Centre for Public Health

Active

Developing an NHS, University, Voluntary and Community Sector Team to develop a Lifestyle Energy Activity and Nutrition (LEAN) programme

Smith, J. (PI), Giles, E. (PI), Bourne, J. (CoI), Cheetham, E. (CoI), Pakunwanich, N. (CoI), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Innerd, A. (CoI), Drinnan, M. (CoI), Sykes, K. (CoI), Norris, A. (CoI), Hills-Wilson, C. (CoI), Hare, J. (CoI), Milner, S. (CoI), Murphy, S. (CoI) & Roberton, A. (CoI)

1/12/24 → 30/11/25

Project: Research

Food Insecurity Screening in Mental Health Services

Giles, E. (PI), Smith, J. (PI) & Tuschick, E. (RA)

1/09/24 → 28/02/26

Project: Research

Methodological support for the evaluation of EEF-funded educational interventions

Akhter, N. (PI)

1/06/24 → 31/12/25

Project: Research

Teesside University_University of Ibadan_Niji Agro Solutions_AAKTP

Pak, T. (PI), Ahmed, T. G. (CoI), Zohoori, V. (CoI) & Ghorbani Pashakolaie, V. (CoI)

1/04/24 → 1/04/26

Project: Research

The Dream Completion Technique: Addressing Traumatic Dreams at Step 2

Thompson, P. (PI), Fishburn, S. (CoI) & Havens, J. (CoI)

1/12/23 → 31/01/26

Project: Research

A scoping review of food poverty in adults with severe mental illness

Giles, E. (CoI), Stevens, H. (RA), Lake, A. (CoI) & Smith, J. (PI)

10/11/20 → …

Project: Research

A systematic review of behavioural change techniques to facilitate healthy dietary behaviour in the South Asian and Black population in Western society

Ahmed, F. (PI), Eberhardt, J. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), Poulter, H. (CoI), Lake, A. (CoI) & Van Schaik, P. (CoI)

12/10/20 → …

Project: Research

Understanding the impact of physical activity levels within the North East of England during COVID-19 lockdowns (2020-2021)

Giles, E. (PI), Innerd, A. (CoI), Connor, N. (CoI), Graham, M. (CoI) & Carlebach, S. (RA)

2/03/20 → …

Project: Research

Strengthening the Nurse Director role: a UK study

Kelly, D. (PI), Smith, P. (PI), Holloway, A. (CoI), Jones, A. (CoI), Rafferty, A. M. (CoI), Harris, R. (CoI), Reid, J. (CoI), Noble, H. (CoI) & Hamilton, S. (CoI)

2/01/19 → …

Project: Research

Database of the Fluoride (F) content of Selected Drinks and Foods in the UK

Zohoori, V. (PI) & Maguire, A. (PI)

1/01/15 → …

Project: Research

Not started

EQUITy in Black Adult health (EQUITA)- a randomised feasibility trial of a co-produced and faith-placed intervention to increase uptake of breast, cervical, bowel, and AAA screening in the North East of England, Leeds and Scotland

Christie-de Jong, F. (PI), Eberhardt, J. (PI), Black, A. (CoI), Mireku, E. (CoI), Nnyanzi, L. (CoI), Deidda, M. (CoI), Kotzur, M. (CoI), Van Der Graaf, P. (CoI), Wetherall, K. (CoI), Adams, M. (CoI), McConnachie, A. (CoI), Robb, K. (CoI) & Ashley, L. (CoI)

1/03/25 → 28/02/27

Project: Research

Exploring and Evidencing Food Insecurity and Eating Distress in the North East of England

Branley-Bell, D. (PI), Giles, E. (CoI), Murphy-Morgan, C. (RA), Fry, A. (CoI), Smith, J. (CoI), Nunn, V. (CoI), Zhang, V. N. (CoI), Day, P. (CoI), Scrase, J. (CoI) & Godfrey, T. (CoI)

1/02/25 → 30/11/25

Project: Research

Modelling usage of Stop Smoking Services during pregnancy: Engagement and relapse

Carlebach, S. (PI), Jones, S. (CoI), Whittaker, V. (CoI), McIlvenna, R. (CoI) & Feeney, J. (CoI)

Project: Research

Pre-Reg nursing students' attitudes and experiences of death and dying

Carlebach, S. (PI), Whittaker, V. (CoI) & French, A. (CoI)

Project: Research

Finished

NIHR Undergraduate Internship Programme

Hodgson, P. (PI), Smith, J. (CoI) & Giles, E. (CoI)

1/07/24 → 30/09/24

Project: Research

PANB: An evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of the Preventing Adult Not Brought (PANB) Strategy in primary care across the NENC ICB.  

