Meeting: NIHR Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee – Round 5 Interviews
Date and time: 8 – 9 June 2021
Place: Virtually via Zoom
Attendees
Selection Committee One members:
- Professor Judith Ranking (Chair), University of Newcastle
- Professor Gordon Taylor (Deputy Chair), University of Exeter
- Professor Andrew Hayward, University College London
- Professor Catherine Exley, Newcastle University
- Professor Jayne Woodside, Queen's University, Belfast
- Professor Katherine Checkland, University of Manchester
- Professor Marilyn James, University of Nottingham
- Professor Neil Sebire, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
- Professor Nigel Hoggard, University of Sheffield (Day 1)
- Professor Steven Jones, Lancaster University
- Ben Willis-Eve (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
- Yesmin Begum (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
Observers:
- Dianna Moylan, Patient and Public Involvement Representative (Day 1)
- Wendy Wood, RDS SE (Day 1)
- Shaon Caunt, RDS YH (Day 2)
- Julieanne Bostock, DHSC (Day 2)
NIHR Staff:
- Pete Thompson, Director for Personal Awards
- Tom Pratt, Senior Programme Manager
- Gareth O’Brien, Senior Programme Manager
Selection Committee Two members:
- Professor Gary Frost (Chair), Imperial College London
- Professor Andrea Manca (Deputy Chair), University of York
- Professor Charles Hutchinson, University of Warwick
- Professor Gary Collins, University of Oxford
- Professor Ingunn Holen, University of Sheffield
- Professor Louise Connell, University of Central Lancashire
- Dr Pearse Keane, University College London
- Professor Paul Brocklehurt, Bangor University
- Professor Richard Riley, Keele University
- Professor Robert Meadows, University of Surrey
- Professor Steven Cummins (Day 2), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Professor Trudie Roberts (Day 2), University of Leeds
- Professor Waljit Dhillo (Day 2), Imperial College London
- Professor Yvonne Birks, University of York
- Angela Ruddock (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
- Sylvia Bailey (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
Observers:
- Professor Dave Jones, Dean NIHR Academy
- Sue Prior, Patient and Public Involvement Representative
- Mark Goodall, RDS NW (Day 1)
- Martin Eden, RDS NW (Day 2)
- Elizabeth Robertson, Diabetes UK (Day 2)
- Kamini Shah, Diabetes UK (Day 2)
NIHR Staff:
- James Fenton, Assistant Director
- Rebecca Dove, Senior Programme Manager
- Elizabeth Taylor, Programme Manager
Selection Committee Three members:
- Professor Richard McManus (Chair), University of Oxford
- Professor Gretl McHugh (Deputy Chair), University of Leeds
- Professor Andy Husband, Newcastle University
- Professor Ashley Adamson, Newcastle University
- Dr Cynthia Iglesias, University of York
- Professor Glyn Lewis, University College London
- Professor Jenny Myers, University of Manchester
- Dr Michael Sweeting, University of Leicester
- Dr Phil Shackley, University of Sheffield
- Dr Victoria Cornelius, Imperial College London
- Susan Edge (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
- Philip Paulden (Patient and Public Involvement Representative)
Observers:
- Amy Whitehead RDS (Day 1)
- Sorcha Finnegan, Health and Social Care Research and Development, Northern Ireland (Day 1)
- Lucy Musson, RDS YH (Day 2)
- Clair Phillips, Patient and Public Involvement Representative
NIHR Staff:
- Nicola Melody, Assistant Director, Personal Awards
- Rosie Padley, Senior Programme Manager
- Ugochi Nwulu, Senior Programme Manager
Discussion of applications
112 applications were received before the closing date of 21 January 2021 and 100 of these proved eligible for assessment by the NIHR selection committee.
Shortlisting took place on 27 April 2021. The selection committee shortlisted 47 DFs for interview, one applicant withdrew so that left 46 applicants to interview, applicants were interviewed between 8-9 June 2021.
Application summary
| Action/Activity | Date | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Application window | 22 October 2020 - 21 January 2021 | 112 |
| Selection Committee Assessments & Shortlisting Meeting | 26 February 2021 & 27 April 2021 | 100 |
| Interviews | 8–9 June 2021 | 46 (1 withdrew) |
| Recommended for funding | 17 June 2021 | 22 |
10 applications were recommended for Recommended for funding on a conditional basis.
