Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

• Investigate improving the quality and usefulness of trials and reviews

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  Conduct health services research more generally

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  Conduct research relevant to humanitarian emergencies.

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Honorary titles

  • Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Oxford, UK
  • Honorary Director and Visiting Professor, Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Centre of the West China School of Medicine at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • Extraordinary Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Honorary Professor in Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, UK
  • Core Faculty, European School of Oncology

  Prizes

  • 2017, Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Prize: shortlisted for Research Innovation prize for Studies Within A Trial (SWAT)
  • 2015, Queen’s University Belfast Vice Chancellor’s Prize: shortlisted for Research Impact prize for Evidence Aid
  • 2014, Queen's University Belfast School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences: best programme in partnership with health and social care for Evidence Aida
  • 2013, Oxford University Students' Union Teaching Awards: Innovation in Teaching
  • 2013, Unorthodox prize for Evidence Aid

  Journals

  • Co-ordinating Editor, Cochrane Methodology Review Group
  • Editor in Chief, Journal of Evidence Based Medicine
  • Podcasts Editor, Cochrane Library

Research students

PhD Title	The validity of informed consent for surgery
Country	UK
PhD Title	Determining which patient characteristics are important in determining the validity of informed consent
Country	UK