Catriona McDaid
Professor of Applied Health Research

Profile

Biography

Catriona is an applied health researcher based in York Trials Unit. She has a long-standing interest in the evaluation of complex interventions, most recently evaluation of surgical interventions. She has worked in health technology assessment since 2002 and has undertaken health technology assessments of pharmacological, behavioural, surgical and policy interventions. She has experience in leading systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, feasibility studies and mixed methods studies.

She is Co-director of the NIHR RSS Hub delivered by University of York and Partners.

Qualifications

• BSc Psychology (Queen’s University, Belfast)
• MSc Science Communication (Queen’s University/Dublin City University)
• PhD The Neuropsychological Sequelae of Transient Brain Insult (Queen’s University, Belfast)
• Post-graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (University of York)

Departmental roles

• York Trials Unit Senior Management Team

University roles

• Director for the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) Wellbeing, Health and Communities Pathway, October 2018 to September 2020
• Department of Health Sciences Research Committee

Research

Overview

Key areas of interest and experience:

• Evaluation of complex interventions (in particular orthopaedic surgery)
• Randomised controlled trials
• Feasibility studies
• Mixed methods
• Evidence synthesis (including systematic reviews, coping reviews, rapid reviews)

Projects

• ACTIVE: Articular type C pilon fracture trial: internal versus external fixation
• DIDACT: Surgery or sling immobilisation for adults with displaced fracture of the distal clavicle
• HAMLET - A multicentre, two-arm, non-blinded, pragmatic, parallel group, randomised controlled superiority trial assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of Through Knee Amputation (TKA) compared to Above Knee Amputation (AKA) in patients requiring major lower limb amputations (MMLA), but who are unsuitable for a Below Knee Amputation (BKA).
• L1FE: Lateral Compression Type-1 fracture fixation in the elderly
• OPAL2 - A multi-centre RCT comparing the OPAL occupational support programme with usual care on the time to return-to-work in patients undergoing elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
• PORTRAIT - an RCT investigating whether pain and quality of life are improved with post-operative radiotherapy compared to no radiotherapy and whether radiotherapy reduces the likelihood of further surgery in the future.
• PROFHER 2: PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation Trial no. 2
• PROLLIT: Patient Reported Outcome Measure for Lower Limb Reconstruction
• RAPSODI: Reverse or Anatomical replacement for Painful Shoulder Osteoarthritis, Differences between Interventions
• SOFFT: Simple Olecranon Fracture Fixation Trial

Completed Projects

• AVURT: Aspirin for Venous Ulcers: Randomised Trial
• BOA Orthopaedic Surgery Research Centre (BOSRC): Project lead, funded by British Orthopaedic Association
• Connect: Co-production of policing evidence, research and training: focus mental health
• OPAL:  Occupational advice initiated prior to planned surgery for lower limb joint replacement
• Orthotic management of instability of the kneee in neuromuscular disease to read the Orthotic blog please follow this link
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for non-respiratory sleep disturbances in children with neurodevelopmental disorders:  a systematic review
• PRESTO: Surgical fixation versus non-overdue management for patients with stable thorocolumbar fractures: a feasibility study
• UK FroST: Multi-centre randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study comparing early structured physiotherapy versus manipulation under anaesthesia versus arthroscopic capsular release for patients referred to secondary care with a frozen shoulder
• QIST: Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams Trial

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Supervision

Current

• Nickil Agni, Efficient study design, high dose antibiotic loaded cement for hip arthroplasty patient
• Adam Watts (Commenced November 2020), Clinical trials in low volume orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery: measurement tools and trial design.
• Fiona Ashton Calcific tendinitis in the shoulder

Completed

• Mark Corbett PhD by publication, Quality assessment of healthcare intervention studies in systematic reviews: improving established tools and approaches for context-specific assessments
• Alison Booth PhD by publication, Systematic review protocol registration and reporting guidelines: development, implementation, assessment and utility.
• Ashley Scrimshire, Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams
• Helen Ingoe MD, Surgical rib fracture fixation: systematic review of effectiveness, assessment of current UK practice and development of a core outcome set

Publications

Full publications list

• Catriona McDaid's publications 

Teaching

Postgraduate

• Contributes to Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research Methods
• Lead for Systematic Reviews Module, 2015/16 to 2019/20
• Teaching on MSc Module on Research Methods, 2015/16 to 2019/20

External activities

Memberships

• NIHR Journals Editor HTA and EME
• NIHR Research Design Service North East and North Cumbria Oversight Group (current)
• NIHR Academy Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee (current)
• NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Sub-Committee B Panel (current)
• Trial Steering Committee  SCIENCE trial)
• Associate Editor Systematic Reviews BMC (2014 - 2017)