Date and location
17 – 18 November 2020 via online video meeting
In attendance
Committee One members
Professor Judith Ranking (Chair), University of Newcastle
Professor Andrea Manca (Deputy Chair), University of York
Professor Andrew Hayward, University College London
Professor Catherine Exley, Newcastle University
Professor Gordon Taylor, University of Exeter
Professor Katherine Checkland, University of Manchester
Professor Marilyn James,
Professor Nigel Hoggard, University of Sheffield
Professor Steven Jones, Lancaster University
Ben Wills-Eve (Patient and Public Involvement)
Angela Ruddock (Patient and Public Involvement)
Observers
Jeremey Parr, Wellbeing of Women
Julieanne Bostock, DHSC (Day 2)
Secretariat
- Karen Fernando, Assistant Director
- Tom Pratt, Senior Programme Manager
- Gareth O’Brien Senior Programme Manager
Apologies
Professor Andrew Hayward, University College London (Day 1)
Committee Two members
Professor Gary Frost (Chair), Imperial College London
Professor Trudie Roberts (Deputy Chair), university of Leeds
Professor Charles Hutchinson, University of Warwick
Professor Elizabeth Meins, York University
Professor Ingunn Holen, University of Sheffield
Professor Louise Connell
Professor Paul Brocklehurst
Professor Richard Riley
Professor Yvonne Birks, University of York
Gordon Smith (Patient Public Involvement)
Susan Edge (Patient Public Involvement)
Observers
Professor Dave Jones, Dean NIHR Academy
Secretariat
James Fenton, Assistant Director
Rebecca Dove, Senior Programme Manager
Elizabeth Taylor, Programme Manager
Committee Three members
Professor Richard McManus (Chair), University of Oxford
Professor Gretl McHugh (Deputy Chair), University of Leeds
Dr Cynthia Iglesias, University of York
Professor Gerald McCann, University of Leicester
Professor Glyn Lewis, University College London
Professor Jenny Myers, University of Manchester
Professor, Mike Crawford, Imperial College London
Dr Oliver Rivero-Arias
Dr Phil Shackley, University of Sheffield
Professor Ruth Harris, Kings College London
Jacqui Gath (Patient Public Involvement)
Sue Boex (Patient Public Involvement)
Observers
Professor David Williams, Wellbeing of Women (Day 2)
Secretariat
Nicola Melody, Assistant Director, Personal Awards
David Lunn, Senior Programme Manager
Rosie Padley, Programme Manager
Apologies
Professor Jenny Myers, University of Manchester (Day 1)
Applications
Application summary
Action/Activity | Date | Applications |
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Stage 1 Application window | 1 - 13 April 2020 | 104 |
Selection Committee Assessments & Shortlisting Meeting | 21 August 2020 & 12 October 2020 | 100 |
Stage 2 Application window | 12 - 30 October 2020 | 37 |
Interviews | 17 – 18 November 2020 | 37 |
Recommended for funding | 17 – 18 November 2020 | 22 |
7 applications were recommended for funding on a conditional basis.
