Sue Harnan
Research Fellow
Address:
HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0869
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
E-mail: s.harnan@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 2030
Biography
I graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1996 with a BSc in Physiology and went onto graduate with an MSc in Science, Culture and Communication at the University of Bath in 2002. I worked in the charitable sector as a project worker and co-ordinator for a number of years and finally returned to research in 2007 as a systematic reviewer of complementary therapies at the charity Penny Brohn Cancer Care.
Since joining ScHARR in April 2009, I have worked on systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies for the National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA). I am also currently working on a multiple technology appraisal for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). I maintain an interest in systematic review of complementary therapies and am developing new interests in how to value the health and wellbeing benefits of the natural environment alongside my HTA work.
Research interests
- Systematic review
- Health and wellbeing benefits of the natural environment
Teaching Interests
- Systematic review methods
Current Projects
- NICE Multiple Technology Appraisal of treatments for intermittent claudication in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
- KTP Rapid Response project with Sheffield City Council and a local PCT to conduct a mapping review of the health and wellbeing benefits of urban green space
- Systematic review comparing triage and direct transfer to specialist care centres with delivery to the nearest local hospital for the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme
Key Publications
- Diagnostic management strategies for adults and children with minor head injury: a systematic review and an economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, (submitted) (with A Pandor, A Pickering, M Holmes, P Fitzgerald and S Goodacre).
- Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of axillary lymph node metastases in early breast cancer: systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment(in press) (with K Cooper, Y Meng, S Ward, P Fitzgerald, L Wyld, C Ingram, ID Wilkinson, E Lorenz).