
Dr Francesca Spiga
PhD, MSc, BSc
Current positions
Research Fellow in Research Synthesis
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
I am a systematic reviewer of the NIHR Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group. My work involves combining research findings from different clinical and/or public health studies to summarize the available evidence. I am interested in inequity in evidence synthesis, and I am the Bristol representative of the Evidence Synthesis Group Equality Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.
In my previous position as RF in THS I worked on circadian and ultradian rhythm of glucocorticoid secretion and the mechanisms underlying dynamic synthesis of glucocorticoid in the adrenal gland under physiological and pathological conditions, and under conditions of stress.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR Evidence Synthesis Group
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) is one of nine, UK-based, research groups commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Evidence Synthesis Programme to identify, appraise, and combine…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
27/05/2025An evaluation of economic evidence included in published randomised controlled trials of interventions to prevent obesity in children
Public Health Research
Anticoagulation Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19
Annals of Internal Medicine
Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews
eClinicalMedicine
Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Addiction
Factors associated with the effectiveness of interventions to prevent obesity in children
BMJ Public Health