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Dr Liz Shaw

Dr Liz Shaw

Associate Research Fellow

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 South Cloisters 3.09

 

South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

Overview

I currently work within the Exeter Policy Research Programme Evidence Review Facility within the University of Exeter Medical School. We carry out systematic reviews which are used to infom policy accross health and social care. Funding began in April 2020 and continues until March 2025..

Prior to this, I worked within the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre for three years. Our work included a rapid systematic review exploring experiences of the Nearest Relative provisions of the Mental Health Act, which was used to infom the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983. We also worked two large systematic reviews:

1) Examining the effectiveness of organisational interventions aiming to manage the length of hospital stay for older adults admitted for planned procedures.

2) To systematically review evidence that can inform the arrangements for the specialist care of adults with ABI who may require secure psychiatric services.

Qualifications

2011: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (University of Hull)
2008: Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health (University of York)
2007: BSc Psychology (University of York)

Career

I trained as a clinical psychologist and have previously worked within Community Teams for Adults with Learning Disabilities. My thesis, carried out as part of my clinical psychology training, focused on the experience of recovery for people receiving methadone maintenance treatment.

I have previously worked on a PenCLAHRC affiliated Systematic Literature Review within the Evidence Synthesis Team, aimed at exploring the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving the mental health of young people with long-term physical conditions. This review had three parts; a quantitative part to review the effectiveness of the interventions and their cost-effectiveness, a qualitative part to review the experiences of young people, their parents and those administering the interventions and an over-arching synthesis of the information gathered though parts 1 and 2. This review took place over 15 months
starting in January 16. I really enjoyed working alongside medical and mental health experts within the field and the young people with lived experience of LTC.

In 2015 I worked on a randomized control trial at Plymouth University to explore the effects of debt counselling on the recovery of people with money worries who were also living with depression.

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Research

Research interests

I have an ongoing interest in research aiming to improve mental health in vulnerable populations and enhance coordination between services to support individuals with multiple and complex needs.

Within the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre I support the identification of research questions and development of research protocols for systematic reviews aiming to improve the organisation and delivery of health services within the UK. My work involves the delivery of all stages of these systematic reviews, from application of screening criteria, quality appraisal, synthesis of results and write up of reports for publication.

I have particular expertise in conducting both primary and secondary qualitative research.

My thesis focused on the experiences of recovery of individuals receiving methadone maintentance treatment, I gained experience in conducting individual interviews and analysing the content using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

In my previous role as a systematic reviewer within the PenCLAHRC team, I led a systematic review aimed at exploring the experiences of young people, their parents and intervention deliverers of interventions aiming to improve the mental wellbeing of young people with long-term physical conditions. This work involved the use of a meta-ethnography approach to synthesise qualitative evidence.

As part of my work with the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre, I led a rapid review of qualitative evidence associated with people's experiences of the Nearest Relative provision of the MHA. I was responsible for developing a novel methodology drawing upon a framework synthesis approach as part of this piece of work.

Research projects

3 Systematic Reviews within the Evidence Synthesis team examining:

1)  The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions targeting mental health for children and young people with LTCs and symptoms of mental distress.

2)  The effects of such interventions on other key aspects of social and family functioning.

3) The factors that may enhance, or hinder, the effectiveness of the above interventions and / or the successful implementation of interventions 

