IMPACT CASE STUDIES
My research is focused on improving primary care and public health programmes for better child health and to reduce health inequalities. Case studies include:
- My research showing over half of women are missing 6-8 week postnatal checks and surveys of poor experience of access to contraceptive and counselling services during COVID 19 led to recommendations in NICE guidance CG37, 2021
- I led a national evaluation of a GP incentive scheme showing long-acting contraception led to falls in abortion (PLoS Med 2020); cited in All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Contraception and Abortion 2020
- I published a series of papers demonstrating the impact of preventive primary care on child health, cited in Quality Watch, Nuffield Trust Report, 2018, updates to BTS ‘Asthma and COVID 19’ guidance, 2020
- As a GP lead for Imperial College COVID 19 Response team, I reported regional and national disruption to non-COVID 19 services e.g 90% falls in children’s urgent care use and 20% falls in routine vaccination. Our group has developed materials for regional and NHS England campaigns to increase uptake of routine and COVID 19 vaccines among those most at risk including non-English speakers and Black and minority ethnic groups 2020
- As Director for Child health in NW London Applied Research Collaboration, I have led research to improve integrated care. An exemplar project found that matching GP consulting times to peak children’s A&E visits lowered urgent care use and avoidable hospital admissions regionally (NHS England case study) 2019
- As the GP Lead on a Joint Royal Colleges Working Group, I co-authored 2 major reports that resulted in every GP being able to access a growth chart for monitoring children’s weight (‘Growth charts in GP IT systems’ Report; ‘Off the Scales Tacking England’s Child Obesity Crisis' Centre for Social Justice) 2018
- I led a Programme Grant from The Daily Mile Foundation charity that produced the largest ever evaluation of ‘active mile’ interventions improving children’s physical activity and mental health in 18, 000 primary schools in England influencing the UK Child Obesity Plan, 2018 & Public Health England Reports, 2020
- As a Global Burden of Disease Collaborator, I have co-authored 30+ papers impacting UK alcohol policy (safe drinking limits), The State of Child Health Report, 2018
Collaborators
Professor Sonia Saxena Professor David Taylor Robinson, Dr Pia Hardelid, Imperial College London, University of Liverpool & UCL (School for Public Health Research) Harnessing Data for Research, Children and Families Programme, 2019 - 2022
Professor Christine Norton, Kings College London, Fatigue urgency pain in IBD, 2018 - 2022
Professor Carolyn Summerbell, Professor of Public Health,/ Dep Dur (FUSE), Durham University (School for Public Health Research), Obesity, Sport and Exercise Sciences, 2018 - 2021
Dr Esther van Sluijs, Director of MRC Behavioural Science Centre/ Clinical Reader, University of Cambridge, Behavioural Epidemiology and Interventions in Young People, 2018 - 2021
Professor Irene Petersen, Professor of Medical Statistics, University College London/ Univ. Aarhus, Denmark, University College London, Routine data, postnatal health, Pop IBD group, 2015
Professor Richard Pollok,, St Georges University of London, Pop IBD Group- Population Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, 2010
Prof Neena Modi, Medicines for Neonates Programme NIHR Programme Grant RP-PG-0707-10010, Dept of Neonatal Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, Bronchiolitis, preterm birth; neonatal hospitalisation, 2009 - 2014
Prof Russell Viner,, Prof Tim Cole, Dr Sanjay Kinra, (PROMISE -Paediatric Research in Obesity Multi-modal Intervention and Service Evaluation; NIHR Programme Development Grant PG 0608-10035), University College London/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2008 - 2014
Prof Arch Mainous III, College of Public Health and Professions, University of Florida, Obesity; diabetes; racial disparities, 2002
Guest Lectures
Applying Data Science in Primary Care to Improve Child Health in Europe, Invited masterclass workshop, European Public Health Conference (Marseilles, Fr), 2019
Keynote Lecture: Harnessing Data to Improve Child Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health National Conference 2019, Birmingham Exhibition Centre, 2019
Why Research in General Practice Matters, Univ of Limerick Inaugural Lecture of Graduate Medical School GP Teachers Conference, Ireland, 2018
Next steps for tackling obesity in children in the UK, Royal College of GPs, London, 2015
Tackling obesity in the UK (Distinguished Scholar series), University of Florida, Florida USA, 2014
Child Health in UK primary care, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2007
Research Staff
Research Student Supervision
Arora,S, Covid impact on child health
Blackwell,J, Antidepressant medication in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jayasooriya,N, Adherence to medication in young people with inflammatory bowel disease
Ma,R, Impact of primary care on long term contraception and abortion
Skirrow,H, Late and missed routine vaccinations in children
Smith,H, Postnatal primary care
Sophie,P, Options for measuring movement related behaviours in preschool children
Venkatraman,T, Evaluating Impact and Equity of The Daily Mile