School Of
Health
And
Related
Research.
Postgraduate Research Student Achievements 2013
PhDs Awarded in 2013
Abdulhadi Almuammar
Qualitative study exploring factors associated with late presentation among patients with cancer in
Saudi Arabia
Rosemary Barber
Exploring the meaning and impact of public involvement in health research
Andrew Booth
Acknowledging a ‘Dual Heritage’ for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
Ameerah Qattan
Fotheringham, J. March 2013 British Transplant Society, Bournemouth – Awarded Medawar Medal
Hibbah Saeed
Fotheringham, J. March 2013 Length of stay and hospital admission rates in patients receiving kidney
transplants in English centres using linked registry and hospitalisation data British Transplant Society,
Bournemouth, UK.
Tong Thai Son
Fotheringham J and Caskey F. Predicting hospital admissions by looking backwards: an alternative
perspective – invited editorial, Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2013) doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft440
Causes of work-related stress amongst nurses in three hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Determinants of Dietary Behavious among Ghanaians Living in the United Kingdom.
Methodology in measuring and valuing intersectoral effects for economic evaluation of public health
interventions
Grahame Whitfield
Choice and Control or Choice and Constraint? Are older disabled people being empowered to make
decisions about living their lives or becoming their own managers?
Jill Carlton
The Development of a Paediatric Disease-Specific Measure of Health Related Quality of Life in
Amblyopia
Fotheringham J, Campbell M, Fogarty D, El Nahas M and Ellam T. Estimated Versus Measured Albumin
Excretion Rate for Prediction of Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio: Derivation and Validation of an
Estimated Albumin Excretion Rate Equation. AJKD doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.009
Fotheringham J, Jacques R, Fogarty D, Tomson CRV, El Nahas M, Campbell M. Variation in
centre-specific survival in patients starting renal replacement therapy in England is explained by
enhanced comorbidity information from hospitalisation data. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2013) doi:
10.1093/ndt/gft363
Conference Presentations, Publications
from PhDs, Prizes, Awards, Grants and
Bursaries in 2013.
Elton Chanakira
Factors Influencing High Risk Sexual Behaviour Among University Students in Sheffield: A Mixed
Methods Study
Hannah Elizabeth Fairbrother
Food and Health in everyday life: A qualitative study with children from contrasting backgrounds
Paolo Gardois
The development and initiation of a stroke awareness campaign for ethnic minorities. A qualitative
analysis of knowledge translation and utilization through social networks
Ibrahim Metaan Gosadi
Investigating potential effect of consanguinity on type 2 diabetes susceptibility in a Saudi population
Maxine Johnson
Experiences of Health professionals and service users in relation to the prevention and of type 2
diabetes
Jennifer (Che Han) Lai
The Seasonality and Environmental Triggers of Medical Contact made by School-age Asthmatics and
Non-Asthmatics
Nicholas Latimer
The role of treatment crossover adjustment methods in the context of economic evaluation
Successful Upgrades and Confirmation
Reviews in 2013
Thamer Altaim
Laura Gibson
Daniel Gladwell
Paul Griffiths
Sabine Grimm
Ashraf Jahangeer Al-Saani
Milad Karimi
Christopher Littlewood
Paul Mahoney
Phoebe Pallotti
Dua’ Qutishat
Jonathan Tosh
Petter Viksveen
Amy Whitehead
Katharine Whittingham
Ji Hee Youn
New Starters in 2013
Latifah Alenezi
A study to explore the use of cognitive strategies to manage chronic muskuloskeletal pain.
Joseph Clark
Global palliative care policy
Munyaradzi Dimairo
Explore the utility of adaptive designs in public funded trials and provide guidance on their
implementation.
