Date
Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 February 2024
Venue
Virtual via MS Teams
Present members
- Professor Peymane Adab (Chair)
- Dr Salma Ayis (left at 3pm on Day 1)
- Dr Rachel Clark (Day 2 only)
- Professor Frank De Vocht
- Professor Matt Egan
- Dr Karen Exley (until 2.30pm on Day 2)
- Professor Brian Ferguson (Programme Director) – Day 1 only
- Professor Emma Frew
- Dr Nadeem Gire
- Professor Susan Griffin (Day 1 only)
- Dr Dougal Hargreaves (from 2pm on Day 2)
- Dr Benjamin Hawkins
- Dr Ruth Hunter (until 11am on Day 2)
- Dr Judi Kidger
- Professor Ruth Kipping
- Dr Chris Kypridemos (pm only on Day 2)
- Professor James Lewsey
- Ms Tess McManus - Public committee member
- Professor Graham Moore (Deputy Chair, absent 2-3pm on Day 1)
- Professor Jolene Skordis
- Dr Abigail Stevely
- Professor James Woodcock
Co-opted
- Dr Richard Parnell - Public committee member (Day 1 only)
- Ms Humera Sultan (Day 2 Application Development Awards only)
Secretariat
- Helen Walters (Day 1 only)
- Chloe Montague
- James Morris (Day 2 only)
- Gemma House
- Louise Higgs (Day 1 only)
- Bernie Newitt
- Caitlin van Abeelen
- Kerstin Goodall (Day 1 only)
Apologies
- Associate Professor Derrick Bennett
- Dr Magdalena Opazo Breton
- Dr Rachel Clark (Day 1)
- Dr Suzanne Freeman
- Professor Susan Griffin (Day 2)
- Dr Anthony Laverty
- Dr Mary Madden
- Professor Liz McDermott
- Professor Petra Meier
- Professor Sarah Rodgers
- Mr Roy Shubhabrata - Public committee member
- Jack Welch - Public committee member
Observers
- Dr Ruchi Baxi
- Dr Lindsay Blank
- Professor Sinead Brophy
- Dr Tracey Farragher
- Dr Jason Horsley
- Dr Jenna Panter (Day 1 only)
- Professor Gerry Richardson (Day 1 only)
- Professor Harry Sumnall (pm only on Day 1)
- Dr Veronica Toffolutti
- Professor Mark Tully
- Inna Walker
- Dr Stefanie Williams
Quoracy information day 1
Voting members: 31 (Emergency Quoracy = 15 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 1: 21 (67.7 %)
Quoracy information day 2
Voting members: 31 (Emergency Quoracy = 15 = 50%)
Voting members present on Day 2: 21 (67.7 %)
Funding committee comments – day 1
NIHR160372 - Jane Entwistle, Richard McNally
In2Air - The impact of ‘net-zero’ household energy interventions on indoor air quality, health and wellbeing - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Frank De Vocht
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR160466 - Ruth Kipping
Air Filtration to Reduce Illness absence due to infections in early years childcare: the AFRI-e cluster randomised controlled trial with internal nested pilot, process and economic evaluations - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping, Karen Exley, Abigail Stevely, Matt Egan, Jim Lewsey, Frank De Vocht, Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present)
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR160569 - Jack Stone, Matthew Hickman
Evaluating the Public Health Impact of Interventions for the Prevention of Drug-related Deaths in the Population: in Scotland [EPHESUS] - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jim Lewsey, Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping, Frank De Vocht, Tracey Farragher, Harry Sumnall
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR159649 - Eduardo Bernabe
The distributional and financial impacts of the soft drinks industry levy on childhood dental caries in England - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Veronica Toffolutti
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR161470 - Helen Payne, Andy Jones
A feasibility study of The BodyMind Approach for groups of students experiencing stress or anxiety - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Stefanie Williams
Decision: Decline
NIHR160965 - Christopher Bonell
Optimisation and pilot RCT of the ‘Belonging’ brief interventions to build school belonging, promote mental health and prevent violence in secondary schools - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Elizabeth McDermott, Dougal Hargreaves, Peymane Adab
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR157903 - Katie Newby, Katherine Brown
Reducing sexually transmitted infections amongst those at highest risk: The Wrapped randomised controlled trial - 22/140 Reducing inequalities in the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Emma Frew, Peymane Adab, Stefanie Williams
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR161100 - Priyamvada Paudyal, Michela Tinelli
Health and wellbeing impacts of no recourSe to pUblic fuNds reStriction in cHIldreN and familiEs (SUNSHINE Study) - 23/28 Health impacts of having ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab, Ruth Kipping, Nadeem Gire, Emma Frew, Matt Egan, Tracey Farragher
Decision: Decline
NIHR161306 - Charlotte Buckley, Robin Purshouse
