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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Observational study of current use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in UK critical care units
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 610-617Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeu108
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 746-755Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.082602
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15632/1/Ford_2014.pdf
Public acceptability of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 21, no. 1 Suppl., S194Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-014-9418-2
- [ONLINE] Abstracts from the ICBM 2014 Meeting
Public acceptability of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy and breast feeding: a survey of the British public
BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 7, e005524Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalized adults (SUSPEND), a multicentre, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of a calcium-channel blocker (nifedipine) and an α-blocker (tamsulosin): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials, vol. 15, no. 1, 238Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/15/1/238
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-238
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3341/3/McClinton_2014.pdf
Comparison of four methods for assessing the importance of attitudinal beliefs: An international Delphi study in intensive care settings
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 274-291Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12066
Intravenous sodium nitrite in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trial (NIAMI)
European Heart Journal, vol. 35, no. 19, pp. 1255-1262Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu096
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4482/1/Siddiqi_2014.pdf
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in intensive care units: a mixed-methods feasibility study (the SuDDICU study)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 18, no. 25, pp. 1-170Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18250
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3316/1/Francis_2014.pdf
Selective digestive or oropharyngeal decontamination and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine for prevention of death in general intensive care: systematic review and network meta-analysis
BMJ, vol. 348, g2197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2197
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3318/1/Price_2014.pdf
A randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different knee prostheses: the Knee Arthroplasty Trial (KAT)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 18, no. 19, pp. 1-235, vii-viiiContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18190
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3321/1/Murray_2014.pdf