Research project

Optimising Cardiac Surgery ouTcOmes in People with diabeteS (OCTOPuS)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Richard Holt

Professor in Diabetes And Endocrinology
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Other researchers

Professor Andrew Cook MBBS MPH FFPH

Professorial Fellow in HTA

Research interests

  • Pragmatic Clinical Trials
  • Research Conduct
  • Guidelines
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Professor Joanne Lord

Director of SHTAC

Research interests

  • Joanne has research interests in health economic evaluation and decision modelling.
  • She has worked on a wide range of applied cost-effectiveness studies, including:
  • a review of newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism;trials of diagnosis, patient education, structured decision-making and therapeutic interventions for arthritis and back pain;evaluations of diagnostic tests, preventive treatment and contact tracing for tuberculosis;a model of geographic allocation of resources for control of Chagas disease in Central America; andanalyses relating to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Her methodological contributions include an MRC funded project on whole pathway modelling for NICE clinical guidelines and an economic perspective on test evaluation. She has also contributed to health outcome and quality of life studies.
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs