Meeting
Public Health Research Programme – Funding Committee
Date
Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 June 2023
Venue
The Danubius Hotel, London
Present members
- Peymane Adab - Chair
- Lorna Aucott
- Janis Baird
- Matt Egan
- Karen Exley
- Julia Fox-Rushby
- Suzanne Freeman
- Nadeem Gire
- Judith Green
- Susan Griffin
- Judi Kidger
- Chris Kypridemos
- James Lewsey
- Mary Madden
- Liz McDermott
- Ms Tess McManus – Public Committee Member
- Graham Moore - Deputy-Chair
- Magdalena Opazo Breton
- Abigail Stevely
- Jack Welch – Public Committee Member
- Wendy Wills
Secretariat
- James Morris (Day 1)
- Helen Walters (Day 2)
- Gemma House
- Emily Allison (Day 1)
- Louise Higgs (Day 2)
- Bernie Newitt
Apologies
- Professor Derrick Bennett
- Rachel Clark
- Frank de Vocht
- Brian Ferguson - Programme Director (does not vote)
- Emma Frew
- Ruth Hunter
- Anthony Laverty
- Petra Meier
- Madeleine Power
- Sarah Rodgers
- James Woodcock
Observers
- Louise Hayes - PHRADA
- Joanne Hosking - RDS (Day 1)
- Roy Shubhabrata - Public Committee Member (Day 1)
- Gordon Taylor - RDS (Day 2)
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 29 (Emergency Quoracy = 15 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 21 (72 %)
Funding Committee comments – day one
NIHR153788 - Szilassy
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 –
22/51 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Derrick Bennett (absent), Frank De Vocht (absent), Suzanne Freeman, Judi Kidger
Decision: Fund
NIHR156812 - Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell
Violence prevention and survivor support for and by sex workers: evaluation of a community-based intervention –
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Matt Egan
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR156679 - John Holmes, Colin Angus
Reducing alcohol harms during a cost-of-living crisis: Evaluating the impact of alcohol duty reforms across Great Britain –
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht (absent), Matt Egan, Emma Frew (absent), Judi Kidger, Anthony Laverty (absent), Jim Lewsey, Mary Madden, Petra Meier, Graham Moore, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR154797 - Matt Egan, Jakob Petersen
Health impact, process and economic evaluation of selective licensing schemes for private rented housing in England –
22/51 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht (absent), Matt Egan, Judith Green, Judi Kidger, Christodoulos Kypridemos, Anthony Laverty (absent), Jim Lewsey, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Sarah Rodgers (absent), Abigail Stevely
Decision: Fund
NIHR156218 - Joht Chandan, Katharine Bedford
Developing an equitable approach to reducing gambling related harms –
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Matt Egan, Suzanne Freeman, Judith Green, Ruth Hunter (absent), Judi Kidger, Elizabeth McDermott, Petra Meier, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely
Decision: Invite for re-submission
NIHR156862 - Pooja Saini, Emma Ashworth
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 –
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Brian Ferguson (Absent), Nadeem Gire, Susan Griffin, Mary Madden, Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR156535 - Christina Vogel
Evaluating the impact of the placement regulations on the CONvenience store sector and co-creating solutions for a healthier system: ECON study –
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Christodoulos Kypridemos, Mary Madden, James Morris
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR156164 - Tom Thompson, Adrian Taylor
A ‘no strings attached’ vaping offer to promote smoking cessation among underserved groups: A cluster RCT with economic and process evaluations –
22/79 Stop-smoking interventions for under-served groups
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Green, Joanne Hosking (observer)
Decision: Decline
NIHR156425 - Daksha Trivedi
The Inspirited Minds Adapted Intervention: Feasibility study of a faith-based culturally adapted intervention to promote mental health and well-being in young Muslim women –
22/80 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Ruth Hunter (absent), Jim Lewsey, Wendy Wills
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR152778 - Laura Bojke, Susan Griffin
Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and criteria for successful implementation of interventions to increase outdoor exposure among children and young people –
21/570 What are the health and health inequality impacts of being outdoors for children and young people?
