Meeting
Public Health Research Programme – Funding Committee
Date
Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 October 2023
Venue
Virtual via MS Teams
Present members
- Peymane Adab (Chair)
- Frank de Vocht
- Matt Egan
- Karen Exley (AM only on Day 2)
- Julia Fox-Rushby
- Suzanne Freeman (AM only on Day 2)
- Emma Frew
- Nadeem Gire
- Judith Green
- Susan Griffin
- Ruth Hunter
- Judi Kidger
- Chris Kypridemos
- Anthony Laverty
- James Lewsey
- Mary Madden
- Liz McDermott
- Tess McManus - Public committee member
- Petra Meier
- Graham Moore (Deputy-Chair)
- Madeleine Power
- Sarah Rodgers (arrived late AM on Day 1)
- Roy Shubhabrata (Day 2 only)
- Abigail Stevely
- Jack Welch - Public committee member
Co-opted
- Humera Sultan (Prioritisation Committee Member) attended ADA sub-committee on Day 2
Secretariat
- Claire Kidgell
- Helen Walters (Day 2 only)
- James Morris (Day 1 only)
- Gemma House
- Emily Allison (Day 1 only)
- Louise Higgs
- Bernie Newitt
- Caitlin Van Abeelen
Apologies
- Derrick Bennett
- Magdalena Opazo Breton
- Rachel Clark
- Brian Ferguson (Programme Director)
- Roy Shubhabrata (Day 1)
- James Woodcock
Observers
- Salma Ayis
- Dougal Hargreaves
- Benjamin Hawkins
- Ruth Kipping
- Jolene Skordis
- Louise Hayes
- Katie Stiles
- Lauren Wileman
Quoracy Information Day 1
Voting members: 32 (Emergency Quoracy = 16 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 24 (88 %)
Quoracy Information Day 2
Voting members: 32 (Emergency Quoracy = 16 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 2: 26 (74 %)
Funding Committee Comments – Day One
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: Karen Exley, Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier
Decision: FWC
Claire Kidgell explained to the committee that Heathrow Airport is funding this research call. The reason it is being presented to the committee is because Heathrow Airport have asked the NIHR to provide support in ensuring that the research is independent and of a high quality.
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: Christodoulos Kypridemos, Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Fund with Changes
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: Fund with Changes
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 , Matt Egan, Emma Frew, Nadeem Gire
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: Jim Lewsey, Matt Egan, Abigail Stevely, Anthony Laverty, Frank De Vocht, Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping
Decision: Fund with Changes
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 coastal deprivation -
22/551 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes
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 , Jolene Skordis
Decision: Invite re-submission to Stage 2
NIHR158551 - Claire Cameron
Healthier Wealthier Families in East London: evaluating and extending health, wellbeing and financial benefits of universal co-located money advice for parents of newborns (HWFinEL) -
22/555 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jolene Skordis, Madeleine Power, Christodoulos Kypridemos, Susan Griffin, Mary Madden
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR156218 - Joht Chandan, Katharine Bedford
Developing an Equitable Public Health Approach to Reducing Gambling Harms -
22/118 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Suzanne Freeman, Emma Frew, Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Fund with Changes
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: Abigail Stevely, Petra Meier
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR159763 - Ameeta Retzer
Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research -
22/136 Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Karen Exley, Elizabeth McDermott, Emma Frew, Peymane Adab
Decision: Decline
NIHR161689 - Donncha Hanna, Ciaran Shannon
Public Perceptions of the use of Administrative Datasets for Health and Mental Health Research -
22/136 Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160994 - Robert Shore
Exploring public acceptance of the use of administrative data and a co-produced local data system -
22/136 Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161002 - Nicola Byrom
Reducing Loneliness in Universities: Is Personal Tutoring, Wellbeing Advice and Peer Mentoring Effective? -
22/141 Interventions that impact loneliness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160551 - Robert Romanelli, Andrew King
Project FLAG+ (Fighting Loneliness Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Adults): A mixed-methods process, outcomes and economic evaluation of community-led housing in the UK -
22/141 Interventions that impact loneliness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott
Decision: Decline
NIHR160413 - Joshua Buckman
Reducing and Preventing Loneliness Among University Students -
22/141 Interventions that impact loneliness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott, Dougal Hargreaves (Observer)
Decision: Decline
NIHR160495 - Debra Gray, Mhairi Bowe
Volunteering on Prescription: Evaluating Pathways for Loneliness Reduction Through Community Volunteering -
22/141 Interventions that impact loneliness
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160450 - Joanne Morling
An implementation study for a single screening question in community settings for harmful gambling: validation, acceptance and implementation (GamScreen) -
23/21 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160308 - Jonathan Olsen
Using mobile phone data to evaluate the impact of new infrastructure on local and city-wide active travel -
23/21 Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR Programme
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier, Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Decline
Funding Committee Comments Day 2
NIHR159904 - John Richmond, Daniel Hind
Enhancing Health System Resilience for Extreme Heat Emergencies: Evaluating The Cost-Effectiveness and Impact of Heat-Health Alerts on Vulnerable Population Emergency and Acute Care Utilisation -
23/29 Compound pressures (PHR Programme)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Abigail Stevely
Decision: Decline
NIHR161064 - Alison Judd, Vahe Nafilyan
Risk factors for hospitalisation during times of extreme temperatures -
23/29 Compound pressures (PHR Programme)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline but welcome resubmission
NIHR161280 - Rosie Campbell, Rajeeb Kumar Sah
A multi-sited evaluation of third sector-led health interventions for street sex workers in the North of England: towards a contemporary public health approach -
23/27 Interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of sex workers
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Madeleine Power
Decision: Decline
NIHR160301 - Jonathan Stokes, Petra Meier
Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA): A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation -
23/23 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Abigail Stevely, Frank De Vocht, Jim Lewsey, Petra Meier, Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161306 - Charlotte Buckley, Robin Purshouse
