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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Mortality and quality of life in the five years after severe sepsis
Critical Care, vol. 17, no. 2, R70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12616
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3311/1/Cuthbertson_2013.pdf
Five-year results of a randomised controlled trial comparing mobile and fixed bearings in total knee replacement
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (US Volume), vol. 95-B, no. 4, pp. 486-492Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.95B4.29454
Antimicrobial catheters for reduction of symptomatic urinary tract infection in adults requiring short-term catheterisation in hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 380, no. 9857, pp. 1927-1935Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61380-4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2745/1/Pickard_2012.pdf
Systematic review of perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer
European Urology, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1097-1117Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2012.07.028
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2588/1/MacLennan_2013.pdf
Types of urethral catheter for reducing symptomatic urinary tract infections in hospitalised adults requiring short-term catheterisation: multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of antimicrobial- and antiseptic-impregnated urethral catheters (the CATHETER trial)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 16, no. 47, pp. 1-197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta16470
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2744/1/Pickard_2012.pdf
Explaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical models
Implementation Science, vol. 7, 99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-99
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2784/1/Eccles_2012.pdf
Using shared goal setting to improve access and equity: a mixed methods study of the Good Goals intervention in children's occupational therapy
Implementation Science, vol. 7, 76Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-76
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2802/1/Kolehmainen_2012.pdf
Do incentives, reminders or reduced burden improve healthcare professional response rates in postal questionnaires?: two randomised controlled trials
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 12, 250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-250
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2753/1/Glidewell_2012.pdf
Corrigendum to "systematic review of oncological outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer" [Eur Urol 2012;61:972-93]
European Urology, vol. 62, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2012.04.003
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
E-mail invitations to general practitioners were as effective as postal invitations and were more efficient
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 793-797Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.010
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2807/1/Treweek_2012.pdf