Dr Daisy Elliott
BSc(W.England), PhD
Expertise
Daisy Elliott’s research focuses on the application of qualitative research methods to improve the design, conduct and evaluation of health services research, particularly in surgery.
Current positions
Senior Research Fellow
Applied Health Research
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Biography
Daisy is a methodologist with expertise in developing and applying dynamic qualitative methods to enhance the design, conduct and evaluation of surgical research. Her research interests include surgical innovation, informed consent, artificial intelligence in healthcare, clinical trial recruitment, and the real-time evaluation of complex healthcare interventions.
Daisy is Deputy Director of the Centre for Surgical Research and the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Surgical and Orthopaedic Innovation Theme, and co-Chief Investigator of the NIHR-funded Lotus study, which works with surgical teams to optimise the safe introduction and evaluation of innovative surgical procedures. She is also Workstream Co-Lead for Innovative Translational Research Methods within the NIHR Bristol BRC, Academic Co-Lead for the NIHR Surgery and Perioperative Care Translational Research Collaboration (SPOC TRC), Methodological Co-Lead for the IDEAL Collaboration, and a core member of the QuinteT research programme.
Daisy is Deputy Director of the Centre for Surgical Research and the NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Surgical and Orthopaedic Innovation Theme, and co-Chief Investigator of the NIHR-funded Lotus study, which works with surgical teams to optimise the safe introduction and evaluation of innovative surgical procedures. She is also Workstream Co-Lead for Innovative Translational Research Methods within the NIHR Bristol BRC, Academic Co-Lead for the NIHR Surgery and Perioperative Care Translational Research Collaboration (SPOC TRC), Methodological Co-Lead for the IDEAL Collaboration, and a core member of the QuinteT research programme.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
The introduction and evolution of robotic surgery in clinical practice
Supervisors
Promoting safety and efficiency of surgical innovation
Supervisors
Understanding the Stage of Innovation of Surgical Procedures and Devices in the Real World
Supervisors
A qualitative exploration of recruiters' and patients' perspectives and experiences of the recruitment encounter in randomised controlled trials
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
09/02/2026Are equity, diversity and inclusion considered in early phase studies evaluating innovative and developing surgical procedures?: Protocol for a scoping review
BMJ Open
Experiences of Women and Clinicians During the Introduction of Uterine Transplantation to the UK: A Qualitative Case Study
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
From innovation to practice: a qualitative study of the introduction of an internationally developed technique (aortic valve neocuspidisation with autologous pericardium) in a UK centre
BMJ Surgery
How to optimise the use of innovative invasive devices: considerations for feasibility studies
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Teaching
Daisy is involved in the design and delivery of teaching for a range of audiences, including medical undergraduates, postgraduate students and healthcare professionals. Her contributions span curriculum development, teaching delivery, assessment, moderation and tutor training. Daisy is also Deputy Lead for Bristol Medical School’s Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods Short Course, where she contributes to course leadership and teaching on qualitative research design and methods.
Daisy’s teaching portfolio includes qualitative research methods, research quality, recruitment and informed consent in research, and the evaluation of surgical innovation and other complex healthcare interventions. She has also developed and delivered training for healthcare professionals involved in major NIHR-funded research programmes and is committed to supporting research capacity building. In addition, Daisy has extensive experience supervising postgraduate researchers and has successfully supervised four PhD/MD students to completion, alongside supervising MSc dissertations and other postgraduate research projects.
Daisy’s teaching portfolio includes qualitative research methods, research quality, recruitment and informed consent in research, and the evaluation of surgical innovation and other complex healthcare interventions. She has also developed and delivered training for healthcare professionals involved in major NIHR-funded research programmes and is committed to supporting research capacity building. In addition, Daisy has extensive experience supervising postgraduate researchers and has successfully supervised four PhD/MD students to completion, alongside supervising MSc dissertations and other postgraduate research projects.
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