Director (CHaRT)
- About
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- Email Address
- g.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438147
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
2nd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am currently Professor of Medical Statistics and the Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHaRT) which is the Clinical Trials Unit embedded within the Health Services Research Unit. My overarching research interest is in designing fair tests of health care treatments and policies, with a specifc interest in evaluating surgical and complex interventions. I'm also interested in improving the design, conduct, and analysis and reporting of clinical trials through the development and application of methodological research to clinical trials from CHaRT.
My undergrad degree is in Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1997. After a year training as a Mathematics teacher I joined the Unit in September 1998 as a statistician. I studied part-time for an MSc in Applied Statistics with Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. In 2008 I was appointed Senior Statistican, and in 2016 was I Interim Programme Director for the Health Care Assessment Programme, until being appointment as CHaRT Director in April 2017.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics1997 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Applied Statistics2004 - Sheffield Hallam University
- Research
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Research Overview
The application of statistical methods to clinical trials. Recent example is JCE paper available here on using instrumental variables in a surgery trial to address non-compliance. Collaborators were Jonathan Cook (Oxford), Tom Palmer (Lancaster), and Richard Emesley (Manchester).
Research on making trials more efficient, collaborating with Trial Forge.
Current Research
A complete list of the CHaRT RCT portolio is available by clicking here
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach on our MPH course module PU5031: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH.
- Publications
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Ablative therapy for people with localised prostate cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 49, pp. 1-524Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of the use of an expertise-based randomised controlled trial design
Trials, vol. 16, 241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0739-5
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4683/1/Cook_2015.pdf
STOPPIT Baby Follow-Up Study: The Effect of Prophylactic Progesterone in Twin Pregnancy on Childhood Outcome
PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 4, e0122341Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122341
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4461/1/PLOS_0122341.pdf
Benefits of incentives for breastfeeding and smoking cessation in pregnancy (BIBS): a mixed methods study to inform trial design
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 30, pp. 1-564Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the Comparison of LAser, Surgery and foam Sclerotherapy (CLASS) randomised controlled trial
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 27, pp. 1-342Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19270
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4430/1/CLASS.pdf
Surgical management for localised penile cancer
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2015, no. 3, CD011533Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://doi.org//10.1002/14651858.CD011533
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011533
Incentives to Promote Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review
Pediatrics, vol. 135, no. 3, pp. e687-702Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-2221
Single port/incision laparoscopic surgery compared with standard three-port laparoscopic surgery for appendicectomy: a randomized controlled trial
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 77-85Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3416-y
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4491/1/SCARLESS2015.pdf
Non-compliance with randomised allocation and missing outcome data in randomised controlled trials evaluating surgical interventions: a systematic review
BMC Research Notes, vol. 8, 403Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558937/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1364-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9530/1/Non_compliance_with_randomised_allocation_and_missing_outcome_data_in_randomised_controlled_trials_evaluating_surgical_interventions.pdf
The push me, pull you of financial incentives and health inequalities: a mixed methods study investigating smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding
European Public Health Science Conference, pp. S37Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62163-2