The Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI) - Phase II (CoEfPHNI/II)
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University of Belfast
Department Name: Centre for Public Health
Abstract
Our mission is to build capacity for public health research, strengthen the evidence for public health policy and practice and to improve the health of the population. Our aims are to ensure that our research is excellent while extending its reach and impact. Therefore our strategy and objectives are:
(1) to expand and develop our staff and equip them with the skills for public health research;
(2) to build on a platform of excellence in key areas {exploiting existing data; social causes of health and disease; and health behaviours}, extending our research infrastructure and strengthening themes that are important to our partners and funders;
(3) to ensure our partners are actively engaged in the research process;
(4) to work more closely with the other UKCRC Centres of Excellence to ensure that the initiative delivers its objectives for national and international leadership in the field;
(5) to incrementally increase our grant income to ensure longer term sustainability.
Our priority will be to use the unique opportunities that exist in Northern Ireland, with its distinctive approach to integrated health and social services and well connected civic and public sector structures, to research the social and biological causes of chronic disease and the main causes of inequalities in health experienced in the UK. We will leave a legacy for future public health research by:
(6) surveying and following up a large sample of school children in Northern Ireland to study the neighbourhood, school, family and individual influences on their behaviour, their health and achievements;
(7) by surveying and following up a large sample of older people to find out what influences their ability to work, when they retire, their independence, their health and their social and economic wellbeing;
(8) working out how best to undertake public health research by using linkages between data already collected by public bodies like the NHS and others; and
(9) by showing the benefits of designing and scientifically evaluating novel public health interventions in partnership those working directly with the public, across different public sectors, and with the public themselves.
In so doing we are creating opportunities for young researchers to practice the skills necessary for high quality public health research and for them to establish a body of credible work that will help them become independent researchers. We will also demonstrate the added value of bringing researchers from many different backgrounds together around a common purpose and provide a bridge between the academic and non-academic communities to ensure that new knowledge is translated into actions that can improve health.
(1) to expand and develop our staff and equip them with the skills for public health research;
(2) to build on a platform of excellence in key areas {exploiting existing data; social causes of health and disease; and health behaviours}, extending our research infrastructure and strengthening themes that are important to our partners and funders;
(3) to ensure our partners are actively engaged in the research process;
(4) to work more closely with the other UKCRC Centres of Excellence to ensure that the initiative delivers its objectives for national and international leadership in the field;
(5) to incrementally increase our grant income to ensure longer term sustainability.
Our priority will be to use the unique opportunities that exist in Northern Ireland, with its distinctive approach to integrated health and social services and well connected civic and public sector structures, to research the social and biological causes of chronic disease and the main causes of inequalities in health experienced in the UK. We will leave a legacy for future public health research by:
(6) surveying and following up a large sample of school children in Northern Ireland to study the neighbourhood, school, family and individual influences on their behaviour, their health and achievements;
(7) by surveying and following up a large sample of older people to find out what influences their ability to work, when they retire, their independence, their health and their social and economic wellbeing;
(8) working out how best to undertake public health research by using linkages between data already collected by public bodies like the NHS and others; and
(9) by showing the benefits of designing and scientifically evaluating novel public health interventions in partnership those working directly with the public, across different public sectors, and with the public themselves.
In so doing we are creating opportunities for young researchers to practice the skills necessary for high quality public health research and for them to establish a body of credible work that will help them become independent researchers. We will also demonstrate the added value of bringing researchers from many different backgrounds together around a common purpose and provide a bridge between the academic and non-academic communities to ensure that new knowledge is translated into actions that can improve health.
Technical Summary
Our mission is to build capacity for public health research, strengthen the evidence base for public health policy and practice and to improve the health of the population. Our aims are to ensure that our research is excellent while extending its reach and impact. Therefore our strategy and objectives for this renewal phase of the Centre are: (1) to expand and develop our staff and equip them with the skills for trans-disciplinary public health research; (2) to build on a platform of excellence in key programmatic areas {exploiting existing data; social determinants of health and disease; and health behaviours}, extending our research infrastructure and strengthening themes of priority to our partners and funders; (3) to consolidate our partnerships to ensure stakeholder engagement and active participation; (4) to work more closely with the other UKCRC Centres of Excellence to ensure that the initiative delivers its objectives for national and international leadership in the field; (5) to incrementally increase our grant income to ensure longer term sustainability.
Our priority will be to use the unique opportunities that exist in Northern Ireland, with its distinctive approach to integrated health and social services and well connected civic and public sector structures, to research the social and biological causes of chronic disease and the main causes of inequalities in health experienced in the UK.
In so doing we will demonstrate the added value of stronger multi-disciplinary public health research networks and provide a bridge between the academic and non-academic communities to ensure better knowledge integration and translation.
Our priority will be to use the unique opportunities that exist in Northern Ireland, with its distinctive approach to integrated health and social services and well connected civic and public sector structures, to research the social and biological causes of chronic disease and the main causes of inequalities in health experienced in the UK.
In so doing we will demonstrate the added value of stronger multi-disciplinary public health research networks and provide a bridge between the academic and non-academic communities to ensure better knowledge integration and translation.
Planned Impact
Promoting trans-disciplinarity and ensuring stakeholder engagement will help us to deliver high impact research, with multiple beneficiaries, including: citizens of GB and Ireland; carers and commissioners; policy makers across GB, Ireland and at EU Level; third sector advocates; health & social care practitioners; participants of our studies and their families.
The Public will benefit through increased knowledge of ongoing research. We aim to increase public engagement through events such as the ESRC Festival of Science, public lectures and our work with STEMNET. The importance of the media in informing public opinion cannot be understated, the Public Attitudes to Science Report 2011, commissioned by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), found that only 43% of respondents said they felt informed about science. Thus, we will continue to work through the Royal Statistical Society to help deliver the Science Training for Journalists Programme. This type of engagement can occur throughout the research cycle, however, the public will also benefit, albeit at a later stage, from any research that is successfully translated into policy. Members of the public may also benefit from participation in research studies, receiving advice in areas such as staying active and maintaining physical and mental wellbeing. We will encourage participant representation on research panels and will work with the regional Health and Social Care Patient and Public Involvement Programme to ensure that research is relevant to the public and conducted in a responsive and appropriate manner.
Commissioners and Policy makers will find the research of value in assessing the health and social care needs of the local population and in planning health and social care services to meet current and emerging needs. Our plans to research the use of Evidence Aid resources can have impact on a global scale, while locally the establishment of record linkage infrastructure will facilitate the analysis of a variety of policy interventions. While the timelines for research and policy may not always be aligned, we will maintain our strong relationships with key decision makers to ensure that that have access to updates on new research and emerging results.
The Third Sector will benefit from a more effective knowledge exchange process that allows stakeholders to engage in and influence the research from its inception. For example, the Community Development and Health Network will play an important role in guiding the development of a community based intervention to build resilience and mental wellbeing. Opportunities will exist for Third Sector organisations to build capacity by improving research literacy and understanding of appropriate methodologies. They can also exploit the knowledge gained by our students as part of the NHS Evidence Student Champion Scheme (coordinated at Queen's by the Centre of Excellence) which trains students to disseminate information on the searching and use of evidence.
Health and Social Care Practitioners will benefit from knowledge gained through workshops delivered as part of the implementation of the Public Health Agency's Knowledge Management Strategy. We will promote the role of specific PHA staff as research champions. For example, Dr Lynsey Patterson's contribution to research on AAA screening will create an important bridge between research and practice and help to strengthen research capacity in the PHA. The NI Public Health Research Network will also provide a forum for practitioners to engage in multi-sectoral research collaboration.
The Public will benefit through increased knowledge of ongoing research. We aim to increase public engagement through events such as the ESRC Festival of Science, public lectures and our work with STEMNET. The importance of the media in informing public opinion cannot be understated, the Public Attitudes to Science Report 2011, commissioned by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), found that only 43% of respondents said they felt informed about science. Thus, we will continue to work through the Royal Statistical Society to help deliver the Science Training for Journalists Programme. This type of engagement can occur throughout the research cycle, however, the public will also benefit, albeit at a later stage, from any research that is successfully translated into policy. Members of the public may also benefit from participation in research studies, receiving advice in areas such as staying active and maintaining physical and mental wellbeing. We will encourage participant representation on research panels and will work with the regional Health and Social Care Patient and Public Involvement Programme to ensure that research is relevant to the public and conducted in a responsive and appropriate manner.
Commissioners and Policy makers will find the research of value in assessing the health and social care needs of the local population and in planning health and social care services to meet current and emerging needs. Our plans to research the use of Evidence Aid resources can have impact on a global scale, while locally the establishment of record linkage infrastructure will facilitate the analysis of a variety of policy interventions. While the timelines for research and policy may not always be aligned, we will maintain our strong relationships with key decision makers to ensure that that have access to updates on new research and emerging results.
The Third Sector will benefit from a more effective knowledge exchange process that allows stakeholders to engage in and influence the research from its inception. For example, the Community Development and Health Network will play an important role in guiding the development of a community based intervention to build resilience and mental wellbeing. Opportunities will exist for Third Sector organisations to build capacity by improving research literacy and understanding of appropriate methodologies. They can also exploit the knowledge gained by our students as part of the NHS Evidence Student Champion Scheme (coordinated at Queen's by the Centre of Excellence) which trains students to disseminate information on the searching and use of evidence.
Health and Social Care Practitioners will benefit from knowledge gained through workshops delivered as part of the implementation of the Public Health Agency's Knowledge Management Strategy. We will promote the role of specific PHA staff as research champions. For example, Dr Lynsey Patterson's contribution to research on AAA screening will create an important bridge between research and practice and help to strengthen research capacity in the PHA. The NI Public Health Research Network will also provide a forum for practitioners to engage in multi-sectoral research collaboration.
Organisations
- Queen's University of Belfast (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- South Eastern Regional College (Collaboration)
- Lisburn City Centre Management (Collaboration)
- Qatar University (Collaboration)
- University of York (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- Lisburn City Council (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (Collaboration)
- SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST (Collaboration)
- Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) (Collaboration)
- Vanderbilt University (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Southern California (Collaboration)
- Lisburn Chamber of Commerce (Collaboration)
- Cancer Focus Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- University College Cork (Collaboration)
- Melaka Manipal Medical College (Collaboration)
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- University of Stirling (Collaboration)
- MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY (Collaboration)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Deakin University (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- Trinity College Dublin (Collaboration)
- University of Malaya (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Adoreboard (Collaboration)
- Public Health Agency (PHA) (Collaboration)
- ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Club Marketing Services (Collaboration)
- Yale University (Collaboration)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Collaboration)
- Government of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) (Collaboration)
- Monash University (Collaboration)
- NI HPSS R&D Office (Project Partner)
- W5 at Odyssey (Project Partner)
- University of Ulster (Project Partner)
Publications
Abdullah F
(2013)
Evaluation of a worksite cervical screening initiative to increase Pap smear uptake in Malaysia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
in BioMed research international
Abu Hanifah R
(2013)
The correlates of body composition with heart rate recovery after step test: an exploratory study of Malaysian adolescents.
in PloS one
Agnoli L
(2016)
Food fraud and consumers' choices in the wake of the horsemeat scandal
in British Food Journal
Ahmad J
(2015)
A cross sectional study of p504s, CD133, and Twist expression in the esophageal metaplasia dysplasia adenocarcinoma sequence.
in Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Akinoso-Imran AQ
(2022)
Surgical under-treatment of older adult patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
in Journal of geriatric oncology
Al-Azzam S
(2013)
An audit on public awareness of depression symptoms in Jordan.
in International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
Al-Sumaih I
(2020)
Ethnic Disparities in Use of Bariatric Surgery in the USA: the Experience of Native Americans.
