Ms Sarah Dawson
B.Sc.(Liv.), M.Sc.(Sheff.)
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Information Retrieval
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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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
Publications
Recent publications
13/02/2026Barriers to searching for grey literature in systematic reviews
Research Synthesis Methods
Does the use of National Early Warning Scores (NEWS or NEWS2) in healthcare settings improve patient outcomes
Systematic Reviews
Effectiveness of interventions to increase vaccine uptake
The BMJ
Effect of medical school initiatives on help seeking for mental health problems among medical students
BMJ Open
Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cocaine use disorder
Addiction
Related people
Dr Jelena Savovic
Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Evidence Synthesis.
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Francesca Spiga
Research Fellow in Research Synthesis
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Deborah Caldwell
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Penny Whiting
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Julian Higgins
Professor of Evidence Synthesis
Bristol Medical School (PHS)