Dr Hanne Bruhn

Biography

My personal pronouns are she/her/hers.

I work as a Research Fellow in the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation at University of Aberdeen, and as a Senior Research Fellow at HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Ireland. I’m an HRB-TMRN Research Associate.

My area of work is in Trials Methodology and I have extensive project management experience. Currently, I mainly contribute to Trial Forge, which has the aim to be more systematic about how we generate and use research evidence in making trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting decisions. On all projects, I work closely with Professor Shaun Treweek, University of Aberdeen, UK, and Dr Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland.

I moved to the UK in 1996 and graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a MA (Hons) in Psychology in 2001 and completed a PhD in Psychology, also from the University of Aberdeen, in 2008.

"I thought of that while riding my bicycle." (Albert Einstein in reference to the Theory of Relativity)

Prizes and Awards

Sustrans volunteer award 2019 - for an exceptional volunteer contribution to Sustrans and the community (AndSheCycles project).

Current Research

• Trial Forge: https://www.trialforge.org/
  
• INFORM - Improving pre-funding peer review to increase the informativeness of randomised trials (project webpage: INFORM)
• PRESS (1) - Protocol development for prioritised recruitment and retention strategies, led by Dr Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland
• PRESS (2) - Protocol and resources development for prioritised recruitment and retention strategies, led by Dr Adwoa Parker, University of York
• PRO EDI - Tools to help reviewers make equity, diversity and inclusion assessments (project wepage: PRO EDI)
• Trial Forge Guidance 5: Ethical issues to consider when doing SWATs (studies within a Trial), led by Dr Frances Shiely, University College Cork, Ireland
• Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials (a Cochrane systematic review), led by Dr Adwoa Parker, University of York

Past Research

Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (ACE)

• Estimating Site Performance 2 (ESP2)
• What do researchers think of and want from the Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE): a qualitative study
• Evidence Packs for Trial Forge
• Prepare for the real-world evaluation of an intelligent system for breast cancer screening: identify and assess stakeholders’ needs (PRE-AIR)
  
• Public involvement in Numerical aspects of Trials (PoINT)
• Primary Care – Improved Data for Improved Outcomes (GPDash)
• Developing dissemination materials for the ActWELL trial
• Reporting clinical trial results appropriately to participants (RECAP)

Academic Primary Care & Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)

• Health Care Reform: the impact on practice, outcomes and costs of New roles for health professionals (MUNROS)

The Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)

• UK Rotator cuff surgery trial (UKUFF)
• Either traditional haemorrhoidectomy or stapled haemorrhoidopexy for haemorrhoidal disease (eTHoS): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Academic Primary Care

• An RCT of an Electronic Medication Management Assistant in improving patient adherence to medicines compared to usual care (EMMA)
• Developing a RCT of general practice-based, pharmacist-led, management of chronic pain (PIPPC)