in Obesity surgery
Anderson L
(2014)
Common infection-related conditions and risk of lymphoid malignancies in older individuals
in British Journal of Cancer
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
| Title | Inside out: What you don't see - {RMB} |
| Description | 'Inside Out: What You Don't See' was an exhibition held at the Naughton Gallery, Queen's University Belfast. It consisted of fifteen pieces of art produced by prisoners in HMP Maghaberry who attended the Donard Day Centre (a mental health facility). The artwork explores issues of mental health and how prison impacts on the well-being of prisoners and their families. The project was a collaboration between the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS), the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHCT), Prison Arts Foundation and Queen's University Belfast. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | The project helped to highlight the benefits of creative interventions for prisoners. This has led to an increased level of provision of art interventions in the Donard Day Centre and in other parts of the Northern Ireland prison estate. The exhibition also helped to increase public awareness of the public health implications of imprisonment. |
| Description | Belfast Healthy Cities Health Literacy Working Group - {EB} |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Breastfeeding Strategy Implementation Steering Group - {EB} |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | CoE publicity booklet shared Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service - {EB} |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Evidence to influence revision of NICE guideline cg63 - {CP} |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwaver107 |
| Description | Inclusion in sustained literature review: international evidence base on long-term health benefits of participating in the arts - {AK} |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | http://longitudinalhealthbenefits.wordpress.com/ |
| Description | Inclusion of guidelines on the design conduct and reporting of human intervention studies to determine the health benefits of food (published in British Journal of Nutrition) in the Equator network - {JW} |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Invited member European Milk Foundation Scientific Advisory Board - {MMK} |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Obesity Prevention in Northern Ireland - {IY} |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Ian Young chaired the Obesity Prevention Steering group of the DHSSPS in Northern Ireland. Responsible for oversight of the delivery of the regional obesity prevention action plan, "A Fitter Future for all". |
| URL | http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/framework-preventing-addressing-overweight-obesity-ni-2012-2022.pdf |
| Description | Tobacco Strategy Implementation Steering Group -{EB} |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | World Cancer Research Fund Continuous Update Project - {HC} |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| URL | http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/cup/current_progress/endometrial_cancer |
| Description | A translational case study of empowerment into practice |
| Amount | £37,765 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Big Lottery Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 11/2017 |
| Description | Administrative Data Research Centre - {DOR} |
| Amount | £6,300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Administrative Data Research Centres (PI: DOReilly) - {MD} |
| Amount | £6,047,718 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | An evaluation of personalised supports to individuals with disabilities and mental ill health: Outcomes, costs, and... - {BB} |
| Amount | £12,297 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Genio Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 06/2014 |
| Description | Assessing the organisation, accessibility and delivery of breast cancer services in Vietnam |
| Amount | £24,750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | British Association for Cancer Research - {GT} |
| Amount | £986 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Association for Cancer Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | Business Alliance Fund - {DF} |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | CARDI Fellowship - {DF} |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | CARDI leadership programme (Dr Joanne Feeney) - {IY} |
| Amount | £173,942 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Academia Sinica |
| Department | Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Cancer Translational Research Group - {GT} |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Cancer Translational Research Group - {GT} |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2014 |
| Description | Career Development Award (Chris Cardwell) - {LM} |
| Amount | £527,807 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland Fellowship Scheme (Dr Charlotte Neville) - {JW) |
| Amount | £180,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland Research Leadership Program (Dr Charlotte Neville) - {CN} |
| Amount | £280,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | Challenge UK: A UK arm of the colon health and lifelong exercise change trial |
| Amount | £717,622 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 19799 |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2010 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | China Scholarship Council PhD fellowship (Suping Ling) {MCa} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of China |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | China |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | Clinical Doctoral Fellowship (Ronan Gray) - {LM/HC} |
| Amount | £202,869 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | R4663CPH |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2014 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Clinical Training Bursary (Ronan Gray) - {LM/HC} |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | R2075CPH |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | Cluster RCT of the Dead Cool Smoking Prevention Intervention - {AT/FK} |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | COM/4986/14 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | Cochrane Review Training Fellowship (Charlene Treanor) - {MD} |
| Amount | £33,768 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2014 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | DEL PhD Studentship - Exploring the issue of weight management before, during and after pregnancy - {MMK} |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | DEL PhD award - {SMD} |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | DEL PhD award - {SMD} |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | DEL PhD studentship to study the Good Behaviour Game in Primary Schools (Joanne Mulgrew) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Dead Cool Smoking prevention programme evaluation - {LD} |
| Amount | £99,743 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) Studentships (Title: Pedometer competition in schools) - {MT} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) Studentships: (Title: GP Wellbeing (Marylou Murray)) - {MD} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | md to complete |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Department of Employment and Learning PhD studentship (Christina Erwin) - {JW} |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Christina Erwin |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Department of Employment and Learning PhD studentship (Nicola Gallagher) - {JW} |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Nicola Gallagher |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | Department of Employment and Learning PhD studentship (Sarah Moore) - {JW} |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Sarah Moore |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | Development of an intervention to increase physical activity in individuals with chronic pain using the CoH-b - {BB} |
| Amount | £167,608 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2013 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition Translational Research Group (HSC R&D Small Grant Award) - {CN} |
| Amount | £880 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - {LMa} |
| Amount | £750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Enabling Research Award |
| Amount | £38,858 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland HSC R&D |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Enabling Research Award |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | Enabling Research Award (Title: A randomised controlled trial of a pedometer competition to encourage physical activity in schools) - {MT} |
| Amount | £39,289 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | STL/5045/14 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 02/2016 |
| Description | Evaluating Dementia NI |
| Amount | £8,904 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Dementia NI |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Evaluating the impact of imlementing the whole genome sequencing in NI and developing patient-centred pathways for rare diseases |
| Amount | £121,948 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Belfast Health and Social Care Trust |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Evaluation of functional family Therapy (Croydon) - {LD} |
| Amount | £207,497 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Evidence Aid development {MC} |
| Amount | $100,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Lampert Family Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 12/2014 |
| Description | H2020 PHC-17-2014 {MT} |
| Amount | € 4,547,561 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 634270 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | HSC Knowledge Transfer Scheme (Title: A web-delivered walking programme to assist pre-diabetes patients change their physical activity: the 'each step counts programme') - {MT} |
| Amount | £88,019 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RES/4794/13 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | HSC Knowledge Transfer Scheme: A web-delivered physical activity tool to support pre-diabetics to increase their physical activity levels - "the each step counts tool" |
| Amount | £90,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RES/4794/13 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | HSC Research grant - {DOR} |
| Amount | £750,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Health Improvement Evaluation - {MD} |
| Amount | £36,996 (GBP) |
| Organisation | South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | Health Improvement Evaluation - {MD} |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Southern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 06/2015 |
| Description | Health Research Board Ireland Project Grant - {LM / CC} |
| Amount | € 270,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Health Research Board (HRB) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 05/2013 |
| End | 05/2015 |
| Description | Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Fellowships (Ronan Gray) - {LM/HC} |
| Amount | £205,878 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland (DHSSPSNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2014 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Health and Social Care Research and Development Office for Northern Ireland: Young People's Behaviour and Attitude Survey Enhancement - {FK} |
| Amount | £14,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 05/2015 |
| Description | Improving pathways and care for young people in NI with mental health problems in the transition from CAMHS - {BB} |
| Amount | £419,168 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | COM/4662/12 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2013 |
| End | 04/2016 |
| Description | Institute of Mental Health Sciences Studentship (Title: Sedentary behaviour and mental wellbeing in older adults) |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | International PhD DEL studentship (Omolara Sanni) - {HC/LM} |
| Amount | £78,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange - {DF} |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M005984/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 10/2015 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership - {JMcC} |
| Amount | £140,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | KTP009554 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership - {JMcC} |
| Amount | £160,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2014 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | Leadership Programme in Ageing Research Fellowship (Dr Joanna McHugh) - {FK} |
| Amount | € 225,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Leadership Programme in Ageing Research Fellowship (Dr Mark ODoherty) - {MOD} |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | MRC Methodology Network PhD Studentships |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | MRC Hubs for Trial Methodology Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | NAEDI - {MD} |
| Amount | £103,948 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 05/2015 |
| Description | NICHS Research Grant - {JW} |
| Amount | £64,898 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association (NICHS) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 12/2014 |
| Description | NIH Health Economics Fellowship (Dr Ethna McFerran) - {EMcF} |
| Amount | £136,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CDV/4980/14 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship |
| Amount | £420,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CDF-2014-07-020 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | NIHR JACK Trial (LD) |
| Amount | £372,179 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 04/2016 |
| Description | NIHR Public Health Funding Board: Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a physical activity loyalty card to maintain behaviour change |
| Amount | £1,031,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 12/211/82 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | NIHR Public Health Research Board: A feasibility and pilot RCT of a peer-led walking programme to increase physical activity in inactive older adults - "Walk with Me Study" |
| Amount | £292,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PHR 12/133 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2014 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | Nutrition Society Irish Section Travel Bursary |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 500265 |
| Organisation | The Nutrition Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 10/2015 |
| Description | OCHRE charity |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | OCHRE |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | PhD Fellowship - {SMD} |
| Amount | £167,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | PhD Studentship (Alan McMichael) - {FK} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | PhD Studentship (Jenny Murray) - {FK} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | PhD Studentship (Rakesh Corepal) - {FK} |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Population Research Committee Fellowship Scheme (Michael O'Rorke) - {LM} |
| Amount | £149,738 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2014 |
| End | 01/2017 |
| Description | Population Research Committee Fellowship Scheme (Michael O'Rorke) - {LM} |
| Amount | £208,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Population Research Committee Project Grant |
| Amount | £171,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | Population Research Committee Project Grant - {LM/CC} |
| Amount | £194,051 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | Promoting awareness of cancer and eraly detection initiative (PACED) in Malaysia |
| Amount | £190,092 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/P013910/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Proof of Concept - {JMcC} |
| Amount | £102,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | POC421 |
| Organisation | Invest Northern Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2014 |
| End | 06/2016 |
| Description | Public Health Agency - Health Improvement Team (supporting the NIHR technology build) |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | Public Health Research - {LMa} |
| Amount | £316,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 12/153/26 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | R03 grant |
| Amount | $100,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | RandD Office TRG Research Grant - {JW} |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Nitric oxide |
| Organisation | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2013 |
| End | 06/2014 |
| Description | Research Grant - NICHS (PhD studentship and consumables) - {MMK} |
| Amount | £79,811 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2013_20 |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association (NICHS) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Santander mobility scholarship - {RMB} |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Santander Bank |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 07/2014 |
| Description | Studentship from the John Wilson Trust (Desiree Schliemann) - {JW} |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Desiree Schliemann |
| Organisation | John Wilson Memorial Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Tender for evaluation of a pilot weight management intervention for obese expectant mothers - {BB} |
| Amount | £29,942 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | HSC Research and Development |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 05/2015 |
| Description | Title Registration for a Systematic Review: Physical activity and Nutrition Interventions to Improve Wellbeing and Educational Outcomes in School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis - {LD} |
| Amount | £6,260 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Campbell Collaboration |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme - (LPa) |
| Amount | £31,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Walsh Fellowship (Adewale Adenuga) - {GH} |
| Amount | € 88,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Teagasc |
| Department | Teagasc Food Research Centre |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Title | Data visualisation - {JMcC} |
| Description | Data reduction technique and modelling method |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Developed through PhD project for visualisation of social networks |
| Title | Breast cancer cohort - {MOR} |
| Description | This dataset of over 5,000 patients compiles the clinical/pathological tumour characteristics of all breast cancer patients diagnosed in Northern Ireland from 1st Jan 2009 to 31st Dec 2013. In addition a nested-case control study within this cohort (relating to the work of the current CRUK award) has additional information on lifestyle/risk factors and surgery and oncological treatment details for approximatley 1,200 women. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This dataset is now compiled, no notable impacts have yet resulted. |
