Projects per year
Personal profile
Administrative Posts
- Responsible for the Research Evidence Group
Biography
I have background on public health medicine, health statistics, and health services research; have been conducting systematic reviews and modelling for health technology assessment, and research synthesis related methods. My research interest also includes primary research on health care interventions and health services research.
Key research interests
- Evidence-based medicine research; systematic reviews, meta-analysis and modelling for evaluating a wide range of health care interventions.
- Methodological research concerning evidence-based medicine and evidence synthesis, including publication and related biases, assessment of non-randomised studies, indirect treatment comparison, network meta-analysis, and evaluation of complex healthcare interventions.
- Primary research on public health interventions, health services research, the control of chronic conditions, disability and rehabilitation, smoking cessation and tobacco control.
Selected publications
- Factors associated with the consultation of GPs among adults aged >16 years: an analysis of data from the Health Survey for England 2019. BJGPO 2023, 7(3) doi: 10.3399/JBGPO.2022.0177.
- Vaccination against COVID-19 and society's return to normality in England: a modelling study of impacts of different types of naturally acquired and vaccine-induced immunity. in: BMJ Open. 2021, 16 Nov. 11,eo53507.
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Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 20;11(1):5917. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19802-w.
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Impact of the NHS Stop Smoking Services on smoking prevalence in England: a simulation modeling evaluation. Tobacco Control 2020; 29:200-206
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Cumulative subgroup analysis to reduce waste in clinical research for individualised medicine. BMC Medicine, 2016, 14:197. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0744-x
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Increasing value and reducing waste: addressing inaccessible research. Lancet. 2014; Jan 7. pii: S0140-6736(13)62296-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62296-5.
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Inconsistency between direct and indirect comparison: a meta-epidemiological study. BMJ, 2011; 343:d4909 doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4909.
Teaching Interests
Research methods, systematic review and meta-analysis, evidence based practice, critical appraisal of research evidence
Teaching Activities
- Coordinate and teach postgraduate module on Evidence Based Practice (including statistical methods for evidence based practice, systematic reviews, critical appraisal of clinical research, assessment of studies of diagnostic tests).
Key Research Interests
I have extensive experience in systematic reviews and simulation modelling for evaluating healthcare interventions. I have been conducting methodological research concerning evidence synthesis, including heterogeneity in meta-analysis, publication and related biases, assessment of non-randomised studies, indirect and mixed treatment comparison for evaluating competing healthcare interventions, and methods for synthesizing evidence for the evaluation of complex healthcare interventions. My research interest also includes primary research on public health interventions, health services research, the control of chronic conditions, disability and rehabilitation, smoking cessation and tobacco control.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Phytochemicals and cancer prevention
Cancer Prevention Research Trust
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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The APW is created for producing three scoping reviews of the scientific literature to inform the development ofupdated requirements and upper limits of intake for iron, vitamin A and magnesium in children aged 0 3 years
Hooper, L., Song, F., Welch, A., Brainard, J., Fynn, J. & Jennings, A.
5/03/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Development of a medication adherence tool for people with bipolar disorder which will both identify non-adherent behaviour and the individual's barriers to medication adherence.
Bhattacharya, D., Ratna, A., Clark, A., Song, F. & Twigg, M.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/04/18 → 31/03/22
Project: Fellowship
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World-Class Universities Initiative - Jiangsu/Guangdong 2016-17
Gilmartin, P., Bao, Y., Edwards, D., Searcey, M., Song, F. & Williams, M.
1/03/17 → 28/02/18
Project: Other
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Impacts of clinical research units on clinical research – a systematic review of empirical studies
Wang, F., Wang, X., Liu, E., Song, F. & Chen, Y., 28 Apr 2025, In: Systematic Reviews. 14, 94.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oral switch vs. continued intravenous antibiotic therapy in patients with bacteraemia and sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Liu, Q., Zhou, Q., Fan, J., Huang, S., Chen, Y., Song, F., Fu, Z., Liu, E., Tang, D., Zeng, L. & Luo, Z., Apr 2025, In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 31, 4, p. 551-559 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Spatio-temporal characteristics and influential factors of electronic cigarette online attention in mainland China: An infodemiology study based on the Baidu Index
Zhang, Z., Xu, H., Pan, J., Song, F. & Chen, T., 11 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27, e66446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatiotemporal characteristics and influential factors of electronic cigarette web-based attention in mainland China: Time series observational study
Zhang, Z., Xu, H., Pan, J., Song, F. & Chen, T., 10 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27, e66446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fostering innovation and advancement in evidence‐based practice and guidelines within the field of pediatrics: The 2024 BRIGHT declaration
Wang, X., Liu, H., Estill, J., Song, F., Ozaki, A., Franco, J. V. A., Florez, I. D., Ngeh, E., Persaud, N., Ziganshina, L. E., Lee, M. S., Zhang, L., Chi, Y., Duan, Y., Liu, E., Chen, Y. & Zhao, X., Dec 2024, In: Pediatric Discovery. 2, 4, e2513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Datasets
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Smoking relapse and health-related quality of life - data from SHARPISH study
Song, F. (Creator), University of East Anglia, 2018
Dataset
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Activities
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Cochrane Bias Methods Group (BMG) (External organisation)
Fujian Song (Member)
Oct 2019 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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External examiner of Degree of Philosophy candidate, University of Nottingham
Fujian Song (Examiner)
2019Activity: Examination
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External examiner of Degree of Philosophy Candidates, MONASH University Australia
Fujian Song (Examiner)
2014Activity: Examination
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BMC Medical Research Methodology (Journal)
Fujian Song (Associate Editor)
2011 → 2017Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Peer reviewing of MRC, ESRC, HTA, & DSEN grant applications.
Fujian Song (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other