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Personal profile
Biography
Gemma Shields is a Lecturer at the University of Manchester, focusing on the design and implementation of economic evaluations in mental health and chronic disabilities. She is a member of the i3HS Hub and course lead of the economic evaluation course unit on the Master of Public Health.
Research interests
Gemma works on a number of integrated clinical and economic evaluations of health technologies, with a focus on mental health.
Current projects include:
- NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neurodevelopment and Autism in South Asia (NAMASTE)
- Remote psychosocial interventions to prevent avoidable psychiatric hospital admissions in people with serious mental health problems: a multi-arm multi-stage trial (RAPID)
- Youth Metacognitive Therapy (YoMeta): A Single Blind Parallel Randomised Feasibility Trial
- Cognitive behavioural therapy in comparison to treatment as usual in young adults at high risk of developing bipolar disorder (Bipolar At Risk): A randomised controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of a treatment approach targeted at key appraisal change (BART II)
- Motiv8: A randomized feasibility trial of a weight management intervention for adults on secure forensic mental health inpatient units
- iMAgery focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS-2): A feasibility randomised controlled trial
- Evaluation of the feasibility of a RCT of Empowered Conversations: a training to enhance relationships and communication between family carers and people living with dementia
- Enhancing the quality of psychological interventions delivered by telephone (EQUITy)
Teaching
Economic Evaluation in Health Care / Health Economics (POPH60092)
Gemma is the course lead for the Health Economics course unit available via the MPH by distance learning. The course enables participants to understand the principles of health economics, structure an economic evaluation and appraise and apply economic evaluation evidence to decision-making in practice.
Public Health Dissertation Supervisor
Applied PEP (APEP) Supervisor
CPD
Gemma runs a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course “Economic Evaluation in Healthcare: An Introduction” through the i3HS Hub. Please check the CPD catalogue for further details https://catalogue.manchester.ac.uk/browse/i3hs/
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
- Evidence Synthesis Research Network (Steering Committee Member). Find out more about the network here: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/evidence-synthesis/
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Health Economists' Study Group (HESG) member.
- International Health Economics Association (iHEA) member.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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A framework for implementing Patient and Public Involvement in mental health research: The PATHWAY research programme benchmarked against NIHR standards
Capobianco, L., Faija, C., Cooper, B., Brown, L., Mcphillips, R., Shields, G. & Wells, A., 1 Apr 2023, In: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy. 26, 2, p. 640-650 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An economic evaluation of targeted case-finding strategies for identifying postnatal depression: A model-based analysis comparing common case-finding instruments
Camacho, E. M., Shields, G. E., Eisner, E., Littlewood, E., Watson, K., Chew-Graham, C. A., McMillan, D., Ali, S. & Gilbody, S., 1 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 334, p. 26-34 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Investigation into the Relationship Between Choice of Model Structure and How to Adjust for Subsequent Therapies Using a Case Study in Oncology
Cranmer, H. L., Shields, G. E. & Bullement, A., 27 Feb 2023, In: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Systematic Review of Methods to Incorporate External Evidence into Trial-Based Survival Extrapolations for Health Technology Assessment
Bullement, A., Stevenson, M. D., Baio, G., Shields, G. E. & Latimer, N. R., 1 Jul 2023, In: Medical decision making. 43, 5, p. 610-620 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cost-effectiveness of home-based cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review
Shields, G. E., Rowlandson, A., Dalal, G., Nickerson, S., Cranmer, H., Capobianco, L. & Doherty, P., 8 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Heart.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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NAMASTE: Global Health Research Unit on Neurodevelopment and AutisM in South ASia Treatment and Evidence (NAMASTE)
Green, J., Leadbitter, K., Garg, S., Shields, G. & Wilson, P.
1/09/22 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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EVI-DEM: Translating evidence of costs and benefits of support at home in later stage dementia: to the NHS, social care and family carers
Clarkson, P., Shields, G., Davies, S., Toole, C., Rowlandson, A. & Higgerson, J.
28/02/22 → 27/02/23
Project: Research
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Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone (EQUITy).
Bee, P., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bower, P., Davies, L., Lovell, K., Wilson, P. & Shields, G.
2/04/18 → 1/10/23
Project: Research
Prizes
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Best Oral Abstract (BACPR 2021)
Shields, Gemma (Recipient), 8 Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 2 Editorial work
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (Journal)
Gemma Shields (Associate editor)
Oct 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (Journal)
Gemma Shields (Member of editorial board)
Aug 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Impacts
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Redressing health inequalities through evidence-based health and social care practice with Deaf sign language users
Alys Young (Participant), Katherine Rogers (Participant), Emma Ferguson-Coleman (Participant), Rosemary Oram (Participant), Claire Dodds (Participant), Rachel Belk (Participant), Gemma Shields (Participant), John Keady (Participant), Linda Davies (Participant) & Karina Lovell (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Datasets
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Improving the effectiveness of psychological interventions for depression and anxiety in the cardiac rehabilitation pathway using group-based metacognitive therapy (PATHWAY Group MCT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Wells, A. (Creator), McNicol, K. (Creator), Reeves, D. (Creator), Salmon, P. (Creator), Davies, L. (Creator), Heagerty, A. (Creator), Doherty, P. (Creator), Mcphillips, R. (Creator), Anderson, R. (Creator), Faija, C. (Creator), Capobianco, L. (Creator), Wilson, H. (Creator), Gaffney, H. (Creator), Shields, G. (Creator) & Fisher, P. (Creator), figshare , 3 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4058213
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