Publications

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Publications by category


Journal articles

Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (In Press). A ’Rapid Best-Fit’ model for framework synthesis: using research objectives to structure analysis within a rapid review of qualitative evidence. Research Synthesis Methods
Moore D, Nunns M, Shaw L, Rogers M, Walker E, Ford T, Garside R, Ukoumunne O, Titman P, Shafran R, et al (In Press). Interventions to improve the mental health of children and young people with long-term physical conditions: Linked evidence syntheses. Health Technology Assessment
Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (In Press). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. NIHR web report Abstract.
Anderson R, Booth A, Eastwood A, Rodgers M, Shaw E, Thompson Coon J, Briscoe S, Cantrell A, Chambers D, Goyder E, et al (In Press). Synthesis for health services and policy: the craft and science of question formulation and scoping. Health Services and Delivery Research, TBC, 1-1. Abstract.
Briscoe S, Abbott R, Lawal H, Shaw L, Coon JT (2023). Feasibility and desirability of screening search results from Google Search exhaustively for systematic reviews: a cross‐case analysis. Research Synthesis Methods
Coon JT, Orr N, Shaw L, Hunt H, Garside R, Nunns M, Gröppel-Wegener A, Whear B (2022). Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond. Systematic Reviews, 11(1). Abstract.
Abbott R, Bethel A, Rogers M, Whear R, Orr N, Shaw L, Stein K, Thompson Coon J (2022). Characteristics, quality and volume of the first 5 months of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study. BMJ Evid Based Med, 27(3), 169-177. Abstract.  Author URL.
Walker E, Shaw E, Nunns M, Moore D, Thompson Coon J (2021). No evidence synthesis about me without me: Involving young people in the conduct and dissemination of a complex evidence synthesis. Health Expect, 24 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 122-133. Abstract.  Author URL.
Thompson G, Zhelev Z, Peters J, Khalid S, Briscoe S, Shaw L, Nunns M, Ludman S, Hyde C (2021). Symptom scores in the diagnosis of pediatric cow's milk protein allergy: a systematic review. Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 32(7), 1497-1507. Abstract.  Author URL.
Nunns M, John JB, McGrath JS, Shaw L, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Hemsley A, Lovegrove CJ, Thomas D, Mythen MG, et al (2020). Evaluating enhanced recovery after surgery: time to cover new ground and discover the missing patient voice. Perioperative Medicine, 9(1). Abstract.
Briscoe S, Nunns M, Shaw L (2020). How do Cochrane authors conduct web searching to identify studies? Findings from a cross‐sectional sample of Cochrane Reviews. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 37(4), 293-318.
Price A, Ahuja L, Bramwell C, Briscoe S, Shaw E, Nunns M, O'Rourke G, Baron S, Anderson R (2020). Research evidence on different strengths-based approaches within adult social work: a systematic review. HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre Topic Report (peer-reviewed), 1-157. Abstract.
Thompson Coon J, Gwernan‐Jones R, Garside R, Nunns M, Shaw L, Melendez‐Torres GJ, Moore D (2019). Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach. Research Synthesis Methods, 11(4), 507-521.
Shaw L, Moore D, Nunns M, Thompson Coon J, Ford T, Berry V, Walker E, Heyman I, Dickens C, Bennett S, et al (2019). Experiences of interventions aiming to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people with a long-term physical condition: a systematic review and meta-ethnography. Child Care Health Dev, 45(6), 832-849. Abstract.  Author URL.
Nunns MPI, Shaw L, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Hemsley A, McGrath JS, Lovegrove CJ, Thomas D, Anderson R (2019). Multicomponent hospital-led interventions to reduce hospital stay for older adults following elective surgery: a systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(40), 1-178.
Finning K, Ukoumunne OC, Ford T, Danielson-Waters E, Shaw L, Romero De jager I, Stentiford L, Moore D (2019). Review: the association between anxiety and poor attendance at school – a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 24(3), 205-2016. Abstract.
Moore D, Russell A, Matthews J, Ford T, Rogers M, Ukoumunne O, Kneale D, Thompson Coon J, Sutcliffe K, Nunns M, et al (2018). Context and Implications Document for: School-based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review with multiple synthesis methods. Review of Education, 6
Shaw EH, Nunns MP, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (2018). Experiences of the ‘Nearest Relative’ provisions in the compulsory detention of people under the Mental Health Act: rapid systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research
Moore D, Russell A, Matthews J, Ford T, Rogers M, Ukoumunne O, Kneale D, Thompson Coon J, Sutcliffe K, Nunns M, et al (2018). School‐based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review with multiple synthesis methods. Review of Education, 6
Finning K, Ukoumunne O, Ford T, Danielsson-Waters E, Shaw L, Romero De Jager I, Stentiford L, Moore D (2018). The association between child and adolescent depression and poor attendance at school: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 928-938. Abstract.
Gabbay MB, Ring A, Byng R, Anderson P, Taylor RS, Matthews C, Harris T, Berry V, Byrne P, Carter E, et al (2017). Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an adaptive randomised controlled pilot trial (DeCoDer study). Health Technol Assess, 21(35), 1-164. Abstract.  Author URL.