Impact of food environment policies on less healthy food consumption, obesity and food insecurity – a model-based appraisal -
23/23 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Emma Frew, Petra Meier, Frank De Vocht, Abigail Stevely
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161100 - Priyamvada Paudyal, Michela Tinelli
Health and wellbeing impacts of no recourSe to pUblic fuNds reStriction in cHIldreN and familiEs (SUNSHINE Study) -
23/28 Health impacts of having ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab ,Ruth Kipping, Matt Egan, Emma Frew
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161183 - Richard Lowrie
Randomised controlled trial with parallel process and economic analyses of the health impacts of housing and intensive health and third sector intervention for people experiencing repeat or long term homelessness in the UK -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Petra Meier, Jim Lewsey, Peymane Adab
Decision: Decline
NIHR160372 - Jane Entwistle, Richard McNally
In2Air - The impact of ‘net-zero’ household energy interventions on indoor air quality, health and wellbeing -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Louise Hayes (Observer)
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161691 - Gareth Roderique-Davies
Feeding Recovery: A nutritional intervention to reduce harm for alcohol-dependent drinkers -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR159649 - Eduardo Bernabe
The distributional and financial impacts of the soft drinks industry levy on childhood dental caries in England -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR160569 - JackStone, Matthew Hickman
Evaluating the Impact of Interventions for the Prevention of Drug-related Deaths in the Population in Scotland [EPhesuS] -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht, Jim Lewsey, Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161198 - Nathan Critchlow, Niamh Fitzgerald
SEPARATE: Examining the implementation and impact of policies to separate alcohol from other products in retail settings in the UK and Ireland: a mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Petra Meier, Frank De Vocht, Mary Madden
Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely
Decision: Decline
NIHR160830 - Thomas Richardson, David Kessler
A multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial with nested process evaluation of a targeted online psychological intervention (Space for Money Worries), supported by money/debt advisors, to improve depression and anxiety in those receiving money or debt advice -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Ruth Kipping
Decision: Decline
NIHR160965 - Christopher Bonell
Optimisation and pilot RCT of the ‘Belonging’ brief interventions to build school belonging, promote mental health and prevent violence in secondary schools -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott, Matt Egan
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR160706 - Anne-Marie Burn, Jo Anderson
SuppOrtive Response To Self-harm (SORTS): A pilot evaluation of an online training programme and support tool for secondary schools to improve response to young people who self-harm-
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott, Graham Moore, Sarah Rodgers
Decision: Re-submission
NIHR160466 - Ruth Kipping
Air Filtration to Reduce Illness absence due to infections in early years childcare: the AFRI-e cluster randomised controlled trial with internal nested pilot, process and economic evaluations-
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Ruth Kipping, Jim Lewsey, Matt Egan, Abigail Stevely, Anthony Laverty, Judi Kidger, Frank De Vocht, Roy Shubhabrata
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR161470 - Helen Payne, Andy Jones
A feasibility study of The BodyMind Approach for groups of students experiencing stress or anxiety -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR159920 - Laura Goodwin
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Blue Light intervention approach delivered to the police and community organisations in Wirral -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott, Jim Lewsey, Matt Egan, Frank De Vocht, Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping
Decision: Decline
NIHR161443 - Caroline Free, Silvia Pastorino
Pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of the School Plates intervention to increase provision and consumption of sustainable and healthy foods in UK primary schools -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emma Frew, Elizabeth McDermott, Frank De Vocht, Matt Egan
Decision: Decline
NIHR160350 - Jennifer Gamble
The impacts and implications of de-sexing language in reproductive health communications in the UK -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160620 - Andrew Atkin, Karen Milton
Physical activity, sedentary time and all-cause mortality in disabled people -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR161046 - Krystallia Kamvasinou
Beyond Playgrounds: Urban Greenspace and the mental health of girls 11-18 years old -
23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
Subcommittee
- Peymane Adab
- Derrick Bennett (absent – written comments)
- Judith Green
- Mary Madden
- Graham Moore (Chair)
- Roy Shubhabrata
- Humera Sultan (absent – written comments)
NIHR159200 - Jan Soon-Sinclair
‘Going dark’ or under the radar? Challenges and opportunities for local authorities and dark kitchens in ensuring food safety for the public -
23/24 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of dark kitchens and rapid grocery delivery services
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab
Decision: Fund
NIHR160884 - Thomas Burgoine
Understanding population exposure to dark retail in the out-of-home and grocery markets in England: measuring socio-spatial distribution and exploring opportunities for policy intervention -
23/24 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of dark kitchens and rapid grocery delivery services
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR160555 - Maria Jesus Jerez Jerez
Assessing the Community's Views on Dark Kitchens in an Ethnically and Socio-economically Diverse (ESD) Population in Luton: Implications for their Environmental Health -
23/24 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of dark kitchens and rapid grocery delivery services
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160326 - Lucie Nield, Jordan Beaumont
Exploring the scale and scope of dark kitchens in the north of England: addressing food safety and public health priorities -
23/24 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of dark kitchens and rapid grocery delivery services
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with Changes
NIHR160406 - Helen Moore, Heather Brown
Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Dark Kitchens on the Food Environment: Understanding gaps in the data -
23/24 Application Development Award (ADA): The health impacts of dark kitchens and rapid grocery delivery services
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab
Decision: Fund