Christopher Fitzgerald
Mubashir Arain
Arain, M, Nicholl J, Campbell M (2013) Patients’ experience
and satisfaction with GP led walk-in centres in the UK; a
cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research.2013,
13:142. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-142
Yvonne Bartlett
Bartlett, Y.K., Hawley, M.S., Sheeran, P. & Webb, T.L. (2013,
September). Could persuasive technology be used to
increase physical activity in people with COPD? Opinions
of the target population and other stakeholders. Poster
presented at the BPS DHP Annual conference, Brighton, UK
Bartlett, Y.K., Sheeran, P. & Hawley, M.S. (2013) Effective
behaviour change techniques in smoking cessation
interventions for people with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis. British Journal of Health
Psychology, 19 (1), 181 - 203. Available Open Access at http://
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjhp.12071/abstract
Christopher Littlewood
Sajid Mahmood
Mubashir Arain
Brennan, V. (November, 2013) An Economic Evaluation Alongside a Clinical Trial in Pelvic Floor
Medicine. ISPOR 16th Annual European Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
Brennan VK, Dixon S. Incorporating Process Utility into Quality Adjusted Life Years: A Systematic
Review of Empirical Studies. Pharmacoeconomics. 2013 (DOI) 10.1007/s40273-013-0066-1
Kathryn Doran
James Fotheringham
Qualitative Methods in Psychology Full Conference Bursary (for QMiP Conference, Huddersfield, 2013)
BPS Psychotherapy Section Full Conference Bursary (for PsyPAG Conference, Lancaster, 2013)
Doran, K., & Wanat, M. (July, 2013). Qualitative Longitudinal Design. Workshop Presentation at the
28th Annual PsyPAG Conference, Lancaster, UK.
Doran, K. (September, 2013) Considering the impact of personal and academic reflexivity. Oral
presentation at the QMiP Conference, Huddersfield, UK.
Doran, K., Hardy, G.E., Barber, R., & Parry, G.E. (September, 2013). ‘Am I writing to thin air?’: the
importance of meaning-making in NHS patients’ use of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy.
Oral presentation in the “Attribution of Meaning” panel, 25th Annual Conference of the Society for
Psychotherapy Research UK Chapter, Oxford, UK.
Doran, K. (2013). [Review of the book: Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and
Psychotherapy: A Guide for Students and Practitioners, edited by D. Harper & A.R. Thompson]
QMiP Bulletin, 15, 47-49.
Doran, K., Broadbent, J., Evans, E., Sumner, K. (2013). Experiences in Using – and Not Using –
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Psychotherapy-Related Research: PsyPAG Psychotherapy
Section Symposium July 2012, Psychotherapy Section Review, 50, 19-32.
Doran, K. (2013). Psychology People in Profile: Dr. Rusi Jaspal. PsyPAG Quarterly, 89, 62-65.
Developing and improving lung cancer risk models.
Allen Hutchinson
Eoin Gray
Mahmood, S. “Weight stigmatization among students of medicine and allied health sciences in public
sector institutes of Karachi, Pakistan: A ground reality from developing country” at 2nd International
Conference and Exhibition on Obesity & Weight Management, Las Vegas, NV, USA on December
02-04th December, 2013
Victoria Brennan
Doran, K., Watson, S., Hunter, C., Rautiainen, M., Morrey, T., Wanat, M., & Rodriguez, D. (Accepted).
Reflective and Critical Perspectives on Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in
Psychotherapy-Related Research: PsyPAG Psychotherapy Section Symposium, July 2013.
Psychotherapy Section Review, 51.
Exercise And Clean Living: The Impact Of Exercise upon recovery from substance addiction.
Mahmood, S. “Underestimation of body weight among students of medicine and allied health sciences
in public sector institutes of Karachi, Pakistan” at IACSS 2013- International Academic Conference on
Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey on 27-28th July 2013
Zubairu Iliyasu
Iliyasu Z, Babashani M, Abubakar IS, Salahudeen AA, Aliyu MH.Clinical burden and correlates of
HIV and malaria co-infection, in northwest Nigeria. Acta Trop. 2013 Dec;128(3):630-5. doi: 10.1016/j.
actatropica.2013.09.011.
Iliyasu Z, Abubakar IS, Abubakar S, Lawan UM, Gajida AU, Jibo AM. A survey of weight perception and
social desirability of obesity among adults in Kano Metropolis, Northern Nigeria. Niger J Med. 2013
Apr-Jun;22(2):101-8.
Mahmood, S. Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) of United KIngdom
Milad Karimi
Karimi M, Brazier J, Paisley S The capability approach and health economics: are we applying it
correctly? Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting. January 2013. University of Exeter.
Karimi M, Brazier J, Basarir H The Capability Approach - What does it mean for health economics?
