Staff Profile
Ross Fairbairn is a Research Associate in Horizon Scanning and Evidence Synthesis within the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University. Ross works in the NIHR Innovation Observatory, the national horizon scanning centre and an active research centre with a focus on the provision of early awareness signals and access to timely intelligence to support national decision making around health care innovation. Ross holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Biomedical Sciences and an Master of Research degree in Epidemiology from Newcastle University.
Ross is a research methodologist, with expertise in horizon scanning of health care innovations, using quantitative methods to locate analyse and synthesise data to inform the clinical development and regulation of innovative health care products. Ross also has research interests in epidemiology, medical statistics and health inequalities. In the future, Ross hopes to combine his existing quantitative expertise with advanced computing and data science methodologies to match health care challenges for the population.
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Articles
- Gumber L, Agbeleye O, Inskip A, Fairbairn R, Still M, Ouma L, Lozano-Kuehne J, Bardgett M, Isaacs JD, Wason JM, Craig D, Pratt AG. Operational complexities in international clinical trials: a systematic review of challenges and proposed solutions. BMJ Open 2024, 14(4), e077132.
- Akinbolade S, Coughlan D, Fairbairn R, McConkey G, Powell H, Ogunbayo D, Craig D. Combination therapies for COVID-19: An overview of the clinical trials landscape. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2022, 88(4), 1590-1597.
- Akhter N, Fairbairn R, Pearce M, Warren J, Kasim A, Bambra C. Local inequalities in health behaviours: longitudinal findings from the Stockton-on-Tees cohort study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(21), 11018.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- Ogunbayo D, Coughlan D, Fairbairn R, Akinbolade S. Classification System for Innovative Medicines in the Pipeline: New or Repurposed?. In: HTAi 2022. 2022, Utrecht, The Netherlands: Cambridge University Press.