Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena - Prehospital Research Methods and Practice

Prehospital Research Methods and Practice

Edited by

Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena and Gregory Adam Whitley

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Contents

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Stephanie Armstrong PhD

Stephanie Armstrong is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln. She has a diverse academic background, having originally completed her PhD in Behavioural Ecology focusing on zoo animals. A change of direction led to the subsequent completion of degrees in forensic anthropology and medical herbalism. She initially joined the University of Lincoln as the researcher on the Network exploring Ethics of Ambulance Trials (NEAT) project and has extensive experience as a Research Ethics Board reviewer. Her current research is grounded in healthcare improvement, focusing particularly on mental health provision in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries.

Ffion Curtis PhD

Ffion Curtis is the Academic Lead for the Centre for Ethnic Health Research within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands. Ffion has experience of working collaboratively across a broad range of populations, contexts and methodologies, with her research predominantly focusing on ethnicity and health inequalities, and the role of lifestyle and behavioural interventions in the prevention and management of chronic conditions. After completing her PhD titled The Role of Vitamin D and Physical Activity in Glycaemic Homeostasis at Aberystwyth University in 2013, she continued her work in diabetes, conducting a feasibility study of a peer-led diabetes self-management programme within Hywel Dda University Health Board (Wales). Ffion then spent several years at the University of Lincoln, where she developed and led the Lincoln Institute for Health Systematic Review Training Programme for academics and NHS colleagues workin-g across the East Midlands. She has experience of conducting systematic reviews (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) in a wide range of areas relating to public health and clinical research, many of which are being used to underpin both research and practice.

Chen Ji PhD

Chen Ji is an Associate Professor in Clinical Trial Statistics at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, the University of Warwick. He mainly works in emergency and critical care trials and rehabilitation trials funded by the National Institute for Health Research. His research interests include the development and application of new methodologies related to clinical research.

Adle Langlois PhD

Adle Langlois is Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln. She has degrees in biological anthropology and international relations. Her PhD explored the global governance of bioethics and human genetics, particularly at UNESCO. She held a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology as part of her doctoral studies, during which she wrote a policy briefing on research ethics in developing countries. Adle joined the University of Lincoln in September 2009. She is the author of Negotiating Bioethics: The Governance of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme (Routledge, 2013). She has also worked on ethics governance in prehospital research as Co-Investigator on the Wellcome-funded Network exploring Ethics of Ambulance Trials (NEAT) project, and is currently researching regulatory bottlenecks in global health.

Despina Laparidou MSc

Despina Laparidou has been a health services researcher at the Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU) within the University of Lincoln since 2014. Her background is in psychology and she has training in research methods in psychology (UK), health psychology (UK) and cognitive behavioural therapy (Greece). Despina has conducted research in a variety of areas, including dementia, diabetes and ambulance services. She has conducted quantitative, qualitative systematic and mixed methods reviews in areas such as insomnia, autism, tinnitus, robotic and robot-assisted interventions in motor rehabilitation, as well as educational interventions for informal carers of people with dementia.

Bill Lord PhD

Bill Lord is a registered paramedic, educator and researcher who worked as a paramedic in Sydney, Melbourne and more recently with the Queensland Ambulance Service until 2018. He has worked in higher education for 25 years, including at Charles Sturt University where he was a Senior Lecturer and coordinator of the Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) programme. In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Head of Undergraduate Paramedic Programs at Monash University and in 2012 moved to the University of the Sunshine Coast to take up the position of Associate Professor and Discipline Leader for Paramedic Science until 2019. Research interests include the development of critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in novice paramedics, work-integrated learning and pain management in the out-of-hospital setting. Bill currently has an adjunct Associate Professor appointment within the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University.