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Susan Griffin, Mary Madden, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Brian Ferguson (absent), Madeleine Power (absent)
Decision: Decline
NIHR156636 - Marco Bardus
Viral Respiratory Diseases Communication Effectiveness (VIRIDICE): A Pluralistic Evidence Synthesis –
22/56 PHR Health communication and public health messaging
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Matt Egan, Emma Frew (absent), Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Decline
NIHR156802 - Leanne Burton, Elizabeth Perkins
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 -
22/82 Improving mental health outcomes for women and partners who have experienced pregnancy not ending in live births
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Ruth Hunter (absent), Christodoulos Kypridemos
Decision: Invite for re-submission
NIHR155864 - Baowen Xue, Paola Zaninotto
Healthy Extended Working Lives: Research on Flexible Working Policy Evaluation and Simulation (ReFlex) –
22/81 Healthy extended working lives
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR154927 - Ruth Halkon, Michael Skidmore
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 -
22/84 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of scams and fraud
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR159622 - Miranda Armstrong
HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooTers (HELMET): Baseline data collection for the evaluation of e-bike and e-scooter hire schemes –
23/62 PHR Rapid Funding Scheme - May 2023
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Frank De Vocht (absent), Judi Kidger, Anthony Laverty (absent), Jim Lewsey, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely
Decision: Fund with changes
Funding Committee comments – day two
NIHR159093 - Carla Toro
Improving mental health research in workplaces: Co-development of core outcome sets with a focus on the construction industry as a case study with wider application to other industries
22/144 Workforce Health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158561 - Todd Smith, Ann John
Occupation and suicide: the evidence-base for preventative programmes and examining the risk of suicide by occupational group –
22/144 Workforce Health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Graham Moore, Karen Exley
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR159142 - Ruth Abrams, Lilith Whiley
Supporting the health of women at work: A realist review of pregnancy, postnatal, and menopause workplace interventions and their effectiveness –
22/144 Workforce Health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158751 - Paula Foscarini-Craggs, Monica Busse
A Feasibility Evaluation of an Adapted Peer Lead Movement Intervention for SanctuarySeekers in Wales -
22/139 Interventions to increase the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jim Lewsey, Graham Moore
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158502 - Alison Porter, Ashrafunnesa Khanom
HEAR3 Health experiences of asylum seekers and refugees - third sector organisations as providers of therapeutic interventions –
22/139 Interventions to increase the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158454 - Priyamvada Paudyal
PeeR suppOrt for mental health and wellbeinG of REfugeeS and asylum seekerS (PROGRESS); An evidence synthesis –
22/139 Interventions to increase the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Nadeem Gire
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157903 - Katie Newby, Katherine Brown
Reducing sexually transmitted infections amongst those at highest risk: The Wrapped randomised controlled trial –
22/140 Reducing inequalities in the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Wendy Wills
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157293 - Sara Paparini, Chloe Orkin
The Tower Hamlets Women's Health Hub: a mixed-methods evaluation of an integrated and equitable sexual and reproductive health intervention for women in East London –
22/140 Reducing inequalities in the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judith Green
Decision: Decline
NIHR159088 - Jeremy Horwood
Evaluating the implementation of Common Ambition Bristol to reduce HIV inequities in African and Caribbean heritage communities –
22/140 Reducing inequalities in the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Judi Kidger, Anthony Laverty, Jim Lewsey (absent), Magdalena Opazo Breton, Abigail Stevely, Gordon Taylor (observer)
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158476 - Clio Berry, Daniel Michelson
HOPEFUL: Enhancing hope with youth-initiated mentor support to prevent mental ill-health and improve social outcomes for young women who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) and living in deprived coastal areas –
22/551 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158909 - Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jessica Deighton
My Story and Me: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a personalised public mental health intervention for young women 14 to 18 years –
22/551 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR159040 - Liane Beretta de Azevedo
The impact of interactive electronic devices: understanding the mechanisms of benefits and harms on young children’s development, behaviour and health outcomes using a multimethod approach –
22/554 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Magdalena Opazo Breton, Elizabeth McDermott, Abigail Stevely, Wendy Wills
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157698 - Hannah Armitt, Peter Coventry
Forest school INterventions for Children’s Health (FINCH): a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial –
22/556 Children and young people's mental health (PHR Programme)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Brian Ferguson (absent), Susan Griffin, Mary Madden, Magdalena Opazo Breton
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158551 - Claire Cameron
Healthier Wealthier Families in East London: evaluating health, wellbeing and financial benefits of co-located money advice to parents of newborns (HWFinEL) –
22/555 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Brian Ferguson (absent), Susan Griffin, Christodoulos Kypridemos, Mary Madden, Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR158844 - Nicola Lindson
Brief opportunistic Smoking cessation Advice for financially Vulnerable Individuals accessiNG financial Support (SAVINGS): a randomised controlled trial –
22/555 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Suzanne Freeman, Brian Ferguson (absent), Anthony Laverty (absent), Magdalena Opazo Breton, Mary Madden
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR157546 - Lauren Struszczak
Systematic review of Nutritional interventions in older Adults in the Community at risK of malnutrition (SNACK): understanding characteristics, implementation, and effectiveness –
22/555 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Suzanne Freeman, Judith Green, Judi Kidger
Decision: Decline
NIHR159080 - Phil Grunewald, Laurence Roope
Benefits of Sustainable Warmth Initiatives in Transforming Community Health (B-SWITCH) -
22/138 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Christodoulos Kypridemos
Decision: Decline
NIHR159338 - Charlotte Clark
Evaluation of noise interventions on children’s learning and health in primary schools around London Heathrow Airport -
23/25 Interventions in schools to mitigate aviation noise effects
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: James Woodcock
Decision: Shortlist