As a clinician scientist, I engage in both clinical and laboratory research, which is internationally recognised, with publications in Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Nature Clinical Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, Annals of Oncology Breast Cancer Research and Treatment and other journals. I lead the Clinical Bone Oncology and Biomarkers Group in University of Sheffield (LINK), which has a particular focus on the impact of cancer on the skeleton in patients with breast, prostate and renal cancer. Our recent research includes the use of biomarkers in established bone metastasis to aid patient management and studies of the negative impact of cancer treatments on bone health. One of the main objectives of our current clinical and laboratory work is to develop novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers for clinical use in patients with early cancer to help in prevention or delay of cancer metastasis to bone, after which disease is incurable.

I also run clinical studies to develop innovative therapeutic approaches in breast, renal and prostate cancer. As Chief Investigator, I currently lead a large UK-wide, 40 centre, clinical trial (STAR) funded by NIHR, to determine whether treatment breaks in patients with renal cancer receiving targeted therapies, can reduce toxicity and have health economic benefits, without loss in efficacy. I am also PI on a clinical study funded by Cancer Research UK aimed at evaluating a potentially exciting new form of virotherapy in patients with prostate cancer.

My major areas of interest are management of urological cancers, clinical trials, early drug development and translational medicine. I have set up a large number of clinical trials from early phase to late phase studies during my career. My work on organ preservation in bladder cancer moved all the way from an early phase I study (Hussain et al Annals of Oncology 2001), to phase II efficacy study (Hussain et al BJC 2004) that led to a Cancer Research UK funded study BC2001 trial that was reported in New England Journal of Medicine (James, Hussain, Hall et al April 2012). This study has now changed the standard of care for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer opting for organ preservation treatment.

Research interests

My primary interests lie in the following areas:
• Cognitive content and processes that underlie and maintain the eating disorders
• The treatment of the eating disorders, with a particular focus on cognitive-behavioural approaches
• The translation of evidence-based approaches into real-life clinical settings, and the clinician variables that enhance or impede that process

Research interests with bullet points:

• Biophotonics
• Medical Imaging
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Non-linear microscopy

Research Interests

• Clinical trials
• Clinical trial design
• Early phase trials
• Non-inferiority
• Asthma epidemiology

Research interests

My research focuses on different aspects of basal ganglia disorders such as Parkinson´s Disease, Huntington´s Disease, Wilson Disease or dystonia.

I’m particularly interested in precision medicine, drug development and early clinical trials.

My research interests are in functional gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome), gluten-related disorders, the gut microbiome, and endoscopy

Research interests

My earliest work was in the field of neuroscience, where I used the human tooth pulp as a model to gain greater understanding into mechanisms of inflammatory pain. However, I then moved from basic science research to more social science research. I have focussed on the patient experience with particular emphasis on the impact of dental conditions, such as
traumatic dental injuries or enamel defects on children's oral health-related quality of life. I am also very involved in research to reduce children's dental anxiety through a guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy approach. I work in a fantastic multi-disciplinary research team which aims to improve the oral health and treatment experiences of children and young people through a combination of clinical and social science research strategies. Our ethos is to engage children themselves in all our research and service development activities. To date, I have supervised 10 PhDs, 2 MPhils and 11 Masters to completion which have mostly had a child-centred theme.

My current research programme is driven by Health and Social policy which have highlighted the need to be more inclusive of children in decisions about their healthcare, as well as involving them more actively in health-related research and service development. In line with this, a key research objective is to develop robust patient-centred clinical outcome measures for use in dentistry. These will have important application within the NHS in determining the benefits of various treatment modalities in order to more effectively direct resource allocation.

I work within a unique multi-disciplinary research group at the University of Sheffield, the ‘Person Centered and Population Oral Health’ group, which includes researchers across several clinical specialities and social sciences. The group conducts and implements high quality research in oral health, utilising the theories and empirical traditions of dental public health, sociology and psychology and a range of methodologies.

Research Interests

My primary research interest focusses on nutrition and dietetics, in particular the prevention and treatment of undernutrition in vulnerable population groups.  I have experience of using quantitative approaches, including the development of health measurement scales, as well as qualitative research.

Research interests

My research interests are:

• Systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence for clinical effectiveness
• Application and development of methods for the systematic review and synthesis of diagnostic evaluations in the field of health services research
• Network meta-analysis (indirect and mixed treatment comparisons)

Specific area of research interests:

• Statistical methods
• Clinical trials methodology to improve trial efficiency across disease areas
• Adaptive designs
• Bayesian methods with application in clinical trials
• Early phase clinical trials
• Diagnostic accuracy studies
• Hierarchical or multilevel modelling
• Global health research
• Prediction modelling

Dr Maria-Cruz Villa-Uriol's main research interests are:

• the personalisation of models using computational imaging and modelling techniques, 
• the composition of scientific workflows, 
• and the use and development of data-driven decision-making strategies to support clinical decisions using heterogeneous data sources.

The data sources typically used in ther research are:

• personalised VPH (Virtual Physiological Human) models, 
• clinical databases, 
• mobile sensors capturing a wide variety of variables describing an individual and his/her environment and mobile healthcare. 

Her primary area of interest is in the cardiovascular domain with an emphasis in clinical translation.

She is member of the Organisations, Information and Knowledge Group (Oak), INSIGNEO institute for in silico Modelling and Center for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH).

Research Interests

Fiona’s research interests include: Traumatic Brain Injury, Major Trauma, Biomarkers in Emergency Care and Injury Epidemiology. Latterly she has been Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine Research Committee – successfully setting up PhD studentships for Trainee Emergency Physicians, and the NW EM Walport Programme lead with a competitive ACF programme.
Recent publications include those looking at trends in trauma outcome and clinical effectiveness in trauma care and venour thromboembolism with a particular focus on head injury.

Research interests

My major research interests are in the molecular genetics and cell biology of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common monogenic cause of kidney failure in man. In particular, we seek to understand how cysts form and grow in the ADPKD kidney, discover and test new treatments for ADPKD, and to improve clinical outcomes for ADPKD patients.

ADPKD affects around 1 in 500 people. It is caused primarily by mutations in two genes, PKD1 and PKD2, although up to 7 genes have been reported so far to lead to 'ADPKD-like' disease. ADPKD accounts for ~10% of patients with kidney failure in the developed world and affects 8-12 million people worldwide. It is also a major cause of sudden death and disability in some younger patients due to intracranial aneurysm rupture. Female patients can develop severe polycystic liver disease requring resection or liver transplantation.

Research interests

I have a major research interest in the mechanisms of altered neuronal excitability that occur under the pathological conditions of nerve injury and inflammation, and which contribute to the development of chronic pain, including that in the oro–facial region. Much of this research has been done at the academic–industrial interface. Collaborations with GSK, Pfizer and Eli Lilly have funded a wide range of pre-clinical translational studies, using pre-clinical models and human tissues to identify and validate a range of regulators of neuronal excitability as potential targets for the development of novel analgesics and anti-inflammatory mediators.

Other research projects are directed towards improvement of nerve regeneration. This work investigates methods of improving nerve repair through the use of a range of anti-inflammatory and anti-scarring agents, and includes collaboration with the Department of Engineering Materials at the University of Sheffield to develop bioengineered conduits to enhance nerve regeneration. In other projects I collaborate with the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) investigating the role of chemokines in CNS disease.
I also have a significant research interest in neural–immune interactions and their role in the development of disease. I have a number of pilot projects underway in this field investigating neural interactions in the generation of cancer pain and tumour progression.

Calum Webb joined the Sheffield Methods Institute as a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in September 2021, having previously worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Sociological Studies. His research explores socioeconomic inequalities in the child welfare system and their relationship to fiscal and social policy using quantitative research methods. He completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Sheffield in 2019 as an ESRC-funded White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership student.

His research on child welfare inequalities and the funding of local services for children and young people has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Children and Youth Services Review, the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Child & Family Social Work, and elsewhere. Outside of academic circles, his work has been cited by the National Children’s Bureau, Ofsted, Children England, the British Association of Social Workers, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, the Department for Education, and other organisations.

From 2021-2024 Calum will be leading an innovative new research project as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the British Academy titled “Investment in Prevention and its Systemic Effects (IPSE): Modelling the causal effects of spending in children's services with a whole systems approach.” 

Research interests

My research interests focus on economic evaluation methodology, with a particular emphasis on the incorporation of survival analysis within economic models. My doctoral and post-doctoral research has focused primarily on methods for adjusting survival estimates in the presence of treatment switching - that is, when patients in the control group of a clinical trial switch onto the experimental treatment, thus confounding estimates of the treatment effect (where the relevant question for an economic analysis is what would have happened if control group patients did not receive this experimental treatment). Adjustment methods are primarily from the causal inference literature, and I have a related interest in the use of causal inference methods to estimate comparative effectiveness from registry datasets, particularly in the area of cancer.

My work lies at the intersection of architecture and urbanism, driven by a commitment to contribute to the creation of more just and sustainable urban futures. I explore themes of urban governance, democracy, and participation, with a particular focus on co-production in architecture and urban design.

My main interest is in community-led design and planning processes, especially in contested and vulnerable urban areas. This research is shaped by a longstanding interest in how knowledge systems can promote fairer ways to represent, envision, and transform cities, paying close attention to issues of power, agency, and voice in the generation of urban knowledge.

My research is collaborative and practice-led, conducted in partnership with stakeholders, with reflective practice being a vital component of my approach.

Lecturer in Resource Efficiency

Research

My research is focused in the areas of Problem Structuring Methodologies and Behavioural Operations Management. I am interested in exploring methodological developments which allow us to understand what we don't know about a problematic situation so that we can facilitate inquiry to bring about appropriate and relevant real world changes that work. I have a particular interest in participatory methodologies for engaging stakeholders in a problematic system, to ensure a human-centred, holistic analysis and understanding can be achieved

My current research is focused around the Social Accountability of Medical Schools, the impact on medical students and community organisations working in partnership with the university. This involves supporting students to become more aware of health inequity and social determinants of health and the broader implications for society.