| Title | Over-indebtedness and health - {DF} |
| Description | Five Northern Irish credit unions located in Greater Belfast and Newry, Co. Down participated in our study. They identified 1,091 members with either loans in arrears for greater than 9 weeks or loans that had been rescheduled. Only one participant per household was interviewed. The survey was carried out from January to April 2014 by a local market research company until the sampling frame was exhausted resulting in 499 completed surveys. The survey consisted of modules on household demographics, employment, income and benefits, debt, expenditure, savings and assets, financial literacy and financial characteristics as well as a number of health-related questions. The survey was carried out face-to-face and lasted approximately one hour. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Dr French is currently working with a PhD student to produce a paper for submission to Social Science & Medicine (Jan 2015) |
| Title | The Health Well website - {KB} |
| Description | A health information website collating a range of knowledge resources (data, journal articles, evaluation reports, sytematic reviews and guidance documents, policies and interventions) from over thirty health-related organisations across the island of Ireland. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Significant use (web traffic, downloads) |
| URL | http://www.thehealthwell.info |
| Title | Triple negative breast cancer dataset - {MOR} |
| Description | This is a dataset of triple negative breast cancer patients, diagnosed in Northern ireland between 1st Jan 2008 and 31st Dec 2012. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | No notable impacts have yet resulted. |
| Description | 'NEETs in Need' Study - {CT} |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Impact | Dr Charlene Treanor's contribution to a CRUK 'innovation in prevention' partnership which emerged from a sandpit prevention event in 2014 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | 'NEETs in Need' Study - {CT} |
| Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Impact | Dr Charlene Treanor's contribution to a CRUK 'innovation in prevention' partnership which emerged from a sandpit prevention event in 2014 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | 'NEETs in Need' Study - {CT} |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Writing up of proposal and grant application to Cancer Research UK. |
| Impact | Dr Charlene Treanor's contribution to a CRUK 'innovation in prevention' partnership which emerged from a sandpit prevention event in 2014 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | A Week in your Life - CRUK/Bupa Foundation initiative |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This project involved the setting up and completion of a qualitative research project, the purpose of which was to use photo elicitation and focus group methodologies to capture the everyday lived experiences of adolescent mothers from their own perspectives. We recruited 27 young mothers in three locations (Belfast, Bristol and Durham) and conducted focus groups to identify the key barriers to, and facilitators of, positive health behaviours in this population; this produced a body of evidence to use as a framework to develop future interventions, particularly those targeting the health behaviours of young mothers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The research project was completed at three locations (Belfast, Bristol and Durham) therefore all collaborators have made a similar contribution to the research project. |
| Impact | This research was completed at the end of 2015 and we are currently working to disseminate study results. Three papers have been written to date; these are in preparation/under review. Collaborators are from different disciplines and Institutes: Dr Kimberly Jamie (Durham University) is a Lecturer in Medical Sociology; Dr Lucy Hackshaw-McGeagh (University of Bristol) is a Research Associate in Cancer and a Chartered Health Psychologist; and Dr Roisin O'Neill is a Research Fellow in Nutrition and Cancer Epidemiology. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | A Week in your Life - CRUK/Bupa Foundation initiative |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This project involved the setting up and completion of a qualitative research project, the purpose of which was to use photo elicitation and focus group methodologies to capture the everyday lived experiences of adolescent mothers from their own perspectives. We recruited 27 young mothers in three locations (Belfast, Bristol and Durham) and conducted focus groups to identify the key barriers to, and facilitators of, positive health behaviours in this population; this produced a body of evidence to use as a framework to develop future interventions, particularly those targeting the health behaviours of young mothers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The research project was completed at three locations (Belfast, Bristol and Durham) therefore all collaborators have made a similar contribution to the research project. |
| Impact | This research was completed at the end of 2015 and we are currently working to disseminate study results. Three papers have been written to date; these are in preparation/under review. Collaborators are from different disciplines and Institutes: Dr Kimberly Jamie (Durham University) is a Lecturer in Medical Sociology; Dr Lucy Hackshaw-McGeagh (University of Bristol) is a Research Associate in Cancer and a Chartered Health Psychologist; and Dr Roisin O'Neill is a Research Fellow in Nutrition and Cancer Epidemiology. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Architecture & Health Group - {LP} |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed to an (as yet, outstanding) ESRC application for £444,636 (FEC) Contributed to a forthcoming review of architecture and health care (forthcoming Sociology of Health and Illness) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners at York lead the research group and the ESRC bid |
| Impact | Symposium on Architecture and Health. York, September, 2013 (Medical Sociology Conference) 'Architecture & Health Care,. Review Paper accepted for publication (October 2014) Sociology of Health & Illness ESRC Grant application, "Buildings in the making: a sociological exploration of architecture in the context of health and social care", June 2014 |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | BEACON, Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium {LM} |
| Organisation | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) |
| Department | Public Health Sciences Division |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | We have contributed data and samples from the All-Ireland case control study of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus to this collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration/consortium has put together data and samples from the majority of studies of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus that have been undertaken worldwide, which has enable the aetiology of this cancer and its precursor to be investigated in more detail than was previously possible |
| Impact | doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303753, doi: 10.1093/ije/dys176, doi: 10.1136/gut.2010.233866, doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.032, doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt303, doi:10.1038/ng.2796 |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | BEACON, Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium {LM} |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We have contributed data and samples from the All-Ireland case control study of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus to this collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration/consortium has put together data and samples from the majority of studies of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus that have been undertaken worldwide, which has enable the aetiology of this cancer and its precursor to be investigated in more detail than was previously possible |
| Impact | doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303753, doi: 10.1093/ije/dys176, doi: 10.1136/gut.2010.233866, doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.032, doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt303, doi:10.1038/ng.2796 |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | BEACON, Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium {MCa} |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Marie Cantwell is a member of the BEACON, Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium and is contributing to the harmonization and analysis of pooled dietary data collected within this international consortium. Dr Cantwell has attended the BEACON annual meeting in 2013 and 2014 and presented findings from an analysis of early life exposures and perinatal risk factors for Barrett's oesophagus within a large population based cohort. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Marie Cantwell was hosted by Dr Christian Abnet at the National Cancer Institute during the BEACON meeting. |
| Impact | Dr Marie Cantwell was invited to present a "Food for thought" lecture at National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA May 2014. She presented "Early life exposures, perinatal risk factors for Barrett's oesophagus" at the BEACON (Barretts Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma Consortium) meeting. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Developing a web-delivered walking programme to assist pre-diabetes patients change their physical activity - {MT} |
| Organisation | South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This is a knowledge translation project, seeking to translate the findings of previous physical activity research, into a web-delivered physical activity tool for patients with pre-diabetes, to increase their level of physical activity. We are reviewing previous pre-diabetes programme, building a web-delivered physical activity tool to meet the specific needs of pre-diabetes patients, and evaluating the implementation of the tool as part of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust's pre-diabetes programme. This project is funded by the NI HSC R&D Division (Knowledge Transfer Scheme). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, who have responsibility for the pre-diabetes prevention programme, are providing guidance for the web-tool, and access to patient groups to evaluating the implementation of the tool. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving the Health Improvement Officers in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, academic GPs and public health scientists. This has led to the development of the Each Step Counts Webtool. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Development of an incentive and reward loyalty scheme to improve early years health {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Stirling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee are co-investigators on a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme led by the University of Stirling. This grant applies the concept of the loyalty card scheme that we have developed to improve lifestyle behaviours for pregnant mothers around childbirth: namely smoking, obesity and breastfeeding. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners in the University of Stirling are leading this bid. They bring significant expertise in the use of incentives for smoking, public health policy, primary care, breastfeeding and qualitative research methods. |
| Impact | Currently awaiting the outcome of a grant application submitted to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research, University College Cork - {JW} |
| Organisation | University College Cork |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Formal collaborator named during renewal process undertaken during 2014. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaborations being carried out, including postgraduate students visiting the Centre for up to six months to work on an ongoing project, and joint applications being made for research funding. |
| Impact | Outputs still in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Early Career Research Network {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter is vice chair of the newly established ISPAH Early Career Research Network. Working with partners from institutions worldwide, she is helping to develop the network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The various partners are all working together to help develop the network, increase membership and develop a programme of career development opportunities using different mechanisms at various international events. |
| Impact | Establishment of the network and development strategy. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Early Career Research Network {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter is vice chair of the newly established ISPAH Early Career Research Network. Working with partners from institutions worldwide, she is helping to develop the network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The various partners are all working together to help develop the network, increase membership and develop a programme of career development opportunities using different mechanisms at various international events. |
| Impact | Establishment of the network and development strategy. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Making active choices more attractive: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of incentivising physical activity and sedentary behaviours (Deakin University) {RH} |
| Organisation | Deakin University |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter is a co-investigator on a grant application to the Australian Research Council which is investigating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of financial incentives to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour. Dr Hunter provides significant expertise on incentivisation approaches for promoting healthy behaviours. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners bring substantial expertise on sedentary and physical activity behaviour measurement and intervention, behaviour change intervention design and evaluation, health economics and cost-effectiveness evaluations of interventions related to physical activity. |
| Impact | Grant application to the Australian Research Council. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Mortality modelling in Actuarial literature - {DF} |
| Organisation | Monash University |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-write research paper |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr French co-write research paper |
| Impact | "Forecasting Death Rates Using Exogenous Determinants" with Colin O'Hare (Monash) in Journal of Forecasting forthcoming DOI: 10.1002/for.2309. Disciplines involved were health economicis and actuarial studies |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship {RH} |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter led the development of a successful application for a NIHR Career Development Fellowship entitled "social network enabled interventions for physical activity behaviour change" (£420,000; start date Jan 2015; 3 years duration). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators named above our mentors of the NIHR Fellow and will provide significant expertise and training on social network analysis, agent-based modelling and trials methodology. |
| Impact | To date, this has resulted in the award of a prestigious NIHR Career Development Fellowship. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship {RH} |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter led the development of a successful application for a NIHR Career Development Fellowship entitled "social network enabled interventions for physical activity behaviour change" (£420,000; start date Jan 2015; 3 years duration). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators named above our mentors of the NIHR Fellow and will provide significant expertise and training on social network analysis, agent-based modelling and trials methodology. |
| Impact | To date, this has resulted in the award of a prestigious NIHR Career Development Fellowship. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter led the development of a successful application for a NIHR Career Development Fellowship entitled "social network enabled interventions for physical activity behaviour change" (£420,000; start date Jan 2015; 3 years duration). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators named above our mentors of the NIHR Fellow and will provide significant expertise and training on social network analysis, agent-based modelling and trials methodology. |
| Impact | To date, this has resulted in the award of a prestigious NIHR Career Development Fellowship. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Southern California |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter led the development of a successful application for a NIHR Career Development Fellowship entitled "social network enabled interventions for physical activity behaviour change" (£420,000; start date Jan 2015; 3 years duration). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborators named above our mentors of the NIHR Fellow and will provide significant expertise and training on social network analysis, agent-based modelling and trials methodology. |
| Impact | To date, this has resulted in the award of a prestigious NIHR Career Development Fellowship. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Club Marketing Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Northern Ireland Housing Executive |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Lisburn Chamber of Commerce |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Lisburn City Centre Management |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Lisburn City Council |
| Department | Leisure Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Department | Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | South Eastern Regional College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | School of Psychological Sciences Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NIHR Physical Activity Loyalty Card Scheme grant application {RH} |
| Organisation | Yale University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our research team have led the development of this grant application which builds directly from the Physical Activity Loyalty Card feasibility trial published in AJPM 2013. Prof Frank Kee and Dr Ruth Hunter provide significant expertise in regards to public health, use of financial incentives and physical activity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have contributed towards the design and development of the grant application and provide expertise in health economics, behavioural economics and behavioural psychology. Our partners from various statutory and non-statutory organisations contributed to the development of the application and provide expertise regarding recruitment and implementation of the intervention. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in the team being successfully awarded £1m funding from NIHR to undertake a large cluster RCT which commenced in September 2014. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | National Cancer Institute - {AKu} |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Andrew Kunzmann conducted statistical analyses and is currently in the process of producing two manuscripts regarding the associations between dietary fibre and fruit and vegetable intakes and risk of colorectal neoplasms. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have provided guidance via teleconferences and have provided access to the data. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | QUB - Vanderbilt Cancer Epidemiology Collaboration {LM} |
