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This is a list of current projects that the Unit is running or collaborating in. Please use the Left Hand Menu to see the projects with either their own website or more information – see below for one-page summaries of current research projects in which the Unit is involved. The SEARCH BOX below on the right is the best way to filter for a list (e.g. Name of contact, or Abbreviation of Group Name)
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Current Projects
| Project Title | Start Date | End Date | Contact Link | Entry Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADHER-APP - Adherence App Study | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | Dr James Jamison (PREVG) | 2018-12-21 |
| AFFECT_EU - DIGITAL, RISK-BASED SCREENING FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY | 2020-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | Professor Jonathan Mant (CV) | 2020-06-01 |
| AI-CANCDETECT - AI in primary care cancer detection | 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Owain Jones (CG) | 2019-04-25 |
| AI-EDDOCRI - Establishing which modalities of artificial intelligence (AI) for early detection and diagnosis of cancer are ready for implementation in | 2019-01-01 | 2020-09-30 | Dr Owain Jones (CG) | 2020-06-19 |
| AI-TISCA - Understanding and implementing artificial intelligence technologies to improve skin cancer assessment in primary care settings | 2020-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | Dr Owain Jones (CG) | 2020-06-19 |
| AMPS STUDY - Administering anticipatory medications at the end of life: what works well and areas in need of improvement | 2022-08-15 | 2023-10-31 | Dr Ben Bowers (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| APT - Anticipatory Prescribing in Terminal Care Study | 2018-10-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Ben Bowers (PEOLC) | 2018-12-21 |
| ARAPAHO - Associations between Research Activity and Patient Health Outcomes | 2021-08-02 | 2022-10-01 | Dr James Jamison (PREVG) | 2023-02-10 |
| ATOLT - Attachment and the transgenerational effects of loss and trauma | 2017-10-01 | 2021-10-01 | Ms Lianne Bakkum (ASSG) | 2019-04-25 |
| AWACAN - Improving timely diagnosis of symptomatic breast and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa | 2017-07-01 | 2021-06-30 | Dr Fiona Walter (CG) | 2019-04-25 |
| BAD-REST - The Breaking 'Bad Rest' Study: Interrupting sedentary time to reverse frailty levels in acute care | 2018-10-01 | 2020-01-01 | Mr Peter Hartley (CNRG) | 2018-12-21 |
| BEST - Barretts Oesophagus Screening Trial | 2017-01-01 | 2020-05-31 | Dr Fiona Walter (CG) | 2007-06-22 |
| BEST3 - Barrett’s ESophagus Trial 3 | 2017-01-01 | 2020-05-31 | Dr Fiona Walter (CG) | 2018-05-03 |
| BIO-BC - Diagnostic performance of biomarkers for bladder cancer suitable for primary care: a systematic review | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | Dr Valerie Sills (CG) | 2021-07-16 |
| BSS - Bereavement Support Study | 2016-06-01 | 2020-10-31 | Dr Pia Thiemann (PEOLC) | 2016-06-13 |
| CANIMPACT - CanImpact - the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer detection in primary care. | 2020-04-01 | 2021-09-30 | Dr Stephanie Archer (CG) | 2021-07-16 |
| CANRISK - Development of user-friendly cancer risk assessment tools for clinical settings | 2016-07-01 | 2019-06-30 | Dr Stephanie Archer (CG) | 2016-09-29 |
| CANTEST - CanTest - Cancer diagnostic testing in primary care: a paradigm shift for cancer diagnosis | 2017-04-01 | 2022-10-31 | Dr Fiona Walter (CG) | 2017-10-29 |
| CATFISH - An evaluation of a water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria | 2014-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | Professor Mike Kelly (PEOLC) | 2016-09-28 |
| CERTAIN - The CERTAIN Study: ConsEnsus on Research To Address serious Illness uNcertainty | 2023-02-28 | 2024-03-31 | Dr Simon Etkind (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| COMMISS - Clustering of multi-morbidity in stroke survivors | 2020-11-01 | 2021-03-31 | Dr Efthalia Massou (CRMH) | 2020-06-20 |
| COMPGRIEF - Complicated grief prevalence in adults aged 65 and over – a systematic literature review | 2017-07-01 | 2020-04-30 | Dr Pia Thiemann (PEOLC) | 2017-09-01 |
| CONCORD - CoOrdiNated Care of Rare Diseases | 2018-06-01 | 2020-11-30 | Professor Stephen Morris (CRMH) | 2020-06-20 |