2013 EuroQol Group Scientific Plenary. September 2013. Montreal, Canada.
Christopher Littlewood
Best Lay Presentation (Poster Prize) NIHR Annual Training Camp 2013
Poster Prize 7th Annual NIHR Trainees meeting 2013.
James Fotheringham
Sept 2013
Christopher Knox
March 2013
Littlewood C, Malliaras P, Mawson S, May S, Walters S (2013). Patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy
can self-manage, but with certain caveats: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy (doi: 10.1016/j.
physio.2013.08.003).
Predicting consent, recruitment and attrition rates for single and multi-centre RCTs
Fabrizio Messina
Fotheringham, J. Nov 2013 Factors Influencing Hospital Admissions and Deaths over the two Day Gap in
three times a week Hemodialysis
Bayesian network meta-analysis of multivariate ordered categorical data.
Fotheringham, J. 2013 American Society of Nephrology Renal Week, Atlanta
Eve Ouma
Fotheringham, J. 2013 Surgical complication rates in patients receiving kidney transplants in England;
analysis by transplant centre using linked registry and hospitalisation data
Feeding the classroom
Mahmood, S., Freeman, J., and Relton, C. (2013) Weight stigmatization among undergraduate students
of medicine and allied health sciences of public sector institutes. J Obes Weight Loss Ther, 3(7), 80.
Mahmood, S., Relton, C., Freeman, J., Croot, L. (2014) Do Healthcare Professionals Practice What They
Preach in Reality? J Obes Wt Loss Ther, S:3.
A multi theme, multi methods approach to evaluating healthcare safety
British Transplant Society, Medawar Medal
Mahmood, S., Freeman, J., and Relton, C. (2013) Overweight and obesity among tomorrow’s health
professionals: A ground reality from a developing country. J Obes Weight Loss Ther, 3(7), 107.
Iliyasu Z, Nwaze E, Verma H, Mustapha AO, Weldegebriel G, Gasasira A, Wannemuehler KA, Pallansch
MA, Gajida AU, Pate M, Sutter RW. Survey of poliovirus antibodies in Kano, Northern Nigeria.Vaccine.
2013 Sep 13. pii: S0264-410X(13)01172-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.060.
Littlewood, C. Physiotherapy UK 2013 - Patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy can self manage, but
with certain caveats. Birmingham, UK.
Kidney Research UK Fellows Day Best Oral Presentation
Mahmood, S. “Overweight and obesity among students of medicine and allied health sciences in
public sector institutes of Karachi, Pakistan” at 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Obesity
& Weight Management, Las Vegas, NV, USA on December 02-04th December, 2013 Mahmood, S.,
Freeman, J., and Relton, C. (2013) Underestimation of body weight among students of medicine and
allied health sciences in public sector institutes of Karachi, Pakistan. Proceedings of the International
Academic Conference on Social Sciences, p.p134-140. ISBN 978-9941-05712-0.
Littlewood C, Malliaras P, Mawson S, May S, Walters S (2013). Self-managed exercise versus
usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
Physiotherapy (doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2013.06.001).
Mahmood, S. Royal College of Physicians accreditaion: Doctors as an educator
Marcia Newton
Newton, M. Blackboard’s 2013 Exemplary Course Program Award. Skidmore College, Saratoga
Springs, NY.
Phoebe Pallotti
December 2013 . Medical Justice Award for Services to Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention,
Pallotti, P. RCM Conference, Poster Presentation, “Young Mother Experiences of Breastfeeding, A
Study with Ethnographic Methods”. 13th-14th November 2013 Telford, UK
Pallotti, P. MAINN Conference – Interactive Poster presentation, “Breastfeeding: Resistance and
Resilience. 10th – 12th June 2013. Grange-Over-Sands, UK
Pallotti, P
Christopher Skedgel
Skedgel, C; Wailoo, A; Akehurst, R. (2013) Choosing vs. allocating: discrete choice experiments and
constant-sum paired comparisons for the elicitation of societal preferences. Health Expectations.
Sarah Smith
Smith, S.K. “Exploring the potential of touch-screen computer technology in the facilitation of
enjoyable activity with people living with dementia: A visual ethnography”, Design4Health, Sheffield
Hallam University, 3rd-5th July 2013