Dr Lesley Uttley
BSc, PhD (Psychology)
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow
+44 114 222 0782
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
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- Profile
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I am a Senior Research Fellow and (2020-2024) and (2025-2026) holder for investigating human influences in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, funded by the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC). I obtained my BSc and PhD in Psychology at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ. I joined SMPH as a systematic reviewer in January 2011 for the evidence review group, SCHARR-TAG, leading technology assessments until 2019 for interventions across a range of specialities including mental health, oncology and diagnostics. I design, lead and conduct systematic reviews including a . I am interested in how the people, or the systematic review team, can potentially influence the output of apparently objective research projects.
As well as leading I am also working on the ESRC funded (2023-2027) and the (2024-2026).
I was invited to be an Editorial Board Member of the in October 2024 following my role as Guest Editor for the journal on the Special Issue "Methodological Aspects of Research Integrity and Research Culture."
- Research interests
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- Research integrity and research culture
- Positive and negative human influences in research
- Methodology of systematic reviews
- Publications
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- Teaching activities
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- Supervisor to PhD students on systematic review topics
- Supervisor to masters student dissertation involving systematic reviews
- Deliver lectures and workshops in systematic review and meta-analysis
- Professional activities and memberships
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Internal
- EDI Fellow for NIHR ºù«Ӱҵ BRC
- UoS Open Research Champion
- Co-chair for ScHARR Systematic Reviewers academic development group
External
- Invited Editorial Board Member for
- Invited Visiting Scientist to the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- Member of the ESRC funded