Barker, J. (PI), Hodgson, J. (CoI), Harrison, B. (RA), Stubbs-Masters, E. (CoI), Fishburn, S. (CoI) & Giles, E. (PI)

1/12/23 → 29/02/24

Project: Other

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NIHR Programme Development Grant Increasing accessibility of affordable healthy food to adults living with Severe Mental Illness in Middlesbrough.

Dunne, J. (PI), Lake, A. (PI), Smith, J. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), He, J. (CoI), Giles, E. (CoI), Cotton, M. (CoI) & Birkby, E. (CoI)

1/06/23 → 31/05/24

Project: Research

PANB: Prevention of Adult Not Brought (PANB)

Barker, J. (PI), Giles, E. (CoI), Hodgson, J. (CoI), Stubbs-Masters, E. (CoI), Kanmodi, K. (RA), Egbedina, E. A. (RA), Fishburn, S. (CoI) & Harrison, B. (RA)

3/04/23 → 27/02/24

Project: Research

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Enhancing sustainability in commercial pig farming

Miller, A. (PI), Liu, Y. (CoI), He, J. (CoI) & Flynn, P. (CoI)

3/01/23 → 31/07/23

Project: Research

ReBINFLAMe: Relationship between Burnout, vascular risk factors, and INFLAMmatory markers among physicians Study

Nkhata, M. (PI), Adebayo, O. (CoI), Nnyanzi, L. (CoI) & Kanmodi, K. (CoI)

2/01/23 → 31/07/23

Project: Research

BRECON: Building REsearch Capacity on Oral cancer genomics and bioinformatics in sub-SaharaN Africa Project

Nnyanzi, L. (PI), Adisa, A. (CoI), Aladelusi, T. (CoI), Kuba, S. (CoI), Lenis, V. P. (CoI), Kanmodi, K. (CoI), Sarker, M. (CoI), Nkhata, M. (CoI), Adetunji, C. (CoI), Amzat, J. (CoI), Kunonga, E. (CoI) & Ogbureke, K. (CoI)

2/01/23 → 31/07/23

Project: Research

Special Issue in Oral (MDPI): Oral Health in the Global South

Natto, Z. (PI), Kanmodi, K. (PI) & Nnyanzi, L. (PI)

24/10/22 → 23/06/23

Project: Research

FLuOridated WAter: Public Values & Evaluation of Cost-Benefit (FLO-WAVE)

Zohoori, V. (CoI), Vernazza , C. R. (PI), Morris, J. (CoI), Boyers, D. (CoI), O’Connor, R. (CoI) & Landes, D. (CoI)

31/03/22 → 31/12/23

Project: Research

Identifying the barriers and facilitators for people with severe mental illness and/or learning disabilities for PErson Centred Cancer Screening services (PECCS)

Tuschick, E. (RA), Byrnes, K. (PI) & Barker, J. (PI)

28/03/22 → 28/03/23

Project: Research

ELDER: Improving the oral health of older adults using milk supplemented with fluoride and probiotics: An interventional feasibility study and pilot RCT

Zohoori, V. (PI), Orr, C. (CoI), Twetman, S. (CoI), Stecksen-blicks , C. (CoI) & Angione, C. (CoI)

Eklund Foundation for Odontological Research & Education

1/03/22 → 31/12/24

Project: Research

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Computer Modelling financial Incentives (FIs) for quitting smoking in pregnancy (SiP)

Graham, A. (RA) & Jones, S. (PI)

1/10/21 → 17/12/21

Project: Research

NIHR Research for Patient Benefit - Mental Health in the North: A mixed methods study using co-production to explore food insecurity in adults with Severe Mental Illness living in Northern England

Smith, J. (PI), Giles, E. (PI), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Eskandari, F. (RA), Scott, S. (CoI), Whittaker, V. (CoI) & Lake, A. (CoI)

27/09/21 → 26/03/23

Project: Research

Thyme: Sugar beet to citric acid

Dimopoulou, M. (CoI), He, J. (CoI) & Rathbone, D. (PI)

1/07/21 → 30/04/22

Project: Research

Thyme: Tricin production

Dimopoulou, M. (CoI), He, J. (CoI) & Rathbone, D. (PI)

1/07/21 → 30/04/22

Project: Research

Thyme: STARVIT2 - Use of Polysaccharides for the production of mesoporous Carbons and Vitamin Encapsulation

Dimopoulou, M. (CoI), Hurst, P. (PI), He, J. (PI), MacQuarrie, D. (PI) & McElroy, C. R. (PI)

1/07/21 → 30/04/22

Project: Research

Systematic Review of Energy Drinks and Mental Health in Children and Young People

Van Griethuysen, A. (PI), Visram, S. (CoI), Smith, J. (CoI) & Lake, A. (CoI)

1/04/21 → 31/03/22

Project: Research

Mapping the evidence for monitoring fluoride exposure in community prevention programmes for oral health using nail clippings and spot urine samples: A scoping review

