Services
Methodological support from question to communication.
Support can focus on a specific methodological decision or extend across the research process. The scope is defined by the research question, the stage of the project and the methodological problem to be addressed.
Research process
01 /Question
- Clarify research questions and objectives
- Review hypotheses and conceptual frameworks
- Assess scope, feasibility and methodological fit
- Advise on translating initial ideas into research plans or protocols
02 /Methods
- Advise on study-design options
- Review populations, samples and comparison groups
- Assess data sources, variables and measurement approaches
- Advise on sample-size and power considerations
- Identify potential sources of bias, confounding, threats to validity and uncertainty
03 /Results
- Review analysis strategies and statistical analysis plans
- Advise on the choice and application of quantitative approaches
- Review causal-inference, sensitivity and robustness approaches where relevant
- Support interpretation of estimates and uncertainty
- Assess whether conclusions are supported by the results
04 /Communication
- Review methodological sections of reports, manuscripts and theses
- Advise on the clear presentation of methods and results
- Review research proposals and grant applications from a methodological perspective
- Advise on tables and figures for methodological clarity
- Support responses to methodological reviewer comments
- Provide methodological critiques
Areas of work
Evaluation of Public Health and Health Care Interventions
Applied Epidemiology & Observational Research
Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety
Economic Evaluation & Pharmacoeconomics
Patient-Reported Outcomes, Measurement & Psychometrics