My background is in academic psychology and counselling and I have a longstanding interest in the psychosocial impact of illness, in particular in relation to cancer survivorship and the management of children with long term conditions

• Childhood sexual abuse - both current and historical
• Research ethics
• Qualitative methods including insider research
• Trauma informed research and practice
• Children’s social work
• Impact

Claire’s research has mainly focussed on interpersonal violence towards adults and children as well as the social work response. Claire is particularly interested in the lived experience of CSA recovery and the professionals supporting that recovery. Her work looks at how recovering can be conceptualised and facilitated. 
She is also fascinated by participatory research methods, co-production and trauma aware research. Recently she worked with NHS stakeholders and people with lived experience to produce a film (Flow) about disclosing abuse to NHS staff.

Warren’s research lies at the intersection of science, policy and publics, with three main areas of research interest:

• Climate change communication and policy
• Public inclusion in research governance
• The rise of randomised trials within UK public policy

Warren holds a three-year ESRC Future Research Leaders fellowship (2016-19) to investigate the implications of the social media revolution for the science and politics of climate change. He has published in a wide range of high-impact academic journals across the natural, social and health sciences such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, PLOS-ONE, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, Policy Sciences, BMC Trials.

He is committed to discussing and debating his research across a range of locations. He was an invited participant in the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K.’s “Digital Dialogue on Climate Change” held at Winfield House in 2015, and an invited speaker at a Royal Society event on science and society in 2015. He has been an invited speaker on climate change and social media at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Open University, University of Exeter, University of Leeds, Tyndall Centre and University of Bristol. Warren’s research regularly appears in the international media, including The Guardian, The Independent, de Volkstrant, Der Spiegel, Scientific American, Research Fortnight and Huffington Post.

Jessica is an interdisciplinary linguist and ethnographer, with particular research interests in creative practice and the arts (see her personal website https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/dr-jessica-bradley/home). Her research expertise is in creative and artistic methods, ethnographic approaches, and multilingualism, in particular lived experiences of multilingualism. She has led a series of funded research projects in creative approaches to linguistic landscapes, including developing cutting edge participatory and arts based research approaches to language in public space. Recent esearch explores how the arts can support new mothers, parents of young children and communities who experienced isolation during the COVID19 pandemic. Her professional background is in educational engagement in the arts and social sciences and in particular widening participation. She welcomes applications from potential doctoral researchers which engage with lived experiences of multilingualism and difference, motherhood and autoethnography, and is particularly keen on arts based research, ethnographic approaches, and co-production with creative practitioners, children and young people, all areas in which she has published widely.

Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Managment

Focusing on sustainable/circular supply chain management applied with carbon neutrality and blockchain, Jason’s work has been published in leading international journals, including the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, and International Journal of Production Economics.

He is Editorial Review Board member of Journal of Supply Chain Management, Guest Editor of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, and Senior Editor (Operations Research, Information & Technology) in Cogent Business & Management.

Jason’s core research focuses on two broad themes:

Sustainable/circular supply chain management, with a particular focus on customer-driven supply chain sustainability practices and their impacts on supplying firms. This includes using carbon neutrality practices, circular product design, business model innovation, and supply chain redesign to improve economic and environmental benefits in sustainable development.

The application of blockchain technology in supply chain management, exploring its contributions to supply chain transparency, visibility, and traceability, and thus the development of supply chain resilience and robustness.

Jason also works on manufacturing and sustainability innovation in the construction sector, such as prefabricated construction, to develop sector-specific sustainability strategies.

Jason welcomes PhD applications with a particular interest in using quantitative methods to study the following research areas:

#1 -The applications of blockchain technology in sustainable/circular supply chain management

#2- Innovative use of blockchain technology in supply chain finance

My research investigates drivers of behaviour, and ways to increase engagement in healthy and sustainable behaviours. My main research areas are in the psychology of eating behaviour and weight management, including dietary and psychological strategies for appetite control, weight management and weight stigma. I am also interested in and have led research projects investigating ways to encourage environmentally sustainable behaviours, such as reducing dietary meat intake and encouraging sustainable waste behaviours. I am currently leading the behavioural workstream of an industry-academic consortium on compostable packaging (funded by UKRI Innovate UK). Furthermore, a main theme of my research is investigating individual variability – understanding the psychological characteristics which contribute to why some individuals are more or less likely to engage in health or pro-environmental behaviours, and the implications of this for individually-tailored interventions.

My research career began with a BSc in Psychology from the University of Sussex. During this time, I undertook research positions at Arizona State University’s Health and Ageing Laboratory and Conditioned Feeding Laboratory which inspired my interest in human appetite research. I subsequently obtained my PhD from the University of Leeds in 2013 which examined the impact of environmental prompts on snack and meal intake. I then spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher in the Human Appetite and Research Unit at the University of Leeds conducting a clinical trial which investigated the effects of energy density on appetite control and weight loss. Following my post-doctoral positions, in 2017 I joined the University of Sheffield as a lecturer in Psychology.

Research Interests

My research interests are in Health Services and Public Health research.  My main field of research is the evaluation of emergency and urgent first contact care and services, particularly A and E services, including trauma services and chest pain care; ambulance services including helicopter ambulances; and urgent first contact care services including telephone and out-of-hours services.  I also carry out methodological research related to the design of health service evaluations, and I have a particular interest in the use of routine (e-health) data for HSR.

Research Interests:

Robin's research aims to help improve how we identify and choose between possible solutions to a problem, with a particular focus on the process of policy appraisal. There are a number of factors that make policy appraisal a challenging research area:

• Multiple trade-offs
• Multiple stakeholders
• Deep uncertainty
• Cognitive challenge

Lecturer in Marketing

Research interests

Following the achievement of an MBA degree (with Distinction) from the University of Leeds, Lien carried out her PhD research in consumer behaviour of East Asian luxury goods market. She has conducted peer review for a few marketing journals and conferences (for e.g. Journal of International Marketing, International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Research, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, AIB South East Asia conference, Academy of Marketing conference). Lien has a few papers in 3* journals and has presented at different international conferences in her research area.

Lien has supervised a number of PhDs to completion at the Management school. When she has capacity to take on more students, she welcomes those applicants who would like to research especially in the following areas: quantitative methods, East Asian culture, acculturation, sustainable consumption, luxury goods buyer behaviour, and consumer research in general.

Research Interests

My research interests are:-

• public health and health services research, particularly relating to black, minority ethnic and other marginalised groups
• migrant health;
• leisure and everyday, relational life;
• physical activity and health, particularly in relation to children, young people and families
• policy making and outcomes in the fields of employment, health and sport;
• sedentary lifestyles and 'sit less' interventions.

Lecturer in Employment Relations

Edward Yates is a Lecturer in Employment Relations in the School of Management at the University of Sheffield.

Edward is a member of the Centre for Decent Work (CDW) located within the Management School.

Edward’s research explores the relationship between processes of political economy, state regulation, employment relations and labour market outcomes. He is particularly interested in the behaviour of local labour markets, in particular for young workers. Edward’s current research is organised into four main areas:

1. Local labour markets. Specifically how processes of capitalist accumulation manifest in and through local labour markets and how this is expressed in the behaviour of local state actors, local employers, and workers.
2. State regulation of work, employment, and labour markets. In particular how shifts in the global economy in the last 50 years have impacted upon state policy for labour market regulation and what this means for workers.
3. Young workers. Edward’s research examines central and local government policy regarding young workers, wage-rates for young workers, conditions of work and employment, skills and training provision, and the theoretical development of a ‘political economy of youth’.
4. Work, employment and labour markets in the NHS. This strand of research explores contemporary conditions of work and employment in the NHS for different staff groups and occupations.
   • The research examines: the intensification of working conditions in the NHS, processes of churn and attrition, pension changes, the role of trade unions and professional organisations in the NHS, and NHS financing.

In addition to these four research areas Edward is interested in the theoretical development of critical, global political economy, and in research methodologies.

Abigail joined the Sheffield Methods Institute as a Lecturer in Qualitative Methods in 2020. Previously she had worked at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Abigail completed a PhD at the University of York in 2015. Her thesis investigated female cultures of body modification across the life course, focusing on how women learn practices and the social norms which surround them. Abigails research has focued on organisational change (particularly within health and social care) and the impliations for workforce and inequalities as well as policy implementation. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, her research interests focus on organisation studies, inequalities and medical sociology/health services research and their intersection.

Abigail would welcome students with an interest in medical sociology, workforce and organisations adbn gender studies .

Scott Weich is Professor of Mental Health in ScHARR.  He is also a practicing NHS Consultant Psychiatrist.

His research interests include public mental health and the study of the distribution, causes and consequences of common mental disorders, as well as mental wellbeing.  He has experience of large-scale observational and secondary research looking at socio-economic, ethnic, gender and spatial variation in mental disorders and their outcomes.

Recent research includes the study of compulsion in mental health services, inclding compulsory admission and the use of Community Treatment Orders.  He is also undertaking research into the way in which patient experience data are collected and used to influence service improvement in NHS mental health services.

Prof Weich has an interest in the evaluation of service change in real-world settings.  He is also interested in the evaluating improvements in the efficiency with which existing services are delivered, and in evaluating the use of technology in mental health care, and in the application of experience-based co-design in mental health settings.

Research Interests

* Modelling in public health

* Modelling in cancer and cancer screening

* Methodological modelling interests including:

• the modelling process and errors in HTA models
• cognitive mapping for systematic reviews in complex settings
• structural uncertainty in models
• Bayesian analysis of joint disease natural history and test characteristics in screening
• value of information methods
• probabilistic sensitivity analysis methods
• meta modelling
• information gathering processes for models

Research Interests

• Statistical methods for clinical trials and observational studies
• Statistical methods for healthcare performance monitoring
• Development and validation of clinical prediction models
• Analysis of routinely collected data
• Diagnostic accuracy studies

My research interests include the clinical application of novel imaging techniques in patients with pulmonary vascular disease.

