Meeting
Public Health Research Programme Funding Committee Meeting
Date
Tuesday 7 February and Wednesday 8 February 2023
Venue
Virtual -Teams
Present Members
- Peymane Adab
- Janis Baird
- Rachel Clark
- Frank De Vocht
- Matt Egan
- Karen Exley
- Julia Fox-Rushby
- Emma Frew
- Judith Green (left at 2:30pm)
- Susan Griffin
- Ruth Hunter
- Judi Kidger
- Emma Kinloch
- Jim Lewsey
- Elizabeth McDermott
- Tess McManus
- Petra Meier
- Graham Moore
- Madeleine Power
- James Woodcock (left at 2:30pm)
- Abigail Stevely
Secretariat
- Kerstin Goodall
- Louise Higgs
- Gemma House
- Bernie Newitt
- Emily Allison
- Helen Walters
Apologies
- Lorna Aucott
- Brian Ferguson
- Nadeem Gire
- Sarah Rodgers
- Derrick Bennett
Observers
- Jack Welch
- Inna Walker
- Ruth Chambers
- Jean Spencer
- Susanna Mills
- Julie Simpson
- Lisa McDaid
- Amber Steele
- Louise Hayes
- Gerry Richardson
- Christodoulos Kypridemos
- Anthony Laverty
- Mary Madden
- Wendy Wills
- Magdalena Opazo Breton
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 24 (Emergency Quoracy = 12 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 20 (83.3%)
DAY ONE
Discussion and scoring of 22/23 Interventions to prevent male violence against women and girls – Stage 2 proposals x2
NIHR154376 - Whole-school approach to addressing Gender-Based violence in secondary school (Equally Safe at School): A pragmatic cluster-randomised trial and mixed-methods evaluation. (Kirstin Mitchell)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Ruth Hunter, Elizabeth McDermott, Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR154546 - A UK multi-centre cluster randomised control trial, with internal pilot, of the ADVANCE-Digitally supported perpetrator intervention compared to community justice offender management (1:1), to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), for men convicted of IPV who misuse substances (ADVANCE-D trial) (Gail Gilchrist)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Graham Moore, Brian Ferguson (absent), Madeleine Power, Mary Madden, Janis Baird.
Decision: Fund with changes
Discussion and scoring of 22/51 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led – Stage 2 proposals x3
NIHR153788 - A primary care system-level training and support programme for the secondary prevention of domestic violence and abuse: a multicentre cluster randomised trial with economic and process evaluation (Eszter Szilassy)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Judi Kidger, Derrick Bennett.
Decision: Invite a Stage 2 resubmission
NIHR153932 - Adaptation and pilot trial of Learning Together Primary Schools, a whole-school restorative practice intervention to reduce bullying and promote mental health (Christopher Bonell) - 22/51 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Frank De Vocht, Judi Kidger, Elizabeth McDermott, Matt Egan, Judith Green, Peymane Adab.
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR154090 - Evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of the national Creating Active Schools programme (Andy Daly-Smith)
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Emma Frew, Anthony Laverty, Peymane Adab, James Woodcock, Petra Meier.
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 21/597 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led – Stage 2 proposal x1
NIHR152515 - A multicomponent evaluation of new restrictions on marketing of less healthy foods in England (Jean Adams)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Frank De Vocht, Emma Frew, Jim Lewsey, Anthony Laverty, Abigail Stevely, Matt Egan, James Woodcock ,Christodoulos Kypridemos, Derrick Bennett, Judith Green, Susanna Mills, Sarah Rodgers.
Decision: Fund with changes
Discussion and scoring of 22/79 Stop-smoking interventions for under-served groups – Stage 1 proposals x2
NIHR156164 - A ‘no strings attached’ vaping offer to promote smoking cessation among underserved groups: A cluster RCT with economic and process evaluations (Tom Thompson)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Green.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157065 - SUCCESS study (Feasibility Study for Supporting Coastal Communities to Stop Smoking) (Caitlin Notley)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Brian Ferguson, Graham Moore, Frank De Vocht, Madeleine Power, Mary Madden, Wendy Wills.
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/56 PHR Health communication and public health messaging - Stage 1 proposals x4
NIHR156484 - HEAD START to tailored, co-designed public health messaging: Harnessing Evidence-based, Adaptable Delivery of STrategic communication AppRoaches for ethnic minority groups to Tackle infectious disease (Paul Flowers)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power.
Decision: Decline
NIHR156398 – What do the public want? A large-scale Discrete Choice Experiment to inform evidence-based tailored public health messaging during infectious disease outbreaks (WOW study). (Fiona Wood)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Derrick Bennett, Ruth Hunter.
Decision: Decline
NIHR156205 - Realist evaluation of health communication and public health messaging to children and young people to improve policy and practice (Lucy Bray)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Anthony Laverty, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely.