| Organisation | Vanderbilt University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint grant applications made with Vanderbilt partners to undertake research in areas of mutual interest, especially around markers for progression of premalignant disease to malignancy and survival in malignant disease |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint grant applications made with QUB partners to undertake research in areas of mutual interest, especially around markers for progression of premalignant disease to malignancy and survival in malignant disease |
| Impact | No output yet but joint papers submitted for publication |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | QUB-Vanderbilt Cancer Epidemiology Initiative - {HC} |
| Organisation | Vanderbilt University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Helen Coleman was hosted as a Visiting Research Fellow at Vanderbilt in Summer 2013, and has had 2 short follow-up visits in 2014. This has led to joint publications being drafted, grant submissions and a joint Symposium being held. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosting my Visiting Research placement in Summer 2013, contributing to joint publications and grant submissions as above and attending a Joint Symposium held at Queen's University Belfast in October 2014. |
| Impact | £25,000 funding was secured from QUB Central International Engagement Fund to develop the collaboration further. All joint publications and grant submissions are still under review with respective bodies. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | QUB-Vanderbilt Cancer Epidemiology Initiative - {MCa} |
| Organisation | Vanderbilt University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Marie Cantwell was hosted as a Visiting Researcher in 2014 for a 1 week visit. This has led to joint publications being drafted, grant submissions and a joint Symposium being held. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosting my Visiting Research placement in Summer 2014, contributing to joint publications and grant submissions as above and attending a Joint Symposium held at Queen's University Belfast in October 2014. |
| Impact | £25,000 funding was secured from QUB Central International Engagement Fund to develop the collaboration further. All joint publications and grant submissions are still under review with respective bodies. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | QUB/University of Malaya Public Health COllaboration {LM} |
| Organisation | University of Malaya |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Advice and support given to the Public Health Research in UM to develop a number of population based research projects in the field of Adolescent Health, Cancer awareness and Cancer Survivorship |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Public Health Researchers obtained funding for the research projects and undertook the projects with our advice and support |
| Impact | 4 joint publications have been obtained. Other manuscripts are in preparation |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | QUB/University of Malaya Public Health Collaboration {MCa} |
| Organisation | University of Malaya |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Advice and support given to the Public Health Research in University of Malaya to develop a number of population based research projects in the field of Adolescent Health, Cancer awareness and Cancer Survivorship. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Public Health Researchers obtained funding for the research projects and undertook the projects with our advice and support |
| Impact | Four joint publications have been obtained. Other manuscripts are in preparation. Dr Marie Cantwell has delivered two 1-day nutritional epidemiology workshops to public health researchers at University of Malaya and the Ministry of Health Malaya over the past 3 years. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Regional Food in Schools Co-ordinator - {MMK} |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This area of research has been developed by Dr McKinley and her research staff in close collaboration with the regional food in schools co-ordinator. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The regional food in schools co-ordinator has worked closely with schools and catering managers and staff to facilitate this work. |
| Impact | Submitted a grant application for a pilot study to NIHR PHR in December 2014 (full proposal) - unsuccessful but work still ongoing - see future plans. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Social media for health promotion campaigns and behaviour change interventions {RH} |
| Organisation | Adoreboard |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee have led a bid to the MRC PHIND scheme to investigate the feasibility of Twitter sentiment to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health. Prof Kee (PI) brings expertise in complex public health interventions and mixed methods evaluations. Dr Hunter provides expertise on examining the mediating effects of social networks on behaviour change. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide expertise in cognition and emotion, communication, qualitative research, sentiment analysis, web data extraction, integration and mining, social media analysis, data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | Awaiting the outcome of a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Social media for health promotion campaigns and behaviour change interventions {RH} |
| Organisation | Cancer Focus Northern Ireland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee have led a bid to the MRC PHIND scheme to investigate the feasibility of Twitter sentiment to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health. Prof Kee (PI) brings expertise in complex public health interventions and mixed methods evaluations. Dr Hunter provides expertise on examining the mediating effects of social networks on behaviour change. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide expertise in cognition and emotion, communication, qualitative research, sentiment analysis, web data extraction, integration and mining, social media analysis, data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | Awaiting the outcome of a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Social media for health promotion campaigns and behaviour change interventions {RH} |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee have led a bid to the MRC PHIND scheme to investigate the feasibility of Twitter sentiment to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health. Prof Kee (PI) brings expertise in complex public health interventions and mixed methods evaluations. Dr Hunter provides expertise on examining the mediating effects of social networks on behaviour change. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide expertise in cognition and emotion, communication, qualitative research, sentiment analysis, web data extraction, integration and mining, social media analysis, data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | Awaiting the outcome of a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Social media for health promotion campaigns and behaviour change interventions {RH} |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Department | School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee have led a bid to the MRC PHIND scheme to investigate the feasibility of Twitter sentiment to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health. Prof Kee (PI) brings expertise in complex public health interventions and mixed methods evaluations. Dr Hunter provides expertise on examining the mediating effects of social networks on behaviour change. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide expertise in cognition and emotion, communication, qualitative research, sentiment analysis, web data extraction, integration and mining, social media analysis, data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | Awaiting the outcome of a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Social media for health promotion campaigns and behaviour change interventions {RH} |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Ruth Hunter and Prof Frank Kee have led a bid to the MRC PHIND scheme to investigate the feasibility of Twitter sentiment to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health. Prof Kee (PI) brings expertise in complex public health interventions and mixed methods evaluations. Dr Hunter provides expertise on examining the mediating effects of social networks on behaviour change. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide expertise in cognition and emotion, communication, qualitative research, sentiment analysis, web data extraction, integration and mining, social media analysis, data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | Awaiting the outcome of a grant application to the MRC PHIND scheme. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | TILDA study, Trinity College Dublin - {JW} |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our group is providing dietary assessment expertise to the TILDA study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The TILDA investigators have agreed to share data and biological samples to allow the assessment of dietary intake within their study and the determination of associations with ageing. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Economics of Fertility Timing: An Euler Equation Approach - {DF} |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr French co-wrote research paper |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-wrote research paper |
| Impact | Research paper at SSRN (url above) |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | The Economics of Fertility Timing: An Euler Equation Approach - {DF} |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr French co-wrote research paper |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-wrote research paper |
| Impact | Research paper at SSRN (url above) |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | The economics of eating habits, physical activity and obesity in Qatar - {AL} |
| Organisation | Qatar University |
| Country | Qatar |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr. Longo received a Researcher Links Travel Grant of three months by the British Council to set up a research link with Qatar University to study the economics of eating habits, physical activity and obesity in Qatar. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Longo has worked with Dr. Ishrat Hossain of Qatar University by preparing a research proposal for submission to the Qatar Foundation to study the demand for physical activity in Qatar. Dr. Longo and Dr. Hossain further established contacts with the Qatar Biobank for a collaboration to extend the data currently collected by the Qatar Biobank to study the economics of obesity |
| Impact | the collaboration is ongoing and Dr. Longo and Dr. Hossain are working on a paper and a research proposal. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | The effect of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention interventions on behavioural risk factors: Systematic review & meta-analysis |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As part of my PhD project, I have been completing a systematic review and meta-analysis entitled 'The effect of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention interventions on behavioural risk factors'. This will be used as a chapter in my PhD thesis and an article shall be written and published based on this work. My PhD supervisors gave guidance and acted as a third reviewer when required. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Declan Bradley, Specialist Registrar from the Public Health Agency is my second reviewer on this systematic review and meta-analysis. He independently reviewed articles for eligibility for inclusion, risk of bias and data-extraction. |
| Impact | This will be used as a chapter in my PhD thesis and an article shall be written and published based on this work. Dr. Declan Bradley is a specialist registrar. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | The effect of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention interventions on behavioural risk factors: Systematic review & meta-analysis |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As part of my PhD project, I have been completing a systematic review and meta-analysis entitled 'The effect of community-based cardiovascular disease prevention interventions on behavioural risk factors'. This will be used as a chapter in my PhD thesis and an article shall be written and published based on this work. My PhD supervisors gave guidance and acted as a third reviewer when required. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Declan Bradley, Specialist Registrar from the Public Health Agency is my second reviewer on this systematic review and meta-analysis. He independently reviewed articles for eligibility for inclusion, risk of bias and data-extraction. |
| Impact | This will be used as a chapter in my PhD thesis and an article shall be written and published based on this work. Dr. Declan Bradley is a specialist registrar. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Tripartite Collaboration - Malaysia |
| Organisation | Melaka Manipal Medical College |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative design of rapid review and pilot studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborative supervision of research assistant to conduct pump-riming research and writing up of protocol and papers. |
| Impact | It is very early days to report outcomes. However, a protocol for a rapid review was registered with PROSPERO: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=391832 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Tripartite Collaboration - Malaysia |
| Organisation | Monash University Malaysia |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative design of rapid review and pilot studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborative supervision of research assistant to conduct pump-riming research and writing up of protocol and papers. |
| Impact | It is very early days to report outcomes. However, a protocol for a rapid review was registered with PROSPERO: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=391832 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | University of Aberystwyth - {JW} |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Department | Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration to allow metabolomics-based analysis of samples collected as part of fruit and vegetable intervention study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Metabolomics-based analysis |
| Impact | No outputs as yet - still in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | World Mental Health Survey Consortium - {BB} |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard Medical School |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We conducted the largest ever Psychiatric Epidemiological Study of Mental Health in Northern Ireland, using DSM/ICD criteria. Members of our team collaborate with various working groups within the consortium. On this basis we share publications and exchange data for cross-national research papers. One of our members leads the international working group, within the consortium, on Comorbidity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide data analytic facilities and through international agreements co-ordinate the working of the various groups, including research publications, and the accessing of funds for the working of the consortium. |
| Impact | Publications. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary and includes: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Statisticians, Mathematicians, Economists, Sociologists etc. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | World Mental Health Survey Consortium - {BB} |
| Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We conducted the largest ever Psychiatric Epidemiological Study of Mental Health in Northern Ireland, using DSM/ICD criteria. Members of our team collaborate with various working groups within the consortium. On this basis we share publications and exchange data for cross-national research papers. One of our members leads the international working group, within the consortium, on Comorbidity. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide data analytic facilities and through international agreements co-ordinate the working of the various groups, including research publications, and the accessing of funds for the working of the consortium. |
| Impact | Publications. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary and includes: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Statisticians, Mathematicians, Economists, Sociologists etc. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Title | Each Step Counts Webtool - {MT} |
| Description | This is a web-delivered physical activity tool for patients with pre-diabetes. It allows patients to access information about pre-diabetes, measure and monitor their physical activity levels using a web-based pedometer, set physical activity goals and ask questions of other patients. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | This web tool has been developed and has been piloted in individuals with pre-diabetes |
| URL | http://www.eachstepcounts.co.uk |
| Company Name | Sanalytico Limited |
| Description | |
| Year Established | 2013 |
| Impact | Data mining training and services |
| Website | http://www.sanalytico.com |
| Description | 'Launch' of ADRN - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Series of presentations followed by panel discussion Difficult to say: perhaps absence of negative feedback is a positive outcome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | A talk to staff at the Institiute of Conflict Research on the work of ADRC-NI and the Migrant Health Project (CC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk lead to the sharing of ideas about possible future research in migrant health and the sharing of contact details of migrant organisations who might be interested in research. After the sharing of contact details of migrant organisations, contact was made with these organisations and they expressed interest in being involved in further research, which is to be followed up once ethical approval has bee received for qualitative research with migrants on health and well being and their experiences and knowledge of registration with a GP and completing the census. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Abstract published |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | publication of abstract relating to the analysis of the TILDA data relating to balance and physical activity in older adults. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.jfsf.eu/ |
