Meeting
Public Health Research Programme Funding Committee Meeting
Date
Tuesday 11 October and Wednesday 12 October 2022
Venue
Virtual via MS Teams
Present Members
- Professor Peymane Adab (Chair)
- Dr Lorna Aucott
- Professor Janis Baird
- Dr Rachel Clark
- Dr Charlotte Davies
- Professor Frank de Vocht (Day 2 only)
- Professor Matt Egan
- Dr Karen Exley
- Professor Julia Fox-Rushby
- Professor Emma Frew
- Professor Judith Green
- Professor Susan Griffin
- Ruth Hunter
- Professor Vittal Katikireddi (Day 1 only)
- Dr Judi Kidger
- Professor Jim Lewsey
- Ms Tess McManus
- Professor Petra Meier
- Professor Graham Moore (Deputy Chair)
- Madeleine Power
- Professor Sarah Rodgers (Day 1 only)
Co-opted
- Mr Richard Parnell (PPI)
Secretariat
- Mrs Louise Higgs
- Mrs Gemma House
- Ms Bernie Newitt
- Miss Caitlin van Abeelen
- Dr Helen Walters
Apologies
- Associate Professor Derrick Bennett
- Professor Frank De Vocht (Day 1)
- Professor Brian Ferguson
- Ms Emma Kinloch
- Mr Scott Lloyd (co-opted)
- Professor Paul Montgomery
- Dr James Morris
Observers
- Dr Hannah Rayment-Jones (Day 1)
- Ms Holly Schofield (Day 1)
- Dr Janine Bestall
- Dr Guy Peryer (Day 2)
- Professor James Woodcock
- Professor Elizabeth McDermott
- Dr Nadeem Gire
- Dr Abigail Stevely
DAY ONE
Discussion and scoring of 21/524 Health impacts of housing led interventions for homeless people - Stage 2 proposal x1
NIHR151610 Cornes
Housing Model Evaluation (HOME) - Improvements in health associated with housing-led systems for people experiencing homelessness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Vittal Katikireddi
Decision: Fund with changes
Discussion and scoring of 21/570 What are the health and health inequality impacts of being outdoors for children and young people? - Stage 2 proposals x2
NIHR152778 Bojke
Typology, cost-effectiveness and criteria for successful implementation of interventions to increase outdoor exposure among children and young people
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power, Susan Griffin, Brian Ferguson (absent)
Decision: Invite re-submission
NIHR152144 Armitt
Forest schools for children with universal and special educational needs (FOCUS): a cluster randomised controlled trial and economic model of effectiveness for improved mental health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power, Susan Griffin, Brian Ferguson (absent)
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 21/568 Suicide prevention in high risk groups - Stage 2 proposals x2
NIHR152438 Saini
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
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Susan Griffin, Brian Ferguson (absent)
Decision: Decline
NIHR151521 Mackenzie
Effectiveness of Surveillance Technologies to Prevent Suicides at High-Risk Locations
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Frank De Vocht (absent), Vittal Katikireddi, Jim Lewsey. Petra Meier
Decision: Fund with changes
Discussion and scoring of 21/597 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led Stage - 2 proposals x2
NIHR152858 Frew
Evaluation of the Binley cycleway: an economic analysis and model development to support investment in local government active travel policy
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Emma Frew, Peymane Adab
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR152114 de Vocht
Reducing population exposure to unhealthy commodity advertising: evaluation of the Bristol Advertising and Sponsorship Policy
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely, Matt Egan, Frank De Vocht (absent), Vittal Katikireddi, Judi Kidger, Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Fund with changes
Discussion and scoring of 22/38 Application Development Award (ADA): Universal Basic Income – Straight to Stage 2 proposals x3
NIHR154451 Johnson
Understanding the prospective public health impact and social feasibility of Universal Basic Income schemes in the UK: Developing microsimulation of impact on self-rated health and QALYs and public engagement with ‘left behind’ communities to understand ‘willingness to pay’
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power, Richard Parnell, Brian Ferguson (absent)
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR153096 McHugh
Public values, Universal Basic Income and health: developing a mixed-methods study to elicit and deliberate public values for Universal Basic Income and comparator policies in relation to their impact on population health and health inequalities
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Petra Meier, Vittal Katikireddi
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR154243 Katikireddi
Evaluating a ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht (absent), Vittal Katikireddi, Petra Meier,Paul Montgomery (absent), Abigail Stevely, Jim Lewsey, Janis Baird
Decision: Fund
DAY TWO
