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Dr Mari Imamura

Dr Mari Imamura
Dr Mari Imamura
Dr Mari Imamura

Research Fellow

About
Email Address
m.imamura@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 438121
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Mari Imamura is a Research Fellow (Systematic Reviewer).  She completed a PhD in sociolinguistics from the University of Aberdeen.  She joined the Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health (University of Aberdeen) for the external evaluation of a national demonstration project on teenage sexual health in Scotland, Healthy Respect.  She then gained experience in systematic reviews in the area of reproductive health in EU countries as part of an EC-funded project, REPROSTAT2 (2004-2005), and in developing countries as part of Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment (IMMPACT) (2005-2006).  She joined the Health Services Research Unit in 2007 and led a couple of systematic reviews of clinical effectiveness of health care interventions commissioned by the UK Health Technology Assessment programme.  She then moved to Academic Urology (2008-2013) to conduct a series of reviews on urological cancers funded by a Scottish urological cancer charity, UCAN, and then to IMMPACT (2013-2016) to conduct a review of complex interventions for guideline implementations to improve obstetric care in low- and middle-income countries.  She then re-joined HSRU in 2016 to conduct clinical effectiveness reviews as part of Health Technology Assessments.  She has experience of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and fieldwork experience of surveys and in-depth interviews.

Research

Current Research

  • Health Techonology Assessment of surgical interventions for stress urinary incontinence in women
  • Health Technology Assessment of interventions for interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome)

 

Funding and Grants

  • Apr-Dec 2006 NHS Scotland (with van Teilingen E, Tucker J, Poobalan A, Philip K, Spratt J, Pitchforth E and Astin M).  'Sex and Relationship Education – Review of Programmes and Supporting Materials' (Project Reference 2005/2006 RE044) £59,872

 

Publications

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  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical effectiveness of bipolar compared with monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

    Omar, M. I., Lam, T. B., Alexander, C. E., Graham, J., Mamoulakis, C., Imamura, M., Maclennan, S., Stewart, F., N'dow, J.
    BJU International, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 24-35
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic Review of Adrenalectomy and Lymph Node Dissection in Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Bekema, H. J., Maclennan, S., Imamura, M., Lam, T. B. L., Stewart, F., Scott, N., Maclennan, G., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., Skolarikos, A., Maclennan, S. J., Sylvester, R., Ljungberg, B., N'dow, J.
    European Urology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 799-810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Conservative treatment options for women with stress urinary incontinence: clinical update

    Imamura, M., Jenkinson, D., Wallace, S., Buckley, B., Vale, L., Pickard, R., Stress Urinary Incontinence Review Group
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 63, no. 609, pp. 218-220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical effectiveness of bipolar compared to monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate

    Omar, M. I., Lam, T., Alexander, C., Graham, J., Mamoulakis, C., Imamura, M., MacLennan, S., N'Dow, J.
    28th Annual EAU Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Re: Comparative Effectiveness for Survival and Renal Function of Partial and Radical Nephrectomy for Localized Renal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: S. P. Kim, R. H. Thompson, S. A. Boorjian, C. J. Weight, L. C. Han, M. H. Murad, N. D. Shippee, P. J. Erwin, B. A. Costello, G. K. Chow and B. C. Leibovich J Urol 2012; 188: 51–57

    MacLennan, S., Lam, T., Imamura, M., Dahm, P., Canfield, S., Ljungberg, B., N'Dow, J.
    Journal of Urology, vol. 189, no. 3, pp. 1166-1167
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical effectiveness of bipolar compared to monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate

    Omar, M. I., Lam, T., Alexander, C. E., Graham, J., Mamoulakis, C., Imamura, M., MacLennan, S., Stewart, F., N'Dow, J.
    European Urology Supplements, pp. e523-e524
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Systematic review of perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer

    MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Lapitan, M. C., Omar, M. I., Lam, T. B. L., Hilvano-Cabungcal, A. M., Royle, P., Stewart, F., MacLennan, G., MacLennan, S. J., Dahm, P., Canfield, S. E., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., Ljungberg, B., N'Dow, J., UCAN Systematic Review Reference Group
    European Urology, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1097-1117
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Single mini-incision total hip replacement for the management of arthritic disease of the hip: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Imamura, M., Munro, N., Zhu, S., Glazener, C., Fraser, C., Hutchison, J., Vale, L.
    The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. American Volume, vol. 94, no. 20, pp. 1897-1905
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the risk of diabetes in people with impaired glucose regulation: a systematic review and economic evaluation

    Gillett, M., Royle, P., Snaith, A., Scotland, G., Poobalan, A., Imamura, M., Black, C., Boroujerdi, M., Jick, S., Wyness, L., McNamee, P., Brennan, A., Waugh, N.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 16, no. 33, pp. 1-235
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Corrigendum to "systematic review of oncological outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer" [Eur Urol 2012;61:972-93]