| Description | Advancing Knowledge, Changing Lives Showcase Event - {CN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Neville represented the Centre at a showcase event at Stormont, demonstrating how research can be translated into real life change Generated more interest in medical research among MLA's in the Stormont Assembly, and how it can impact on the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Aideen Maguire talk at West Belfast Partnership Lifelong Learning Week 14th-18th Sept 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk focused around my research and to raise awareness of the types of mental health research going on within the Centre for Public Health. It spurred a long question and answer session afterwards with an exchange of information regarding local community based reseach also goin on which may relate to my work. I have been put in contact with two prominant local researchers who are organising another public enagement event and it is expected I will be invited to speak at that. All individuals present and mentioned are also now invited to the Centre of Excellence's away day to allow for on-goin discussions and hopefully future joint projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.westbelfast-partnership.com/news-events/207/take-5-life-long-learning-week-14th-18th-sept... |
| Description | Aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease...Prof Paul Elliot & Prof Alun Evans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 26 people attended a seminar by Prof Paul Elliot of Imperial College London on "Aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease near Heathrow airport in London: small area study". The audience was compromised of academics and members of the public and the community and voluntary sector. There was good interaction between the speaker and participants in the discussion after the presentation. There were requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | All Ireland Obesity Newsletter 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barrett is a member of the editorial team responsible for a quarterly email which is distributed to over 380 academics and healthcare practitioners in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The newsletter provides updates on new research, local projects and events. The number of subscribers is continually increasing and feedback from a recent user survey indicated that over 80% of those surveyed use the information within the newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| URL | http://allislandobesityforumnewsletter.eu/marchbulletin2016.html |
| Description | Alpro Foundation conference University of Ulster {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Cantwell presented an invited lecture on "The Epidemiological Perspective for Diet and Breast Cancer" to over 300 undergraduate and postgraduate students and staff from a national audience. The aim of the lecture was to engage the audience in critical appraisal of epidemiological studies related to diet and breast cancer and to stimulate thinking in terms of causal relationships. The lecture was followed by a Q and A session which created lots of discussion through audience participation. It also was and opportunity for Dr Cantwell to highlight research on diet and cancer which is on going within the Centre of Excellence. Dr Cantwell received several enquiries from undergraduate students about the possibility of completing a PhD in the area of diet and cancer within the Centre of Excellence at Queen's University Belfast. Dr Cantwell has been invited to participate in future Alpro events which will increase awareness of the research carried out on the impact of diet and cancer risk and progression. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://biomed.science.ulster.ac.uk/niche/ALPRO-FOUNDATION-SYMPOSIUM-Plant.html |
| Description | An investigation into whether participation in a four week dietary intervention can modify reported barriers towards fruit and vegetable consumption - Presentation at UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence - {CR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk prompted questions afterwards about Dr Rooney's research Encouraged the audience to think about our research question and to contribute opinions on how a future study on the topic would be ideally designed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Annual conference of the Public Health Agency for Northern Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Kee was invited to give a plenary key-note address on the topic of lessons learned (over the 10 years of the UKCRC Centre of Excellence) for trans-disciplinary public health science. The Public Health Agency re-affirmed its support for the activities of the Centre, even while its funding was formally coming to an end. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Applied Research Presentation, St Louise's Comprehensive College - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barrett presented to a group of year 14 students on writing a research paper and finding sources of evidence. The class asked questions on finding local statistics, policies and sources of evidence. The school reported an increase in grades as a result of the engagement The teacher felt that the quality of research projects had improved as a result of my presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Attendance at CRUK/Bupa Foundation sandpit - {RON} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The event involved group discussions with peers to identify and tackle the issues associated with cancer prevention in harder to reach groups. The sandpit has lead to the development of a collaborative research project between QUB, University of Bristol and Durham University. A £15,000 grant was awarded to fund this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | BCT Taxonomy Workshop {MT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| 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. A number of research and evaluation teams have asked for input in carefully designing intervention components. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | BMJ Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and questions, with a focus on Vitamin D testing/ Reduced frequency of requests for vitamin D analysis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Belfast Telegraph response to N Ireland Travel Survey {MT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Following the publication of the Department for Regional Development Northern Ireland Travel Survey, I was asked to respond to the public health implications of the data. None |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/women-drivers-making-inroads-... |
| Description | Biomarcare Statistical Workshop - Hamburg, Germany - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Led a session discussing repeated measures analysis and multiple imputation with longitudinal data Improved understanding of novel statistical techniques among international colleagues working within BiomarCaRE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Aging conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk entitled "Don't leave that 'till tomorrow what you can do today: Lifestyle behaviours in the NICOLA cohort". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.research.hscni.net/event/8-9-nov-2016-british-and-irish-longitudinal-studies-conference |
| Description | CCRCB Patient showcase 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with the public stimulated thinking about cancer research Interest in local cancer research resulted from this activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | CHANCES 5th WPLs' meeting- Las Palmas, Gran Canarias, Spain - {LM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | talk to be carried out on the 13th of November |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | CHANCES Dissemination Workshop - Athens, Greece - {MOD} |
| 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 | Dissemination of CHANCES research in both oral and poster format to scientific community, peers, collaborators and media (poster presented) Established connection with IARC in relation to MSM modelling for multimorbidity analysis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | CHANCES Plenary Meeting - Various International locations - {MOD} |
| 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 | I updated my international colleagues working on CHANCES about work/progression within the Work Package being led by Queens University Belfast looking at cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Stimulated conversation and ideas for new projects within the Work Package and cross-collaborations with other Work Packages from within the CHANCES wider group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.chancesfp7.eu/ |
| Description | CHANCES Statistical Workshop - Various international locations - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Led a session discussing repeated measures analysis and multiple imputation with longitudinal data Improved the understanding of novel statistical techniques among my international colleagues working within CHANCES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | COE poster presentation 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | poster presentation to communicate the purpose and aims of the study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | CRUK - Cancer Prevention Innovation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To be completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | CRUK Population Research Committe video interview - {MOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr O'Rorke was asked to take part in a video recorded interview for upload to the CRUK's website to help promote the projects supported through the Population Research Committee. The video will be available on-line to researchers and the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/applying-for-funding/how-to-make-a-successfu... |
| Description | CRUK Sandpit 'Cancer Prevention in Harder to Reach Groups' - {CT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Became part of a collaborative research team with researchers from 3 other UK institutions to secure funding to conduct a feasibility study into cancer prevention among young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs). The foundations of a collaboration with University of Glasgow, Queen Mary University of London and Newcastle University were formed. Obtained £15,000 (held by University of Glasgow) to support running costs of proposed project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Can novel biomarkers be cost-effective for preventing Cardiovascular Disease? A systematic review {FL} |
| 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 | Presented by Felicity Lamrock (affiliated PhD student) at the 15th SMDM European Meeting, 8-10 June 2014, Antwerp. Up to 100 established and early career scientists attended the presentation, which sparked questions and discussion. Informed our methods within the BiomarCaRE health economic assessment of novel cardiovascular biomarkers workpackage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://media.wix.com/ugd/349100_017614bc2e274416bcdb371a02397f93.pdf |
| Description | Cancer Professional publication {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marie Cantwell and Dr Roisin O Neill wrote and submitted and article on "Lifestyle intervention in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer" to Cancer Professional, a quarterly journal, which is circulated to medical and surgical professionals working with cancer patients in Ireland, as well as to all General Practitioners. Dr Cantwell has been invited to provide further articles for circulation based on her current research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Cancer Professional publication {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marie Cantwell and Dr Roisin O Neill provided a review article "Diet and Cancer Survival" to Cancer Professional, a quarterly journal, which is circulated to medical and surgical professionals working with cancer patients in Ireland, as well as to all General Practitioners. Dr Cantwell has since been invited to provide additional review articles based on her research to Cancer Professional |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Cancer Research Engagement Committee - {HC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Coleman has joined the Research Engagement committee at Queen's University Belfast Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, which organises regular events throughout the year to improve dissemination of cancer research at the University. Joining the committee represents the first inclusion of population/public health cancer research on this committee. Regular events throughout the year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Cancer Research UK Population Research Workshop {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | This workshop provided an opportunity not only to inform funding processes within Cancer Research UK but also to discuss future research collaborations. Dr Cantwell was invited to participate in future Cancer Research UK workshops expert panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Cancer Research UK Research Challenge Event for the new CRUK/Bupa Foundation Cancer Prevention Initiative {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Two researchers from the Centre of Excellence attended a sandpit event as a result of this activity and both Dr Roisin O'Neill and Dr Charlene Treanor subsequently secured £20K each to pursue work in this area. Dr Marie Cantwell was invited to participate in a further CRUK's Population Research 1 day Workshop. The aim of the workshop was to explore the challenges that currently face cancer research and the challenges that will arise over the next 20 years. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Cancer Research UK Video Blogs - {HC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Annual video blogs related to the aims and progress of Dr Coleman's Cancer Research UK Fellowship, which are uploaded to Cancer Research UK's website and/or internal newsletter for circulation. Anticipated that more internet hits would relate to Fellowship pages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | Centre of Excellence for Public Health NI seminar - {JW} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 30 researchers, practitioners and policy makers attended a seminar given by a researcher, Emily Shortt, from University College Dublin entitled "The influence of health behaviours and psychological well-being on maternal weight during and after pregnancy". A research collaboration has been developed, not directly with UCD, but with other pregnancy researchers in ROI. Policy makers (Public Health Agency) became aware of survey work in ROI around the acceptability of different policies to tackle obesity (another aspect of Emily's work), which they were previously unaware of. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Clinical course at Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha - {SMD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 25 Practitioners attended a training course on Ankle Injury Management. This course was led by Dr Chris Bleakley. Part of the course is dedicated to rehabilitation providing a medium to share the development of the Ankle App (KT App) and publicise its existence to an international audience. A number of practitioners were interested in the App and were directed towards the download site on Google play. In addition, it also provide a medium to receive feedback from a very diverse and international group of people (from 10 different Nationalities)- this included their opinion on the potential content and its applicability within health care systems outside of the UK and Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | CoE Science Festival Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Assisted with stall displaying research and public health information and activities in St Georges Market (Belfast). This involved speaking to the passing public about the research produced by the centre, answering questions and explaining health related information and activities on display. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CoE Seminar Series: Dr Katharine Dill - {AK} |
| 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 | Invited speaker Dr Katherine Dill gave a talk on 18th March 2014 entitled "Creating, building & sustaining a Canadian-based knowledge exchange program" . CoE academics and post docs had an opprtunity to find out about an application of a successful Canadian KE model. Not aware of any impact yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | CoE Seminar Series: Dr Roberto De Vogli - {AK} |
| 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 | Invited speaker Dr Roberto De Vogli from University of California, Davis, gave a talk on 20th May 2014 entitled "Market deregulation and ultra-processed products as determinants of obesity and diabetes". Lively discussion afterwards. Young researchers in particular attended this seminar. Further research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforPublicHealth/WhatsOn/CPHSeminarSeries/ |
| Description | CoE event during Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Involved talking to the public about the research produced by the university, informing the public about health issues and behaviour change and assisting with a 'health MOT' activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference paper (York, July 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Laura Dunne was invited by the Education Endowmwnent Fund (EEF) to give a talk to recipients of EEF funding on "Challenges of carrying out research in schools and lessons learned". This was a good opportunity to network with national colleagues, particularly those engaged in carrying out RCT evaluations of school based interventions. Contacts made have proved valuable in advising on methodology, analysis and also in terms of potential future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Contribution to Pathway to Impact training course - {MT} |
| 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 | 20 community health workers attended the Community Development and Health Network training course "Pathways to Health Level 3". My involvement included describing the efforts undertaken within the centre to engage communities in research projects. It is anticipated that this training event will encourage a greater dialogue between community health workers and researchers, in order to facilitate future research opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.cdhn.org/level-3-strategic-development-and-leadership |
| Description | Contribution to newspaper article in Irish Times |
| 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 | Following an interview with an Irish Times journalist - I contributed to an article regarding the best seven apps to promote physical activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/fitness/seven-fitness-apps-to-get-you-moving... |
| Description | Contribution to training course |
