Evidence

The evidence team can review published research studies, or others’ reviews where they exist, as well as various types of data, to help build a picture of the evidence that already exists for a topic or project.

Theme lead: Professor Julian Higgins

Team members

Dr Jelena Savović

Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis
  • Team Lead

Dr Maggie Westby

Senior Research Associate

Dr Rachel Perry

Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis

Dr Rebecca Wilson

Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Research and Evidence Synthesis

Dr Russell Bowater

Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis

Dr Sharea Ijaz

Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis

Professor Julian Higgins

Cross-cutting Methodological Theme Lead

Sarah Dawson

Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval

Tess Moore

Senior Research Associate, Evidence Synthesis

Projects

Developing a mental health strategy with an integrated care system

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Exploring online information about end of life care

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Information About Me: Understanding the hidden causes of delays in discharging frail older patients from hospital

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How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’
Paper:

How latent patterns of interprofessional working may lead to delays in discharge from hospital of older people living with frailty – ‘Patient more confused than usual?’

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Diversity in diabetes

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Screenshot of paper about developments in the design and delivery of self-management support for children and young people with diabetes
Paper:

Developments in the design and delivery of self-management support for children and young people with diabetes: A narrative synthesis of systematic reviews

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review

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The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review version 2
Paper:

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (version 2)

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Understanding the physical harm of taking more than one antipsychotic drug for schizophrenia

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Paper:

Antipsychotic polypharmacy and metabolic syndrome in schizophrenia: a review of systematic reviews

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