
Dr Shoba Dawson
BA (Bomb.), MSc (Leeds), PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Shoba joined the Centre of Academic Primary Care (CAPC) in February 2018. She has diverse experience within primary care research. She is involved in a portfolio of externally funded projects leading and providing expertise on systematic reviews and increasing ethnic diversity in research.
Shoba has extensive experience of systematic reviews and has undertaken quantitative, mixed methods and overview of reviews. She has a special interest in mixed methods evidence synthesis and patient and stakeholder involvement in evidence synthesis and promoting inclusivity and diversity in research.
Her core research interests include addressing health inequalities, systematic reviews and evidence synthesis methodology, medicines optimisation, multimorbidity and patient and public involvement and engagement.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Prevalence and risk factors for prescription medication sharing in the UK general population
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
What do we know about this topic area?
Prescription medication sharing means lending medication prescribed for you to someone else or borrowing medication that has been prescribed for someone else. Studies…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2022 to 31/05/2024
Systematic reviews to inform the design of usual care comparator arms in primary care trials: methodological approaches and profiling of current research practice.
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2021 to 31/01/2023
Supporting equity and tackling inequality: how can NIHR promote Inclusivity in public partnerships?
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/08/2021 to 31/03/2022
Can the past inform the present? Exploring attitudes and approaches to the management of common infections
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2020 to 31/07/2021
Prescription medication sharing by primary care patients
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2020 to 30/04/2022
Publications
Recent publications
05/01/2022Assessment and Treatment of Nocturia in Endocrine Disease in a Primary Care Setting:
European Urology Focus
Assessment and Treatment of Nocturia in Neurological Disease in a Primary Care Setting
European Urology Focus
Association of Sleep Disorders with Nocturia
European Urology Focus
Evaluation and Treatment in Urology for Nocturia Caused by Nonurological Mechanisms
European Urology Focus
Identifying potential barriers and solutions to patient partner compensation (payment) in research
Research Involvement and Engagement