| 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 | 20 community health workers attended the Community Development and Health Network training course "Pathways to Health Level 3". My involvement included describing the efforts undertaken within the centre to engage communities in research projects. It is anticipated that this training event will encourage a greater dialogue between community health workers and researchers, in order to facilitate future research opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cdhn.org/pages/index.asp?title=Pathways_to_Health_Level_3_-_Armagh |
| Description | Credit Union engagement event July 2014 - {DK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | +20 Board members and staff (from the 5 Credit Unions involved in our research) came to hear a presentation By Deborah Keatley giving early findings from the baseline survey of the study participants. It was followed by a well-supported Q&A session and further discussions on the next stages in the study.. The event enabled us to share early findings not only with our key stakeholders in the Credit Unions but with other regional stakeholders; Community Development Health Network, our community partner in CoE; Public Health Agency; OFMDFM. The event also facilitated networking and information sharing between staff and Board members from all Credit Unions involved in the study. A Credit Union staff member has asked to be involved in product testing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Culture Night Belfast 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Members of staff engaged with the public on the topics of diabetes, nutrition , physical activity and macular degeneration. The audience comprised members of the public and included a large number of families, the engagement resulted in valuable discussions around sugar and fat content of foods, portion sizes and the nutritional value of foods. The public were also very interested to learn about research into macular degeneration and to try glasses simulating the condition. Advice was given on risk factors for diabetes and management of the condition. 2015 - Researchers cycled on a multi-person pedal bike and orally presented a lay summary of their work. We also provided promotional materials for members of the public as above Members of the public learned about the centre and the research conducted. There was a change in attitudes in students and staff towards being more positive about public engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.culturenightbelfast.com/ |
| Description | Discussion group with professionals about migrant well-being and migrant's experience of registration with the GP and completing the census (CC) |
| 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 | The talk sparked further questions and areas for consideration for the subsequent part of this research a linkage study with health and social care data and census data on the mental health of migrants. Further requests for information and sharing of ideas and contacts for another piece of research with migrants on their experience of completing the census and experience of registering with the GP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Discussion group with the public Health Agency BME regional steering group about migrant well-being and migrant's experience of registration with the GP and completing the census (CC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This discussion group stimulated thinking for the subsequent research using linkage data from health and social care and census data on the mental well-being of migrants This lead to the sharing of information of other research that could be considered for the subsequent phase of migrant health project as well as sharing of contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Diversity and Deliberate Self-harm in Public Healthcare, Public Health Annual Scientific Conference - {FT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A literature review of the exisitng literature on deliberate self-harm was presented highlighting several factors that have been associated with such behaviours. 35-40 people attended the session and questions were raised considering household and area level variations of dsh rates in Northern Ireland. Invitation to present to the next Public Health Scientific Conference in 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/news/public-health-annual-scientific-conference |
| 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 | ESRC Festival of Science - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Two presentations followed by discussion for 1-1.5 hours mush discussion with a journalist from The Detail. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Early Environmental Factors in Deliberate Self-harm Among Young Adults: A Systematic Review, NIBPS Conference - {FT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The findings of this study indicate that there is a need to further investigate the impact of early life factors, such as family environment, in terms of a 'whole system' of risk factors that could potentially lead to poor mental health outcomes. ~25 people attended the talk and questions were raised concenring the extent of the impact of familial environment on the manifestation of self-harm behaviours. Discussion over the implications of the findings and how the could be utilised in the enhancement of exisiting policies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/page/all_events/264 |
| Description | Efficacy Paradox: can NICE be NICER? Dr Weiya Zhang & Prof Alun Evans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 31 people attended a seminar on NICE by Dr Weiya Zhang , Associate Professor & Reader in Musculoskeletal Epidemiology at University of Nottingham. The audience included academics and members of the public and the community and voluntary sector. The seminar generated a lively discussion with requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Eimear Barrett - Early Years Intervention Transformation Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barrett gave a presentation on the Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network and its role in facilitating public health research and knowledge exchange Membership of the Network increased |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Eimear Barrett, Our Lady and St.Patrick's College Careers Convention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to pupils and parents about public health and the wide range of subjects that would be useful for a career in public health Pupils and parents expressed a motivation to to find out more about public health and the work of the Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Eimear Barrett, Science Training for Journalists Course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a session to trainee journalism students on reporting science and the use of statistics in journalism. This is part of a programme developed by the Royal Statistical Society Impacts of the session will be evident as students progress through the journalism training course |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Endgame Tobacco Control Workshop 2014 - {EB} |
| 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 | Two workshops were held to build capacity in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The first was held in Belfast on the 5th and 6th of June and the second in Dublin on the 9th and 10th of June with around 30 participants at each event. The workshops brought together international speakers, researchers and practitioners from the island of Ireland in the field of tobacco control. The programmes comprised a blend of key note presentations, case studies and discussion on topics such as e-cigarettes, plain packaging and the development of an all-Ireland network for tobacco control. Dr Barrett was a member of the organising team, acted as a facilitator during the events and presented on the work of the NIPHRN and the potential for formation of an all-Ireland group. Participants showed support for an all Ireland tobacco control network to share knowledge and experience from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A follow up event is being planned to launch the new network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.publichealth.ie/news/event/endgame-tobacco-control-workshop |
| Description | Engagement with Northern Ireland Assembly - {LP} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The talk was presented to am mixed audience of local politicians, civil servants, Assembly researchers and others (such as representatives of insurance companies) This presentation was aimed at influencing forthcoming NI legislation on graduated driving licenses. Legislation was planned to be in place for 2014, but has so far been delayed sine die. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/RaISe/knowledge_exchange/briefing_papers/series3/prior060314.... |
| Description | European Journal of Cancer Interview - {MOR} |
| 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 | Dr O'Rorke was asked to do an interview by the editor of the Eur J Cancer on his research paper looking at 'early life exposures and risk of malignant melanoma'. This was published on-line and freely available to the research community/public. This interview was published online and made freely available to the research community/public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ejcancer.com/pb/assets/raw/Health%20Advance/journals/ejc/EJCNews_March2013.pdf |
| Description | Expert panel discussion on mental health in prisons - {RMB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion involving the mental health commissioner for the Public Health Agency, the director of offender policy and operations (Northern Ireland Prison Service), a former prisoner who works as an outreach worker for a charitable organisation, and a retired art therapist who previously worked for the Probation Board Northern Ireland. 91 people attended 20 from an academic background, 56 from the public sector, and 15 from the 3rd sector. Question and answer session with panel and audience surrounding the themes of mental health in prison, the benefits of arts based interventions and the need for greater public debate regarding public health in prisons. Provided platform for networking between university staff and students with public sector and 3rd sector stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Food in School talk at Ballydown Primary School Oct 2014 - {CN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Neville gave a talk to 20 parents and pupils on healthy eating for children at home and at school, which sparked questions and discussion and helped inform a review of Food in School Policy. The school reviewed their Policy on Food in School. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| 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 | Horizon 2020 {MCa} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | By taking part in this activity Dr Cantwell had the opportunity to discuss European multidisciplinary grants worth 5 million Euros. It was also an opportunity to discuss collaborations with others involved in the peer review process. Dr Cantwell has since been invited as a visiting researcher to Australia to collaborate with Dr Lin Fritschi as Curtin University. Dr Marie Cantwell has been invited to peer review grants for Horizon 2020 in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| 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 | IGFS Industry stakeholder event: Nov 2014 (CME) |
| 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 | Dr Claire McEvoy provided an exhibition of nutrition and health research undertaken by the Centre for Public Health to regional food industry stakeholders and academic delegates. As a result of this activity, links were made with 'College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise', Good Food Northern Ireland and a private food supplement manufacturer. As a result of this activity, links were made with a number of industry stakeholders and further future activities are planned to identify areas for mutual research collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | III WCPHN (World Congress of Public Health Nutrition) - Las Palmas, Gran Canarias, Spain - {MOD} |
| 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 | Satellite Symposia: Risk factors for healthy aging: insight from the CHANCES Project SPEAKERS: Antonia Trichopoulou, Ben Schöttker, Martin Bobak, Mark O´Doherty, Christina Bamia, Eugène Jansen CHANCES N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.nutrition2014.org/ |
| Description | IPH Open Conference 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over 300 policy-makers, health and social care practitioners, academics and individuals from the community and voluntary sector attended the third annual Open Conference hosted by the Institute of Public Health. Twenty four papers were presented around 5 key themes; active travel; positive ageing; promoting mental health and wellbeing; public health approaches to poverty; and research, policy, practice cycle -closing the gap. Attendees shared knowledge and examples of good practice, presentations also generated discussion around future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.iphopenconference.com/ |
| Description | International Conference (EA-OHP; London) - {AK} |
| 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 | "Workplace stress and insufficient physical activity: prospective evidence from a large cohort study". Paper presented at the 11th conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP), from 14th to 16th April 2014, Birkbeck College, London, UK. (Dr Kouvonen). About 30 people attended the session, lively discussion about the results. Not aware of any impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.eaohp.org/ |
| Description | International Conference (EUPHA; Glasgow, November 2014) - {DK} |
| 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 | Diborah Keatley will give an Oral presentation "The toxic relationship between debt and mental and physical health in low income households in Northern Ireland in 2014". The conference will take place in November and I will update sections on results and impact afterwards. The conference will take place in November and I will update sections on results and impact afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://ephconference.eu/programme/popup.php?eupha_code=C5 |
| Description | International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) 2013: Oral Presentation number O50 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk was entitled 'Mortality in patients diagnosed with diabetes during childhood in Northern Ireland, UK'. The role of illegal drug use in deaths of young people with diabetes (previously reported from a study based in Leeds) could not be confirmed in this Northern Ireland study and instead alcohol was reported to have made a significant contribution to deaths in the Northern Ireland cohort. Clinicians from many countries who care for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes were in attendance and this talk raised their awareness of the role played by excessive alcohol consumption in deaths among young diabetics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://2013.ispad.org |
| Description | International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Early Career Research Network - {RH} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ruth Hunter is vice chair of the newly established ISPAH Early Career Research Network. This has involved developing the Network from its inception. The Network has provided a range of opportunities that help support and develop international early career researchers working in physical activity and public health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation: 'Promoting physical activity among older women living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas: Development of a community-based intervention.' Poster presentation: 'Exploring stakeholders' experiences of delivering community-based physical activity and health promotion services: A qualitative study.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Interview with newspaper - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | half-page spread in local newspaper increased discussion about the Ageing Study (NICOLA) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Investigating Factors Associated with early death in Colon Cancer - {CD} |
| 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 | feedback on research to date improved communication of aspects of the findings to date |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Investigating Factors Associated with early death in Colon Cancer - {CD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation Received feedback on research approach and discussion with researchers in field |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited article: My Academy magazine - title: "Diet, cognitive development and academic performance" - {MMK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article publication in My Academy magazine - submitted October 2014, estimated publication November 2014 Unknown at present. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://myacademy.govnet.co.uk/ |
| Description | Invited presentation (Lisburn City Council) - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | "The Social Determinants of Health". Anne Kouvonen gave an invited presentation at "Women's Health Conference - Check Today For Tomorrow", Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn City Council. About 100 people attended, including city councillors, Diane Dodds MEP, Lord Lieutenant of Co Antrim, the Mayor of Lisburn, and representatives of a large number of health-related organisations. Raising awareness about social determinants of health. After the talk I discussed with the representative of Lisburn City Council, a trustee of a mental health charity, and a local MEP, and they expressed interest for my work and further collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.lisburncity.gov.uk/Your-City-Council/Mayor-s-Blog/Mayor-Tolerton-s-Blogs/June-2014/2nd-Ju... |
| Description | Invited presentation in Copenhagen (AK) |
| 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 | Dr Anne Kouvonen: "Physical activity and mental health in older, midlife and younger women". Invited presentation at the National Research Centre for the Work Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark. 13/11/14. There was a lively discussion afterwards with Danish colleagues. Possible future research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited speaker: 'Healthy Food for Healthy Outcomes', Launch of the NI Food in Schools Policy, talk entitled: Impact of poor nutrition on child development and educational attainment, February 2014 - {MMK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Positive feedback from the conference Invitation to write article for My Academy magazine Discussion with Department of Education regarding the evidence base Minister for Education attended this presentation by Dr Michelle McKinley and was interested in the key findings outlined in the presentation and requested that I meet with Anne Tohill, Head of Parenting and Participation team at the Department of Education to explore further the research evidence base in relation to the impact of nutrition on education, attendance and academic achievement. This meeting took place in March 2014 and resulted in Anne preparing a paper on the options for research/initiatives on breakfasts in schools for the Ministers consideration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Irish Research Council Interdisciplinary Research Workshop for Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I gave a presentation in the session "Showcasing excellent interdisciplinary research". Approximately 150 attendees from academia and industry were present, The aim of the session was to give examples of best practice from multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=479 |
