The University of Sheffield
Health Economics and Decision Science

Tim Gomersall BSc (Lancaster), MSc (Leeds)

Research Associate in Systematic ReviewingTim

Address:
HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0888
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
E-mail: t.gomersall@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 1109

Biography

I graduated with a BSc in psychology from Lancaster University in 2005, later obtaining an MSc in Qualitative Psychology in Health from the University of Leeds. I am currently writing up my PhD thesis at the same institution. My postgraduate research centered on using qualitative methodologies to understand patient experiences of type 2 diabetes self-management. Between periods of study, I have worked as a behaviour support worker, and as a research assistant on a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of speech and language therapy for people with aphasia following stroke. I joined ScHARR as a systematic reviewer in December 2011.

Research Interests

My research interests are:
• Application of qualitative methods to understand patient experiences of chronic illness
• Mixing methods for the evaluation of complex interventions
• Developing metasynthesis methodology for the aggregation of multiple qualitative studies
• Philosophical and historical issues in psychology

I am also interested in exploring how meta-analytic and metasynthesis techniques for data aggregation might be used in conjunction for developing evidence-based practice for complex, psychosocial interventions.

Current projects

I am currently working on systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness of telemonitoring for chronic heart failure, and of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for vertebral fractures.

Publications

Gomersall, T., Madill, A., & Summers, L.K.M. (2011). A metasynthesis of the self-management of type-2 diabetes. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 853-871.

Gomersall, T., Madill, A., & Summers, L.K.M. (in press). ‘Getting one’s thoughts straight’: A dialogical analysis of women’s accounts of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Psychology & Health.