    MaClennan, S., Imamura, M., Lapitan, M. C., Omar, M. I., Lam, T. B., Hilvano-Cabungcal, A. M., Royle, P., Stewart, F., MaClennan, G., MaClennan, S. J., Canfield, S. E., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R., Ljungberg, B., N'Dow, J.
    European Urology, vol. 62, no. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Systematic review of oncological outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer

    MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Lapitan, M. C. M., Omar, M. I., Lam, T. B. L., Hilvano-Cabungcal, A., Royle, P., Stewart, F., MacLennan, G. S., MacLennan, S., Canfield, S., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., Ljungberg, B., N'Dow, J. M. O.
    European Urology, vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 972-993
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies and incorporating GRADE: Initial experience with a new Cochrane ‘risk of bias’ tool under development

    MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Dahm, P., Nueberger, M., Reeves, B. C., MacLennan, G. S., Omar, M. I., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., N'Dow, J. M. O.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Initial experience with a pilot Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias for non-randomized studies applying a web-based survey of content experts to derive criteria for imbalance

    Palmer, D., MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Reeves, B. C., Clubb, A., Duboy, A., Nueberger, M., Dahm, P.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • The hazards of extracting hazard ratios from survival curves for meta-analyses in observational studies

    Imamura, M., MacLennan, S., Dahm, P., Nueberger, M., Omar, M. I., MacLennan, G. S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Evidence for partial nephrectomy

    Lam, T. B. L., MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Omar, M. I., MacLennan, G.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of surgical management for localised renal cell carcinoma

    Imamura, M., MacLennan, S., Lapitan, M. C. M., Omar, M. I., Lam, T., Hilvano-Cabungcal, A. M., Royle, P. L., Stewart, F., MacLennan, G., MacLennan, S., Canfield, S. E., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., Ljungberg, B., N'Dow, J., UCAN Systematic Review Reference Group, EAU Guideline Group for renal cell carcinoma
    Commissioned by European Association of Urology. University of Aberdeen: Academic Urology Unit
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence

    Imamura, M., Abrams, P., Bain, C., Buckley, B., Cardozo, L., Cody, J., Cook, J., Eustice, S., Glazener, C. M. A., Grant, A., Hay-Smith, J., Hislop, J., Jenkinson, D., Kilonzo, M., Nabi, G., N'Dow, J., Pickard, R., Ternent, L., Wallace, S., Wardle, J., Zhu, S., Vale, L.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 14, no. 40, pp. 1-506
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence

    Imamura, M., Abrams, P., Bain, C., Buckley, B., Cardozo, L., Cody, D. J., Cook, G. J., Eustice, S., Glazener, C. M. A., Grant, A. M., Hay-Smith, J., Hislop, J. M., Jenkinson, D. J., Kilonzo, M. M., Nabi, G., N'Dow, J. M., Pickard, R., Ternent, L., Wallace, S., Wardle, J., Zhu, S., Vale, L.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 14, no. 40, pp. 1-215
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evidence-based urology in practice: heterogeneity in a systematic review meta-analysis

    Imamura, M., Cook, J. A., MacLennan, S., N'Dow, J., Dahm, P., Evidence-Based Urology Working Group
    BJU International, vol. 105, no. 6, pp. 770-773
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characteristics of effective interventions in improving young people’s sexual health: a review of reviews

    Poobalan, A. S., Pitchforth, E., Imamura, M., Tucker, J. S., Philip, K., Spratt, J., Mandava, L., Van Teijlingen, E.
    Sex Education, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 319-336
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and economic modelling of minimal incision total hip replacement approaches in the management of arthritic disease of the hip

    De Verteuil, R., Imamura, M., Zhu, S., Glazener, C. M. A., Fraser, C., Munro, N., Hutchison, J., Grant, A. M., Coyle, D., Coyle, K., Vale, L.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 12, no. 26, pp. 1-244
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and economic modelling of minimal incision total hip replacement approaches in the management of arthritic disease of the hip

    De Verteuil, R., Imamura, M., Zhu, S., Glazener, C., Fraser, C., Munro, N., Hutchison, J., Grant, A., Coyle, D., Coyle, K., Vale, L.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 12, no. 26, pp. 1-244
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sex and relationships education in Scottish secondary schools (2006-2007)

    Van Teijlingen, E. R., Tucker, J. S., Philip, K. L., Spratt, J. C., Poobalan, A. S., Pitchforth, E., Imamura, M., Forbes, S., Vasianovich, A.
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom: NHS Health Scotland. 16 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Embarrassment as a key emotion in young people talking about sexual health

    Van Teijlingen, E. R., Reid, J. M., Shucksmith, J. S., Harris, F. M., Philip, K. L., Imamura, M., Tucker, J. S., Penney, G.
    Sociological Research Online, vol. 12, no. 2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Joined-up Working: Improving Young People’s Sexual Health and Enhancing Social Inclusion?

    Philip, K. L., Shucksmith, M., Tucker, J. S., Van Teijlingen, E. R., Imamura, M., Penfold, S.
    Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 615-628
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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