缅北禁地

Roles and Responsibilities

Research Associate (Diagnostic Methods) at the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation (formerly NIHR MIC) at 缅北禁地. Provide support to the 缅北禁地 NIHR HRC projects evaluating clinical diagnostic tests. This includes evidence synthesis, study design, protocols, analysis plans and manuscripts; quantitative and qualitative data collection; data management, analysis, and interpretation of results (for example via care pathway analysis or thematic analysis); and reporting and dissemination of findings including proactively seeking out advice from relevant experts, NHS commissioners and regulators, and supporting and managing the patient, public, and service provider engagement and involvement activities for projects. Specialty in implementation science, open science, research data management and qualitative methods. 

UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) joint local network lead for 缅北禁地. This role involves promotion of the aims of the UKRN throughout the University and being a point of contact for UKRN, as well as representing the grassroots network of researchers at 缅北禁地. I am also an open research champion for the university working as part of the University’s Research Culture Programme promoting and advocating for open research within the faculty of medical sciences. I have a particular interest in reproducible research and data sharing.

Qualifications

PhD Participants' attitudes towards data sharing, 缅北禁地.

MPH Health Informatics, Staffordshire University. 

MSc Enterprise Environment and Place, The University of Birmingham. 

BA Geography, The University of Birmingham.  

Previous Roles

Database Manager, 缅北禁地 Clinical Trials Unit.

Research Assistant on the study "The long term sequelae of radiation exposure due to computed tomography in children and young people".

Public Health Information Analyst, Sandwell Primary Care Trust.

Research Interests 

• Research Methodology
• Qualitative methods
• Implementation science
• Data Sharing (including participant attitudes)
• Reproducibility/Open Science
• Diagnostics
• Trial design
• Health data    

• Articles

  • Akowuah EF, Maier RH, Hancock HC, Wagnild J, Vale L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Kharati E, Ogundimu E, Mathias A, Walmsley Z, Howe N, Graham R, Ainsworth K, Zacharias J. . Health Technology Assessment 2025, 29(55), 1-121.
  • Naseem R, Howe N, Pretorius S, Williams C, Lendrem C, Pallmann P, Carrol ED. . NIHR Open Research 2025, 4, 35.
  • Pretorius S, Bartle V, Bellass S, Blackburn ER, Bold H, Cooper R, Cordell HJ, Evison F, Holding R, Howe N, Lam E, Marshall T, Matthews FE, Missier P, Pearson ER, Plummer C, Richards G, Robinson SM, Sapey E, Scharf T, Singer M, Suklan J, Walker P, Wason JMS, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . BMJ Medicine 2025, 5(1), e001495.
  • Howe NL, Blackburn E, Sheppard A, Pretorius S, Suklan J, Bellass S, Cooper R, Gallier S, Sapey E, Sayer AAP, Witham M. . BMJ Open 2025, 15, e100270.
  • Wilson JA, Fouweather T, Stocken DD, Homer T, Haighton C, Rousseau N, O'Hara J, Vale L, Wilson R, Carnell S, Wilkes S, Morrison J, Ah-See K, Carrie S, Hopkins C, Howe N, Hussain M, Lindley L, MacKenzie K, McSweeney L, Mehanna H, Raine C, Whelan RS, Sullivan F, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff A, Teare D. . Health Technology Assessment 2023, 27(31).
  • Akowuah EF, Maier RH, Hancock HC, Kharatikoopaei E, Vale L, Fernandez-Garcia C, Ogundimu E, Wagnild J, Mathias A, Walmsley Z, Howe N, Kasim A, Graham R, Murphy GJ, Zacharias J. . JAMA 2023, 329(22), 1957-1966.
  • Wilson JA, O'Hara J, Fouweather T, Homer T, Stocken DD, Vale L, Haighton C, Rousseau N, Wilson R, McSweeney L, Wilkes S, Morrison J, MacKenzie K, Ah-See K, Carrie S, Hopkins C, Howe N, Hussain M, Mehanna H, Raine C, Sullivan F, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff A, Teare MD. . The Lancet 2023, 401(10393), 2051-2059.
  • Snowden C, Lynch E, Avery L, Haighton C, Howel D, Mamasoula V, Gilvarry E, McColl E, Prentis J, Gerrand C, Steel A, Goudie N, Howe N, Kaner E. . Health Technology Assessment 2020, 24(12), 1-176.
  • Giles EL, McGeechan GJ, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Howel D, Kaner E, McColl E, McGovern R, Scott S, Stamp E, Sumnall H, Todd L, Vale L, Albani V, Boniface S, Frankham J, Ferguson J, Gilvarry E, Hendrie N, Howe N, Mossop H, Ramsay A, Stanley G, Newbury-Birch D. . Public Health Research 2019, 7(9).
  • Kunadian V, Wilson N, Stocken D, Hani A, McColl E, Burns G, Howe N, Fisher A, De Soyza A. . ERJ Open Research 2019, 5(3).
  • Howe N, Giles EL, Newbury-Birch D, McColl E. . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2018, 23(2), 123-133.
  • Snowden CP, Lynch E, Avery L, Gerrand C, Gilvarry E, Goudie N, Haighton C, Hall L, Howe N, Howell D, McColl E, Prentis J, Stamp E, Kaner E. . Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2018, 4(140).
  • Kunadian V, Chan D, Ali H, Wilkinson N, Howe N, McColl E, Thornton J, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff A, Holstein EM, Burns G, Fisher A, Stocken D, De Soyza A. . BMJ Open 2018, 8, e020713.
  • Giles EL, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Howel D, Kaner E, McColl E, McGovern R, Scott S, Stamp E, Sumnall H, Tate L, Todd L, Vale L, Albani V, Boniface S, Ferguson J, Frankham J, Gilvarry E, Hendrie N, Howe N, McGeechan GJ, Stanley G, Newbury-Birch D. . BMJ Open 2016, 6(12), e012474.
  • Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. . Lancet 2012, 380(9840), 499-505.
  • Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Howe NL, McHugh K, Kim KP, Lee C, Craft AW, de Gonzalez AB, Parker L. . Radiology Research and Practice 2012, 594278.

• Letter

  • Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Craft AW, Parker L, de Gonzalez AB. . Lancet 2012, 380(9855), 1736-1737.

• Review

  • Naseem R, Howe N, Williams CJ, Pretorius S, Green K. . Respiratory Investigation 2024, 62(5), 817-831.