| CONEXTRA - Community nurses’ experiences of taking on extended clinical roles in end-of-life care during Covid-19 | 2023-01-20 | 2024-01-20 | Dr Ben Bowers (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| CP-ADSNCC - Clinical Perspectives on the Assessment and diagnosis of social and neurodevelopmental conditions in children | 2018-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | Mr Barry Coughlan (ASSG) | 2019-04-25 |
| CRACOSM - Cancer risk and cancer outcomes among sexual minority women and men | 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Katie Saunders (CRMH) | 2020-05-18 |
| DIME - Data for the Improvement of Medical Education (DIME) Main longitudinal Cohort Study | 2007-09-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Thelma Quince (PEOLC) | 2009-02-04 |
| DOCVIEWSCAHEOL - Doctors’ views and experiences of assisted hydration at the end of life: a qualitative study | 2019-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | Dr Arjun Kingdon (PEOLC) | 2020-02-03 |
| EVAL-MODS-NZ - Evaluating new models of primary care in New Zealand | 2018-02-01 | 2021-07-31 | Professor Martin Roland (CRMH) | 2021-07-16 |
| EXCOD-ACP - Using experience-based co-design to improve the impact of advance care planning on the quality of life and care of frail older people | 2021-02-17 | 2028-04-17 | Dr Sarah Hopkins (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| EXCOM-CERTAIN - Experience and communication of uncertainty in multimorbidity | 2020-08-17 | 2023-06-23 | Dr Simon Etkind (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| EXPRESS - Exploring the social and ethical implications of risk stratified screening for society as a whole | 2020-10-01 | 2021-12-31 | Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (PREVG) | 2021-04-12 |
| EXP-UNC-MM-EAST - Experiences of uncertainty in multimorbidity in Taiwan and Japan: an international qualitative study | 2023-02-01 | 2024-02-01 | Dr Simon Etkind (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| FENLAND - The FENLAND Study | 2005-01-01 | 2019-04-30 | Professor Simon Griffin (PREVG) | 2017-11-23 |
| FIPCLOMICS - Lancet Commission on Financing Primary Care in Low and Middle Income Countries | 2021-01-01 | 2021-10-31 | Professor Martin Roland (CRMH) | 2021-07-17 |
| GP-CHREOL - GP care of care home residents at end of life | 2020-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | Ms Susannah Browne (PEOLC) | 2023-02-13 |
| HBCP - The Human Behaviour Change Project | 2016-11-01 | 2019-10-31 | Professor Mike Kelly (PEOLC) | 2016-09-29 |
| IMPCOM - Implementing patient-centred outcome measures in palliative care clinical practice: A systematic review update of facilitators, barriers and recom | 2022-07-01 | 2023-09-30 | Dr Bárbara Antunes (PEOLC) | 2023-02-09 |
| INMEDS-FACTORS - Using injectable end-of-life symptom control medications at home: understanding human and system factors through inclusive design | 2023-01-16 | 2027-01-15 | Dr Ben Bowers (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| IPCAS - Improving Primary Care After Stroke (IPCAS) | 2015-04-01 | 2020-09-30 | Dr Ricky Mullis (CV) | 2016-03-01 |
| IQUITINPRACTICE2 - Improving quit rates among smokers in primary care: Pragmatic trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a tailored | 2016-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Felix Naughton (BSG) | 2015-09-07 |
| LIMIEL - Learning from injectable medications incidents at the end of life | 2023-04-03 | 2025-08-31 | Dr Ben Bowers (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| LIPLOW-DEM - Association of blood cholesterol and lipid-lowering treatments with post-stroke dementia: cohort studies using Clinical Practice Research | 2016-10-01 | 2020-12-31 | Mr Zhirong Yang (CV) | 2019-04-25 |
| MELATOOLS - The MelaTools Programme: GP and patient interventions to improve early diagnosis of malignant melanoma in primary care. | 2013-03-01 | 2020-05-31 | Dr Fiona Walter (CG) | 2014-05-11 |
| MHDYADS - A flexible, active-learning mental health intervention for patient-carer dyads living with chronic conditions. | 2015-10-01 | 2018-09-30 | Ms Gemma-Claire Ali (CV) | 2016-04-26 |
| OLDESTOLDNEAREOL - The ‘oldest old’ near the end of life | 2015-10-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Jane Fleming (HON) | 2016-01-08 |
| OPEL-2 - Optimum ‘Hospice at Home’ Services for End of Life Care (OPEL) Phase 2 | 2017-02-01 | 2020-06-30 | Dr Stephen Barclay (PEOLC) | 2018-05-14 |
| OPTIMISE-HFPEF - Optimising Management of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Primary Care (Optimise-HFpEF) | 2017-10-01 | 2020-06-30 | Professor Christi Deaton (CNRG) | 2017-10-29 |
