Skin Breakdown
The Silent Epidemic

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2005 Post-doctoral Nursing Research Fellowship winner

Dr Jane Nixon, Deputy Head - Clinical Trials Unit, University of Leeds

Jane Nixon

Research Project: (a)A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of pressure ulcer risk factors and (b) a systematic review of patient quality of life literature relevant to pressure ulcer prevention and treatment interventions.

Dr Jane Nixon, Deputy Head of the Clinical Trials Research Unit for the past 3 years, has been awarded the third Smith & Nephew Foundation Post-doctoral Nursing Research Award.

A collaboration between the School of Healthcare and the Clinical Trials Research Unit, the research will involve a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of pressure ulcer risk factors and a systematic review of patient quality of life literature relevant to pressure ulcer prevention and treatment interventions.

This award will fund Jane's research over the next 2½ years and will provide the foundations for the development of a programme of clinical trials in the field and a collaborative European quality of life project.

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Any questions? Email Jane Nixon.