Dr Lesley Uttley
BSc, PhD (Psychology)
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow
+44 114 222 0782
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a Senior Research Fellow and (2020-2024) and (2025-2026) holder for investigating human influences in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, funded by the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC). I obtained my BSc and PhD in Psychology at the University of 91Ö±²¥. I joined SMPH as a systematic reviewer in January 2011 for the evidence review group, SCHARR-TAG, leading technology assessments until 2019 for interventions across a range of specialities including mental health, oncology and diagnostics. I design, lead and conduct systematic reviews including a . I am interested in how the people, or the systematic review team, can potentially influence the output of apparently objective research projects.
As well as leading I am also working on the ESRC funded (2023-2027) and the (2024-2026).
I was invited to be an Editorial Board Member of the in October 2024 following my role as Guest Editor for the journal on the Special Issue "Methodological Aspects of Research Integrity and Research Culture."
- Research interests
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- Research integrity and research culture
- Positive and negative human influences in research
- Methodology of systematic reviews
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 177, 111608-111608.
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 111616-111616.
- . Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 11(3), 114-125.
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
- . International Journal of Cancer.
- . The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(1), e2-e10.
- . Systematic Reviews, 6.
- . EBioMedicine.
- . Eur Respir Rev, 22(130), 476-486.
- . Pharmacoeconomics, 31(11), 981-990.
- . Surg Endosc, 27(3), 724-731.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(18), 1-120.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 177, 111608-111608.
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 111616-111616.
- . Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 11(3), 114-125.
- . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
- . PharmacoEconomics, 41(3), 227-237.
- . HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 15(4), 299-322.
- . Cancers, 14(5).
- . Development and Psychopathology.
- . International Journal of Cancer.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 24(11), 1-150.
- . The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(1), e2-e10.
- . i-Perception, 10(1).
- . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 16.
- . Pharmacoeconomics, 36(9), 1063-1072.
- . Endocrine, 62(1), 26-33.
- . BMC Cancer, 17, 697-697.
- . Systematic Reviews, 6.
- . PharmacoEconomics, 35(7), 717-726.
- . Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(1), 25-43.
- . Thyroid, 26(11), 1541-1552.
- . EBioMedicine.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 20(46), 1-246.
- . BMC Psychiatry, 15.
- . Psychological Medicine, 45(05), 927-945.
- . BMC Psychiatry, 15(1).
- . Thyroid, 25(1), 95-106.
- . European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO), 40(12), 1802-1802.
- . Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 20(6), 607-612.
- . European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO), 40, S5-S6.
- . Infant Behavior and Development, 37(4), 676-681.
- . Br J Surg, 101(7), 883-884.
- . PHARMACOECONOMICS, 32(2), 159-172.
- . Br J Surg, 101(4), 307-320.
- . Eur Respir Rev, 22(130), 476-486.
- . Health Technol Assess, 17(56), v-181.
- . Surgical Endoscopy, 27(11), 4401-4402.
- . Pharmacoeconomics, 31(11), 981-990.
- . International Journal of Behavioural Development..
- . Surg Endosc, 27(3), 724-731.
- . J NEUROPSYCHOL, 2, 15-26.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(18), 1-120.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 18(59), 1-120.
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
- . BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, Vol. 24(Suppl 1) (pp a33-a34). Oxford, UK, 15 July 2019 - 17 July 2019.
- . European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 43(12) (pp 2396-2397)
- . Value in Health, Vol. 17(7) (pp A458-A459)
- . Value in Health, Vol. 16(7) (pp A372-A372)
- . VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 16(7) (pp A367-A367)
- . VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 16(7) (pp A615-A616)
Reports
Posters
- Teaching activities
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- Supervisor to PhD students on systematic review topics
- Supervisor to masters student dissertation involving systematic reviews
- Deliver lectures and workshops in systematic review and meta-analysis
- Professional activities and memberships
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Internal
- EDI Fellow for NIHR 91Ö±²¥ BRC
- UoS Open Research Champion
- Co-chair for ScHARR Systematic Reviewers academic development group
External
- Invited Editorial Board Member for
- Invited Visiting Scientist to the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- Member of the ESRC funded