Reports

Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (2022). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. Abstract.
Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (2022). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme.  Abstract.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Spicer S, Lawal H, Briscoe S, Melendez-Torres GJ, Garside R, Liabo K, Thompson Coon J (2022). What multi-disciplinary delivery models for Occupational Health services are effective for whom? an umbrella review. NIHR Policy Research Programme.  Abstract.
Thompson Coon J, Nunns M, Shaw E, Briscoe S, Liabo K, Garside R, Melendez-Torres GJ, turner M (2021). Optimising prescribing of drugs to prevent CVD and drugs that cause dependency: an evidence-gap map. Abstract.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (2020). Evidence for specialist treatment of people with acquired brain injury in secure psychiatric services: systematic review and narrative synthesis., NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Topic Report.
Price A, Ahuja L, Bramwell C, Briscoe S, Shaw L, Nunns M, O'Rourke G, Baron S, Anderson R (2020). Research evidence on different strengths-based approaches within adult social work: a systematic review., NIHR.

Publications by year


In Press

Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (In Press). A ’Rapid Best-Fit’ model for framework synthesis: using research objectives to structure analysis within a rapid review of qualitative evidence. Research Synthesis Methods
Moore D, Nunns M, Shaw L, Rogers M, Walker E, Ford T, Garside R, Ukoumunne O, Titman P, Shafran R, et al (In Press). Interventions to improve the mental health of children and young people with long-term physical conditions: Linked evidence syntheses. Health Technology Assessment
Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (In Press). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. NIHR web report Abstract.
Anderson R, Booth A, Eastwood A, Rodgers M, Shaw E, Thompson Coon J, Briscoe S, Cantrell A, Chambers D, Goyder E, et al (In Press). Synthesis for health services and policy: the craft and science of question formulation and scoping. Health Services and Delivery Research, TBC, 1-1. Abstract.

2023

Briscoe S, Abbott R, Lawal H, Shaw L, Coon JT (2023). Feasibility and desirability of screening search results from Google Search exhaustively for systematic reviews: a cross‐case analysis. Research Synthesis Methods

2022

Coon JT, Orr N, Shaw L, Hunt H, Garside R, Nunns M, Gröppel-Wegener A, Whear B (2022). Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond. Systematic Reviews, 11(1). Abstract.
Abbott R, Bethel A, Rogers M, Whear R, Orr N, Shaw L, Stein K, Thompson Coon J (2022). Characteristics, quality and volume of the first 5 months of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study. BMJ Evid Based Med, 27(3), 169-177. Abstract.  Author URL.
Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (2022). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. Abstract.
Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Abbott R, Shaw E, Nunns M, Garside R (2022). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: a scoping review of qualitative studies. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme.  Abstract.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Spicer S, Lawal H, Briscoe S, Melendez-Torres GJ, Garside R, Liabo K, Thompson Coon J (2022). What multi-disciplinary delivery models for Occupational Health services are effective for whom? an umbrella review. NIHR Policy Research Programme.  Abstract.

2021

Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Melendez-Torres GJ, Kneale D, McGrath J, Hemsley A, Lovegrove C, Thompson Coon J (2021). Impact of interventions to improve recovery of older adults following planned hospital admission on quality of life following discharge: linked evidence synthesis. Protocol.
Walker E, Shaw E, Nunns M, Moore D, Thompson Coon J (2021). No evidence synthesis about me without me: Involving young people in the conduct and dissemination of a complex evidence synthesis. Health Expect, 24 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 122-133. Abstract.  Author URL.
Thompson Coon J, Nunns M, Shaw E, Briscoe S, Liabo K, Garside R, Melendez-Torres GJ, turner M (2021). Optimising prescribing of drugs to prevent CVD and drugs that cause dependency: an evidence-gap map. Abstract.
Briscoe S, Shaw E, Nunns M, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Garside R (2021). Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions or symptoms suggestive of gynaecological conditions: Protocol for a scoping review.
Thompson G, Zhelev Z, Peters J, Khalid S, Briscoe S, Shaw L, Nunns M, Ludman S, Hyde C (2021). Symptom scores in the diagnosis of pediatric cow's milk protein allergy: a systematic review. Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 32(7), 1497-1507. Abstract.  Author URL.
Shaw EH, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Ahuja L, Price A, Bethel A, Shaw N, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (2021). What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? Protocol for a systematic evidence map Version 2: 24th May 2021.  Abstract.

