Members of Bristol Appraisal and Synthesis of Research group
The Bristol Review and Appraisal of Research (BARR) group is led by Prof Julian Higgins. It includes systematic reviewers and research synthesis methodologists across several units connected to the department of Population Health Sciences. These include the Centre for Public Health, the NIHR CLAHRC West, the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions, the CRUK Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme and the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol.
PHS methodology and reviews team
- Julian Higgins (Director of BARR; Professor of Evidence Synthesis)
- Vincent Cheng (Research Fellow in Research Synthesis)
- Annabel Davies (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Sarah Davies (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Sarah Dawson (Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval)
- Jennifer Palmer (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Jelena Savović (Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis)
- Francesca Spiga (Senior Research Associate in Research Synthesis)
Linked faculty:
- Deborah Caldwell (Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health)
- Hayley Jones (Associate Professor in Medical Statistics)
- Jonathan Sterne (Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology)
- Penny Whiting (Professor of Clinical Epidemiology)
- Nicky Welton (Professor in Statistical and Health Economic Modelling)
NIHR Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group
- Julian Higgins (Co-Director)
- Deborah Caldwell (Co-Director)
- Jelena Savović (Knowledge Mobilization lead)
- Katie Webster (Senior Systematic Reviewer)
- Monika Halicka (Systematic Reviewer)
- Tom Parkhouse (Systematic Reviewer)
- Sarah Dawson (Information Specialist)
- Becky Stazicker (Administrator)
NIRH ARC West Evidence team
- Julian Higgins (Theme Lead)
- Jelena Savović (Team Lead)
- Sharea Ijaz (Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis)
- Sarah Dawson (Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval)
- Theresa Moore (Senior Research Associate)
- Maggie Westby (Senior Research Associate)
- Rebecca Wilson (Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Research and Evidence Synthesis)
CRUK Integrative Cancer Epidemiology team
- Philippa Davies (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Craig Paterson (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Jinyue Yu (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Jennifer Palmer (Senior Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis)
- Julian Higgins (Professor of Evidence Synthesis)
NIHR Health Protection Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation
Administration
- Angharad Davies