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Dr Nikki Rousseau

  • Position: University Academic Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: design & evaluation of complex interventions; clinical trials; process evaluation; qualitative methods; mixed method research; systematic reviews, primary care, dentistry, surgery
  • Email: N.Rousseau1@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 4853
  • Website: ORCID

Profile

Nikki has considerable experience and expertise in the use of qualitative and mixed methods to understand patient and health professional experiences of health, health care and new health technologies, and in the development and evaluation of these technologies. She has applied this expertise as a co-applicant on multiple, mainly NIHR funded, projects including several NIHR HTA trials.

She has an interest in methodological innovation and co-led the MRC-NIHR Trial Methodology Research Partnership Qualitative Research in Trials group from 2020-2023. She was Associate Editor for BMC Trials from 2019-2022 and currently serves as an Independent member on several Trial Steering Committee/Study Oversight Committees.

Nikki holds a University Academic Fellowship based in the Surgical, Diagnostic and Devices and Methodology Divisions at Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research and is also a member of LUCID – Leeds Unit for Complex Intervention Development.

Funded research includes:

  • ROSIER Requirement fOr Surgery after ERCP (NIHR HTA)
  • Improving recovery after bowel cancer surgery: Mixed-method feasibility study of a co-produced education intervention (RecoverTogether) (NIHR RfPB)
  • EVolution of a patiEnt-REported symptom-based risk stratification sySTem to redesign the suspected Head and Neck cancer referral pathway (EVEREST-HN) (NIHR PGfAR)
  • LiTEFORM Lite Therapy Effectiveness For ORal Mucositis Trial. A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of Low Level Laser in the management of Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck cancer irradiation https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/15/57/160
  • NAIROS Nasal AIRway Obstruction Study https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/14/226/07
  • NATTINA The NAtional Trial of Tonsillectomy IN Adults (NATTINA): a clinical and cost effectiveness study https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/12/146/06

Nikki previously held a National Primary Care Researcher Development Doctoral Fellowship Award from the NHS Research Capacity Development Programme

You can hear Nikki talk about experiences of tooth loss on BBC Radio 4s Thinking Allowed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k21nl.

And see her talk about the INDEX study and design of complex interventions at https://quests.ie/qualitative-research-intervention-development-index-study/

Student education

Supervised seven PhD students to successful completion.

Undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD teaching on research methods, process evaluation and obtaining research funding

Research groups and institutes

  • Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research
  • Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
  • Surgical Interventions, Diagnostics and Devices Division
  • Division of Primary Care, Palliative Care and Public Health
  • Surgical technology
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>