Interview and discussion of applications
DF Round 4 Selection Committee 1 Recommendations
Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
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NIHR301469 | Investigating the effectiveness of pre-surgical ‘health optimisation’ public health interventions for obesity and smoking in elective hip and knee replacement surgery from health service and patient perspectives | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301535 | COVID-19 survivors and kidney disease: The long term effects on kidney function, and health outcomes for people with pre-existing chronic kidney disease - a study using electronic health records | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301520 | Measurement of the Aerosol Generating Potential of Intubation, Extubation and associated airway procedures – MAGPIE study | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301501 | An Investigation of Ethnic Disparities in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301503 | No need(le) to worry: Development and feasibility study of a self-help cognitive behavioural therapy resource for children with needle fear | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301514 | Improving the United Kingdom's Newborn Screening Pathway for Detection of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301525 | EMpowering Pregnant women Affected by Trauma HistorY (EMPATHY): a critical participatory action research study | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301367 | Musculoskeletal Outpatients Physiotherapy Delegation (MOPeD): A mixed methods study | Reject |
NIHR301475 | Utilising routine healthcare data and artificial intelligence to support personalised neonatal care and efficient clinical trial design for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Development of the PRemature Infant Outcome Risk (PRIOR) clinical prediction tool | Reject |
NIHR301500 | The Value and Meaning of Follow-Up Routine Surviellance Imaging after Treatment for Paediatric Brain Tumours: A Mixed-Methods Study. | Reject |
NIHR301509 | Personalisation of asthma diagnosis through optimisation of timing for tests | Reject |
NIHR301458 | Preventative Opportunistic Interventions in the Emergency Department (POIntED): intervention development and feasibility study | Reject |
DF Round 4 Selection Committee 2 Recommendations
Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
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NIHR301474 | Improving outcomes for patients having shoulder replacements: guiding patient selection, evaluating cost-effectiveness and informing NHS provision. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301467 | A mixed methods validation of technology enhanced macula services | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301510 | The analysis of overall survival in a changing clinical world; the methodological implications of relapsing cancers in randomised controlled trials. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301454 | Improving safety for surgical patients through better diagnosis of drug allergies | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301522 | Personalised predictions of outcomes in adolescence and adulthood for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic review and IPD meta-analysis, evaluation of methodology, and external validation study. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301536 | Core set of Outcome Measures for FOot and ankle disorders in RheumaTic and musculoskeletal diseases (COMFORT) | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301502 | Four-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4D-MRI) to guide radiotherapy for stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer: an assessment of its precision and accuracy. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301494 | The effects of hyperoncotic albumin solution in patients with septic shock: a systematic review and randomised feasibility study. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301505 | Understanding the relationship between NHS social prescribing and community networks in different socioeconomic areas in England | Reject |
NIHR301464 | Development of an intervention to reduce compassion fatigue in adolescent mental health ward staff. | Reject |
NIHR301488 | RECODE-PTSD: Reconsolidation to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - preparatory pilot work and protocol refinement followed by phase 2 randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a competing task intervention. | Reject |
NIHR301523 | Acute illness in care homes: exploring optimal approaches to identification and management. | Reject |
NIHR301529 | Improving assessment of executive functions | Reject |
DF Round 4 Selection Committee 3 Recommendations
Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
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NIHR301483 | Reducing violence by forensic inpatients with psychosis: First stages of the development of a virtual reality treatment based on cognitive inhibitory learning theory | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301448 | Artificial Intelligence to Improve Antenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Disease | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301457 | Childhood outcomes after perinatal brain injury | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301549 | Principles and practices of paediatric palliative care in the antenatal setting: a prospective study of parental experience to inform clinical practice | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301347 | Understanding care-leavers’ sexual and reproductive health: developing a framework for programmatic intervention and system change that supports their transition to independence | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301546 | Development and validation of prediction models for secukinumab therapy in psoriasis: a machine learning approach enabling personalised medicine | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301489 | IMproving Prophylactic Antibiotic use for Recurrent urinary Tract infection (IMPART): mixed-methods study to address evidence gaps and develop a decision aid. | Recommended for funding |
NIHR301528 | Predicting onset of anxiety and depression in people diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Reject |
NIHR301461 | Early pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement: A lifecourse health approach to the psychological experience of miscarriage, ectopic, stillbirth, and neonatal death. | Reject |
NIHR301524 | Investigation of Sex-Related Discrepancies in Peri-operative Mortality and Morbidity following Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Are Sex-specific Pathways Needed to Provide Equality in Delivery of Care? | Reject |
NIHR301478 | Intimate Partner Violence and Miscarriage: What is the association between intimate partner violence and miscarriage, the current UK provision of care, and healthcare professionals’ experiences with these patients? | Reject |
NIHR301542 | The impact of illness perceptions on patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). | Reject |