Profile

Biography

Catriona is an applied health researcher based in York Trials Unit. She has a long-standing interest in the evaluation of complex interventions, most recently evaluation of surgical interventions. She has worked in health technology assessment since 2002 and has experience in leading systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, feasibility studies and mixed methods studies.

She is the lead for the North and East Yorkshire spoke of the Research Design Service Yorkshire and Humber (RDS-YH) and the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Surgical Research Centre.

Qualifications

• BSSc Psychology (Queen’s University, Belfast)
• MSc Science Communication (Queen’s University/Dublin City University)
• PhD The Neuropsychological Sequelae of Transient Brain Insult (Queen’s University, Belfast)

Departmental roles

• York Trials Unit Senior Management Team
• Honorary Sub-Group

Research

Overview

The evaluation of health and social care interventions is a long-standing interest. She has experience in a range of research methods including systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and qualitative research. She has undertaken health technology assessments of pharmacological, behavioural and policy interventions and has a particular interest in the field of orthopaedics and the evaluation of devices.

Projects

• Co-production of policing evidence, research and training: focus mental health: Co-applicant, funded by the College of Policing, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Home Office
• Aspirin for Venous Ulcers: Randomised Trial (AVURT): Co-applicant, funded by NIHR HTA Programme
• Multi-centre randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study comparing early structured physiotherapy versus manipulation under anaesthesia versus arthroscopic capsular release for patients referred to secondary care with a frozen shoulder (UK FroST): Co-applicant, funded by NIHR HTA programme
• BOA Orthopaedic Surgery Research Centre (BOSRC): Project lead, funded by British Orthopaedic Association
• Orthotic management of instability of the kneee in neuromuscular disease to read the Orthotic blog please follow this link
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for non-respiratory sleep disturbances in children with neurodevelopmental disorders:  a systematic review
• OPAL:  Occupational advice initiated prior to planned surgery for lower limb joint replacement
• ACTIVE: Articular type C pilon fracture trial: internal versus external fixation
• PRESTO: Surgical fixation versus non-overdue management for patients with stable thorocolumbar fractures: a feasibility study
• PROFHER 2: PROximal Fracture of the Humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation Trial no. 2 (PROFHER-2 Trial)
• Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST) Trial

Research group(s)

• Trials and Statistics

Publications

Full publications list

• Catriona McDaid's publications 

Teaching

Postgraduate

External activities

Memberships

• Expert Advisor for the NICE Centre for Guidelines
• NIHR Journals Editor and Member of the NIHR HTA and LME Editorial Board (current)
• Research Design Service North East/ Clinical Trials Unit Oversight Group, Newcastle University (current)
• Associate Editor Systematic Reviews BMC (2014 - 2017)