| OVATOOLS - Ovatools - Tests and tools for the detection of ovarian cancer in primary care: a CPRD study | 2019-02-01 | 2020-11-01 | Dr Garth Funston (CG) | 2019-04-25 |
| PAM - Programme for Adherence to Medication - Scalable low-cost interventions to support medication adherence in people prescribed treatment for hypertension | 2017-06-01 | 2022-05-31 | Miss Miranda Van Emmenis (BSG) | 2017-12-19 |
| PANTHER - Prediction of Adolescent meNtal healTH from Electronic health Records | 2019-10-01 | 2021-09-30 | Dr Robbie Duschinsky (ASSG) | 2019-04-25 |
| PEER - Palliative East of England Registrar’s Research Society | 2022-07-06 | 2027-07-06 | Dr Simon Etkind (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| PEOLCTEACHING - National Survey of Palliative and End of Life Care in UK Medical Schools | 2020-09-02 | 2023-09-05 | Dr Tom Weetman (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| PRAEC - Prioritising Research for Atopic Eczema: Economic Considerations | 2015-04-01 | 2020-03-31 | Dr Ed Wilson (CV) | 2015-09-14 |
| PRESERVE-HFPEF - A blended lifestyle intervention to preserve lean mass, muscle strength, exercise tolerance and quality of life in multi-morbid ol | 2021-08-01 | 2024-08-30 | Ms Faye Forsyth (CNRG) | 2021-07-16 |
| PRIMARYBREATHE - Primary Breathe Programme | 2022-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | Dr Lindsey Berends (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| RAISED-RISK-AF - Identifying patients at raised risk of stroke due to paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation in primary care populations | 2016-04-01 | 2023-10-31 | Dr Duncan Edwards (CV) | 2018-05-03 |
| REACH-HFPEF - A randomised controlled trial of a facilitated home-based rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejec | 2021-03-01 | 2025-08-31 | Professor Christi Deaton (CNRG) | 2021-07-16 |
| REAL-PALL - Realist review of palliative and end of life care programmes in primary care and community settings | 2018-03-01 | 2020-06-30 | Dr Mila Petrova (PEOLC) | 2020-02-21 |
| RECON - REducing and preventing COgnitive impairment iN older age groups (the RECON Programme) | 2017-01-01 | 2027-01-31 | Professor Simon Griffin (PREVG) | 2017-11-23 |
| STAND-UP - Investigating and Preventing the Loss of Muscle Strength and Physical Function in Frail Older Adults Who Experience an Unplanned Period of Hos | 2017-10-02 | 2020-09-30 | Mr Peter Hartley (CNRG) | 2017-10-29 |
| STIP-ISAF - Single time point and intermittent screening for AF in primary care | 2019-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | Dr Jenny Lund (CV) | 2020-06-01 |
| STRAT-BCS - Developing a strategy for implementation of risk stratification into bowel cancer screening programmes | 2021-03-01 | 2024-06-30 | Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (PREVG) | 2021-04-12 |
| SURVEILLANCE-RCC - Surveillance-RCC: Investigation of follow-up care after surgery for kidney cancer | 2020-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (PREVG) | 2023-02-10 |
| SUSPECT - StrategieS to oPtimise Early deteCtion on pancreaTic cancer | 2019-06-01 | 2020-05-31 | Ms Victoria Hardy (CG) | 2020-02-03 |
| TASMIN5S - Towards An Integrated Self-Monitoring SolutIoN for Stroke/TIA (TASMIN5S) – The BP Together Study | 2019-06-01 | 2021-05-31 | Professor Jonathan Mant (CV) | 2020-06-19 |
| THE LISTEN STUDY - Listening: Involving SLE patients to empower and negotiate recognition | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | Ms Melanie Sloan (BSG) | 2020-05-18 |
| TRICOM-YCAN - An investigation and intervention to improve triadic communication for teenagers and young adults with cancer. | 2022-10-01 | 2026-07-01 | Ms Debbie Critoph (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| U-CCODES-AF - Using clinical and consumer devices to enhance screening for atrial fibrillation | 2020-02-24 | 2025-02-23 | Dr Pete Charlton (CV) | 2020-06-01 |
| UNSURE - How do medical students approach uncertainty in palliative care? | 2021-06-01 | 2023-09-05 | Dr Tom Weetman (PEOLC) | 2023-02-10 |
| USP - Diagnosis of Patients with Symptomatic Kidney and Bladder Conditions | 2018-06-01 | 2020-12-31 | Dr Yin Zhou (CG) | 2019-04-25 |
| WRAP-UP - Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP-UP): a cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a r | 2020-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | Dr Francesco Fusco (CRMH) | 2020-05-18 |
| YKST - Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial | 2020-10-01 | 2023-03-31 | Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (PREVG) | 2021-04-15 |
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