Expertise
Information Science
Biography
I am an Information Specialist with the Evidence Synthesis Team at ARC South West. My main role is to design and run literature searches for systematic reviews, covering all areas of health research. I also run training sessions on finding evidence at the PenARC Making Sense of Evidence Workshops, and carry out methods research with the Information Specialist team.
Projects
- Health and social care interventions in the 80 years old and over population: an evidence and gap map
- Optimising health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness (HOPE)
- Neonatal Oral Antibiotics at Home (NOAH)
- INTEGRATED – Integrated Parenting and Financial Wellbeing Support
- What do we know about topical steroid withdrawal syndrome?
- Review of evidence on implementation in education
- iGEN (Intergenerational practices and intergenerational learning in health and social care): Exploring the evidence from the perspective of older people
- Characteristics, quality and volume of the evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study
- PhD Project – Non-pharmacological interventions for dementia behaviours: developing and evaluating a ‘living’ evidence and gap map
- Systematic review of patient-initiated appointment systems (PIAS) in secondary care for people with chronic disease
- Locating qualitative studies in dementia on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO: A comparison of search strategies
- Development and testing of a Medline search filter for identifying patient and public involvement in health research
- Improving continence in children and young people with neurodisability (ICoN study)
- How can schools best support parents’ engagement in their children’s learning?
- Caring about Care – Improving the Experience of Care for People with Dementia in Hospital
- Improving the mental health of children and young people with long term conditions
- What are the benefits and costs of providing peer support to parents of disabled children?
- Effectiveness of interventions to reduce ordering of thyroid function tests: a systematic review
- Hospital Communications