Methods and Instruments

• Within and beyond trial health-economic modelling
• Patient reported outcome and experience measures - Symptom burden, quality of life (utilities), mapping to the EQ5D
• Observational data, secondary use of data and data linkage for epidemiology and comparative effectiveness
• Statistical methods to reduced confounding - Instrumental variables, marginal structural models, G-methods and treatment switching
• Discrete choice experiments
• Systematic review and meta-analysis

Topics

• Health Technology Assessment
• The two-day break in three times as week haemodialysis
• The health economics surrounding renal replacement therapy - In centre haemodialysis (range of formats and settings including intensive frequency/duration and minimal care), peritoneal dialysis, home haemodialysis and transplantation
• Patient centred care, decision making and research prioritisation

Senior Research Fellow

PhD Supervision

I am currently supervising PhD students in the following areas:

• destructive leadership
• emotions, moods and innovative work behaviour
• knowledge sharing
• organisational interventions to enhance employee engagement
• start-up journeys of entrepreneurs
• participative action research interventions to improve quality of patient care

I would welcome applications and inquiries in these areas and related areas corresponding to my areas of expertise listed above.

Publications

Knight, C;, Patterson, M.G, Dawson, J and Brown, J (2017). Building and sustaining work engagements- a participatory action intervention to increase work engagement in nursing staff. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26(5) 634-649.

Knight, C;, Patterson, M. and Dawson, J. (2017). Building work engagement: A systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of work engagement interventions. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education, 38(6) 792-812.

Madrid, H.P. and Patterson, M.. Creativity at work as a joint function between openness to experience, need for cognition and organisational fairness. Learning and Individual Differences, forthcoming 2016.

Stephan, U., Patterson, M., Kelly, C. and Mair, J. (2016). Organizations driving positive social change: A reveiw and an intergrative framework of change processes. Journal of Management, 42(5) 2016.

Madrid, H., Patterson, M. and Leiva, P. (2015). Negative core affect and employee silence: How differences in activation, cognitive rumination and problem-solving demands matter. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(6) 1887-1989.

Madrid, H.P., Patterson, M.G., Birdi, K.S. and Leiva, P.I. (2014). The role of weekly high-activated positive mood, context, and personality in innovative work behavior: A multilevel and interactional model. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(2) 234-256.

Full list of publications

Research Interests

Research Interests

• General and clinical phonetics.
• Dysarthria and the motor speech disorders.
• Issues surrounding the measurement and treatment of reduced intelligibility.
• The role of topic knowledge in the understanding of speech.

Research Interests

• Economic evaluation including alongside clinical trials and decision modelling
• Analysis of patient level data, particularly around health utilities
• Social values and decision making, including equity and procedural preferences

My research interests are in vaccinology and malaria infection. I am particularly interested in looking at the innate responses to vaccination and how these are affected by changes in vaccine regimen or vaccine formulation. I run clinical vaccine trials through the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NIHR Clinical Research Facility, from Phase I to Phase III. 

I have aslo been working with HEE for the past few years to develop support for academic trainees who have taken time out of training to try to inprove transitions beween academia and clinical training through the SuppoRTT program.

I am a researcher and lecturer in orthoptics with a strong focus on paediatric visual disorders, particularly amblyopia, ocular genetics, and nystagmus. My work combines clinical practice with molecular research to enhance diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for children with visual impairments. I have led large-scale multicentre clinical trials investigating how consistent use of glasses and patching improves visual outcomes in amblyopia. In parallel, I have contributed to multiple studies exploring genotype–phenotype correlations in conditions such as nystagmus and foveal hypoplasia. My PhD research centred on the development of strabismus and amblyopia, using a range of advanced clinical techniques. I welcome inquiries from prospective candidates interested in the following areas:

• Amblyopia treatment and clinical trials
• Educational interventions to improve outcomes in paediatric eye care
• Ocular genetics, particularly in relation to nystagmus and strabismus
• The development and mechanisms of strabismus

Research Interests

My research interests focus on all methods of systematic review,  evidence synthesis, evidence based practice, and knowledge translation. I am particularly interested in systematic review topics from developing countries, particularly from Sub-Saharan Africa, and in public health topics such as alcohol and HIV/AIDS.

I have published with students in topics such as medication adherence, social marketing,  disaster management and evidence based management. My current research students are working in knowledge management in acute hospitals and use of NICE guidance in Social care.  I have been involved in development of a wide range of tools for dissemination, both web based and as online briefings. In 2013 I was one of the first to achieve the University of Sheffield's PhD by Publications with my thesis entitled Acknowledging a Dual Heritage for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Harnessing the Qualitative Research and Systematic Review Research Traditions. My most recent interests centre on multiple types of review, including rapid reviews, mapping reviews and scoping reviews.

Research interests

My principal research area is platelet biology and pharmacology. My particular interests are:

1. platelet P2Y₁₂ receptor and P2Y₁₂ receptor antagonists.
2. relationships between inflammation and thrombosis.
3. clinical monitoring of antiplatelet agents.
4. clinical trials of antithrombotic agents.
5. genetic influences on platelet function and response to antiplatelet agents.

Research interests

I am a Professor and Honorary Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Prior to that, I worked as a Senior Clinical Lecturer (2016-2022) and as a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer/ Honorary Specialist Registrar (2011-2016) at the University of Sheffield.

I have a strong interest and am actively involved in research and teaching (undergraduate, postgraduate, clinical) as well as diagnostic oral, maxillofacial and head and neck pathology. I am the founder and Lead of the NEOPATH Research Group working with a team of researchers and clinicians on various aspects of head and neck cancer diagnosis and prognosis prediction. In addition to local research projects, my group is working with a wide range of collaborators and funders across the world.

I am passionate about raising the profile of Pathology as a specialty and raising awareness of head and neck cancers. I work closely with a number of patient groups and charities and am a Trustee and Patron for The Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Charity.

Does not supervise PhD students

Research interests

Neurodegenerative disorders: Understanding the mechanisms of cell death following ischaemic stroke; Identifying novel targets for pharmacological treatment; Improving outcome for patients through rehabilitation therapy; Bridging the gap between the laboratory to the clinical situation

Research Interests

As well as having an interest and clinical background in substance misuse and mental health (which was the area or work for my PhD), I have experience in designing and delivering complex interventions, as well as the feasibility, design and recruitment to studies within primary care and pharmacy settings. 

My research interest focuses on the genetic cause of neurological disorders, in children and adults. I am identifying new ways of phenotyping patients in order to improve diagnosis and disease monitoring. For example, using patient wearable movement sensors (collaboration with INSIGNEO) in adults with neurological disorders and 3-dimensional facial image analysis (collaboration with Prof Peter Hammond, Oxford) in children with chromosome microdeletions. I am also interested in studying variants of uncertain significance identified in clinical genetics testing, and resolving their pathogenicity through clinical phenotyping and in vitro studies

Research interests

Professor Majid's focus is translational cerebrovascular disease research.  The models that are used in his research include both in vitro models (cell culture) and in vivo models (focal ischaemia and global ischaemia).  He is interested in understanding the pathogenesis of cerebrovascular diseases with the intention of developing new treatment and brain repair strategies.  To this end, his lab has been successful in developing two novel treatments which are undergoing further preclinical testing before they are taken to the clinic.  He has a particular interest in ischaemic preconditioning, a fascinating phenomenon whereby animals exposed to sub-lethal or mild insults develop protection against subsequent severe insults.  His lab has developed a mouse model of ischaemic preconditioning which is used extensively in their research efforts.

Other research interests and areas of collaboration include: large animal (ovine) models of stroke, clinical outcomes research, clinical trials, stroke epidemiology and translational bioengineering.

I would welcome enquiries from students interested in pursuing a doctorate in translational and clinical research.

Research Interests

My research interests are in child and adolescent mental health and interventions that focus on the relationship between child and caregiver. In 2009 I was awarded an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship. I used a mixed methods design to create an online manual of dyadic art therapy.

Research Methods I can Supervise

• Mixed Methods
• Manual Development

Specific Areas of Interest

• Child and adolescent mental health
• Parent-child interventions
• Parenting interventions
• Early years 
• Art therapy

Research Interests

My research interest is in evaluation of healthcare interventions through modelling the long-term clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

Specific areas of interest:

• Evaluations of public health programmes
• Screening and early detection
• Natural history disease modelling
• Cancer modelling
• Calibration of the models
• Transferability of models and cost-effectiveness studies
• Global research

My research interest focuses on understanding spatial intratumoural heterogeneity in high-grade brain tumours with a particular focus on responses to DNA damage and leveraging this knowledge to deliver new ways to monitor and treat disease in patients. I aim to combine a long-term ethos of excellence in clinical and surgical practice with internationally excellent academic research to ensure the best possible care and outcomes are extended to patients both now and in the future. I would be pleased to discuss PhD opportunities in areas including: DNA repair inhibitors and combinations; tumour treating fields; development of clinically- and surgically-relevant patient-derived 2D and 3D models; surgically-delivered therapies; early detection of tumour recurrence; surgical device development, and; early phase (including phase 0 / window-of-opportunity) clinical trials.

Research interests

Professor Hatton has interests in biomaterials, medical devices and tissue engineering for clinical applications in human skeletal tissues. The five major themes for his research are (1) the development of bioactive glasses and ceramics for mineralised tissue repair, (2) glass-ionomer bone cements, (3) In vitro evaluation of biocompatibility, and (4) Cartilage and bone tissue engineering on biomaterial scaffolds. He is also active more broadly in the promotion of academic-industrial collaboration and technology transfer in the orthopaedic, craniofacial and dental material sectors. 

Research interests

Dr Hepple has wide-ranging interests across Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, and has published on many topics, including formal grammar and parsing, information extraction, clinical text mining, temporal information processing, robust dialogue processing, and efficient storage of large-scale linguistic data.

Research interests

Synthesis and application of nano-particulate materials for dental applications.

The application of nucleating agents for the remineralisation of dentine

Integrity of structurally compromised restored teeth as compound systems

Optimisation of ceramic crown-tooth compound systems

Development and characterisation of novel restorative systems.

Remote digital communication for the provision of health care in dentistry

Development of L&T in restorative dentistry

Clinical evaluation of restorative systems

Research interests

My research interests centre on the application of psychological theories, methods and techniques to address key questions in oral health and the field of dentistry. This includes research in a range of areas including: clinical, psychological and social determinants and impacts of oral health; development and evaluation of person-centred outcome measures for oral health including, dentine hypersensitivity, dry mouth, dentures, and gum health; oral health inequalities and barriers to dental care; life-course approaches to oral health; barriers and facilitators to implementing research findings in dental practice; systems science approaches to Wicked Problems in oral health; critical dental public health and social oral epidemiology.