Interview and discussion of applications
DF Round 5 Selection Committee 1 Recommendations
| Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR301793 | Understanding and Preventing Surgical Site Infection following Surgery for Hand Trauma | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301740 | Silver diamine fluoride for the management of dental caries in children in primary dental care – a feasibility study | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301835 | Improving the United Kingdom's Newborn Screening Pathway for Detection of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301784 | Integrating public health with high street revitalisation: A mixed methods analysis of local initiatives addressing the food environment | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301674 | Pain Phenotypes and their Underlying Mechanisms in Inflammatory Arthritis (PUMIA) | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301759 | Individualised progressive exercise versus supported self-management for people after acute patellar dislocation: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial with an embedded qualitative study | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301756 | Personalising Outcomes for Patients | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301798 | Personalising the treatment of brain tumours through advanced graphical modelling | Reject |
| NIHR301833 | Understanding and Improving Medication Adherence in people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Co-designing and testing the Feasibility of a Behavioural Intervention to promote adherence to IBD medications | Reject |
| NIHR301754 | Identifying and understanding nutrition-related unmet need in pancreatic cancer | Reject |
| NIHR301797 | Preventing Infections in Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases | Reject |
| NIHR301742 | Pre-conception health and contraception among migrant women in the UK: a mixed methods study | Reject |
| NIHR301796 | Explainable machine learning models for clinical decision support in liver and kidney transplant offering | Reject |
| NIHR301809 | Maximising the rapid reduction of the UK non-communicable disease burden and risk factors through dietary interventions: a participatory policy modelling study | Reject |
DF Round 5 Selection Committee 2 Recommendations
| Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR301818 | 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 |
| NIHR301810 | Improving the evaluation of mental health digital health interventions in randomised controlled trials by understanding and incorporating user engagement | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301790 | What are the contributors to depression, and barriers and enablers to accessing support and treatment to manage depression, among older people with HIV in England? | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301738 | Social, Economic and Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis of Developmental Disorders among Children Born Before Full Term | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301772 | Crisis care for people with a diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’: a mixed methods study of outcomes and experiences | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301741 | A randomised feasibility study evaluating the effect of perioperative intravenous lidocaine on colorectal cancer outcome after surgery | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301807 | Evaluating Shockwave therapy Of Lower Extremity diabetic Foot ULcers (SOLEFUL) | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301813 | Kinematic Alignment in Total Knee Replacement | Reject |
| NIHR301816 | Non-recovery of kidney function after AKI: identifying high risk groups and assessment with multiparametric renal MRI | Reject |
| NIHR301773 | Novel imaging techniques for the evaluation of renal tumours | Reject |
| NIHR301841 | Apolipoprotein L1 and kidney disease in people of African ancestry in the UK | Reject |
| NIHR301825 | Polypharmacy in Primary care: Integrating Patient Perspectives and Risk Stratification with Informatics | Reject |
| NIHR301757 | Psychological Support for Children with Emerging Symptoms of Psychosis: The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel Child-focused and Parent Intervention | Reject |
| NIHR301830 | Evaluating an intervention for a neglected skin condition: laser for vulval lichen sclerosus | Reject |
| NIHR301753 | Determining patient-individualised placebo-controlled angina thresholds for invasive haemodynamic assessment | Reject |
| NIHR301779 | Deep Phenotyping To Predict Outcome And Treatment Response In Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy | Reject |
DF Round 5 Selection Committee 3 Recommendations
| Reference No | Research Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR301748 | Determining the Clinical Utility of Pre-emptive Pharmacogenetic Testing and Defining Optimal Models for Implementation | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301771 | Surgery Or REstraint for the unexplained painful knee replacement (the SORE KNEE Study): Patient, Clinical and Cost Effectiveness Considerations | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301824 | The HoPE Study: Characterising Housebound people and their unmet Primary healthcare needs: a mixed methods study in the south west of England | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301767 | Investigation of Sex-Specific 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? | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301787 | What knowledge would support improving the management of teenagers with dysmenorrhoea in primary care? | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301792 | Implementing high quality patient-reporting outcome measurement to improve NHS gender identity clinics | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301761 | PREM-PIC - Potential Risk of childrEn born preMature requiring Paediatric Intensive Care: Examining risks of critical illness, and trends in paediatric intensive care utilisation for children born premature | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301808 | Identifying and treating cognitive impairment in fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain: an epidemiological study and a feasibility study | Recommended for funding |
| NIHR301842 | Online activity and self-harm in adolescent mental health patients | Reject |
| NIHR301789 | Neurodevelopmental outcomes following early term induction of labour for suspected macrosomia compared to expectant management | Reject |
| NIHR301770 | How is collaborative care achieved between clinical pharmacists and patients when prescribing opioid medicines for chronic non-cancer pain in primary care | Reject |
| NIHR301788 | Towards implementation of pharmacogenomics (PGx) in UK primary care settings: a qualitative investigation to explore its potential in everyday clinical practice | Reject |
| NIHR301750 | Persistence Of Pain Phenotypes in Intensive Care Unit Survivors (POPPICUS) study | Reject |
| NIHR301769 | Exploring the impact of maternal dietary exclusion on mothers and their infants | Reject |
| NIHR301751 | Developing a method of kisspeptin measurement to improve the diagnosis of miscarriage | Reject |
| NIHR301791 | A Toolkit for Personalised Neonatal Nutrition: using clinical, nutritional and genomic data to optimise the growth and body composition of very preterm infants | Reject |