the ESRC. Specific comments we received were: - I was very impressed and satisfied with the event as a whole - Excellent - Very useful event which will benefit my future research in schools. - Thank you - this was an enlightening experience and as a teacher it is beneficial to conducting research. Thank you for hearing my voice. Dr Maguire was approached after the event to discuss with a researcher a research project that they were planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/ResearchEnterprise/ResearchDevelopment/TrainingandEvents/UpcomingE... |
| Description | Economics workshop in University of Ulster Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Academics, healthcare practitioners and civil servants attended this workshop on health economics. Led to work on proposals for NIHR funding and an invitation to lecture to phamacy students in the University of Ulster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | Evidence Aid 2-day workshop on systematic reviews for humanitarian emergencies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This 2-day workshop (13-14 November 2014), taught entirely by Mike Clarke (on behalf of Evidence Aid), sparked considerable interest and generated learning in the 10 participants from UN agencies, funding organisations, academic research teams, and NGOs about the conduct and use of systematic reviews in the humanitarian sectors. Impacts will accrue over the coming months and years but have already included invitations to advise on substantial evidence generation and knowledge transfer activities relevant to the WHO, DFID (Department for International Development, UK), Tufts University and OXFAM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.evidenceaid.org/events-and-training/internal-training-events/ |
| Description | Evidence Aid letter in Belfast Telegraph |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Letter stimulated thinking about use of evidence in disasters None known. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/aid-should-be-evidencebased-even-in-a-crisis-29772... |
| Description | Evidence Aid letter in The Independent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stimulated thinking about the need for evidence in disasters in a major national newspaper, with interventional reach. None known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-where-is-the-wests-cyclone-aid-for-somalia-89476... |
| Description | Evidence Aid: 2 day workshop on systematic reviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | 15 people took part in the 2-day workshop which was facilitated by the Director of the All Ireland Hub. They cam from a variety of disaster and aid agencies. Some of the participants worked together to published the first Cochrane Review for Evidence Aid: Gupta S, Carmichael C, Simpson C, Clarke MJ, Allen C, Gao Y, Chan EYY, Murray V. Electric fans for reducing adverse health impacts in heatwaves. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD009888. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Facilitation of NICHS strategic review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clarke facilitated a workshop to allow the charity, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, start the planning process for a new research and funding strategy. It will lead to the new strategy, which includes the allocation of more than £500,000 funding to Northern Ireland researchers each year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Faculty Outreach and STEM event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Showcase and taster of research of the centre and own area to school children. The success of the event led to being asked to perform the workshop again at the Faculty showcase to the British Council campus visit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | From bench-side to curb-side: maximizing obesity research to impact health - {LM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Grace O'Malley presented the results of her PhD research (Professor Mike Clarke supervised) to an audience of 25. Sixteen of those were from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster, seven came from the public section and two were in attendance from the third sector. breakdown. The audience had the opportunity to discuss the issues arising from the presentation and also had the opportunity to ask Grace questions. This seminar increased the awareness of the ethical consideration in conducting health-based research with young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Good randomised trials lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on "What makes a good randomised trial" at Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) to an audience of 40+ researchers and practitioners. Collaboration with Nottingham CTU on randomised trials and methodology research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | HRB TMRN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Member and expert (in networks) listed within the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | https://www.hrb-tmrn.ie/ |
| Description | HRB TMRN Webinar July 2016 Helen McAneney |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a webinar for the HRB Trials Methodology Research Network. Talk entitled "Networks within Trials: Blessing or burden?". The talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.hrb-tmrn.ie/online-material-info/webinar-dr-helen-mcaneney-networks-within-trials-blessi... |
| Description | How much do you need: can readers get the key messages from summaries of Cochrane reviews without reading the full review - {LM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lisa Maguire and Mike Clarke presented the results of their study into Cochrane summaries. The seminar consisted of a 45 minute presentation with a 15 minute question and discussion session. Twenty-five people attended. One person attended from the third-sector the rest were from Queen's University and the University of Ulster. The seminar's main impact was information dissemination. A colleague approached me after the presentation and asked for my slides and said that 'I think that your study would be of interest to members of the public health research network and was wondering if it would be possible to add a link to your presentation in our next ezine and on the website'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Hub Roadshow, Altnagelvin Hospital - {MC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was the first Roadshow for the Hub for Trials Methodology Research. It was a 1-day event at the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre (C-TRIC), Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Derry/Londonderry on 4 February 2014. Advice was given which will have changed the conduct of some trials and it stimulated greater interest in the Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Hub Roadshow, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - {MC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was the second Roadshow for the Hub for Trials Methodology Research. It took place at the Royal Hospital in Belfast on 2 September 2014. It was a joint event with the Northern Ireland Clinical Trial Unit. Advice was given which will have changed the conduct of some trials and it stimulated greater interest in the Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Hub for Trials Methodology Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to Doctoral Midwifery Research Society Meeting at Queen's University Belfast. Greater knowledge of the Hub and possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Hub for Trials Methodology Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture about the Hub to the Physical Activity Research Group in Queen's University Belfast. Greater knowledge about the Hub and opportunities for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Hub for Trials Methodology Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to the annual All Ireland Cochrane Contributors' meeting, January 2013 Greater knowledge of the Hub and possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | LSHTM lecture on systematic reviews and The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Informed students on the LSHTM Masters in Global Health about systematic reviews, The Cochrane Collaboration and Evidence Aid Several participants asked questions after the lectures, and some followed up with subsequent involvement in Evidence Aid |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008, |