My research interests include prognostication and clinical decision-making, particularly with respect to end of life care.  In addition to developing my own ambitions, I have worked with St Luke’s on their existing research portfolio, including EnComPaSS and project ECHO. 

I have collaborated with researchers nationally to support St Luke’s involvement with the £1.3m Yorkshire Cancer Research funded RESOLVE study, and the NIHR portfolio StOIC study, exploring management of opioid-induced constipation in cancer patients.

In collaboration with colleagues at ScHARR, I am undertaking research into Avoiding Emergency Admissions in Palliative Patients, funded by the Sheffield Health Care Challenges Collaboration.

My research interests are in small bowel disease and clinical nutrition, with outputs predominantly in coeliac disease and gastrostomy feeding. Other research interests include gastrointestinal bleeding, bile acid diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome.

In coeliac disease my work has focused on detection, using differing endoscopic techniques and point of care tests. I am now examining the autoimmune association between Coeliac disease and Type 1 Diabetes, and also investigating the overlap with non-coeliac gluten sensitivity. In gastrostomy feeding, my research has aimed at improving patient selection for this intervention. In 2016, I was awarded the Julie Wallace Award by the Nutrition Society for my contributions to this field.

Research interests

The Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience, established as part of a major strategic initiative within the University of Sheffield is well-placed to harness the revolutionary developments in biomedical science for the benefit of patients with neurodegenerative disease. The major goal of my group is to elucidate the functioning of motor neurones in health and disease and to translate these basic science findings into health benefits for patients afflicted with degenerative motor system disorders.

My research group consists of a multidisciplinary team of basic and clinical scientists investigating molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in disorders of the human motor system, particularly motor neurone disease (MND), spinal muscular atrophy and hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP). The Neurology group is closely linked with Neuropathology, headed by Professor Paul Ince. The research resources underpinning this programme include clinical material (Biobanks of DNA, blood RNA, CSF, fibroblasts and CNS tissue donated by patients for research); and in vitro and in vivo experimental models employed to investigate molecular mechanisms of motor neurone injury including genetic perturbations, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and disorders of RNA processing.

I have been teaching and researching issues relating to health law and ethics, and family law (particularly relating to children) for over 20 years and I am passionate about these subjects. I have also taught Criminal Law, English Legal Systems/Legal Methods, and Gender and the Law.

Research interests

Health care law and ethics generally - specifically:

• Consent and Capacity
• Decision Making for the 'Vulnerable'
• Risk and Regulation
• Clinical Research Involving Human and Non-human Animals
• Developing and Emerging Biotechnologies (such as xenotransplantation)
• Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies
• Organ Donation and Transplantation
• Conscientious Objection

Family law:

• Parents, Parenthood and Reproductive Technologies
• Children and Health
• Children and Childhood

Research interests

John Newell-Price Is Professor of Endocrinology. He trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and then the Royal London Hospital. He did his specialist training in endocrinology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, where he was an MRC Training Fellow from 1995-1998, and ahs been at the University of Sheffield since 2000.  At Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust he leads the busy Specialist Endocrine Services. 

The focus of both his clinical and basic research is glucocorticoids (steroids). His group has identified important aspects of epigenetic regulation of proopiomelanocortin, the key regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and now is using this information to design strategies to modify over-expression in conditions of excess hormone secretion, such as Cushing's disease.

The clinical research programme has been investigating means of inhibiting excess ACTH and cortisol in man and improving cortisol replacement in adrenally insufficient patients, in first in man studies to Phase 3 registration studies. 

Other work focuses on the diagnostic and management strategies for patients with Cushing's syndrome, and those also for patients with neuroendocrine tumours.

Research Interests

My main research interest is understanding how cancer spreads to the skeleton, in order to identify new therapeutic approaches that will prevent this from happening. Around 80% of patients with advanced breast and prostate cancer will experience that their cancer spreads to the skeleton, resulting in pain, weakening of the bone and sometimes fractures. At this stage the cancer is incurable, with patients living an average of 2 years. In order to improve patient outcome we need to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underpin cancer progression in bone, which is the focus of my research.

The research in my team is focussed on tumour cell dissemination in bone, and how this is influenced by the microenvironment in breast and prostate cancer. We use cutting edge technology to study the early stages of bone metastasis and how single cancer cells may remain dormant or start to proliferate when encountering different environments. We work to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in tumour cell-bone cell interactions, and how these can be targeted by anti-cancer therapies, including CDK4/6 inhibitors. We also investigate the role of the microenvironment in driving progression of bone metastases, the effects of female hormones, and how therapeutic agents affect the bone and tumour vasculature.

I have several collaborative projects both with other researchers in the medical school, nationally and internationally. I work closely with my clinical colleagues on translational research projects, transferring the results from our laboratory projects into clinical feasibility studies.

Students will be part of a enthusiastic team of post docs, technicians and clinical fellows that all work on related projects, have the opportunity to use a range of techniques and to present their work at workshops and conferences.

Research interests

My current research is focused on the regulation of follicle development in the mammalian ovary. In particular, I am interested in the early, gonadotrophin-independent stages and how various signalling pathways are used to establish gradients and communication networks in a three-dimensional context. 

The aim of these projects is to understand how the ovary, with its limited supply of oocytes, is able to selectively encourage some follicles to develop in a timely manner, while others remain in a relatively quiescent state. We use molecular tools and 3D imaging to investigate these processes in ex vivo cultures and draw novel insight from mathematical models. Part of this research is being investigated within the clinical context of disorders of follicle development such as Premature Ovarian Failure and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Research interests

Prof. Moore has over forty years experience in speech technology R&D, and much of his research has been based on insights derived from human speech perception and production.  In recent years, he has been working on a unified theory of spoken language processing in the general area of 'Cognitive Informatics' called 'PRESENCE' (PREdictive SENsorimotor Control and Emulation). PRESENCE weaves together accounts from a wide variety of different disciplines concerned with the behaviour of living systems - many of them outside the normal realms of spoken language - and compiles them into a new framework that is intended to breathe life into a new generation of research into spoken language processing, especially for Autonomous Social Agents and Human-Robot Interaction.

Prof. Moore is involved in collaborations aimed at Clinical Applications of Speech Technology (particularly for  individuals with speaking difficulties) as well as Creative Applications of Speech Technology through interactions with colleagues from the performing arts.

• Biomechanics of bones and skeletal muscles
• Nonlinear finite element analysis
• Organ-level modelling of the musculoskeletal system
• Continuum mechanics

Research Interests

Ray Wilkinson’s research focuses on human communication within everyday social interaction, and in particular how participants manage communication when one or more of them do not have the full set of linguistic or cognitive resources available to a neurotypical adult native language speaker. Much of his work investigates the nature of atypical interaction, in particular social interactions involving people with acquired brain damage such as aphasia and the communicative impairments secondary to dementia or traumatic brain injury. He has also published on the development of interactional competence in normally-developing children, and on the communicative conduct of non-human primates. He is a co-author of SPPARC (Supporting Partners of People with Aphasia in Relationships and Conversation), a clinical assessment and intervention resource for speech and language therapists, and has published a number of papers on how interaction-focused intervention can improve everyday communication for people with aphasia and their significant others.

Research interests

I am Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Sheffield and Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I am Training Programme Supervisor for the Maternal and Fetal Medicine subspecialty in Sheffield. I run clinical services addressing high risk pregnancies, prenatal diagnosis and therapy and prematurity prevention.

I am Principal Investigator on several Project Grants funded by the UK’s Department of Health, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the Medical Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), developing technologies for preterm birth risk assessment and interventions to mitigate preterm birth and other pregnancy complications.

I am Director of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Preterm Birth Prevention and Management (PRIME) - an interdisciplinary research alliance working across UK, Africa (currently South Africa - Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg; Nigeria – Kano, Benin and Ilishan), and South East Asia (currently Bangladesh and Karnataka India).

My translational research projects have attracted over £8million of grant income in the last 8 years and mainly focus on the physiology of human birth, reproductive immunology and reducing health inequalities.

I have supervised 18 PhD/MD students, and 10 Postdocs in the last 10 years amongst other. Areas in which I am able to supervise PhD/MD studentships and include:

·      Molecular biology of human parturition
·      Reproductive immunology of high-risk pregnancies and recurrent pregnancy loss
·      Global maternal and Newborn health
·      Health inequalities in maternal newborn health
·      Premature birth, still birth, pre-eclampsia, placental disorders.
·      Clinical and laboratory Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Research interests

My Group takes a multidisciplinary approach to investigating a range of biological problems ranging from basic biology to prototype translational projects.  There are several areas of research within the group which centres around the study of human pathogens with an overall aim at understanding microbial disease processes and exploiting the knowledge we generate for translational purposes wherever possible.

Bacteriophage biology:

Since 2016 the group have embarked on a programme of bacteriophage studies targeting a range of AMR (AntiMicrobial Resistant) pathogens including several of ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococci, Staphylococci, Klebsiella, ESBL etc)  as well as oral bacteria (Streptococci and Enterococci).

In recent years we have focused on isolation and characterisation of bacteriophage targeting pathogens from  a range of hard to treat Diabetic Foot Ulcer infections- which we call the DiaPhage project..  We aim to both understand the biology of these phages and their interactions with their bacterial hosts as well as working with clinical colleagues to develop them into viable novel antimicrobial treatments to cure DFU and other human infections.  We use a combination of genomics, biochemistry, structural biology and antibiotic resistance assays. 

The work is conducted in collaboration with colleagues from the faculty of science as well as clinical colleagues from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trust.

Oral microbiology:

Our main focus is aimed at understanding the fundamental biology of bacteria residing in the oral cavity.  These studies have focused in several areas:

-        Biology of periodonatal pathogens: aimed at understanding how these bacteria interact with each other, human cells and within biofilms with a focus on glycobiology and innate immune modulation

-        Functional understanding of the oral microbiome: in collaboration with oral consumer product companies we focus on understanding how the composition and metabolism of the oral microbiome is influenced by nutrients, oral antimicrobial products.  We use a combination of nanopore based microbiome sequencing and metaproteomics (in collaboration with colleagues in the faculty of Engineeering).

