Staff Profile

I am a Senior Research Associate in the Health Economics Group within the Population Health Sciences Institute and an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Fellow in the 'Enabling Methodologies' Theme. 

I previously worked part-time with Prof Clare Bambra & Dr Heather Brown in the Social Determinants of Health team (2017-2019). 

I was awarded my PhD in January 2018. My thesis was entitled 'Exploring Inequalities in Child Cognitive Ability, Psychological Well-Being and Adolescent Risky Health Behaviours', and was supervised by Dr Heather Brown, Dr Jing Shen and Prof John Wildman.

I have published papers in high impact journals such as Value in Health, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, BMJ Open and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and contributed to reports for NHS England, NIHR and NHSA. 

My current research interests include:

• Measuring and valuing health-related quality of life 
• Preference elicitation methods
• Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health

In the future, I am hoping to expand my knowledge of model-based economic evaluations.

Areas of expertise

• Health Economics
• Health Inequalities
• Applied Econometrics

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Newcastle University (2013-2018)
• MSc Health Economics, University of York (2012-2013)
• BA Economics, Newcastle University (2008-2011)

I am currently working on several research projects. Examples include:

SPRING

A phase III randomised trial comparing prophylactic levetiracetam versus no prophylactic anti epileptic drug in patients with newly diagnosed presumed supratentorial (cerebral) glioma.

MapMe2

Can embedding the MapMe intervention, a tool to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight and obesity, in the National Child Measurement Programme lead to improved child weight outcomes at one year?

Adult Autism Health Check Study

Design and initial evaluation of an autism-specific health check for use with autistic adults in NHS Primary Care

I have previously worked on projects related to the NHS 111 service, health and productivity, inequalities in infant mortality, end of life care for people with dementia, the HRQoL of children with obesity, laser therapy in head and neck cancer and different treatment strategies for brain cancer. 

Funding

• Design and initial evaluation of an autism-specific health check for use with autistic adults in NHS Primary Care. £454,246. Co-applicant. (PIs Prof Jeremy Parr & Dr Barry Ingham). REF split: 5%
• Pilot valuation study for the WAItE in the Australian population. Newcastle University International Partnership Seed Fund (£9,668). Lead applicant. REF split: 100%

Google Scholar:

https://goo.gl/onc7mY

Along with Diarmuid Coughlan, I am responsible for the delivery of the 'Health Economics and Market Access' module of the MSc Oncology and Palliative Care. 

I also regularly supervise BSc and MSc dissertations.

• Articles

  • Nugent M, Bryant V, Butcher C, Fisher H, Gill S, Goranova R, Hiu S, Lindley L, O'Hara J, Oluboyede Y, Patterson J, Rapley T, Robinson T, Rousseau N, Ryan V, Shanmugasundaram R, Sharp L, Smith Whelan R, Stocken DD, Ternent L, Wilson JA, Walker J. Photobiomodulation in the management of oral mucositis for adult head and neck cancer patients receiving irradiation: the LiTEFORM RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2022, 26(46).
  • Robinson T, Oluboyede Y, Vale L, Olariu E. Differences in health-related quality of life between the Roma community and the general population in Romania. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes 2022, 6(1), 127.
  • McBain C, Lawrie T, Rogozinska E, Kernohan A, Robinson T, Jefferies T. Treatment options for progression or recurrence of glioblastoma: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, (1), CD013579.
  • Hanna C, Lawrie T, Rogozinska E, Kernohan A, Jefferies S, Bulbeck H, Ali U, Robinson T, Grant R. Treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma in the elderly: a network meta‐analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, (3).
  • Grant R, Dowswell T, Tomlinson E, Brennan PM, Walter FM, Ben-Shlomo Y, Hunt DW, Bulbeck H, Kernohan A, Robinson T, Lawrie TA. Interventions to reduce the time to diagnosis of brain tumours. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020, (9), CD013564.
  • Thomson K, Berry R, Robinson T, Brown H, Bambra C, Todd A. An examination of trends in antibiotic prescribing in primary care and the association with area-level deprivation in England. BMC Public Health 2020, 20, 1148.
  • Oluboyede Y, Robinson T. Measuring Weight Specific Quality of Life in Adolescents: An Examination of the Concurrent Validity and Test Re-Test Reliability of the WAItE. Value in Health 2019, 22(3), 348-354.
  • Robinson T, Brown H, Norman P, Barr B, Fraser L, Bambra C. Investigating the impact of New Labour's English health inequalities strategy on geographical inequalities in infant mortality: a time trend analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2019, 73, 564-568.
  • Robinson T, Oluboyede Y. Estimating CHU-9D Utility Scores from the WAItE: A Mapping Algorithm for Economic Evaluation. Value in Health 2019, 22(2), 239-246.

• Reports

  • Robinson L, Poole M, McLellan E, Lee R, Amador S, Bhattarai N, Bryant A, Coe D, Corbett A, Exley C, Goodman C, Gotts Z, Harrison-Dening K, Hill S, Howel D, Hrisos S, Hughes J, Kernohan A, Macdonald A, Mason H, Massey C, Neves S, Paes P, Rennie K, Rice S, Robinson T, Sampson E, Tucker S, Tzelis D, Vale L, Bamford C. Supporting good quality, community-based end-of-life care for people living with dementia: the SEED research programme including feasibility RCT. National Institute for Health Research, 2020. 8.
  • Bambra C, Munford L, Brown H, Wilding A, Robinson T, Holland P, Barr B, Hill H, Regan M, Rice N, Sutton M. Health for Wealth: Building a Healthier Northern Powerhouse for UK Productivity. Northern Health Sciences Alliance, 2018.
  • Stobbart L, O'Donnell A, Akor W, Albani V, Brown H, Craig D, Fattakhova G, Harrison S, Kaner E, Kirkman S, Lally J, Little M, Mott D, Rice S, Robinson T, Scott J, Shaw C, Spencer L, Tandogdu Z, Vaittinen A, Watson N, Whalley E, Vale L. Phase Two of the NHS 111 Learning and Development Pilot Programme: Final Report. NHS England, 2015.

• Review

  • McAleenan A, Kelly C, Spiga F, Kernohan A, Cheng H-Y, Dawson S, Schmidt L, Robinson T, Brandner S, Faulkner CL, Wragg C, Jefferies S, Howell A, Vale L, Higgins JPT, Kurian KM. Prognostic value of test(s) for O6-methylguanine–DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation for predicting overall survival in people with glioblastoma treated with temozolomide. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, 2021(3), : CD013316.