Newcastle University

Qualifications

1965 B.Sc. 1st class honours in applied maths. (Queen's Univeristy, Belfast)
1970 Ph.D. in applied maths and theoretical physics (Queen's Univeristy, Belfast)
1973 Post-graduate Diploma in Statistics (University of Edinburgh)
1997 Chartered Statistician (Royal Statistical Society)

Research Interests

Systematic review and meta-analysis, in particular systematic review of complex interventions; clinical guidelines.
Paediatric epidemiology, in particular diasbility, children's cancer, perinatal outcomes.

Other Expertise

Statistical Advisor to the Gynaecological Cancer Collaborative Review Group of the Cochrane Collaboration and a member of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group.

Current Work

• SPARCLE: a multi-centre European-funded project to assess the influence of the environment on participation and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy. My responsibilities are:
• MRC CFAS: a large-scale multi-centre longitudinal epidemiological study of ageing, with a special focus on cognitive and physical decline in later years.
• ReBEQI: Systematic review: How well do self-reported intentions predict clinicians’ behaviour?
• Systematic review of brief interventions to reduce abuse of alcohol.

Projects

• NHS Cochrane Collaboration Programme Grant: Effective Practice and Organisation of Care in the NHS
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Martin Eccles
• WANdering in DementiA (WANDA)
  Project Leader(s): Louise Robinson

• Dickinson HO, Mason JM, Nicolson DJ, Campbell F, Beyer FR, Cook JV, Williams B, Ford GA. Lifestyle interventions to reduce raised blood pressure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Hypertension 2006. , 24(2), 215-233.
• Robinson L, Hutchings D, Corner L, Beyer F, Dickinson H, Vanoli A, Finch T, Hughes J, Ballard C, May C, Bond J. A systematic literature review of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent wandering in dementia and evaluation of the ethical implications and acceptability of their use. Health Technology Assessment 2006. , 10(26), 1-124.
• Lock CA, Lecouturier J, Mason JM, Dickinson HO. Lifestyle interventions to prevent osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review. Osteoporosis International 2006. , 17(1), 20-28.
• Bond J, Dickinson HO, Matthews F, Jagger C, Brayne C. Self-rated health status as a predictor of death, functional and cognitive impairment: A longitudinal cohort study. European Journal of Ageing 2006, 3(4), 193-206.
• Piggott MA, Ballard CG, Dickinson HO, McKeith IG, Perry RH, Perry EK. Thalamic D2 receptors in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, and Parkinson's disease dementia. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2007, 10(2), 231-244.
• Dickinson HO, Hodgson JT, Parker L. Comparison of Health and Safety Executive and Cumbrian birth cohort studies of risk of leukaemia/non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in relation to paternal preconceptional irradiation. Journal of Radiological Protection 2003. ,23 4 385-403.
• Campbell F, Dickinson HO, Critchley JA, Ford GA, Bradburn M. A systematic review of fish-oil supplements for the prevention and treatment of hypertension. European Journal of Preventative Cardiology 2012, (epub ahead of print).
• Ackerman WE, Bulmer JN, Carter AM, Chaillet JR, Chamley L, Chen CP, Chuong EB, Coleman SJ, Collet GP, Croy BA, de Mestre AM, Dickinson H, Ducray J, Enders AC, Fogarty NME, Gauster M, Golos T, Haider S, Heazell AE, Holland OJ, Huppertz B, Husebekk A, John RM, Johnsen GM, Jones CJR, Kalionisv B, Konig J, Lorenzon AR, Moffett A, de Mello JCM, Nuzzo AM, Parham P, Parolini O, Petroff MG, Pidoux G, Ramirez-Pinilla MP, Robinson WP, Rolfo A, Sadoysky Y, Soma H, Southcombe JH, Tilburgs T, Lash GE. IFPA Meeting 2011 workshop report III: Placental immunology; epigenetic and microRNA-dependent gene regulation; comparative placentation; trophoblast differentiation; stem cells. Placenta 2012, 33(supplement), S15-S22.
• van Dalen EC, Caron HN, Dickinson HO, Kremer LCM. Cardioprotective interventions for cancer patients receiving anthracyclines. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (6), CD003917.
• Pepas L, Kaushik S, Bryant A, Nordin A, Dickinson HO. Medical interventions for high grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (4), CD007924.
• Akl EA, Gunukula S, Barba M, Yosuico VED, van Doormaal FF, Kuipers S, Middeldorp S, Dickinson HO, Bryant A, Schunemann H. Parenteral anticoagulation in patients with cancer who have no therapeutic or prophylactic indication for anticoagulation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (4), CD006652.
• Ang C, Chan KKL, Bryant A, Naik R, Dickinson HO. Ultra-radical (extensive) surgery versus standard surgery for the primary cytoreduction of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (4), CD007697.
• Walker J, Donaldson C, Laing K, Pennington M, Wilson G, Proctor S, Bradley D, Dickinson H, Gray J, Thompson C, Coombes M. Budget holding lead professional pilots in multi-agency children’s services in England: national evaluation. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2009. Research Report RR143.
• Walker J, Donaldson C, Laing K, Pennington M, Wilson G, Procter S, Bradley D, Dickinson H, Gray J. Evaluating Budget-Holding in Lead Professionals within Multi-Agency Children’s Services in England. London, UK: Department of Children, Schools and Families, 2009. DCSF Research Reports RR143.
• Mason JM, Dickinson HO, Nicolson DJ, Campbell F, Ford GA, Williams B. The diabetogenic potential of thiazide-type diuretic and beta-blocker combinations in patients with hypertension. Journal of Hypertension 2005, 23(10), 1777-1781.
• Campbell F, Dickinson H, Beyer F, Mason J. Methods underpinning national clinical guidelines for hypertension: describing evidence shortfall. In: NoReN. 2004, University of Durham, UK.
• Campbell F, Dickinson HO, Nicolson DJ, Renton F, Mason J. Potassium supplements for the management of essential hypertension in adults (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, (1), CD004641.
• Parker L, Lamont DW, Unwin N, Pearce MS, Bennett SM, Dickinson HO, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KG, Craft AW. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years.[erratum appears in Diabet Med. 2003 Sep;20(9):781]. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(5), 406-415.
• Dickinson HO. Response to: 'Editorial: Use and abuse of statistics in nursing research' by H.O. Dickinson (2002) Journal of Advanced Nursing 39, 405-407. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2002, 40(6), 649-650.
• Dickinson HO, Salotti J, Birch P, Reid MM, Malcolm A, Parker L. Neuroblastoma: changing incidence and How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001, 55, 414-422.
• Dickinson HO. Cancer trends in England and Wales - good data and analysis are vital to improving survival. British Medical Journal 2000, 320(7239), 884-885.