| Description | Keeping active for better ageing seminar - {MT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 100 people from across the Island of Ireland attended a one day seminar hosted by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI). The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the benefits of physical activity for older people and the reasons why older people as a group don't have higher levels of physical activity. Dr Mark Tully (CoE NI) gave an invited presentation entitled "Are current guidelines the best targets for older people across Ireland?" Interest was shown in the CoE research theme of older adults and healthy behaviours, and the implications of our research for policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cardi.ie/news/getactivetoenjoybetterphysicalandmentalhealthasyouage |
| Description | Keynote entitled "Designing physical activity interventions in socio-economically disadvantaged communities: how to eat an Elephant?" |
| 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 a keynote lecture at the 8th Fuse Physical Activity Workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.fuse.ac.uk/events/fusephysicalactivityworkshops/8thfusephysicalactivityworkshop.html |
| Description | Keynote talk at FIT FOR LIFE, FIT FOR THE FUTURE: Promoting Physical Activity conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a keynote lecture entitles "Physical activity interventions in the community - what works?". Numerous questions were asked after the talk - and this as been followed up with subsequent discussion on current clinical practice in N Ireland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange Seminar: Northern Ireland Assembly - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Study presentation at the Knowledge Exchange Stormont Seminar- inclusive engagement and exchange of our study findings. 9 January 2014. (Drs Anne Kouvonen and Justyna Bell) Requests for further information. Downloads of the policy briefing produced for the purpose of the knowledge exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Laymans summary of research and preparation of eduactional material for dissemination at Belfast Science Festival |
| 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 | The information disseminated generated interest in our research work and the importance of diet for health. Translation of research evidence into public health messages |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Lecture: Multicultural Medicine - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on cultural awareness in mental health practice, as a part of the Multicultural Medicine for 1st yrs Medical students (based on the research results of the qualitative study in mental health of Polish migrants in NI). 14 February 2014 (Dr Justyna Bell) Impact not known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Media: 'Poles apart: tackling a Northern Irish suicide crisis' (The Irish Times) - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview for an article in The Irish Times discussing the mental health of Polish migrants in Northern Ireland- published on 23 April 2013 (Dr Justyna Bell) Following the article, the research team was repeatedly contacted to share the findings of the study in migrant mental health. The article was additionally frequently discussed in the meetings with the users, stakeholders and fellow academics and initiated a contact between the research team and the local mental health charities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/poles-apart-tackling-a-northern-irish-suicide-crisis... |
| Description | Media: Evening Extra at BBC Radio Ulster - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview in Evening Extra at BBC Radio Ulster presenting preliminary findings of the study on mental health of Polish migrants in Northern Ireland as a commentary to high rates of suicides within this community- broadcasted on 2 May 2013 (Dr Anne Kouvonen) Increased requests for sharing the research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Media: Government attacked over deals with fast-food industry (The Independent) - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Dr De Vogli (University of California, Davis) about his study on market deregulation and obesity that she conducted with Anne Kouvonen (Queen's) Increase in media requests for further information about the study results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/government-attacked-over-dea... |
| Description | Media: Is Obesity a Free Market Failure? (RT) - {AK} |
| 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 | A TV Interview with Dr De Vogli (University of California, Davis) about his study on market deregulation and obesity that he conducted with Anne Kouvonen (Queen's) Increase in further media interview requests |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.hhe.tv/is-obesity-a-free-market-failure-think-tank-video/ |
| Description | Media: Polish and lost in Ireland (the Irish Times) - {AK} |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Engagement in the multi-media project on Polish migrants, focused specifically on mental health issues- Agnes Radomski from The Irish Times (Dr Justyna Bell) The activity increased requests for information about the mental health of Polish immigrants in the UK and Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage?destination=http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/peo... |
| Description | Media: Tighter economic regulation is needed to reverse obesity epidemic - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Dr De Vogli (University of California, Davis) about his study on market deregulation and obesity that she conducted with Anne Kouvonen (Queen's and Dr Kouvonen mentioned) Not aware of any yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.healthcanal.com/metabolic-problems/obesity/47230-tighter-economic-regulation-is-needed-to... |
| Description | Mediterranean diet and heart health talk - {CME} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 60 Queen's University employees attended this talk, given by Dr Claire McEvoy, which stimulated discussion afterwards Some attendees requested further information about taking part in a NPRI funded Mediterranean diet study (TEAM-MED) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Mediterranean diet and heart health talk - {CME} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 25 people attended a public information talk gvien by Dr Claire McEvoy, with discussion afterwards Some attendees requested information about NPRI funded Mediterranean diet study (TEAM-MED) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | Member of CoE Communications Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Involved in organising university department engagement events, attending group meetings, input regarding events, helping with the running of the events and CoE conferences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Newspaper Interview - NICOLA - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview highlighting Dr O'Doherty's research in the context of the wider NICOLA project encouraging uptake of participants from the North West/Derry area Potentially increased acceptance of participation in study if randomly selected |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.derryjournal.com/news/derry-academic-leads-study-into-ageing-in-north-1-6367446 |
| Description | Northern Ireland 10,000 steps walking promotion campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I have contributed evidence from our research on how to promote walking, and summarized other research on how to implement a national walking promotion programme This has led to plans for a mass media campaign, followed by community programmes to promote walking, planned or summer 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Online guest blog |
| 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 | Global reach for this online blog for World Cancer Research Fund. E-mail contacts from others in the research field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Oral presentation at AUDGPI Conference, University of Limerick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation on the development of my intervention at The Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland in partnership with The Irish College of General Practitioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Oral presentation at WHO Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented the outcomes of my systematic review and meta-analyses in an oral session to other conference delegates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Oral presentation by PhD researcher Christopher Steele at the CHANCES Final Plenary Meeting, Athens - {CS} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Talk started conversations with other CHANCES researchers about the findings in the ESTHER study. After my talk, plans were made for a future publication based on the ESTHER study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Overindebtedness and Health - {DF} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr French gave a presentation of preliminary findings to (a) representatives from participating credit unions (b) regional public health policy makers (c) representatives from regional third-sector groups Positive feedback and buy-in from credit unions in study going forward. Also, interest from policy makers and third -sector groups Community Development and Health Network very interested in final results when available. Another session will be run next year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | PHA conference: Recognising Diversity in Public Health, Belfast, NI - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The presentation entitled 'Mental health and well-being of Polish migrants in Northern Ireland' initiated a debate about migrant mental health. (Drs Anne Kouvonen and Justyna Bell) Not aware of any impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | PPI involvement with NI Cancer Consumer Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Help to write lay summary of findings and dissemination of results The research was well-supported and found to be stimulating for the patient group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Physical Activity Referral Programmes (PARPs) in Northern Ireland - {MT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 21 individuals from the Public Health Agency and local councils attended to hear a presentation on the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme from Dr Simon Murphy, DECIPHER Centre of Excellence. This was followed by a discussion of the implication to redesigning the Northern Ireland Physical Activity Referral Programme. A draft proposal for the redesign of the Northern Ireland Physical Activity Referral Programme, based on the Welsh Experience, was prepared and presented to the Senior Management Team in the Public Health Agency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Pilot Farm Open Days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Potential healthcare commissioners and potential users viewed pilot social farms in operation. A demonstration network of working social farms is now active on both sides of the Irish border. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.socialfarmingacrossborders.org |
| Description | Plenary Presentation made by Professor Kee to the annual Lancet Public Health conference (November 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Kee was invited to give the plenary presentation at the annual Lancet Public Health conference. He chose the theme Precision Public Health for which he used the metaphor "an oxymoron for our times" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ukpublichealthscience.org/ |
| Description | Population Mental Health: Record Linkage and Secondary Analysis, 1st Year Student Symposium - {FT} |
| 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 | An overview of the resutls that were obtained up to that point through the implementation of a systematic review methodology. Questions were asked on the methodology that was implimented as well as the results that were presented. Discussion concerning the future objectives and directions of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Poster Presentation at the Humanitarian Technology Conference (Boston, MA) - {DM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I had a poster presentation accepted for the Humanitarian Technology Conference in Boston, MA on 13 May 2014. As I was unable to attend in person, by colleague and co-author presented the poster using notes I had prepared in advance. Some additional interest in my research and the ongoing work of Evidence Aid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.humanitariantechnology.org/ |
| Description | Poster at CoE away day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented poster at the CoE away day in 2014 and 2015 on my PhD research. The conference was attended by researchers, PhD students, MSc students from the CPH centre as well as people from community groups, schools, charities and other health related organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Poster presentation at Europrevent conference (Malaga) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation at the European Society of Cardiology conference Europrevent in Malaga, Spain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Poster presentation by PhD Student Alan McMichael at the 36th annual meeting of the US Society for Medical Decision Making, Miami Florida |
| 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 | Alan made a poster presentation entitled "Has my patient responded to treatment? The seldom asked question in personalized medicine research" Alan established a new network of potential collaborators interested in the application of conjoint analysis methods in public health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://smdm.org/meeting/36th-annual-north-american-meeting |
| Description | Poster presentation by PhD researcher Christopher Steele at CHANCES Dissemination Workshop, Athens - {CS} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Poster informed audience about the results obtained from analysis of education-T2DM relationship in the ESTHER study. Future plans made for a publication based on the ESTHER study results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Poster presentation by PhD researcher Christopher Steele at the Conference for Applied Statistics in Ireland 2014 - {CS} |
| 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 | My poster presentation at the Conference for Applied Statistics in Ireland (CASI) allowed me several opportunities to discuss my current work and plans for the future with a variety of individuals from different institutions. The event also allowed me to obtain extremely valuable advice from Statisticians including Professor Sir David Cox. I have been able to use the feedback I obtained to improve the specification of the Statistical model I will be forming as the main component of my PhD research project. Also, as a result of my poster presentation, my presentation skills and confidence presenting to an International audience have improved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.casi.ie/CASI_2014/index.html |
| Description | Poster presentation by PhD student at the 36th annual meeting of the US Society for Medical Decision Making (Miami Florida), entitled: Has my patient responded to treatment? The seldom asked question in personalized medicine research |
| 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 | Alan's work attracted considerable interest and he established a new network of potential collaborators. Alan engaged with senior US academic leaders in the field who have expressed interest in collaborating on the next phase of his work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://smdm.org/meeting/36th-annual-north-american-meeting |
| Description | Poster presentations ISBNPA Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | poster presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster sparked discussions about the importance of understanding the determinants of sedentary behaviour with conference delegates. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.isbnpa2015.org/ |
| Description | Presentation |
| 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 | Dr Synnott will be attending an international conference,the 1st International Conference on Ambient Intelligence for Health (AmIHEALTH 2015), which will be held in Chile December 2015. Helped inform the next stage of the project to gain further funding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2015 |
| URL | http://mami.uclm.es/ucami-iwaal-amihealth-2015/cfp.html |
| Description | Presentation Grand Rounds at University (Vanderbilt) - {BH} |
| 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 | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Increased links between QUB and Vanderbilt University No notable impacts from meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation World Psychiatric Association Madrid - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation followed by lively discussion not aware of any yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation at Northern Ireland Science Festival (JW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on current reseach led to questions and further contact with interested member of the public - may lead to public participation in research or future undergraduate or research students taking nutrition related courses. Talk has led to email contact from potential participants in research studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.nisciencefestival.com/ |
| Description | Presentation of the use of administrative record data in research in Finland at ADRC/CoE seminar series (AK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked lively discussion about register-based research in Finland and in the UK (cross-country comparisons) Possibility of new research collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/adrc_ni/status/590105751407984641 |