Decision: Decline
NIHR156636 - Viral Respiratory Diseases Communication Effectiveness (VIRIDICE) (Marco Bardus)
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Matt Egan, Emma Frew, Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Shortlist
Discussion and scoring of 22/80 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women - Stage 1 proposals x2
NIHR156425 - Promoting Mental health and Well-being in young Muslim women: Pragmatic evaluation of a faith-based culturally adapted intervention - the IM-Adapted Study (Daksha Trivedi)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emma Kinloch, Jim Lewsey, Wendy Wills.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156680 - My Story and Me: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a personalised public mental health intervention for young women 14 to 18 years (Julian Edbrooke-Childs)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Derrick Bennett
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/82 Improving mental health outcomes for women and partners who have experienced pregnancy not ending in live births - Stage 1 proposals x3
NIHR156802 - Peer support interventions to improve mental health outcomes after miscarriage: systematic reviews and evidence synthesis of effectiveness, and barriers and facilitators to inform future service design. (Leanne Burton)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Ruth Hunter, Christodoulos Kypridemos.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156819 - Better bereavement support for parents and families from South Asian backgrounds after pregnancy loss or the death of a baby before or during birth. (Tracey Mills)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Nadeem Gire (absent).
Decision: Decline
NIHR157126 - Investigating Equity in Access to and Outcomes of Psychological Support for Perinatal Loss (Fiona Challacombe)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Julia Fox-Rushby.
Decision: Decline
Day 2
Venue
Virtual – Teams
Present Members
- Peymane Adab
- Janis Baird
- Derrick Bennett
- Frank De Vocht
- Matt Egan
- Karen Exley
- Emma Frew
- Judith Green
- Susan Griffin
- Ruth Hunter
- Judi Kidger
- Emma Kinloch
- Jim Lewsey
- Elizabeth McDermott
- Tess McManus
- Petra Meier
- Graham Moore
- Madeleine Power
- Abigail Stevely
- James Woodcock
Co-opted
- Farrah Hart
Secretariat
- Kerstin Goodall
- Claire Kidgell
- Gemma House
- Bernie Newitt
- Emily Allison
- James Morris
Apologies
- Rachel Clark
- Lorna Aucott
- Nadeem Gire
- Julia Fox-Rushby
- Sarah Rodgers
- Brian Ferguson
Observers
- Inna Walker
- Jean Spencer
- Susanna Mills
- Julie Simpson
- Amber Steele
- Louise Hayes
- Christodoulos Kypridemos
- Anthony Laverty
- Mary Madden
- Wendy Wills
- Magdalena Opazo Breton
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 24 (Emergency Quoracy = 12 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 2: 19 (79.2%)
Discussion and scoring of 22/81 Healthy extended working lives – Stage 1 proposals x2
NIHR155864 - Healthy Extended Working Lives: Research on Flexible Working Policy Evaluation and Simulation (ReFlex) (Baowen Xue)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157106 - Enhancing employment support to reduce health and work ability decline for older workers with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities through workplace assessment and follow-up: the ENHANCE study. (Stephen Beyer)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/39 Methodological development in public health – Stage 2 proposal x1
NIHR154776 - Combining data to identify families at risk of the harmful health effects of overcrowded housing – a feasibility study (Jessica Sheringham)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan
Decision: Fund
Discussion and scoring of 22/127 Application Development Award (ADA): Adult drug screening and brief interventions in key health, social care and justice settings – Stage 2 proposal x1
NIHR156167 - Development of a trial application to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adult dRug scrEening and brief interventionS in key hEalth, social care and justice setTings: The RESET PROJECT (Dorothy Newbury-Birch)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund
Discussion and scoring of 22/84 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of scams and fraud – Stage 2 proposal x1
NIHR154927 - Exploratory research to examine the health impact of scams and fraud and the current knowledge and systems in the police and partner agencies for targeting and delivering victim support services (Ruth Halkon)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Stage 2 Resubmission
Discussion and scoring of 22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led – Stage 1 proposals x7
NIHR156862 - Multimodal Approach to Preventing Suicide in Schools (MAPSS) project: A regionally based feasibility trial of an integrated response to suicide risk among secondary school pupils (Pooja Saini)
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott, Peymane Adab.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156218 - Developing an equitable approach to reducing gambling related harms (Joht Chandan)
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Matt Egan, Emma Frew, Judith Green, Judi Kidger, Petra Meier, Elizabeth McDermott, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156679 - Reducing alcohol harms during a cost-of-living crisis: Evaluating the impact of alcohol duty reforms across Great Britain. (John Holmes)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Mary Madden, Matt Egan, Frank De Vocht, Emma Frew, Judi Kidger, Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely.
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156044 - Health Impacts of Tenancy Sustainment Activities in Social Housing (Steve Rolfe)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Abigail Stevely.
Decision: Decline
NIHR156025 - A study of individual and system level impacts of various implementation models of housing led type interventions for chronic homelessness in different contexts (Monique Lhussier)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Susanna Mills, Matt Egan, James Woodcock.
Decision: Decline
NIHR156812 - Violence prevention and survivor support for and by sex workers: evaluation of a community-based intervention (Lucy Platt)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR156535 - Evaluating the impact of the placement regulations on the CONvenience store sector and co-creating solutions for a healthier system: ECON study (Christina Vogel)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Susanna Mills, Janis Baird, James Morris.
Decision: Shortlist