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Research

The Department of Applied Health Research has recently been involved in a wide range of research projects and collaborations.

Current Projects

Project title	Key contacts	Project dates
Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellowship	Dr Sonya Crowe	March 2013-February 2016
The ASCEND study: Strategies to Reduce the Social Gradient in Bowel Cancer Screening	Dr Cecily Palmer	March 2011–February 2016
Social inequalities in health and longevity in older age: explanations and future trends	Dr Madhavi Bajekal	July 2009-June 2015
Innovations in major system reconfiguration in England: a study of the effectiveness, acceptability and processes of implementation of different models of stroke care	Dr Angus Ramsay	September 2011–March 2016
Improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams for patients with chronic diseases	Caoimhe Nic a’ Bháird Isla Wallace Dr Penny Xanthopoulou	November 2010-November 2013
The processes of dissemination and implementation of NICE workplace health and wellbeing guidance in three NHS acute Trusts	Adrian Baker	September 2010-September 2013
Patient and public preferences and priorities regarding the organisation of emergency hospital care	Dr Helen Barratt	July 2012-September 2013
UCL NHS London 2012 Olympics Programme Evaluation Project	Kostas Kononovas Dr Georgia Black	October 2011-May 2013
(QUASER) A Research-based Guide for Implementing Best Practice and a Framework for Assessing Performance	Dr Susie Edwards	April 2010-June 2013
Governing patient safety: strengthening infection control and medication safety	Dr Simon Turner Dr Angus Ramsay	September 2008 ongoing

Past Projects

Project Title	Key Contacts	Project Dates
An economic analysis of the contribution of health care to health inequalities	Edward Kendall	November 2009-November 2012
An economic analysis of vertical equity in the delivery of health care in England	Dr Laura Vallejo-Torres	October 2008-September 2011
Investigating socioeconomic variations in access to chlamydia testing in young people in England	Dr Jessica Sheringham	November 2008-October 2011
Examining socio-economic inequalities in chlamydia screening and infection in young people	Dr Jessica Sheringham	November 2008-October 2011
Academic input into the review of proposals to downgrade acute services at Chase Farm Hospital, North London	Dr Helen Barratt	August 2010 - January 2011
Prevalence and predictors of psychological morbidity and quality of life after discharge from Intensive Care	Dr Dorothy Wade	September 2007-September 2010
Contribution of health care and behavioural change to mortality risk	Professor Rosalind Raine	September 2006 to September 2009