| Description | Latent class analysis workshop in University of Ulster Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Academics, healthcare practitioners and civil servants attended this workshop on the statistics of latent class analysis. Led to invitation to lecture on statistics in England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | MRC/NIHR Research Symposium 2014 - Steering committee and participant |
| 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 | Interaction and discussion with other methodologists on day. Steering committee- involvement in decisions on speakers, style of day and organisation. Two PhD Students have requested further knowledge from the days events. I have asked/invited one of the speakers at the event to give a seminar within the University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-and-mrc-symposium-for-early-career-research-methodologists.htm |
| Description | NIMDTA Evidence Based Medicine Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two lectures by Mike Clarke (Understanding systematic reviews and Risk and odds ratios and meta-analyses" generated much discussion during and after the session. The sessions were part of a 1-day workshop for clinician trainees in Northern Ireland. The sessions by Mike Clarke were rated most highly by the participants (means of 9.3 out of 10), compared to a mean of 8.3 for the other 9 sessions (next highest was 8.8); and have led to subsequent meetings about research involvement. Mike is likely to be invited to do the sessions again at a repeat event in 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.nimdta.gov.uk/evidence-based-medicine-workshop/ |
| Description | North Dublin Voluntary Forum Research Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion on "The challenges facing Lifespan Diabetes Research in Ireland and what we can do to overcome them" as part of LIFESPAN DIABETES RESEARCH: PROGRAMME. November 14 2013, by Vivien Coates. Opportunity to inform researchers in diabetes about the work of the Hub for Trials Methodology Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Presentation at York Food and Drink Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Around 40 individuals attended the talk which drew upon the alcohol research of the Principle Investigator including the findings from randomised trials and trial dsign. This was an interactive presentation with multiple questions and discussions following with members of the public. I have been asked to submit a summary about the talk in the North East BPS Bulletin The talk was quoted in several tweets (not including by the organisers) during and after the event. Several individuals expressed a) an increase in their understanding of the psychological processes around substance use (including alcohol, smoking and drug use); b) that they would use the behaviour change principles employed in the intervention being evaluated in the grant to reduce their smoking (through gradual change; diary keeping and motivational principles); c) a better understanding of evidence based intervention and trials |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.yorkfoodfestival.com/festival.php?day=5 |
| Description | Queen's Professor (Mike Clarke) named one of top 400 global researchers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Generated interest in the story, and contacts from colleagues Colleagues contacted Mike Clarke to discuss research collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/ceao/News/ArchivedPressReleases/2013PressReleases/December2013pressrelease... |
| Description | RSS lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on core outcome sets (COMET). Increased interest in involvement in the development of core outcome sets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Random walk lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on randomised trials. Increased interest in randomised trials and discussion of invitation to repeat the lecture elsewhere. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Randomised Trial Course - {MC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 25 researchers attended this 2-day workshop to learn about randomised trials, on 7-8 May 2014 at Riddell Hall Belfast and approximately 30 researchers attended the second running of the workshop in September 2015 at Riddell Hall Belfast. Some attendees have approached the All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research for further advice on the conduct of trials and the funding applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Rare Disease Education and Registry - Host of event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on how recent developments have led to unique opportunities for individuals living and working with rare diseases in Northern Ireland. This includes the two priorities from the NI rare disease implementation plan include: (1) Developing a rare disease registry, and (2) Improving education / access to information resources in NI To help progress these rare disease priorities, a series of short talks will be followed by facilitated discussions to identify targets for rare disease progress in NI, alongside barriers and strengths for implementation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Recruitment strategies lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to staff of the Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit Greater knowledge in the staff team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Review of funding applications for German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Clarke provided expert review of four applications for funding for systematic reviews for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | STEM Ambassador |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Speed Networking W5 2012 - Over 800 Year10 pupils from 8 schools attended the two day STEM Careers Event. By rotation, interacted with small groups (6-8 pupils) for 5 minute intervals, sparking of discussion on my research as well as STEM subjects. Career Fair Feb 2016 - Over 500 pupils from schools within Bangor attended the afternoon Careers Event. A colleague and I manned a table and interacted with pupils and parents interested in Public Health. The conversations sparked interest in Public Health, the research undertaken and how to get involved. Invited by University Staff Training and Development Unit to speak to research staff on my experiences as a STEM Ambassador in a new development activity/half day course entitled "The Engaging Researcher". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| URL | http://networking.stemnet.org.uk/ |
| Description | The All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited presentation to the Physical Activity Research Group in the Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast. The presentation lasted for 45 minutes and had 15 minutes for questions at the end. This talk promoted the existence and work of the All-Ireland Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Unorthodox Prize for Evidence Aid |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Drawing attention to the Unorthodox prize opened opportunities for funding and stronger engagement for Evidence Aid. Lambert Family Foundation increased their funding to Evidence Aid by $100,000 and another foundation offered 600,000 euros of funding for Evidence Aid. Additional volunteers to work with Evidence Aid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.evidenceaid.org/evidence-aid-awarded-10000-unorthodox-prize-2013/ |
| Description | What Works Global Summit 2016, presentation Sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on and promotion of the SWAT (Studies Within A Trial) and SWAR (Studies Within A Review) Programme. The presentation sparked discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.wwgs2016.org/ |
| Description | Workshops on research design for NICHS funding applicants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Clarke led workshops for the NICHS to advise potential funding applicants about research design |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |