Professor Sandy Oliver
- Qualifications and position:
- BA, PhD, FHEA
- Professor of Public Policy
- Deputy Director, SSRU
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Children and Learning
- Department:
- Centre:
- Summary:
- My special interest involves making knowledge more democratic, through public involvement in doing and using research, and synthesising and sharing research literature. Ten years as an advocate of maternity service users was followed by an academic career developing systems to support public involvement in research and policy, nationally and internationally.
- Teaching:
- Research Projects:
- Postgraduate Research:
- Research interests:
The contributions of lay people to health services research; developing ways of training and supporting lay people who are planning, conducting or using research
advancing evidence-based health promotion
public engagement in the natural sciences and social research
Postgraduate researchers:
Funded studentship addressing how clinicians and patients work together to identify shared research priorities - in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance
Katy Sutcliffe: Children with diabetes and the role of evidence-informed shared-decision making
Seilin Uhm: Improving quality of care and outcome at very preterm birth (with the James Lind Alliance, funded by the National Institute for Health Research)
David Buglar: The Impact of Consumer Involvement on Research
Bridget Candy: The contribution of qualitative evidence to our understanding of the effectiveness of treatments/or complex interventions
Gillian Stokes: Medicines for Children.
- Professional Activities:
- James Lind Alliance Strategy and Development Group: member
Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group: editor
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme: advisor on public involvement
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Advisory committee for NHS Evidence: member
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research Funding Board: member
Interim Evaluation of the Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme in England: Project Advisory Group member
- Conferences/presentations:
- Research agendas: exploring perspectives and participation methods. At: CARE V, Oslo Norway 26 April 2008
Evidence for policy decision-making. At: ICDDR, B, Dhaka Bangladesh, 25 November 2007
Comparisons of patients', clinicians', and researchers' agendas. At: How can clinical trialists serve the needs of clinicians and patients more effectively? A meeting organised jointly by the James Lind Alliance and The Lancet. Held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, on 25 June 2007. http://www.lindalliance.org/JLA_LANCET_Event_June2007.asp
Publications
- Oliver S, Bagnall AM, Thomas J, Shepherd J, Sowden A, White I, Dinnes J, Rees R, Colquitt J, Garrett Z, Oliver K (2010) 'Randomised control trials for policy interventions: a review of reviews and meta-regression', Health Technology Assessment Monographs 14 (16), 1-165. ISSN 1366-5278.
- Oliver,S.R. Rees,R.W. Clarke-Jones,L. Milne,R. Oakley,A.R. Gabbay,J. Stein, K. Buchanan,P. and Gyte,G (2008) 'A multidimensional conceptual framework for analysing public involvement in health services research', Health Expectations 11 (1), 72-84.
- Oliver,S (2008) 'Public and consumer participation in policy and research' Kris Heggenhougen and Stella Quah, International Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego: Academic Press.
- Hargreaves,K. Stewart,R. and Oliver,S (2005) 'Informed choice and public health screening for children: the case of blood spot screening', Health Expectations 8, 161-171.
- Stewart,R. Hargreaves,K. and Oliver,S (2005) 'Evidence informed policy making for health communication', Health Education Journal 64 (2), 120-128.
- Royle,J and Oliver,S. (2004) 'Consumer involvement in the health technology assessment programme', International Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Health Care 20 (4), 493-497.
- Oliver,S. Clarke-Jones,L. Rees,R. Milne,R. Buchanan,P. Gabbay,J. Gyte,G. Oakley,A. and Stein,K (2004) 'Involving consumers in research and development agenda setting for the NHS: developing an evidence-based approach', Health Technology Assessment 8 (15), 1-148.
- Thomas,J. Harden,A. Oakley,A. Oliver,S. Sutcliffe,K. Rees,R. Brunton,G. and Kavanagh,J (2004) 'Integrating qualitative research with trials in systematic reviews: an example from public health', British Medical Journal 328, 1010-1012.
- Lumley,J. Oliver,S.R. Chamberlain,C. and Oakley,L (2004) 'Interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 4, Art. No.: CD001055. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001055.pub2..
- Oliver,S. Oakley,L. Lumley,J. and Waters E (2001) 'Smoking cessation programmes in pregnancy: systematically addressing development, implementation, women's concerns and effectiveness', Health Education Journal 60 (4), 362-370.
- Sandy Oliver's full list of publications (pdf)
