Dr Munira Essat
BSc, MSc, PhD
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow
+44 114 222 0860
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91̽»¨
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I joined ScHARR in April 2009 after gaining a BSc in Chemistry with Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, followed by an MSc in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development and then a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Loughborough University.
My work at ScHARR mainly involves undertaking systematic literature reviews (including meta-analysis) on various topics for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK Department of Health (DoH), the pharmaceutical industry and other research funding bodies.
- Research interests
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- Systematic review of evidence for clinical effectiveness in healthcare
- Health policy and decision making
- Application and development of methods for systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis
Recent and current projects
- What matters to children, parents or caregivers in dietary management of child and adolescent obesity: Synthesis of qualitative systematic reviews
- Framework development for action on health inequities in primary care
- Analysis of costs associated with different safety profiles of trazodone and other products used to treat depressive disorders
- Frequency of blood tests for inflammatory conditions treated with immune suppressing and biologic drugs
- Major Trauma Triage Study (MATTS)
- The Design, Development, Commissioning and Evaluation of Patient Focused Vascular Services
- A programme to develop and evaluate a complex intervention to achieve a high calorie diet for people with ALS (HighCALS)
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . British Journal of Surgery, 1(5), 138-147.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 104(11), 1424-1432.
- . Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 47(3), 410-429.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327.
- . Pediatric Pulmonology, 51(3), 316-328.
- . European Respiratory Society, 47(3), 751-768.
- . BMJ Open, 4(7), e005244.
- . Int J Cancer, 128(9), 2202-2214.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(82), 1-330.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Public Health, 237, 307-315.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal.
- . PLOS ONE, 19(6), e0304401-e0304401.
- . Annals of Emergency Medicine.
- . PLOS ONE, 19(4).
- . RMD Open, 10(1), e003588-e003588.
- . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Volume 18, 1133-1143.
- . Clinical Nutrition ESPEN.
- . British Paramedic Journal, 6(4), 26-40.
- . Head & Neck.
- . Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 90(2), 403-412.
- . Clinical Nutrition.
- . British Journal of Health Psychology.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 22(66), 1-294.
- . Pharmacoeconomics.
- . Annals of Vascular Surgery.
- . Journal of Vascular Surgery, 67(4), 1312-1312.
- . Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 6(1), 135-135.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 1(5), 138-147.
- . Annals of Vascular Surgery, 45, 271-286.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 104(11), 1424-1432.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 104(10), 1273-1283.
- . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 33(1), 32-45.
- . Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 47(3), 410-429.
- . European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 53(1), 77-88.
- . British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327.
- . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(1), 161-161.
- . Pediatric Pulmonology, 51(3), 316-328.
- . PharmacoEconomics, 34(3), 245-257.
- . European Respiratory Society, 47(3), 751-768.
- The relationship between hospital or surgeon volume and outcomes in lower limb vascular surgery in Europe. HTAi 2016 Abstract Book (ISUU), 131-`32.
- . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 31(1-2), 54-58.
- . BMJ Open, 4(7), e005244.
- . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 30(3), 333-340.
- . ChemInform, 42(4), no-no.
- . Int J Cancer, 128(9), 2202-2214.
- . SYNTHETIC COMMUN, 40(18), 2696-2711.
- . Org Biomol Chem, 3(5), 809-815.
- . Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Carotid artery procedures and the volume-outcome relationship in Europe: a systematic review. British Journal of Surgery.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(82), 1-330.
- . Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(5), 1-150.
Conference proceedings papers
- . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A21.1-A21)
- . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A9.1-A9)
- . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A17.1-A17)
- ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIDEPRESSANTS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AND NETWORK META-ANALYSIS. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(1) (pp S25-S26)
- COMPARING NON-ONCOLOGICAL RARE CONDITION SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) VERSUS SCOTTISH MEDICINES CONSORTIUM (SMC) FROM 2001 TO 2021. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(12) (pp S326-S327)
- ANALYSIS OF NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) AND THE SCOTTISH MEDICINES CONSORTIUM (SMC) FROM 2001 TO 2021. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(12) (pp S314-S314)
- . Value in Health, Vol. 23 (pp S207-S207)
- FACTORS INFLUENCING THE UPTAKE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 23 (pp S207-S207)
- . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Vol. 20(suppl 1) (pp 310-310). Perth, Australia, 4 December 2019 - 6 December 2019.
- . Value in Health, Vol. 21 (pp S392-S392)
- Is there any valid patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for patients undergoing carotid artery revascularisation?. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 104 (pp 13-13)
- How to measure patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for patients with venous leg ulcers (VLU): a mixed method study. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 104 (pp 14-14)
- . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 33(S1) (pp 12-13), 17 June 2017 - 21 June 2017.
- . Value in Health, Vol. 18(7) (pp A345-A345)
- . Quality of Life Research, Vol. 24 (pp 77-77), 21 October 2015 - 24 October 2015.
Reports
- Understanding the experience and impact of living with a vascular condition from the patients perspective: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol
Website content
- Volume-outcome relationships in peripheral vascular surgery: a systematic review (protocol no. CRD42014014850 registered on PROSPERO).
Posters
- POSB7 Adverse Events Associated with Antidepressants: A Systematic Literature Review and Network Meta-Analysis.
- Addressing challenges in the conduct of a systematic review of clinical prediction models in rheumatoid arthritis. 25th Cochrane Colloquium, Edingurgh.
- Clinical prediction models for patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and evidence synthesis. MEMTAM (Methods for Evaluation of medical prediction Models, Test And Biomarkers), Utecht, The Nethe.
- Searching for evidence for systematic reviews of volume outcome relationship in peripheral vascular surgery. 2016 HTAi Annual meeting, Tokyo Japan.
- Volume-outcome relationships in the treatment of AAA in Europe: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International (Tokyo).
- Volume-outcome relationships in peripheral vascular surgery: an overview of reviews. Health Technology Assessment International (Tokyo).
- Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review. Health Technology Assessment international.
- Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm – A systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International.
- Safety of intravitreal bevacizumab as a monotherapy in ophthalmic conditions: systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International.
- Selecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Integrating Systematic Review and Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods (ISOQOL 22nd Annual Conference 21-24 October 2015).
- Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral artery disease: a systematic review (HTAI 12th Annual Meeting 15-17 June 2015).
- Exhaled nitric oxide for the diagnosis of asthma in children and adults: a systematic review.
- Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (HTAI 12th Annual Meeting 15-17 June 2015).
Preprints
- Research group
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Research Students:
Asrar Alhadi
- Teaching interests
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- I teach post graduate Masters students and supervise PhD students in a range of subjects including systematic reviews and critical appraisal techniques, meta-analysis, health research methods, and processes for health technology assessment.
- I am a module lead for Study Design and Systematic Review Methods module (HAR6169) on MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling.
- I Co-lead ScHARR's bespoke training course on systematic reviewing.
- I am interested in supervising research students in areas such as systematic review methodology and reviews of complex interventions
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of ScHARR Technology Assessment Group (ScHARR-TAG)
- Member of ScHARR Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team
- Development officer for UoS BAME Staff Network
- Peer-reviewer for a number of Journals
- Grant proposal and research report reviewer for the NIHR
- Conference Abstract reviewers for Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) symposium