The group  employ a variety of genetic and biochemical techniques while in collaboration with colleagues in the faculty of Medicine, faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering to answer key questions within our areas of interest.

Research interests

I joined the University of Sheffield in 2007 as a Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry. I completed the first part of my specialist training in Edinburgh in 2006 and then worked as a Senior Registrar at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne for six months before moving to Sheffield. I completed my NHS consultant training in 2009. I was awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2012 and completed my PhD in 2015. In 2015 I was appointed Senior Lecturer and took up the role as the Lead Paediatric Dentist for the Trent Regional Cleft Network.

During my PhD I developed a measure of oral health-related quality of life for children with dental caries (CARIES-QC). This was developed with children and is being used in clinical trials to determine the impact of interventions for caries and has been translated into a number of languages. My current research interests are focussed around the routine use of patient-reported outcome measures for children and young people including those with cleft lip and palate. In particular, I'm interested in investigating the use of electronic methods for delivery of PROMs to paediatric patients and how the information generated by these can aid clinicians in diagnosis and treatment planning.

My current interests are in the use of routinely collected care data for the purpose of costing analysis, economic analysis and decision modelling. I also have an interest in the capability-approach and extra-wefarism and its conceptual and practical application to economic evaluations and decision making, and the conceptual and practical use of outcome measures in general.

I can supervise students interested in the use of large databases of rountinely collected care data for health economic analysis and decision modelling problems. These databases include, but are not limited to:

• Secondary Uses Service (SUS)
• Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
• Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)
• ResearchOne

Research Interests

The focus of both my clinical and basic research is on optimising pituitary hormone replacement. My group have identified and characterised uncommon mutations in the growth hormone receptor which have led to fundamental observations on the mechanism by which the growth hormone receptor signals through a pre-formed dimer. This work has led to a greater understanding of the regulation of growth hormone secretion and recently the group have developed a long acting form of growth hormone which has exceptional pharmacokinetic properties that means administration may only be required once a fortnight or once a month. This work was published in Nature Medicine in 2007.

The Clinical Research Programme has been investigating different regimens for replacing cortisol, testosterone and oestrogen in hypopituitary, hypogonadal and adrenal insufficient patients. The group have designed a new modified release form of hydrocortisone, Chronocort, which in phase 1 studies has proven to replicate the normal circadian rhythm of cortisol. This work is currently being taken through to phase 2 studies in congenital adrenal hyperplasia patients. Other work has examined the incidence of hypogonadism in cancer survivors and optimising oestrogen replacement in young women of fertile years.

I co-chair the Endocrine Unit Management Team which consists of 6 Consultant Endocrinologists and runs a number of unique and innovative specialist clinics in the Health Care Trust including: Pituitary Clinic, Transition Clinic for Paediatric Endocrinology, Late Effects Clinic for Cancer survivors, Joint Surgical Endocrine Clinics, Obesity Clinic, Genetic Endocrine Clinic and a Pituitary Multidisciplinary Team.

Publications and Patents: 234 publications during career, 34 publications in the last 5 years, Scopus h-index of 34, 7 papers cited over 100 times, 2 over 200 times and 1 over 300 times.  35 patents granted from 7 independent patent families.

1. Patent granted 2010: C Strasburger, M Bidlingmaier, Z Wu, G Matarese, R Ross. Leptin antagonist and method for quantitative measurement of leptin. US 7,807,154 B2
2. Patent granted 2012: R Ross, P Artymiuk, J Sayers.  Fusion protein compromising growth hormone and growth hormone receptor. US 8,173,782 B2

• Identification and modelling for complex nonlinear systems
  
  • NARMAX methodology and applications.
  • Artificial neural networks (ANN), radial basis function networks (RBFN), wavelet neural networks and multiresolution wavelet models, computational statistics, machine learning, intelligent computation and data mining.
  • Regression analysis, parameter estimation and optimization, sparse representation.
  • Nonlinear and nonstationary (time-varying) signal processing, system identification and data modelling.
  • Spatio-temporal system identification and modelling.
• Bioscience signal processing and data modelling
  
  • Neurophysiology and neuro-imaging data modelling and analysis.
  • EEG, fMRI and ECG data processing, modelling and analysis.
  • Data based classification, pattern recognition, anomaly detection, with applications in clinical and medical diagnosis and prognosis.
• Forecasting and analysis of complex stochastic dynamical processes with applications in
  
  • Space weather systems.
  • Environmental systems.
  • Computational economics and finance.
• New concepts and methodologies developments for the identification and analysis of nonlinear complex systems.
• Applications and developments of signal processing, system identification and data modelling to control engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, systems/synthetic biology, environments, space weather and other emerging areas.

Research interests

My current research focuses on developing computational models using advanced computer vision and multimodal Artificial Intelligence to support clinicians in decision-making. I am also interested in the domain of trustworthy AI, involving issues such as bias, fairness, interpretability, and ethical considerations in algorithm development and inference. These efforts aim to ensure that AI solutions are not only technically robust but also ethically sound and socially responsible, paving the way for equitable and trustworthy AI applications.

PhD supervision

I am interested in supervising PhD students who are passionate about advancing AI research with real-world impact, particularly in healthcare applications. Some potential PhD research topics are as follows. If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in any of these areas, please feel free to reach out for discussions on potential research directions:

-- Multimodal AI for Healthcare Diagnostics: Develop deep learning models that integrate medical imaging (e.g., ultrasound, MRI, CT, Digital Pathology) with clinical, genomic, and sensor data to enhance disease detection, segmentation, and prognosis for precision medicine.

-- Design lightweight and efficient AI architectures for deployment on portable ultrasound and other portable imaging devices, supporting triaging, diagnosis, and treatment planning in resource-constrained settings.

-- Explore generative AI, diffusion models and synthetic data generation to address data scarcity, improve AI model robustness, and enable privacy-preserving AI in healthcare.

-- Investigate methods to identify and mitigate bias in medical AI, ensuring fairness across diverse populations. Develop interpretable AI frameworks to enhance clinician trust. Explore privacy-preserving AI approaches, including federated learning and differential privacy, to protect patient data.

--Using deep learning techniques for motion prediction, surgical tool tracking, and automated image analysis to enhance precision in minimally invasive procedures. This are will focus on real-time segmentation or tracking algorithms to support clinicians during image-guided interventions, such as ultrasound-assisted biopsies, endoscopic procedures, and interventional radiology.

For more updated PhD research topics, you can follow this link.

Research Interests

A key stage in cell division is the copying of DNA (DNA replication). The proteins involved in replication (the replication complex) move along DNA copying it, however, if they come across a section of DNA that is damaged, replication stops. At this point multiple proteins are activated, they serve to stabilise the replication complex and help by-pass or correct the problem. If the damage is too great to repair, normal cells have a self-destruct mechanism called apoptosis. Through repair and apoptosis normal cells ensure that damage in DNA is not passed to their daughter cells, this is important as damage can lead to dysfunction of the proteins encoded in that section of DNA and thus to cellular dysfunction and disease.

In cancer cells there can be defects in the repair and apoptosis pathways which cause inaccurate copying of DNA and further contribute to the cancer. Chemotherapy causes massive damage to DNA at the point of cell division, in this way in dividing cells it triggers cell death (hence the tumour dies and we see side effects in normal tissue). Some cancers can also become resistant to chemotherapy as they no longer have a functional self-destruct mechanism. In these cases the tumour continues to grow with increasing amounts of damage being passed onto the new tumour cells.

The aim of my research is to understand what happens in a cell when DNA replication is slowed or stopped by damage in DNA. I want to understand which proteins bind to the arrested DNA, whether they are modified in any way and what significance this has on the reestablishment of replication.
By understanding the normal control mechanisms in cells I aim to understand why defects in the proteins involved are associated with cancer. I want to pinpoint differences between dividing tumour cells and dividing normal cells and determine which are important in cancer development. This will enable us to develop drugs which can specifically kill the tumour cells rather than just all dividing cells.

We have particular interests in the mechanisms of genetic instability in bladder, breast and uveal cancer and enjoy close ties with our clinical colleagues in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (including several joint projects). This enables us to translate our research quickly into potential therapies.

I originally came to Sheffield in 2003 for medical school. I stayed in South Yorkshire for my junior doctor jobs and then started specialist training in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. I went to Oxford University in 2015 to work on typhoid human challenge models and then got my PhD, based in Malawi studying typhoid epidemiology and vaccination in Africa and Asia. I have worked across Africa and Asia including the West Africa Ebola Virus Outbreak in 2014.

I am currently an academic clinical lecturer in the department of infection and immunity interested in measuring the vaccine preventable burden of infectious diseases in at-risk populations and using vaccines to prevent antimicrobial resistance.

• Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

Research Interests

• Systematic review and meta-analyses
• Research integrity and developing healthy research cultures
• Human influences that lead to questionable research practices such as bias, conflicts of interest and researcher allegiance

Research Interests

My research interests are:

• Healthcare modelling
• Health economics
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Optimisation

• Organic semiconductor devices
• Spectroscopy of organic semiconductors

Research Interests

• Assistive Technology
• Telecare & telehealth
• Digital Healthcare

Research Interests

Structure and function of the higher plant photosynthetic membrane

• Optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures and devices

Research Development Director for Operations Management and Decision Sciences

• Photonic crystals and polantons in microcavities

Jon is the Centre Director of the Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre and member of the Centre's Coordination Group and is the Research Area Champion for Solvent Post-Combustion.

• Musical Communities
• Folk Singing Style
• Composition within Tradition
• Audience and Participant Development through Applied Research

Research Interests

• Application of statistics in medical research
• Urgent and Emergency Care
• Analysis of routinely collected data
• Asthma Epidemiology

Research interests

His research interests are in the areas of open economy macroeconomics, monetary economics, business cycle fluctuations and financial crises.

Jennifer welcomes applications for doctoral research degrees in literacy and language education
with a focus on digital literacy, multimodality and makerspace research. Jennifer is a multimodal
ethnographer who researches in formal schooling contexts like primary and secondary schools and
in informal learning contexts like community and welcome centres. Her research interests include:
theorising digital reading; the platformisation of literacies; digital materiality in teaching and
learning; makerspace research across formal and informal contexts; digital perspectives on language
teaching and learning; research that applies posthumanism and sociomateriality; digital inequalities
and digital divide research; post-qualitative methods and approaches to literacy; and, activist
disruptive literacies research.

I am a dietitian and nutritionist who is passionate about weight management, diabetes and health inequalities research. Research is focussed primarily on qualitative work including systems evaluation and coproduction methodologies as well as implementation science. My research focusses on the socio-cultural aspects of food and nutrition and whole systems thinking by understanding the lived experience of individuals. I am passionate about ensuring that research is meaningful to the populations involved and that research results in reduction of inequality.

Research Development Director for Accounting and Financial and Management

Research Interests

1. Ownership, corporate governance and firm performance
2. Banking and credit markets
3. Impact of economic reforms

Areas of Research Supervision

1. Corporate governance
2. Corporate finance
3. Financial sector regulations

David's research interests have a focus on pedagogy, particularly in a higher education context. As a result, his research currently centres around three major interlinked research areas of interest:

• Doctoral Pedagogies (specifically decentred and decolonising doctoral pedagogies)
• Higher Education Policy and Pedagogies
• The Impact of Language on Educational Processes.

Research interests

I undertake research and teaching activities in the field of long-term conditions and ageing. Specifically I work in the fields of dementia care and family caregiving. In particular I am keen to continue these activities in the context of applied, translational research.

Research Interests

I am interested in research evaluation methods and bibliometrics, including with artificial intelligence approaches.

Bibliometrics involves primarily quantitative analysis of academic publications, including factors like citation rates, the role of collaboration, gender differences, and the relationship between citations and research quality. It also includes altmetrics, in the form of alternative quantitative indicators of research impact. The AI component involves using traditional machine learning or Large Language Models to predict research quality or to perform other tasks within the research assessment ecosystem.

Research supervision

I am interested in supervising PhD projects in the following areas:

• Artificial intelligence and particularly Large Language Models in research assessment.
• Bibliometrics and research evaluation, whether methods development, broad applications, or the assessment of the influences of factors like gender and collaboration.
• The accuracy and limitations of various types of scholarly peer review in research assessment.
• Equality and diversity in research assessment.
• Qualitative-quantitative methods to analyse social media data for social research goals, such as testing theory or investigating online or offline phenomena.
• Artificial intelligence methods for social media analysis.

• Policing (in particular the occupational culture of the police, criminal investigation and covert policing practices)
• Illegal drug markets and drug control policy
• The informal economy
• Qualitative research methods

Research interests

Rob's research interests are in natural language processing, specifically in information extraction from natural language texts, software architectures for natural language processing and evaluation of language processing systems.

Research interests

My research interests remain primarily centred on the diagnostic applications of MR imaging in radiology with a particular emphasis on neuroscience and head and neck imaging.

Research interests

Dr Steve Maddock's research interests include computer facial modelling and animation, surface deformation, AR and VR technology and applications, and sketch-based interfaces for simulation.

Research Interests

The lab’s research addresses the nature of mRNA surveillance processes in eukaryotic cells. These are quality control systems that identify and degrade incorrectly transcribed, processed or assembled mRNAs.

Research Interests

My research interests span victimisation and victimology, restorative justice, business and crime, the informal economy, desistance, crime prevention and social control, and comparative criminal justice.

Currently, I am engaged in research for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) on what is quality in probation supervision, as well as continuing to analyse our work on how offenders stop committing offences (desistance). I am also writing about worldwide trends in restorative justice.

Member of the Centre for Criminological Research (University Research Centre)
Member of the Centre for Well-Being in Public Policy (University Research Centre)
Member of CRISP – the centre for research on the informal economy

Areas of Research Supervision

• Criminal justice
• Victimisation, victimology and victims in the criminal justice system
• Restorative justice
• Business and crime
• Offending, desistance and offending careers

Research Interests

My research interests are in bone microarchitecture in skeletal maturation and ageing, the interactions of fat and bone, and treatment of osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases.

Research interests

Sociological and social policy research on gender divisions of domestic labour, domestic services, work-family reconciliation policy, social exclusion and the informal economy and undeclared work in Europe.

• American musical theatre
• The Hollywood musical
• Opera studies
• The classical music recording industry

Available to supervisor philosophy topics

His primary research interests are in Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, and Virtue Ethics.

• Contemporary political theory
• Human rights
• Nonhuman rights
• Bioethics
• Environmental ethics
• Animal ethics

• Dark matter searches
• Gravitational radiation
• Axions
• Signal processing
• Vibration isolation

• Nanoswimming Devices
• Polymers
• Microscopy
• Surface Analysis and Modification

Research interests

• Direct antenna modulation
• Reconfigurable antennas for cellular applications
• Metasurface and metamaterial design

• Quantum optics
• Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
• Optical properties of semiconductors

Naomi Hawkins's research focuses on the interaction of law and biomedical science, particularly around intellectual property rights. She uses traditional legal research and empirical methods to investigate the impact of human gene patents on the development of translational outcomes of genetics and genomics research.

She is also interested in the ways in which data sharing practices intersect with intellectual property rights in science

• Scanning probe microscopy
• Biological Physics
• Soft matter Physics
• Polymer Crystallization

• Nanoswimmers
• Understanding Spin-Coating
• Polymer Vesicle Formation
• Phase Separation in Polymer Blends

Research interests

Social and cultural geography, consumption and identity, sustainability, families and food.

Research Interests:

• Biofilms  
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Wastewater Microbiology
• Synthetic Biology in Cyanobacteria

• Dark matter search
• Neutrino physics and astrophysics
• Cosmic rays

Research interests

Pamela's research interests lie in the economics of education, labour economics and health. Pamela's primary interest is education economics. More recently Pamela has focused on the areas of household debt and health and the problems faced by the financially excluded. This is joint work with Paul Mosley and a book of the empirical research undertaken in UK cities will be published later this year. Pamela has also just completed an economic analysis of the Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (with Jenny Roberts and John Brazier) which was funded by the National Institute for Health Research.

• Electroacoustic music composition, performance, history and analysis
• Composition tools for composers

Dr Nyman’s research centres on the politics of security, with particular interests in energy security, climate politics, and China.

Research interests

My interests include the application of research to policy and practice, service evaluation, process and outcomes of psychotherapy in health service settings and psychotherapeutic competence.

Recent research includes an evaluation of the new model of psychological service delivery "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" and an investigation into research-based methods of improving the quality and effectiveness of psychological services for people with long term depression.

Research interests

Gurleen´s primary research interest is in Applied Econometrics. Her research has focused on the effects of economic growth and labour market institutions on the wage structure, distribution of income, and poverty in both the formal and the informal sectors of the economy. An example of a recent project is the effects of free trade on labour market outcomes for women in developing countries. Her current research focuses on the impact of poverty and inequality on early childhood development. Gurleen is interested in supervising students in applied micro- and macro-econometrics.

Research interests

Working in the area of VLSI and System Design, Computer Vision, and 3-Dimensional System Packaging.

• Semiconductor nanostructures
• Quantum dot physics
• Polariton physics
• Photonic structures

• Supersymmetry searches with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC
• Grid computing

Research interests 

• Natural Language Processing
• Conversational AI
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Personalisation
• Fairness
• Machine Learning

Mallory's research interests lie in the area of macroeconomics, in particular heterogeneous DSGE modelling, household finance, and business cycles.

I research autism and neurodiversity with a general focus on autism in adulthood. I have interests across several areas including:

- Autism and selective attention

My major research focus selective attention in autism. In recent work I have been investigating attention capture and the environmental factors which shape how distracting stimuli are suppressed.

- Autism and time

Research on temporal cognition in autism (i.e., understanding concepts related to time and thinking about the past and future) and whether any differences are relevant in an educational context.

- Adult autism diagnosis

Researching the support/information which is available after receiving an autism diagnosis in adulthood.

- Meta autism research

I am interested in how autism research is conducted and what can be improved to benefit autistic people. In particular, the experience of participating in research and the use of open research practices in the field.

Research interests

My research interests focus on investigating information literacy and information behaviour in context. Contexts include:

• Virtual contexts e.g. information behaviour in computer gaming; information literacy in virtual worlds

• Cultural and lifestage contexts, e.g. information behaviour of carers; Media and Information Literacy of older people; information literacy as experienced in different countries; information behaviour in the workplace

• Educational contexts e.g. information literacy at different stages of education, and in different disciplines; information behaviour in distance learning

I am also interested in research investigating the pedagogy of information literacy.  

I am a qualitative researcher, with particular expertise in phenomenography, autoethnography, action research and case study research.

Research supervision

I am interested in supervising PhDs in all the above areas. Potential research topics include:

• A case study investigating whether a specific university is information literate (using Webber & Johnston's indicators of the Information Literate University)

Research interests

Sarah's research interests lie in the area of applied microeconometrics focusing on labour economics, the economics of education and, more recently, household financial decision-making. Her research has focused on individual, household and firm-level data as well as matched workplace-employee data.

Examples of research projects include empirical analysis of the reservation wages of the unemployed (funded by the ESRC) and empirical analysis of wage growth, human capital and risk aversion (funded by the Leverhulme Trust). Her current research focuses on household financial decision-making and attitudes towards risk. Sarah is interested in supervising PhD students in applied microeconometrics.

Research interests

Prof. Davidson's research interests are in the behaviour of steel-framed structures, in particular the influence of connections on frame response, and sustainability issues in structural engineering. He has authored more than 120 refereed journal and conference papers and held research grants from the EU, EPSRC, Building Research Establishment, Steel Construction Institute and Corus.

Current research projects include:

• Development of a component based model of the behaviour of steel beam-to column connections in fire
• Steel connections subject to dynamic loading
• Robustness of steelwork connections in multi-storey buildings at elevated temperatures
• Structural Bolting Assemblies in Fire
• Deconstruction of framed buildings
• Retrofitting hard to treat homes

Research interests

My research focuses on the meaning and role of race and racism and the significance of social identity in a range of contexts including the criminal justice system, legal profession and voluntary sector. In keeping with developments in these areas, it has a specific focus on critical whiteness and mixed race studies. I have a long standing interest in European Muslims and have completed research which examined the interplay of race, ethnicity, gender and generation in the lives of Muslim men.

I welcome applications to study for MPhil or PhD research degrees with me, either full or part-time, in any  of the following areas linked to my research interests:

• Social identity
• Race and racism
• Intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender and generation
• European Muslims
• Multiculture and multiculturalism
• Qualitative and ethnographic research methods

My research of lighting has two main themes – human factors and research methods.

Lighting and human factors: The main question is how do variations in lighting conditions (the amount, colour, and spatial distribution) affect perception of the environment and task performance, and non-image-forming effects such as alertness? Currently, I focus mainly on lighting for pedestrians and cyclists.

Research methods: In the Lighting Research Group we aim to make sure our results are robust. In subjective evaluations, for example, we study how the question and the experimental design influence the responses gained in an experiment. Was Poulton correct that all subjective quantitative judgements are erroneous or misleading?

I have supervised 20 PhD students to completion and set up LumeNet, the annual research methods symposium for PhD students of lighting. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Lighting Research and Technology.

Research Interests:

My research interests belong to the broad category of signal and information processing. My research activities are partly in the Intelligent Systems, Decision and Control related research carried out within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre and partly in the Centre for Signal Processing and Complex Systems. They include both theoretical and applications research, and also external collaborations with other Sheffield Departments and Industries.

The main research themes are:

• Modelling and Identification of natural and engineered complex systems
• Spatiotemporal system identification with applications in life, physical and social sciences
• Fault detection, diagnosis and prognosis with application to aircraft engines
• Intelligent systems decision support and applications in aerospace and biomedicine
• Autonomous and self-organised swarms and agent systems

A key focus of my research has been police detention, in England and Wales, but also in other parts of the Anglophone world. In this setting, I am interested in police powers and their relationship with the law, police cultures and police discretion, and furthermore, how this impacts on equality and on state-citizen relations. I am also interested in how the public – particularly detainees – perceive the police, which links my research to discussions about police legitimacy and to 'good' policing.

Research Interests

• The police custody process
• Police and policing
• The role of the law in policing
• Police legitimacy
• Multi-agency criminal justice partnerships
• Crime prevention and community safety
• Restorative justice in schools
• The relationship between drugs and crime
• Mixed-methods research

Areas of Research Supervision

• The police custody process
• Police and policing
• The role of the law in policing
• Police legitimacy
• Multi-agency criminal justice partnerships
• Crime prevention and community safety
• Mixed-methods research

Research Interests

I welcome enquiries from students thinking of undertaking research in any of these areas:

• Prisons and penal policy
• Colonial and post-colonial law and justice
• Comparative jurisprudence
• Fragile and post-conflict states
• Global criminology
• Penal history and theory
• Security sector reform
• Transnational organised crime

Research Interests

• Law and development
• Corporate governance
• Company law
• Financial regulation
• New Institutional Economics

Areas of Research Supervision 

• Law and development
• Corporate governance
• Financial regulation

Member of Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law.

Available to supervisor philosophy topics

His main research interests are in the philosophy of education, political and social philosophy, and American Pragmatism. His current project focuses on the democratic role of higher education. His work benefits from support from the British Academy, the Thailand Research Fund, and Yale's Center for Faith and Culture.

Research Interests

• Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Theory
• Comparative Constitutional Law   
• Public Law and Political Ideologies (Especially Conservatism)
• Judicial Independence
• Judicial Appointments

Areas of Research Supervision

• UK Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Theory
• Judicial Independence
• Judicial Appointments

Research interests

Kristian´s research interests include design, manufacture and characterisation of optoelectronic components (eg. laser and superluminescent diodes) and photonic integrated circuits and their ability to provide solutions in emerging applications such as those in advanced manufacturing (eg. additive manufacturing and metrology) and healthcare (eg. tissue imaging).

Research interests

Professor Horoshenkov’s main research interests are in novel sensors for water industry, novel acoustic materials and material characterisation methods. His other area of work relates to noise control, audio-visual interactions and design of nature-inspired noise control solutions.

Her research focuses on food insecurity, emergency food systems and the role of public policy. Her work has been at the forefront of the emerging evidence base on the growth of food charity in the UK and comparative research across Europe. 

Research interests

My research interests relate to the evaluation of complex interventions and systems in emergency care settings. I have extensive experience in multi-centre mixed methods studies which can directly inform the delivery of high quality emergency care to patients.

Research Interests

My work is focused on the study of the bacterial cell wall using essentially two Gram-positive pathogens (Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus) as models. I am interested in three major areas of research.

Research Interests

My research interests are focussed upon improving the quality of life of older people through provision of appropriate interventions, good design and by facilitating participation. I am particularly interested in improving the lived experiences of people at all stages of the dementia trajectory.

Broad areas of research interest:

• Health Inequalities

Research Methods I am able to supervise:

• Qualitative

Specific areas of interest:

• Community development/engagement
• Voluntary sector
• Geographical areas of deprivation
• Health improvement initiatives
• Social exclusion

My research involves creative and critical research into:

• Contemporary and exploratory forms of electronic music.
• Electronic music and ambient aesthetics, particularly in relation to domesticity and everyday life.
• Sound in contemporary art, particularly environmental and art-science projects.
• Sound installation practice.

Research interests

Andrew's research is focused on furthering our understanding of the mass balance and dynamic stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in a changing climate through the use of numerical modelling, satellite and airborne remote sensing and fieldwork.

My research revolves around symmetries in topology, geometry, and algebra. I use homotopy theory and homological algebra, representation theory and K-theory to understand groups and their generalisations, but these methods have applications far beyond the study of symmetry. My current research also applies these ideas to number theory and algebraic geometry.

My research applies principles of behavioural research and environmental psychology to the built environment. One of my main interests is the influence of the built environment, particularly lighting, on active travel. I aim to support students by helping them understand how humans influence and are influenced by urban design.

Research Interests

• Company Law
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Corporate Governance & Sustainability
• International Human Rights

• Theoretical Polymer and Soft Matter Physics
• Rheology of Polymers and Gels
• Neutron Scattering from Polymers under Flow and Polymer Nanocomposites

I conduct research into the psychological mechanisms that underlie alcohol problems and other addictions. I am particularly interested in the roles of decision-making and impulse control in addiction, recovery, and behaviour change more broadly.

To give some examples, I conduct laboratory research to investigate determinants of motivated behaviour, and I work with people with alcohol problems to study the process of recovery and to investigate novel translational treatments.

My research has been funded by the MRC, ESRC, Wellcome Trust and Alcohol Research UK, among other organisations.

Research interests

19th-century French literature and cultural history, including representations of the city (with special interest for Hugo, Zola and utopian socialists).

Nicola's research group studies how and why animals vary in their ability to reproduce, with particular focus on the causes of infertility and embryo death.

My main interests centre on the impact of mental health and physical co-morbidities and the analysis of routinely collected datasets in health services research.

Research Interests:

• Sewer Process Modelling
• Hydrogen Sulphide Induced Corrosion
• Microbial Ecology in Urban Water Systems
• Synthetic Biology
• Odour Problems

• Mozart
• Late 18th-Century Style and Aesthetics
• Haydn, Beethoven
• Reception history
• 20th-Century French Song
• The Concerto
• Wagner
• Musical Biography

Research interests / Areas of Supervision

International migration

Intra-EU mobility

Transnational families

Migration and care

British emigration

Citizenship

Fathering

Research interests

Professor Hui Long specialises in mechanics of materials, contact mechanics, structure integrity, structure dynamics, and Finite Element Analysis. Her current research of applications is centred on two broad areas, wind energy and metal forming technology.

In wind energy, the current research areas include:
-       Reliability & damage analysis of gears & bearings;
-       Drivetrain dynamic and transient load modelling;
-       Failure analysis using field recorded SCADA data.

In metal forming, the current research areas include:
−       Metal spinning process formability;
−       Incremental sheet forming for hard-to-deform metals;
−       Non-linear finite element analysis and modelling.

• Government and governance
• State capacity
• Public policy and delivery
• Climate change
• Citizen engagement
• Political leadership
• British politics

Lecturer in Finance

Thach welcomes PhD applications in the areas of his research interests including Empirical Banking, Corporate Finance, Financial Technology.

Research interests

Contemporary European and African literature written in Portuguese, especially the literary production of emigrants in all their expressions. 

• Liberal political theory (and its critics)
• Realist political theory
• International political theory
• The history of modern political theory

Research interests

Karl's research interests lie in the area of applied microeconometrics focusing on labour economics, the economics of education and, household financial decision-making. His research has focused on individual, household and firm-level data including matched workplace-employee data. Examples of research projects include empirical analysis of the reservation wages of the unemployed (ESRC) and empirical analysis of wage growth, human capital and risk aversion (Leverhulme Trust). He has been involved in advisory reports for the Home Office and more recently the Department of Health looking at the minimum pricing of alcohol. Karl is interested in supervising PhD students in applied microeconometrics.

• Developmental dyslexia and digital literacies
• The neuroscience of specific learning disabilities 
• Relationships between music, rhythm and literacy

I have research interests in the political theory of cosmopolitanism and global political theory more widely, as well as in methodological questions in political theory.

Research interests

My current and recent research focuses on the structure and operation of property markets, particularly local housing systems, and the impact of public policy on real estate market performance. This research addresses theoretical and empirical issues and is generally, although not exclusively, located within a quantitative economic framework. There are four main sub-themes to this work:

• Analysing the submarket structure and operation of local property markets. 
• Measuring and modelling property market performance. 
• Exploring the interaction between planning, public policy and property market behaviour. 
• Methodological advances in property research.

Research Interests

Protein structure determination by 2D and 3D NMR, and interactions with ligands. Methods for characterising protein mobility on multiple timescales.

Research Interests

Tumour microenvironment and the unfolded protein response, breast cancer in the elderly, psych-oncology, familial breast cancer, breast screening.

