
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
17/02/2026Comparative effectiveness, safety and acceptability of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Addiction
Including nonrandomized evidence in living systematic reviews
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children and Adolescents Aged 5–18 Years
Obesity Reviews
Structured tools for assessing quality and risk of bias in Mendelian randomisation studies
International Journal of Epidemiology