2020

Nunns M, John JB, McGrath JS, Shaw L, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Hemsley A, Lovegrove CJ, Thomas D, Mythen MG, et al (2020). Evaluating enhanced recovery after surgery: time to cover new ground and discover the missing patient voice. Perioperative Medicine, 9(1). Abstract.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (2020). Evidence for specialist treatment of people with acquired brain injury in secure psychiatric services: systematic review and narrative synthesis., NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Topic Report.
Briscoe S, Nunns M, Shaw L (2020). How do Cochrane authors conduct web searching to identify studies? Findings from a cross‐sectional sample of Cochrane Reviews. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 37(4), 293-318.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Melendez-Torres GJ, Garside R (2020). Optimal prescribing of drugs to prevent CVD and drugs that cause dependency: an evidence gap map.
Price A, Ahuja L, Bramwell C, Briscoe S, Shaw E, Nunns M, O'Rourke G, Baron S, Anderson R (2020). Research evidence on different strengths-based approaches within adult social work: a systematic review. HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre Topic Report (peer-reviewed), 1-157. Abstract.
Price A, Ahuja L, Bramwell C, Briscoe S, Shaw L, Nunns M, O'Rourke G, Baron S, Anderson R (2020). Research evidence on different strengths-based approaches within adult social work: a systematic review., NIHR.
Shaw E, Nunns M, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Anderson R (2020). What is the evidence for the need for specialist treatment of people with acquired brain injury in secure psychiatric services? Protocol for a systematic review.

2019

Thompson Coon J, Gwernan‐Jones R, Garside R, Nunns M, Shaw L, Melendez‐Torres GJ, Moore D (2019). Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach. Research Synthesis Methods, 11(4), 507-521.
Shaw L, Moore D, Nunns M, Thompson Coon J, Ford T, Berry V, Walker E, Heyman I, Dickens C, Bennett S, et al (2019). Experiences of interventions aiming to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people with a long-term physical condition: a systematic review and meta-ethnography. Child Care Health Dev, 45(6), 832-849. Abstract.  Author URL.
Nunns MPI, Shaw L, Briscoe S, Thompson Coon J, Hemsley A, McGrath JS, Lovegrove CJ, Thomas D, Anderson R (2019). Multicomponent hospital-led interventions to reduce hospital stay for older adults following elective surgery: a systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(40), 1-178.
Finning K, Ukoumunne OC, Ford T, Danielson-Waters E, Shaw L, Romero De jager I, Stentiford L, Moore D (2019). Review: the association between anxiety and poor attendance at school – a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 24(3), 205-2016. Abstract.

2018

Moore D, Russell A, Matthews J, Ford T, Rogers M, Ukoumunne O, Kneale D, Thompson Coon J, Sutcliffe K, Nunns M, et al (2018). Context and Implications Document for: School-based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review with multiple synthesis methods. Review of Education, 6
Shaw EH, Nunns MP, Briscoe S, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (2018). Experiences of the ‘Nearest Relative’ provisions in the compulsory detention of people under the Mental Health Act: rapid systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research
Moore D, Russell A, Matthews J, Ford T, Rogers M, Ukoumunne O, Kneale D, Thompson Coon J, Sutcliffe K, Nunns M, et al (2018). School‐based interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review with multiple synthesis methods. Review of Education, 6
Finning K, Ukoumunne O, Ford T, Danielsson-Waters E, Shaw L, Romero De Jager I, Stentiford L, Moore D (2018). The association between child and adolescent depression and poor attendance at school: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 928-938. Abstract.

2017

Gabbay MB, Ring A, Byng R, Anderson P, Taylor RS, Matthews C, Harris T, Berry V, Byrne P, Carter E, et al (2017). Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an adaptive randomised controlled pilot trial (DeCoDer study). Health Technol Assess, 21(35), 1-164. Abstract.  Author URL.

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