Impact of food environment policies and food insecurity on less healthy food consumption, obesity and health economic outcomes – a model-based appraisal - 23/23 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Emma Frew, Abigail Stevely, Frank De Vocht, Lindsay Blank
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR160301 - Jonathan Stokes, Petra Meier
Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA): A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation - 23/23 Health and health inequality impacts of place-based interventions
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely, James, Woodcock, Frank De Vocht, Tracey Farragher, Gerry Richardson
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR157698 - Hannah Armitt, Peter Coventry
Forest school INterventions for Children’s Health (FINCH): a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial - 22/556 Children and young people's mental health (PHR Programme)
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Brian Ferguson, Susan Griffin, Gerry Richardson
Decision: Fund with changes
NIHR158909 - Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jessica Deighton
My Story and Me: A feasibility study of a personalised public mental health intervention for young women 14 to 18 years - 22/551 Interventions to promote mental health and wellbeing among young women
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Derrick Bennett (not present), Elizabeth McDermott (not present), Jolene Skordis
Decision: Invite re-submission
NIHR159093 - Carla Toro
Improving mental health research in workplaces: Co-development of core outcome sets with a focus on the construction industry as a case study - 22/144 Workforce Health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR158502 - Alison Porter, Ashrafunnesa Khanom
HEAR3 Health experiences of asylum seekers and refugees - third sector organisations as providers of therapeutic interventions - 22/139 Interventions to increase the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline
NIHR160994 - Robert Shore
Exploring public acceptance of the use of administrative data and a co-produced local data system - 22/136 Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for Public Health Research
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Fund with changes
Funding committee comments – day 2
NIHR164565 - Sarah Hotham, David Whiting
Investigating the role of community assets in preventing and alleviating loneliness across sub-populations in Medway: A mixed-methods study using Geographical Information Systems, asset mapping and qualitative exploration - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164789 - Sally Hibbert, Simon Welham
Community social eating initiatives: Impacts on social isolation, food insecurity, nutrition and health - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present)
Decision: Decline
NIHR164646 - David Howard
Transformative Healthy New Towns? An evidence-based assessment of impacts on health and wellbeing, and health inequalities - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Christodoulos Kypridemos (not present), Derrick Bennett (not present), Richard Parnell, Gerry Richardson
Decision: Decline
NIHR160706 - Anne-Marie Burn, Joanna Anderson
SuppOrtive Response To Self-harm (SORTS): A pilot evaluation of an online training programme and support tool for secondary schools to improve response to young people who self-harm - 23/22 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott (not present), James Woodcock
Decision: Decline
NIHR164518 - (Divine Charura)
Exploring systemic therapy interventions for resettled refugee families: identifying best practice in the North of England - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Abigail Stevely, Susan Griffin (not present), Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Gerry Richardson, Brian Ferguson
Decision: Decline
NIHR163726 - Miranda Armstrong
HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooTers (HELMET) - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Derrick Bennett (not present), Judi Kidger, Ruth Kipping, Jim Lewsey, Abigail Stevely, Matt Egan, Frank De Vocht
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163264 - Matthew Johnson
Examining credibility of current evidence for welfare as a public health measure: pathways, causation and cost-benefit of further research - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Christodoulos Kypridemos (not present), Jim Lewsey, Peymane Adab, Brian Ferguson, Gerry Richardson
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR165140 - Andrew Jolly
Longitudinal impacts of having no recourse to public funds - 23/125 Public Health Research Programme researcher-led
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Elizabeth McDermott (not present), Peymane Adab
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163872 - Tom Waters
Understanding non-take-up of Pension Credit and evaluating strategies to effectively boost it - 23/84 Health and health inequality impacts of voucher and benefit uptake
