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Professor Yemisi Takwoingi is based in the Test Evaluation Research Group within the Department of Applied Health Sciences.  

Yemisi collaborates on methodological and applied health research projects. Her research interest is primarily in diagnostic test evaluation and systematic review methodology, especially meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies. 

Yemisi has ...

Jessica Tanner is a Research Fellow for the PHRESH Public Health Intervention Rapid Studies Team (PHIRST). PHRESH is one of the academic centres within the NIHR School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR), working in partnership with local authorities to evaluate public health interventions.

Clare J Taylor is Professor of General Practice at the University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and a GP in the NHS. Her research focuses on earlier diagnosis and improving prognosis for people with heart failure in primary care using big GP datasets.

Professor Taylor has received grant and fellowship funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Wellcome Trust, and British Heart Foundation. ...

Beck is a Clinical Senior Lecturer working on the Maternity Theme of the NIHR West Midlands ARC programme. She is also an Honorary Consultant at Public Health England. Her research focuses on evaluating maternity services and policy, working in collaboration with women and staff. As a public health doctor she is trained to think at population and system-level. She has skills in qualitative and ...

Sarah Tearne is a  Trials Management Team Leader within the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit at the University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡. She has 10 years of experience working in clinical trials at multiple universities. Her area of expertise is primary care research however she works across a number of different research areas including, mental health, public health and neuroscience. Within the ...

Thayakaran (Thaya) is a Research Fellow in Health Informatics (Statistics) in the Institute of Applied Health Research, University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.

His research focuses on propensity score matching for observational data and on survival analysis using extended Cox proportional hazard model with time varying covariates. Also his research interests have focused recently on methods for dealing with ...

Professor Neil Thomas is the Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) National Collaborative providing strategy and oversight to the NIHR Research Support Service. He is also the Director of the NIHR Research Support Service that provides expert research design, methodological support, advice, and collaboration to all researchers in England throughout the pre- and ...

Dean is a Chartered Psychologist and NIHR Advanced Fellow in Mental Health and Mixed Methods Research at the Department of Applied Health. He is an advisor for , offering consultation with health and social care researchers on study design and delivery, patient and public involvement, and training and career opportunities.

Jacqueline is a Research Fellow in methods relating to cluster randomised trials.  The role is funded by MRC-NIHR Develop Guidance for Better Research Methods grant for Developing guidance for the design and conduct of cluster randomised trials. 

Jacqueline realised her flare for evidence-based practice, clinical trials and statistical concepts after her Master’s in ...

Rebecca is currently working as a Data Manager on the E-MOTIVE trial (Early detection and treatment of post-partum hemorrhage using the MOTIVE bundle: a World Health Organization cluster randomized trial with health economic analysis (the E-MOTIVE study). $10,915,588 USD. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 2019-2022)

Barbara Torlinska is a Research Fellow within the NIHR funded Research Design Service (RDS) West Midlands, Birmingham Hub.

As a general methodologist, Barbara supports healthcare professionals and researchers in the development of research funding proposals to national peer-reviewed funding programmes. She also conducts her own research within the Institute of Applied Health Research of the ...

Alice’s research interests are predominantly in clinical aspects of alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), fields in which she has published widely. Optimising monitoring and therapy for AATD is a major focus for her group. They are also studying aspects of care delivery for COPD, particularly those that span from secondary into primary care ...

Natalie Tyldesley-Marshall is a Research Associate in the School of Social Policy and Society. She is currently working on a systematic review comparing a range of outcomes for single-use and multiple-use gastrointestinal endoscopes to provide evidence for decision-makers.