Current projects

• Carry Naloxone Somerset: the CaN-Do co-design project. J Scott (PI) and J Kesten. Funder: Somerset County Council.

• Mobile telephone contingency management to encourage adherence to supervised medication among individuals receiving opioid agonist treatment: a feasibility study (TIES2). N Metrebian (PI - Kings College London), E Carr, M Kelleher, S Pilling, J Scott, J Strang, T Weaver. Funder: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit

• Safe inhalation pipe provision (SIPP): A mixed method evaluation of an intervention to reduce health harms and enhance service engagement among people who use crack cocaine in England. M Harris (PI-LSHTM), P Bonnet, N Eastwood, V Hope, A Miners, L Platt, A Preston, S Ram, J Scott, N Simpson, M Southwell, L Wilkins. Funder: NIHR Public Health Research.

• Improving Hospital Opiate Substitution Therapy (iHOST): implementation and assessment of an intervention to reduce late presentations, discharges against medical advice and repeat admissions among people who use opiates. Harris, M (PI) (LSHTM), Co-Is: Hayward, A, Hope, V, Brown, M, Scott, J, Story, A, Lewer, D, Miners, A, Eastwood, N, Platt, L, Noctor, A. Funder: NIHR HS&DR

• Point-of-care detection of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists. Pudney, C., (PI) (University of Bath), Husbands, S., Scott, J., Freeman, T., Blagbrough, I. et al. Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Completed projects

• Excessive drinking and alcohol related harms in Adulthood: ALSPAC at 24. Hickman M, Macleod J et al. Funder: Medical Research Council (MRC) (2015-2019)

• Elastic Study: Bristol contribution - Alcohol Misuse: Electronic Longitudinal Alcohol Study in Communities (ELAStiC). Macleod J et al. Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (2015-2019)

• HepCATT (Hepatitis C Assessment Through to Treatment Trial) in Primary Care - Horwood, J.  Roberts, K. Macleod, J. Metcalfe, C. Hollingworth, W. Williams, J. Muir, P. Vickerman, P. Clement, C. Gordon, F. Irving, W. Waldron, C. North, P. Moore, P. Simmons, R. Miners, A. Hickman, M.  funded by NIHR Health Policy Research Programme (2015-2019)

• Evaluation of interventions designed to increase diagnosis and treatment of patients with hepatitis C (HepCATT). Hickman M, Macleod J et al. Funder: NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (2014-2019)

• A feasibility trial for a novel psychological intervention to reduce drug-related harm in street sex workers. Jeal N, Horwood J.  Funder: NIHR Clinical Trials Fellowship (2017)/NIHR ARC West (2016-19)

• Evaluating the South Gloucestershire opioid painkillers addiction pilot. Redwood, S. Kesten, J. Margelyte, R. Thomas, K. Funded by NIHR ARC West (2017-18) 

• Evaluating the impact of opiate substitution treatment on drug related deaths in the population: a natural experiment using primary care, other drug treatment databases & model projection. Hickman M, Macleod J  et al. Funder: NIHR PRP (2014-2017)

• Survey of sexual health risk and service use of MSM attending a public sex venue. Horwood, J. Jeal, N. Ingle, S. Horner, P. Funder: David Telling Trust (2012-2014) 

• Pathways to alcohol use disorders in ALSPAC: a genetic developmental study. D Dick, G Davey Smith, M Hickman, G Lewis, J Macleod, L Eaves, K Kendler, B Maher, T York.  US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

• A pilot study to examine feasibility of prospective and retrospective data collection on a primary care based cohort of injection drug users and non-injecting controls through linkage to administrative health related records. J Robertson, J Macleod, F Sullivan.  Chief Scientists Office

 

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