Shannon Halmkan
Trainee Statistician

Research

Projects

• ACTIVE – A RCT assessing the effectiveness of internal plate fixation versus external fine wire fixation for the management of Type C, closed pilon fractures of the distal tibia
• DIADEM - Developing and evaluating an adapted behavioural activation intervention for people with depression and diabetes in South Asia
• FARSTER-Care - An RCT investigating whether, following cardiac surgery with full median sternotomy, an accelerated cardiac rehabilitation pathway will lead to improved patient outcomes and is cost effective compared to the usual timing of cardiac rehabilitation.
• SCOOTT - A multi-centre, superiority and non-inferiority three-arm RCT to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of treating arthritis of the base of the thumb, with or without surgery and to determine the clinical and cost effectiveness of trapeziectomy versus base of thumb joint replacement.

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

• Naveed Ahmed, Gerardo A. Zavala, Faraz Siddiqui, Faiza Aslam, Ada Keding, Shannon Halmkan, Saima Afaq, Hannah Maria Jennings, Ashraful Anas, Sanjit K. Shaha, Kazi Moriom Jahan, Abdul Kuddus, Zara Nisar, Simon M. Walker, Anum Naz, Hira Shakoor, Asima K. Niazi, Rowena Jacobs, Karen Coales, Kishwar Azad, Edward Fottrell, Zia Ul Haq, David Ekers, Najma Siddiqi, Catherine Hewitt,
  A randomised controlled feasibility trial of Behavioural activation as a treatment for people with diabetes and depression: (DiaDeM feasibility trial), Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 372, 2025, Pages 333-346, ISSN 0165-0327,