Analog to Digital

Project 742 | Development and refinement of the parkrun practice initiative

Project dates: 01/08/2025 - 31/07/2026 Phase: FR 12 Project 742 Research Team Rosina Cross Lead Institution Funded amount 41,132 Funding round FR 12 Background   Physical inactivity is a major health issue in the UK. It contributes to illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, and depression, and costs the NHS…

June 29, 2026

Project 210 | Pain App II – validity and utility

Project dates: 01/01/2014 - 30/09/2015 Phase: FR8 Project 210 Research Team Professor Danielle van der Windt Lead Institution Funded amount £173,744 Funding round FR 8 When patients are receiving treatment from their GP, information on daily changes in pain and other symptoms (so-called symptom trajectories) can be…

April 6, 2026

Project 209 | Pain App I

Project dates: 01/01/2014 - 30/09/2014 Phase: FR8 Project 209 Research Team Professor Danielle van der Windt Lead Institution Funded amount £30,886 Funding round FR 8 When patients are receiving treatment from their GP, information on daily changes in pain and other symptoms (so-called symptom trajectories) can be…

April 6, 2026

Project 247 | Assessing the potential of a data sharing and communication facility within a cessation smartphone app (Q Sense) for patients and NHS smoking cessation advisors

Project dates: 01/10/2015 - 31/03/2017 Phase: FR9 Project 247 Research Team Dr Felix Naughton Lead Institution Funded amount £17,420 Funding round FR 9 Mobile phone-based support programs for quitting smoking have potential to improve the effectiveness of NHS smoking cessation support, particularly in primary care where most…

April 6, 2026

Project 280 | Online structured education with email facilitation for people with type 2 diabetes: feasibility trial

Project dates: 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2016 Phase: FR9 Project 280 Research Team Professor Elizabeth Murray Lead Institution Funded amount £31,588 Funding round FR 9 We have developed an online structured education with email facilitation for people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The goal of the programme is to…

April 6, 2026

Project 279 | Process evaluation of the Digital Alcohol Management on Demand (DIAMOND) feasibility randomised controlled trial

Project dates: 01/10/2015 - 30/07/2017 Phase: FR9 Project 279 Research Team Dr Fiona Hamilton Lead Institution Funded amount £31,933 Funding round FR 9 Alcohol is a growing public health concern in the UK. The Government aims to tackle this by setting minimum pricing for alcohol and also…

April 6, 2026

Project 273 | Investigating the impact of a short-course MBSR-based mindfulness intervention on patients with difficult-to-manage asthma

Project dates: 01/10/2015 - 31/12/2016 Phase: FR9 Project 273 Research Team Professor Mike Thomas Lead Institution Funded amount £17,572 Funding round FR 9 The focus of asthma treatment is on medication, usually with inhalers, and the response to poorly controlled asthma (PCA) is often to increase medication.

April 5, 2026

Project 267 | Blood pressure self-monitoring individual patient meta-analysis of registered trials; sub group analyses in a multi-morbid population

Project dates: 01/10/2015 - 31/03/2017 Phase: FR9 Project 267 Research Team Dr Katherine Tucker Dr James Sheppard Lead Institution Funded amount £16,619 Funding round FR 9 Patients suffering more than one long-term clinical condition (multi-morbidity) are common but deciding how to manage them is a problem…

April 5, 2026

Project 324 | Patients’ and primary care professionals’ views on, and preferences for, a digital diabetes prevention programme (DDPP) among individuals at high risk of developing diabetes

Project dates: 01/01/2016 - 31/03/2021 Phase: FR11 Project 324 Research Team Professor Elizabeth Murray Lead Institution Funded amount £51,624 Funding round FR 11 Five million adults in England are thought to be at high risk of developing diabetes. Several studies have shown that even small changes to diet…

April 4, 2026

Project 284 | Harnessing resources from the internet to maximise outcomes from GP consultations (HaRI): a qualitative study

Project dates: 01/06/2016 - 31/12/2020 Phase: FR10 Project 284 Research Team Dr Fiona Stevenson Lead Institution Funded amount £267,415 Funding round FR 10 Patients are increasingly expected to manage their health outside of medical consultations. The Internet has become an important source of health-care information and advice.

April 4, 2026