| Description | Presentation on the migrant mental health project (linkage study) to staff at NICEM (Ciara Close) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Strengthened our existing collaboration with NICEM Possibility to conduct focus groups among professionals working with migrants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation to stakeholders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented my research to a group of stakeholders through my involvement in the CPH public engagement group. Consisted of a short presentation with opportunities for the audience to ask questions. The audience consisted of people in the healthcare profession, other researchers and carers/patients. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presented at the 'Living with and beyond Prostate cancer conference' - {RON} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | ~200 prostate cancer patients along with their partners/caregivers attended the event to discuss issues associated with a prostate cancer diagnosis including available treatment options, nutrition and physical activity considerations etc. The conference provides prostate cancer patients with a better understanding and knowledge of the disease and the options available to them after a diagnosis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Presenting to researchers from the University of Malaya - {LM} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked discussions The visiting researchers used the results presented in our talk to generate new ideas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Public Health Directorate Business Day 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barrett presented on the Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network at the Public Health Agency, Public Health Directorate Business Day. The event was attended by public health practitioners from across Northern Ireland. The presentation resulted in requests for further information on the network. The number of public health practitioners who were members of the network also increased after the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Public Health Scientific Conference 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Barrett was invited to join the planning committee of the Public Health Agency Annual Scientific Conference which provided input into the organisation of the event. She was also a member of the subgroup responsible for selection of abstracts. The conference was attend by over 100 practitioners and academics from across Northern Ireland. Presentations generated excellent discussion on important public health priorities and examples of good practice were shared amongst delegates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Public engagement event Belfast 2013 - {JW} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 30 people attended an interactive talk about the Mediterranean Diet and the potential health benefits, with discussion afterwards Attendees requested further information about on-going research as it developed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Publication of report 'CHD Mortality projections to 2020, comparing different policy scenarioos' - (JH) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr John Hughes published the report 'CHD Mortality projections to 2020, comparing different policy scenarios' in February 2014 on European Heart Network website with subsequent dissemination of results at European conferences and seminars. The project included reviews on policy recommendations for future cardiovascular prevention strategies by representatives of government Departments, commissioning groups, Heart disease charities, general practitioners and leading Academics in nine EU countries. Final results were forwarded to senior policy makers in each of the participating countries (including Northern Ireland) to inform future heart disease prevention strategies. The study has enabled the production of a number of comparative papers (at an advanced stage and to be submitted to high ranking journals in the next few months) which provide interesting insight into how NI policies on cardiovascular disease prevention compare to policies in other countries (i.e at both a British Isles and at a wider EU level). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.ehnheart.org/euroheart-ii/euroheart-ii-publications/publication/787-chd-mortality-project... |
| Description | QUB Staff well-being week - {CR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rooney gave a talk about dietary guidelines initiated discussion afterwards Audience provided positive feedback |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Radio interviews (Childhood obesity) - {CME} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following Dr Claire McEvoy's interview, there was increased media enquiries as a result of the Safefood Childhood Obesity campaign 'Let's take on childhood obesity: one small step at a time' Being evaluated by Safefood |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | Radio interviews (TEAM-MED) - {CME} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following Dr Claire McEvoy's interview, approximately 300 people requested information about a NPRI funded Mediterranean diet study (TEAM-MED) 16 suitable participants were recruited to take part in a NPRI funded Mediterranean diet study (TEAM-MED) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| 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 | Record Linkage Study on the Association Between Early Life Factors and Deliberate Self-harm in Northern Ireland, CoE Away Day - {FT} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A brief outline of my PhD project was presented. The main aim was to outline the objectives of the project. ~50 people attended but there was no time allocated for questions Discussion with colleagues and research staff concerning the impact of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Research Article for All Island Obesity News bimonthly e-bulletin Vol 6, Jul/Aug 2014 - {CN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article published in e-bulletin which is disseminated to a variety of readership interested. This article highlighted the effectiveness of weight management interventions in breastfeeding women and linked readers to the published manuscript . Not known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Research Article for International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance Aug 2013 - {CN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Article published which highlighted the effect of fruit and vegetable intake on immune function in older adults This article generated interest in the full scientific paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Role of research and the development of the new public health framework for NI - {CDHN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Deputy CMO provided an input at Centre of Excellence in Public Health annual away day regarding research, public health policy and the new public health framework. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | STEMNET Ambassador - {MOD} |
| 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 | Various voluntary activities with schools throughout Northern Ireland promoting STEM subjects and careers schools request STEM ambassadors for various events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ |
| Description | STEMNET Ambassador - {MOR} |
| 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 | We had a stand at a careers evening in secondary schools in Northern Ireland to showcase the work of the Centre for Public Helath and to encourage students to think about taking up a career in science allied to some the broad disciplines in the Centre. I spoke a little about my own career to date and the purpose of my current CRUK fellowship funding. Feedback from the event was positive with students thinking more widely about their future subjects and career prospects. A teacher (head of biology) had asked for representation from our centre at next year's career's event as the work of the Centre seemed to be well recieved amongst parents, staff and pupils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | STEMNET- school visit (St Louise's Belfast) |
| 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 | Career networking event The school asked if students could do a placement at my Research Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | School Visit (Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh) - {BH} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions from pupils on STEM subjects in the workplace, in particular the role of maths in health. none |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | School Visit (Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh) - {BH} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | workshop inspired questions and discussion on careers in the STEM industry none |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | School visit - {JMcC} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk to Schools Talk to Schools about Careers in Science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | School visit (Malahide Community School, Dublin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to 14 and 15 year old school girls to generate their interest in participating in a research study to study iodine status in Ireland. I spoke to approximately 200 school girls about the role of iodine for health. This talk resulted in 65 school girls giving their consent and taking part in the study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Scientific article for International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Article published in the International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance e-newsletter Generated International interest in the research that was conducted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Secretary and co-organiser of the Belfast Science Cafe (Northern Ireland branch of British Science Associaition) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Secretary of the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Science Association. Co-organiser of Belfast Science Cafe events which involves chairing talks, social media, liaising with presenters, input regarding speakers and venues and set up of the venues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Seminar on 'big data' to the University Connected Health initiative - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Seminar related to 'big data' in general and more specifically about the Administrative Data Research Centre. Lots of discussion and questions followed. Raising knowledge and awareness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Special Interest Group (Systematic review) Introduction to Systematic Review supported by Improving Children's Lives initiative (Convened and chaired by Dr L Dunne and Dr Mark Tully) - {LD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Three training events/workshops were held during 2014 on the topic of Systematic Review. This group brings together academics, researchers and postgraduates with experience or an interest in systematic review methodology with a view to learning from each other and building capacity in this area. Applications being developed to conduct systematic reviews among SIG members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.improvingchildrenslives.org/Research/ResearchSynthesis/ |
| Description | Spotlight Article All-island Obesity News, Vol 5 Issue 6 Nov/Dec 2013 {VAW} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The article was published in an e-bulletin which is sent to a wide readership. The article highlighted the evidence gap in preconception weight management, and appropriate amounts of gestational weight gain, and shared information on planned future research within the centre. Unknown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Study presentation: Oslo, Norway - {AK} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Study presentation at the seminar in mental health of ethnic minorities organised by the National Centre for Minority Health, Oslo, Norway. 24 March 2014 (Dr Justyna Bell) Increase requests for collaborative, intentional studies in migrant access to mental health services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | TV event for promotion of NICOLA - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Question and answer session about the NICOLA study for the main TV station in Northern Ireland Increased knowledge of and discussion about NICOLA amongst population |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Talk to Patient and Public Involvement Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited talk to the Public Health Agency's 'Patient and Public Involvement' representatives forum, to outline the Centre of Excellence approach to PPI and demonstrate using examples of ongoing or forthcoming projects. 7 of the 10 members were in attendance. The PPI reps gave very positive feedback on our approach to date and noted that the quality of our mechanisms for enagaging the public in research. They gave us some further advice on how we might improve engagement with members of the public via the some of the organisations they are involved with. Finally, some of the PPI reps present indicated a willingness to join study steering committees for upcoming trials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/directorate-nursing-and-allied-health-professions/allied-health-pr... |
| Description | The Beeson Annual Meeting - San Diego, California, USA - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The Beeson Annual Meeting is held for Beeson Scholars, mentors and other leaders in academic medicine and aging research to review research progress of Scholars, encourage dissemination of their findings, and enhance development of scholarship and leadership. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.afar.org/events/view/beeson-annual-meeting/ |
| Description | The Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland Annual Away Day - Regional locations - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr O'Doherty presented oral and poster presentations throughout the years Awarded 2nd prize for poster in 2013 - Newcastle, Northern Ireland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | The Communication - article - {DOR} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Detailed discussion with interviewer none noted |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The TEAM-MED study talk at U3A Newry - {CME} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 10 adults attended a talk given by Dr Claire McEvoy, to raise awareness of the TEAM-MED study (NPRI funded) Attendees requested further information about the study and 1 person was recruited to take part in the trial. Information about the study was included in the charity website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Tobacco Presentation at St.Louise's Comprehensive College 2014 - {EB} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 40 pupils attended a presentation on tobacco and the dangers associated with smoking. The presentation provided an introduction to a health promotion module which was part of an AS in Health and Social Care. Students used the information to develop a health promotion activity. Teachers reported a higher standard of health promotion activity accompanied by better grades as a result of my presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Training courses at CAFRE (Enniskillen Campus) and CAFRE (Greenmount Campus) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 55 farmers attended a training course to learn about the opportunity to income earning capacity of the farm and rural economy. A knowledge of the benefits of social farming for farmers, farm families and service users lead to increased demand for information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.www.socialfarmingacrossborders.org |
| Description | Transforming Your Care - {CDHN} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Prompted discussions between policymakers and researchers. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | UKCRC Centres for Public Health Excellence Annual Conference - {AW} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Aisling Wright presented a poster on peer led physical activity: a systematic review. Networking with similar like-minded researchers from different centers across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | UKCRC Conference Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the UKCRC Conference the findings of my published paper 'Use of a Use of an Employment Advisory Service by Cancer Survivors'. The conference was held at the University of Edinburgh. The presentation was in the form of the innovative pecha kutcha with a questions from the audience at the end of the session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Annual Conference - Various national locations - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr O'Doherty presented individual projects from CHANCES and Personal Fellowship to colleagues/peers from throughout the UK from the various UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence. Dr O'Doherty delivered an oral presentation at a parallel session during the annual conference in 2013 - Cardiff, Wales, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Volunteer at Northern Ireland Science Festival |
| 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 | Assisted with the running of events, talks and science related activities. This enabled me to talk to the public about science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Volunteer at WHO Health Enhancing Physical Activity Conference (HEPA) |
| 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 | Assisted with the running of the conference. Included setting up the rooms and presentations, guiding delegates to the rooms, registering delegates and general activities to ensure the smooth running of the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | WHO HEPA Europe Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I presented a talk entitled "Promoting Walking in Older Adults Living in Independent Living Communities in Northern Ireland: A Feasibility Study" at one of the conference parallel sessions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.hepaeurope2016.eu |
| Description | World Health Organisation HEPA Europe Conference - chair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was chair of the organizing committee for the World Health Organisation Health Enhancing Physical Activity Conference,in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 300 delegates attended a three day conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.hepaeurope2016.eu/ |
| Description | conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An abstract was submitted and selected for presentation at the conference. The aim was to update the audience on the results from the analysis of the TILDA study and to gauge audience feedback on the methods used and results found. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://ffbh-europe.com/ |
| Description | international nutrition conference - {AMG} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alanna McGrath presented a poster presentation generated constructive feedback for further research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | poster presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | poster presentation for undergrads and postgrads to understand the work being carried out within the University of Ulster to:-share learning; -provide guidance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | poster presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Knowledge exchange between different disciplines within the Postgrad community of Ulster University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |