Professor Steve Goodacre

Research interests: My research interests include clinical risk prediction in emergency care, economic analysis, clinical trials, and organisation of emergency care.

Current and recent projects:

• TOPLINE: TOols to Predict when Life-saving Intervention is Needed in Emergency care. Funded by NIHR Programme Development Grants, £249,717, June 2025 to August 2026. 
• Evaluation of NEWS2 in the initial assessment of adults attending the emergency department. Funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, £148,090, November 2023 to October 2024. 
• ASES: Aortic Syndrome Evidence Synthesis. Funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, £200,759, January 2023 to December 2023. 
• The PRIEST study: Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage. Funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, £795,348, August 2012 to March 2021.

Co-investigator

• EnSygN: Evidence S(heffield)ynthesis group for NIHR. Funded by the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Groups, £2,500,000, April 2023 to March 2028. 
• TiLLI: Thromboprophylaxis in Lower Limb Immobilisation. Funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, £3,058,779 (Queen Mary University of London), September 2023 to September 2028. 
• OPTILOC: Optimising the clinical pathway of patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness. Funded by NIHR Programme Development Grant, £208,303. September 2025 to February 2027. 
• PERIFERAL: Pathway enhancement for the referral of patients with incidental findings encountered by ambulance clinicians, Funded by NIHR Research for Patient Benefit, £199,996. May 2025 to April 2027. 
• TOTs: Treatment of Toddlers Fractures: Observation Or Immobilisation (NIHR165784) Co-investigator. Funded by NIHR Health Technology Assessment, £1,034,336. January 2025 to October 2027. 
• STALLED: SafeTy, pAtient experience, outcomes and costs of deLayed ambulance. Funded by NIHR Health Service & Delivery, £1,504,065. April 2024 to April 2027. 
• ASPIRED: RCT of immediate enhanced ambulatory ECG monitoring versus standard monitoring in acute unexplained syncope, funded by the British Heart Foundation, £1,303,649 (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary), August 2021 to July 2025