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Tracey Farragher
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR163491 - Cecile Knai
The TARGETED study: Tackling inequalities of commercial practices to sell unhealthy foods and drinks in England - 23/85 Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Rachel Clark, Frank De Vocht, Matt Egan, Tracey Farragher, Emma Frew, Benjamin Hawkins, Ruth Hunter (not present)
Decision: Decline
NIHR164380 - Brendan Collins
Reducing Exposure to Unhealthy Foods (RETUF) - 23/85 Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Ruth Hunter (not present), Christodoulos Kypridemos, Harry Sumnall
Decision: Decline
NIHR164352 - Mark Petticrew
Countermarketing against the products and activities of unhealthy commodity industries: effectiveness, mechanisms and inequalities - 23/85 Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Matt Egan, Benjamin Hawkins, James Woodcock
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164654 - Duncan Gillespie, Tessa Langley
Understanding the IMpact of e-cigarette PRIce interventions on the consumption of new Nicotine products and Tobacco (IMPRINT study) - 23/85 Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lindsay Blank, Graham Moore, Magdalena Opazo Breton (not present), Abigail Stevely
Decision: Decline but welcome re-submission
NIHR163524 - Franco Sassi
Retail Environment Actions for Consumer Health (REACH) in the food domain - 23/85 Commercial determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Dougal Hargreaves (not present), Veronica Toffolutti
Decision: Decline
NIHR164908 - Gaby Judah, Ara Darzi
A community champion led breast cancer screening intervention for underserved groups - 23/88 Uptake of population screening programmes in under-served groups
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Dougal Hargreaves
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164073 - Floor Christie-de Jong, Judith Eberhardt
Equity through the ages (EQUITA)- a life course approach to tackling health inequities in the Black community: a feasibility trial of a co-produced, community-centred and faith-placed intervention to increase uptake of population screening - 23/88 Uptake of population screening programmes in under-served groups
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: Jim Lewsey, Harry Sumnall
Decision: Shortlist
NIHR164179 - Peter Unwin, Gyozo Molnár
Empowering Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Women's Groups to reduce health inequalities: Active deployment of local champions to influence the wider determinants of health - 23/86 Reducing health inequalities related to ethnicity by influencing the wider determinants of health
Chair: Peymane Adab
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline - would encourage re-submission
Subcommittee for Application Development Awards
- Professor Graham Moore
- Humera Sultan
- Professor Emma Frew
- Dr Judi Kidger
- Professor Ruth Kipping
- Dr Dougal Hargreaves
- Ms Tess McManus
- Ms Humera Sultan
NIHR163058 - Morag Andrew, Suzanne Spence
Exploring Specialist Schools food and identifying evidenced-based interventions to support healthier food choices: a mixed methods study (CHOICE) - 23/81 Application Development Award (ADA): School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab (not present), Derrick Bennett (not present), Ruth Hunter (not present)
Decision: Fund
NIHR163356 - Myles Bremner, Maria Bryant
Understanding the nutrition landscape in special schools and alternative provision settings to inform food policy and practice recommendations in England - 23/81 Application Development Award (ADA): School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Brian Ferguson (not present), Veronica Toffolutti (not present), Mark Tully (not present)
Decision: Decline
NIHR164391 - Marie Murphy
Understanding food provision and eating environments in English special schools: Assessment of nutritional quality of meals, and challenges in ideal provision and eating environments - 23/81 Application Development Award (ADA): School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peymane Adab (not present), Emma Frew, Ruth Kipping, Humera Sultan
Decision: Fund
NIHR163616 - Rebecca O'Connell, Amanda Ludlow
Adapt-Ed: co-designing adaptations to a whole school intervention to improve the uptake and impact of food provision in special schools - 23/81 Application Development Award (ADA): School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: Stefanie Williams (not present)
Decision: Fund
NIHR164373 - Joanne Pearce, Claire Wall
Exploring whether food provision meets the nutritional and eating needs of children attending special and alternative provision schools within South Yorkshire - 23/81 Application Development Award (ADA): School food in special schools and alternative provision settings
Chair: Graham Moore
Declared a conflict and left the room: None
Decision: Decline