Book now for Alex Todhunter-Brown’s Professorial Lecture
Professor Alex Todhunter-Brown, from the School of Health and Life Sciences' Research Centre for Health (ReaCH), will share her expertise on systematic reviews and why they are so important in her Professorial Lecture.
The Lecture entitled ‘Do you believe in evidence-based practice?’ will take place on February 27 in The Lantern from 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a networking reception. Join here through eventbrite - https://ProfessorialLectureAlexTodhunter-Brown.eventbrite.co.uk.
Professor Todhunter-Brown will explore some questions about evidence-based practice that she has asked, and been asked, during her career journey. She will reflect on the importance of asking the right questions, and making sure that the questions addressed by systematic reviews are of importance to patients and the general public.
She explained: “Systematic reviews bring together the results of research studies and aim to give the best possible answer to an important question about healthcare. They are central to evidence-based practice, informing clinical guidelines and impacting on healthcare decisions. Systematic reviews which don’t ask the ‘right’ questions can contribute to research waste.”
The Lecture is aimed at anyone interested in how research evidence is used to inform healthcare decisions, including patients, healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers.
Professor Todhunter-Brown joined the University in 2008, having spent the previous 10 years in a role promoting evidence-based practice to allied health professionals working in stroke rehabilitation.
Her role in the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP RU) has focused on the evaluation and the synthesis of evidence relating to the effectiveness of complex interventions, and she has over 100 peer-reviewed publications including several Cochrane systematic reviews. She has been an innovator in the involvement of the public in systematic reviews, as well as leading and contributing to a number of research prioritisation projects.