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Personal profile
Academic Background
Zarnie is a health services researcher, with a BSc and MSc in Health Sciences from the University of York and a PhD in Primary Care and Population Health from University College London. Her expertise is in digital health research and implementation science. Zarnie's research is funded by a Cancer Research UK Career Establishment Award (2024-2030), to improve uptake of digital weight-management interventions. Her career to date has focussed on the development, evaluation and implementation of digital interventions for supporting people with reducing their alcohol intake. Zarnie has funded her training and research through project grants and personal fellowships, i.e. MRC Studentship, NIHR School for Primary Care Research Fellowship and King’s Improvement Science Fellowship.
Over the past 15 years, Zarnie has led Randomised Controlled Trials to explore the effectiveness of digital alcohol interventions in workplace settings, systematic reviews on the effectiveness of digital alcohol interventions, psychometric studies on the validity and reliability of an online measure of past week drinking, observational research using data from electronic health records on the impact of financial incentives on alcohol screening in primary care, and qualitative research exploring people’s experiences of seeking help online. Most recently, her research has focussed on the implementation of digital interventions in NHS settings, using validated implementation outcome measures.
Zarnie developed the multi-institution, online postgraduate module – An Introduction to Implementation Science, also delivered as a short course hosted by King’s College London. She contributed to the development of the ImpRes tool and guide to designing implementation research https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31412887/ Her systematic review of implementation outcome instruments used in physical healthcare settings https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32811517/ was used to create a web-based repository of measures to support implementation researchers in identifying validated instruments https://implementationoutcomerepository.org/.
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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Changing the trajectories of mental health difficulties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers, and stakeholders
Oduola, S., Broomfield, N., Holmes, J., Khadjesari, Z., Notley, C., Parretti, H., Sanderson, K. & Zile, A.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/24 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Preventing cancer and cancer disparities with weight-management support – using hospital patient records and electronic signposting (e-SIGN)
Khadjesari, Z., Naughton, F., Parretti, H., Wagner, A., Ashberry, A., Clark, L., Hammond, M., Pond, M., Shepstone, L., Wagner, A. & Varley, A.
1/06/24 → 31/05/30
Project: Research
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Developing, optimising and evaluating a conversion of standard smoking cessation support in pregnancy into a digital support package (eSupport)
Naughton, F., Khadjesari, Z., Notley, C., Clark, A., Hammond, M., Pond, M., Belderson, P., McDaid, L., Sanders, R. & Emery, J.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/24 → 31/05/30
Project: Research
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Changing the trajectories of mental health difficulties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers and other stakeholders—study protocol
Oduola, S., Morgan, C., Das-Munshi, J., Broomfield, N., Parretti, H., Sanderson, K., Notley, C., Zile, A., Morrissey, S., Khadjesari, Z. & Holmes, J., Jan 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 1, e093980.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interventions used to reduce infectious aerosol concentrations in hospitals—a review
Brady, G., Bennin, F., De Koning, R., Vindrola-Padros, C., Clark, S. E., Tiwari, M. K., Watt, S., Ducci, A., Torii, R., Morris, D., Lloyd-Dehler, E., Slann, J., Stevenson, F., Khadjesari, Z., Dehbi, H-M., Ciric, L., Epstein, R., Rubin, J., Houlihan, C. F., Hunter, R., & 1 others , Jan 2025, In: eClinicalMedicine. 79, 102990.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Digital endpoints in clinical trials: Emerging themes from a multi-stakeholder Knowledge Exchange event
Tackney, M. S., Steele, A., Newman, J., Fritzsche, M-C., Lucivero, F., Khadjesari, Z., Lynch, J., Abbott, R. A., Barber, V. S., Carpenter, J. R., Copsey, B., Davies, E. H., Dixon, W. G., Fox, L., González, J., Griffiths, J., Hinchliffe, C. H. L., Kolanko, M. A., McGagh, D., Rodriguez, A., & 8 others , 3 Aug 2024, In: Trials. 25, 521.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating a volunteer ‘Health Champions’ intervention supporting people with severe mental illness to manage their physical health: Feasibility hybrid randomised controlled trial
Williams, J., McGrath, R., Ang, K., Bakolis, I., Healey, A., Arias de la Torre, J., Mdudu, I., Gaughran, F., Sadler, E., Pinto da Costa, M., Green, E., Stepan, N., Tredget, G., Khadjesari, Z., Cross, S. & Sevdalis, N., Sept 2024, In: BJPsych Open. 10, 5, e172.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the use of digital interventions by people with severe mental illness to support their physical health: A mixed methods study
Gillis, C., Williams, J., Gillett, G., McGrath, R., Ang, K., Bakolis, I., Arias de la Torre, J., Tredget, G., Gaughran, F., Cross, S., Stepan, N., Sevdalis, N. & Khadjesari, Z., Jan 2024, In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 45, 1, p. 9-26 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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UEA FMH Best Peer Reviewed Research Publication
Khadjesari, Zarnie (Recipient), 29 Jun 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)