Discussion and scoring of 21/597 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led - Stage 1 proposals x1
NIHR154797 Egan
Health impact, process and economic evaluation of selective licensing schemes for private rented housing in England
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Vittal Katikireddi (absent), Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely, Matt Egan, Sarah Rodgers (absent), Judi Kidger
Decision: Shortlist
Discussion and scoring of 22/51 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led - Stage 1 proposals x5
NIHR154953 Campbell
Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of School Health Research Networks (SHRNs) in England: a feasibility study and evaluability assessment
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Matt Egan, Vittal Katikireddi, Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely, Judi Kidger
Decision: Decline (waive one year rule)
NIHR153788 Szilassy
A primary care system-level training and support programme for the secondary prevention of domestic violence and abuse: a two-site cluster randomised trial with economic and process evaluation
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Judi Kidger
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR154090 Daly-Smith
An evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of the national Creating Active Schools programme
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Emma Frew, Petra Meier, Peymane Adab, James Woodcock
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR153932 Bonell
Optimisation and pilot RCT of Learning Together Primary School, a whole-school intervention to reduce bullying and promote mental health
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Janis Baird, Frank De Vocht, Matt Egan
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR154251 Hajek
Randomised controlled trial of a flexible time-restricted eating intervention for weight loss
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/22 Interventions to prevent eviction and homelessness - Stage 1 Proposals x2
NIHR155067 Byrom
Evaluation of the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR155148 Mabhala
Qualitative analysis and co-production of interventions aimed at preventing eviction in the Cheshire West and Chester
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/52 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme Stage - 1 Proposal x1
NIHR153724 Lowrie
A mixed methods study of the health impacts of housing interventions for people experiencing repeat or long term homelessness in the UK
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Vittal Katikireddi (absent), Jim Lewsey, Peymane Adab
Decision: Decline (waive one year rule)
Discussion and scoring of 22/23 Interventions to prevent male violence against women and girls - Stage 1 proposals x2
NIHR154376 Mitchell
Whole-school approach to addressing Gender-Based violence in secondary school (Equally Safe at School): A pragmatic cluster-randomised trial and mixed-methods evaluation
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Janis Baird, Vittal Katikireddi (absent), Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR154546 Gilchrist
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)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Graham Moore, Madeleine Power, Brian Ferguson (absent)
Decision: Shortlist
Discussion and scoring of 22/21 Interventions to support the health of unpaid carers - Stage 1 Proposal x1
NIHR154957 Flynn
A randomised controlled trial of an online mindfulness intervention to reduce stress in family carers of disabled children
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Graham Moore
Decision: Decline
Discussion and scoring of 22/39 Methodological development in public health - Straight to Stage 2 proposals x5
NIHR154825 Boyd
The role of conceptual modelling as a means to improve the economic evaluation of public health interventions (Acronym: CMEEP)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Vittal Katikireddi (absent), Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier, Janis Baird
Decision: Decline
NIHR153474 Tweed
Developing Methods for Systems-Informed Health Impact Assessments (System-HIA )
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Abigail Stevely, Jim Lewsey, Vittal Katikireddi (absent)
Decision: Fund
NIHR153844 Morley
Researching and Evaluating Geographically-defined Interventions On a National Scale (REGIONS)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Charlotte Davies, Matt Egan, James Woodcock
Decision: Decline
NIHR154847 Ling
Strengthening theory based evaluation for evaluating complex public health interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Charlotte Davies
Decision: Decline
NIHR154776 Sheringham
Combining data to identify families at risk of the harmful health effects of overcrowded housing – a feasibility study
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Invite re-submission