Zohoori, V. (PI) & Azevedo, L. B. (CoI)

The Borrow Foundation

15/03/21 → 31/03/22

Project: Research

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Developing an audit tool for mapping training for suicide and self-harm

Giles, E. (CoI), Barker, J. (PI), Ramtohul, A. (CoI), Fishburn, S. (CoI), Robinson, J. (CoI) & Hodgson, J. (CoI)

1/03/21 → 30/06/21

Project: Research

Understanding use of the NBMI CLiP - A Weight off Your Mind

Giles, E. (PI), Walker, L. (CoI), Smith, J. (CoI), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Lake, A. (CoI), Whittaker, V. (CoI) & Stevens, H. (RA)

1/02/21 → 31/01/22

Project: Research

Weight management interventions for adults living with overweight or obesity and severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stevens, H. (RA), Smith, J. (CoI), Walker, L. (CoI), Innerd, A. (CoI), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Fishburn, S. (CoI) & Giles, E. (PI)

1/02/21 → 30/06/22

Project: Research

AWOYM: An evaluation of the implementation of a Nutrition and Body Mass Index Clinical Link Pathway in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Services

Giles, E. (PI), Stevens, H. (RA), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Walker, L. (CoI), Pakunwanich, N. (RA), Whittaker, V. (CoI) & Smith, J. (PI)

1/02/21 → 31/01/22

Project: Research

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NIHR ARC NENC: An evaluation of the impact of ‘A Weight off Your Mind’ through the development of a Nutrition and BMI Clinical Link Pathway in Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Services

Stevens, H. (RA), Smith, J. (CoI), Walker, L. (CoI), McGeechan, G. (PI) & Giles, E. (PI)

1/02/21 → 31/01/22

Project: Research

The barriers and facilitators that can inhibit or aid people with serious mental illness accessing cancer screening programmes in the UK: a systematic review

Byrnes, K. (PI) & Barker, J. (PI)

4/01/21 → 21/06/21

Project: Other

System-level analysis of MECC implementation across the North East and Cumbria: A comparative study of delivery models, service reach and system relationships

Giles, E. (CoI)

1/01/21 → 30/06/22

Project: Research

A coproduced mixed method evaluation of the NHS England Low-Calorie Diet implementation pilot

Jones, S. (CoI), Watson, P. (CoI), Ells, L. (PI), Homer, C. (CoI), Drew, K. (CoI), Clare, K. (CoI), Matu, J. (CoI), Radley, D. (CoI), Logue, J. (CoI), McKenna, J. (CoI), Maynard, M. (CoI), Rowlands, S. (CoI), Apekey, T. (CoI), Marston, M. (CoI), Cade, J. (CoI), Bryant, M. (CoI), Martin, A. (CoI), Frempong, S. (CoI), Duarte, C. (CoI) & Flint, S. (CoI)

NIHR HS & DR

4/12/20 → 3/12/23

Project: Research

Food Insecurity in Adults with Severe Mental Illness (SMI): A Systematic Review

Smith, J. (PI), Stevens, H. (CoI), Lake, A. (CoI), Teasdale, S. (PI) & Giles, E. (CoI)

23/11/20 → 30/06/22

Project: Research

Understanding the treat culture in secure mental inpatient units

Giles, E. (PI) & Smith, J. (CoI)

2/11/20 → 30/11/21

Project: Other

NIHR ARC NENC - Modelling financial incentives to motivate pregnant smokers to quit - using Evolutionary Game Theory

Jones, S. (PI), Han, T. A. (CoI), Cimpeanu, T. (RA), Van Der Graaf, P. (CoI) & Giles, E. (CoI)

NIHR ARC NENC

1/11/20 → 28/02/22

Project: Research

Developing a Local Authority Research System: Middlesbrough Council, Redcar & Cleveland Council and Teesside University

Newbury-Birch, D. (CoI), Connor, N. (RA), Crosbie, T. (CoI), Zohoori, V. (CoI), Van Der Graaf, P. (CoI) & Divers, A. (RA)

NIHR Public Health Research

1/10/20 → 31/10/21

Project: Research

Life at a distance: a study of mutual aid and social connectedness in coastal communities during COVID-19

O'Neill, C. (PI), Poulter, H. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), Crow, R. (CoI), O'Malley, C. (CoI) & Walker, T. (PI)

UKRI , ESRC

29/09/20 → 30/06/21

Project: Research

Rapid scoping review of evidence of best practice in the design and delivery of self-harm and suicide prevention training

Barker, J. (PI), Giles, E. (PI), Byrnes, K. (CoI), Lilley, R. (RA), Fishburn, S. (CoI), Ramtohul, A. (CoI), McGeechan, G. (CoI), Thompson, P. (CoI), Robinson, J. (CoI) & Hodgson, J. (CoI)

22/09/20 → 19/02/21

Project: Research