My research draws inspiration from feminist perspectives in international relations and critical scholarship on men and masculinities. Currently, I am a part of a research project on 'sexual violence along the war and peace continuum' funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Along with teaching and parenting, I am also writing about intersections between motherhood and art in violence-affected contexts; and about narratives of belonging in academia.

Research interests

My research explores language variation and the emergence of linguistic structure through corpora and experimental work; I also have conducted research in the areas of language planning, language management, linguistic landscapes and multilingualism. I ground my work in data from the Slavonic languages and nations, and more specifically Russian and Czech, but am also interested in supervising work on these topics that has a broader focus.

Research Interests

My fundamental interest is in mathematical modelling approaches to inform decision making in health and healthcare.

I am currently principal investigator or co-investigator involved in over 19 research programmes and projects. Current government / national policy research.

Alcohol Policy

I have been involved in modelling alcohol behaviours and policy since 2008, when we began a programme of research for UK research bodies and policy makers. With Prof Meier, we have developed the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, a leading international centre for alcohol policy and epidemiological modelling research. Our work has influenced government policy on minimum unit pricing for alcohol; shaping and informing policy in UK, Scotland, Canada, Wales, EU Commission, and Republic of Ireland.

Public Health - Health Economics and Decision Modelling

I am co-applicant (Health Economics and Decision Modelling leader) on large research grants for the NIHR School of Public health research and the ESRC funded UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.

I have a wider portfolio of public health work including work around screening and prevention of diabetes, linking smoking and alcohol behaviours and developing a joint smoking and alcohol policy analysis model, encouraging behaviours in physical activity and general lifestyle risk reductions. This entire programme relates to the central methodological interest which is in developing and using novel mathematical modelling approaches to support and inform decision making around health and healthcare for international impact.

Health Technology Assessment

I have been heavily involved in health technology assessment and health economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals and interventions for both government bodies in the UK eg NICE and internationally, and also with the pharmaceutical industry.

I direct a programme of research in Health Economic Modelling / Health Technology Assessment which involves a large team of modelling staff and their collaborators. We are recognized as a leading national and international centre for HTA modelling research. I have been involved in direct leadership of over 30 research projects within the last five years, working closely with ScHARR-TAG and DSU.

My research career has focused on the understanding and prevention of restenosis and atherosclerosis, using several different experimental models, including research to develop a miniature stenting device for use in small calibre vessels.

My current areas of research relate to the mechanisms by which IL-1 is released from endothelial and smooth muscle cells, the role of IL-1 in the development of atherosclerosis, and the use of IL-1 antagonists to inhibit disease progression.

In addition, I am currently involved in investigating the role of carbon monoxide as a possible therapeutic for restenosis and myocardial infarction.

Jonathan joined the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in January 2023. He is the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Jonathan's research interests are primarily in immigration law, and his research and writing are informed by the methodologies of human rights law and administrative law.

Research interests

• Immigration Law
• Foreign National Offenders
• Human Rights Law
• The Best Interests of the Child
• The Best Interests of the Child principle in data protection law

Research interests

My research interests focus on a number of areas:

• The development of the information profession

• Artificial intelligence for information professionals

• Self tracking

Research supervision

Some topics I am particularly interested in supervising PhD work related to those themes:

• The changing role of the information profession

• The use of library and informal space in learning

• Impact of data and artificial intelligence

• Roles in user mental health and wellbeing

My core research interest is in consumer law and policy. My current research projects focus on the regulatory mechanisms protecting consumers in the face of rapidly changing technology. I have also recently started looking at the linkage between consumer protection and trade governance. 

Research Interests

• Consumer protection law and policy
• The regulation of financial services innovation
• The impact of regulation on financial inclusion
• The regulation of online platforms
• Regulatory compliance

Research Interests:

Research topics in the field of developing and implementing evidence-based public health including: health inequalities, access to health care, physical activity interventions, type 2 diabetes and diabetes prevention.

Methods:

Research methods include mixed methods evaluations of public health and complex interventions and evidence synthesis/ systematic reviews of public health and complex interventions.

Research Interests

My research focuses on alcohol and public health.  I have particular interests in trends and patterns in alcohol consumption, alcohol policy analysis, and the relationship between alcohol use and other health-related behaviours.  Recent projects focus on alcohol pricing, trends in drinking occasions, cultures and practices, youth drinking trends, the development and evaluation of drinking guidelines, and the equity implications of alcohol policy. 

I would be interested in supervising doctoral research related to any of the topics above using quantitative or mixed methods.  

Research interests

My research is mainly in the field of sociolinguistics with an emphasis on linguistic anthropological approaches to the interface between language, society and identity; language politics and policy; language, migration and citizenship; language and cultural heritage. I lead a WUN research network on multilingualism and mobility. Also, I am currently working on a collaborative project on European migration, language policy and small states with my strand on the project focused on multilingual Luxembourg.

My main research interest is administrative justice, with a particular specialism on the work of the ombudsman. I am a current holder of an 18 month Nuffield Foundation grant examining the procedural fairness in ombuds schemes.

Research Interests

• Ombudsman
• Constitutional theory
• Administrative justice
• Complaints mechanisms

Areas of Research Supervision

• Administrative Justice
• Ombudsmen
• Public Law

Research interests

My research interests focus on:

• information systems implementation

•  use of IT in business

• evaluation of information systems

• the study of systems in use

• users acceptance of systems

• online consumer behaviours

• information systems and technologies that support e-commerce

• e-commerce business

Research supervision

I am interested in supervising PhDs in:

• Management Information systems related projects.

Research interests

His research interests are in the Built Environment, City Systems and infrastructure interdependencies, in particular Urban Energy Systems and how they respond to stress and shock events.

Current research projects include:

• Smart Grid evolution
• Integrated infrastructure & devolution
• Engineering challenges for Climate Change adaptation in retail buildings
• Reducing end use energy demand through multi channel information streams

Research interests

Antonio's research is mainly in two fields: international trade, and growth and economic development. His interests cover a broad variety of research topics in these areas. Others include:

• trade liberalisation and trade policies in models of trade with firm heterogeneity
• foreign direct investment
• technology adoption
• trade and innovation
• unified growth theory.

Research interests

Physical Layer Research:

• Turbo Codes and Iterative Decoding
• Adaptive Coding & Modulation
• Multiple-Access (CDMA, MC-CDMA & OFDMA)
• MIMO Techniques
• Spreading Sequence Design
• Wireless Visible Light Communication

Wireless Network Research:

• MAC and Packet Scheduling Techniques
• Energy and Spectrum Efficient Wireless Networking
• Radio Access Network Planning & Optimisation
• Large Scale Dynamic System Level Simulation (WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, LTE-Advance)
• Video Quality of Service

Research interests

My research is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from history, cultural studies, memory studies, literature, geography and critical theory. While my core interest lies in the history of twentieth century Japan, I also maintain active research interests in the histories of gender and sexuality, transnational social movement histories, the politics of violence and the relationship between memory and history.

I am interested in the interrelation of spatial production, knowledge production, and climate production, including: boundaries of architectural knowledges; futures of architecture, urban design and creative practice; and responses to the climate crisis. Intra-actions of climate and urbanisation (especially in relation to the South-Asian monsoon); architecture and (hydro-)geology; more-than-human research methodologies; participatory design and research; the production of space of urban protests; drawing as a research method.

Research Interests

• Police and Policing (in particular criminal investigation, vulnerability and police training/education)
• Police Reform (in particularly, the civilianisation and privatisation of ‘core’ provision and services)
• Vulnerabilities Crime
• Police Custody
• Police Legitimacy
• Private Security
• Criminological Theory
• Mixed Methods Research

Member of the Centre for Criminological Research Cluster
College of Policing – Policing Education Qualifications Framework network

Andrey's research interests include language and education, sociolinguistics, multilingualism and faith-based complementary schooling. He has published in the fields of multilingualism, the sociology of language, the sociology of language and religion, language and education and language and identity. Much of his recent research is located within theoretical frameworks which view language as a social practice and language as performance. He recently led an AHRC-funded international research network on performance and faith: Heavenly Acts – aspects of performance through an interdisciplinary lens.

Katherine's research is rooted in critical disability studies scholarship and activism. Her research spans inclusive education, disabled children's childhood studies, as well as matters of health and social care in the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families. Her work draws on Feminist, Crip, Critical Psychology, Posthuman and DisHuman studies.

She engages with qualitative research approaches including: ethnography, narrative inquiry, arts-informed approaches, carried out in co-production with disabled people and their families and other allies.

Broad area of research interest: 

• Health inequalities
• Gender
• Race/ethnicity
• Poverty
• Reproductive health
• Work and health
• South Asia

Research methods I am able to supervise:

• Qualitative
• Quantitative or mixed methods
• Participatory and inclusive research approaches

Specific areas of interest:

• UK South Asian populations
• Intersecting inequalities
• Complex interventions
• Knowledge translation

Research interests

Dr Tyas is head of the blast and impact research group in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, managing the testing laboratory at Harpur Hill, Buxton where research into blast physics and the response of structures to rapid dynamic loading is conducted. He is also a Director of Blastech Ltd, a University spin-out company offering consultancy and commercial testing services to industry in the field of blast and impact loading of structures. Additionally, he collaborates with Dr Matthew Gilbert in the development of computational optimisation-based methods for the design of structures. 

Meredith Warren's primary research interests lie in the cultural and theological interactions among the religions of the ancient Mediterranean, especially early Judaism and Christianity. Her current research focuses on the sense of taste and heavenly food in ancient Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman narratives. Warren's first book examined the tropes of anthropophagy, sacrifice, and divinity in the Gospel of John and the Ancient Greek novels.

Please Note:

Research applicants proposing Dr Meredith Warren as a supervisor should select the Arts and Humanities IPO on the application form.

Lauren joined the Sheffield Methods Institute in January 2023 as a Lecturer in Social Research Methods, having previously worked as a researcher in iHuman and the School of Education at the University of Sheffield.

Lauren is a sociologist interested in health, disability, everyday life, materialities and mobilities. Her research is often interdisciplinary in nature and spans sociology, geography, urban studies, and critical disability studies. She is particularly interested in creative and participatory qualitative research methods and doing meaningful public engagement.