Dr Leila Rooshenas
PhD, BSc (hons)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Social Medicine and Health Policy
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
I am a Lecturer in Qualitative Health Sciences with an interest in using qualitative reseach to enhance the design and conduct of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs). I am a member of the QuinteT research group (Qualitative Research integrated within Trials), which specialises in supporting recruitment to challenging RCTs:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/research/groups/social-sciences-health/quintet/
I have a particular interest in supporting recruitment to trials involving 'less' or 'no treatment' comparators, and RCTs undertaken in surgical and renal specialties.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
PeRiOperative Tobacco-cEssation in patients undergoing vascular or CardioThOracic suRgery PROTECTOR Study
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Tobacco-smoking is the single biggest cause of predictable death worldwide. Patients undergoing vascular and cardiothoracic surgery have a high prevalence of tobacco smoking.
This project aims to investigate current best evidence…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2024
HARMONY – HeAlthieR sMiles fOr children with cleft bY improving caries prevention and management
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/11/2022 to 31/10/2025
Translating the QuinteT Recruitment Intervention into randomised trials in the United States of America
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are acknowledged to be the most important and effective study design to evaluate interventions, particularly relating to health and care, but they are difficult to complete.…Managing organisational unit
Dates
12/11/2018 to 20/11/2019
Thesis supervisions
A qualitative exploration of recruiters' and patients' perspectives and experiences of the recruitment encounter in randomised controlled trials
Supervisors
Understanding the treatment preferences of older patients deciding between dialysis and conservative kidney management
Supervisors
Development and application of novel methods to inform surgical study design
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
18/10/2023Clinical effectiveness of septoplasty versus medical management for nasal airways obstruction
BMJ
Did the evidence-based intervention (EBI) programme reduce inappropriate procedures, lessen unwarranted variation or lead to spill-over effects in the National Health Service?
PLoS ONE
Non-COVID-19 UK clinical trials and the COVID-19 pandemic
Trials
Reducing the carbon footprint of research
BMJ Open
Cardiorespiratory Optimisation By Arteriovenous fistula Ligation after renal Transplantation (COBALT)
BMJ Open
Related people
Professor Jane Blazeby
Professor of Surgery
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Natalie Blencowe
Associate Professor in Surgery
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Jenny Donovan
Professor of Social Medicine
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Marcus Jepson
Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Health Science
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Daisy Elliott
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)