Dr Joanna Leaviss
BA (Liverpool), MPA (Liverpool), PhD (Nottingham)
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Research Fellow in Systematic Reviewing
+44 114 222 0895
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
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- Profile
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I conduct evidence synthesis research, in particular systematic reviews of intervention effectiveness, prognostic accuracy, and health care pathways modelling. This includes Health Technology Assessment reports for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre (NETSCC), and the Department of Health.
I also lead systematic reviews of newborn screening against programme appraisal criteria for the UK National Screening Committee.
I lead a module on systematic review methods at postgraduate level, and am co-chair of the Systematic Reviewers Academic Development Group within ScHARR. I am a longstanding member of ScHARR’s Research Ethics Committee.
- Research interests
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I am interested in the synthesis of evidence evaluating clinical and cost-effectiveness of health interventions.
Current recent projects:
PHE England. Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia - External review against programme appraisal criteria for the UK National Screening Committee.
CRUK. Minimising health inequalities in Colorectal Cancer Screening – a systematic review of the evidence using rapid review methods.
IMI. Psychometric characteristics of patient- reported outcome measures of the impact of hypoglycaemia on quality of life in people with diabetes: a systematic review using COSMIN.
Current/recent projects
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS): behaviour modification interventions in primary care settings
- Assessing the cost-effectiveness of screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in the newborn bloodspot screening programme
- Assessing the cost-effectiveness of including adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in the newborn bloodspot screening programme
- Supporting the routine collection of patient-reported outcome measures in the National Clinical Audits for assessing cost-effectiveness
- Diabetes and co-morbid depression: an economic evaluation
- Psychological interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Long Term Conditions: a scoping review
- Cytisine for smoking cessation: A systematic review and economic evaluation
- Group CBT for post-natal depression
- Psychotherapeutic effects of Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Workplace smoking cessation: a systematic review of qualitative evidence
- Clinical and cost-effectiveness of managing varicose veins
- Clinical and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
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- Grants
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- NIHR Health Technology Assessment 2015: Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS): primary care intervention, £200k, Chief Investigator.
- Department of Health (IAPT)2013: Psychological interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Long-Term Conditions. £10k, co-applicant.
- ScHARR strategic research fund 2012: Psychotherapeutic effects of Compassion-Focused Therapy. £5k, co-PI.
- Teaching interests
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My teaching interests lie in Systematic Reviews and Critical Appraisal, specifically data extraction, quality assessment and meta-analysis. I am currently involved in the following teaching activities:
- HAR6029: Sytematically Reviewing the Literature. Joint module co-ordinator.
- HAR6114: Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis: Principles. Facilitator.
- HAR6024V2/HAR679: Dissertation for Masters in Public Health. Dissertation supervisor.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Co-chair Systematic Reviewers Academic Development Group (SRADG)
- Member ScHARR Research Ethics Committee
Peer review
- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (JOCS)
- Trials
- NIHR HS&DR Programme
- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- BMC Psychiatry
- Psychology and Health
- Asthma UK