Dr Derek Kyte BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, PCAP, MCSP, MMACP, FHEA

Honorary Senior Research Fellow:

• PGCert Academic Practice (Merit), University of Birmingham, UK  
• PhD, University of Birmingham, 2015  
• MSc in Specialist Manipulative Physiotherapy, University of Birmingham, 2009
• BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy, University of Bradford, 1996
• Member of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapy
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Member of the Health and Care Professionals Council

Derek completed his undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Bradford in 1996. He worked as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist in the NHS for 11 years, before taking up a part-time post as a Clinical Tutor at the University of Birmingham in 2007.   He gained an MSc at the University in 2009 and went on to successfully complete his PhD in 2015. Derek then took up his current post as a HEFCE-funded Lecturer in Health Research Methods in 2015 and became Honorary Senior Research Fellow in 2021.

• Public Health & Population Sciences BMedSc - Intercalated Degree
• MBChB

PhD Supervision

Birgith Engelst Grove (2018) TelePRO use in the Danish renal population.

Olalekan Ayiegbusi (2015). Using patient reported outcomes to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease. Funder: Health Foundation.

Samantha Cruz Riviera (2015). Evaluating the impact of patient-reported outcome (PRO) trial results on future patient care. Funder: Mexican Government.

 External advisor: Improving Patient-Reported Outcome research practices and Documentation (The ImPROveD Study) Mercieca-Bebber R, Calvert M, Stockler M, Kyte D, Rutherford C, King M

 Pre-PhD

Nicola Anderson (2017) Using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with established kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis.

 Harjeet Bhachu (2017) Risk communication for renal patients transitioning to RRT.

Research themes

Patient-Reported Outcomes Research, Quality of life measurement in trials, Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Decision-Making, Rehabilitation and Outcome Measurement.

Research Grants and Awards Received (Selected)

Total current grant income in excess of £2.8 million.  In addition, cross-cutting theme contributor for PROs within major NIHR infrastructure (Biomedical Research Centre, Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Clinical Research Facility) totalling >further £25million.

• Anderson N, Kyte D, Dutton M, Cockwell P, Calvert M. (2019-22) Using electronic Patient-ReportedOutcome Measures (ePROMs) to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with End Stage Kidney Disease requiring treatment with Haemodialysis (HD) in research and routine clinical settings: a mixed-methods study. NIHR CDRF. Co-I
• Calvert M, Kyte D et al. Patient-reported outcomes assessment to support accelerated access to advanced cell and gene therapies: PROmics.. Innovate UK. Dec2018 - 30 months. Co-I.
• Kyte D. Feasibility Study for a Randomised Controlled Trial of electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (ePROM) Use in the Management of Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (e-PROM CKD)  NIHR PDF Jan2017-Dec2020. PI
• Kyte D, Cockwell P, Dutton M, Calvert M The use of an electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (ePROM) in the Management of Dialysis Patients. Kidney Patients Association Oct 2016-Oct 2018, PI
• Kyte D, Calvert M, Copland C, Armes P, Taylor R, Glaser A, Gavin A, Greenfield D, Brown J, Velikova G. Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Protocol Content and Reporting in UK Cancer Clinical Trials – EPiC. Macmillan Cancer Support March 2016-Aug 2018, PI  
• Calvert M, Kyte D, Draper H, Ives J, Brundage M, CoastJ, Draper H, von Hildebrand M, Ives J, Price G, Roberts L, King M, Mercieca-Bebber R, Blazeby J, Altman D, Brown J, Slade A. Development of the SPIRIT-PRO Extension. Macmillan Cancer Support Jan2017-December 2017, Co-I
• Calvert M, Kyte D, Ahmed K, Retzer A, Slade A. Increased participation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups in primary care clinical trials involving patient-reported outcomes (PROs). West Midlands CRN 2016-17, Co-I
• Keeley T, Kyte, D, Turner G, Taylor C, Stokes-Lampard H, Calvert M. Exploring he use of PROs in Primary Care  Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund May 2016-Sept 2016, Co-I
• Gibbons C, Stillwell D, Kyte D, Calvert M, Williams J, Pirzemek L, Cockwel P, Ball S, Ferguson J. Evaluating the implementation of novel computational strategies for the accurate and efficient collection and feedback of patient-reported data in an NHS patient portal.  ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Programme 2016-17, Co-I
• Calvert M, Kyte D, Keeley T, Ahmed K. PROLearn. NIHR CRN Nov 2015-Nov2016, Co-I
• Calvert M, Kyte D, Keeley T, Ferguson J, Pankhurst T, Kerecuk L. Selection of Patient Reported Outcomes for Rare Disease Metchley park Medical Society Dec 2015-Dec 2016, Co-I
• Cruz S, Kyte D, Keeley T, Calvert M. Mexican National Council for Science and Technology Impact of PRO trial data on health policy and clinical practice  Oct 2015-Oct 2019, Co-I and second supervisor, Co-I
• Calvert M, Parry J, Greenfield S, Kyte D, Marshall T, Cockwell P, Gayle N, Litchfield I Health Foundation, Oct 2015-Oct 2019, Co-I
• Ives J, Draper H, Calvert M, Kyte D. What do potential research participants understand about patient reported outcome measurement and management? An investigation of trial information provision. MRC Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research 2014-2015, Co-I
• Calvert M, Kyte D, Draper H, Ives J, Gheorghe A, Brundage M, King M, Mercieca-Bebber R, Blazeby J. Evaluation of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: systematic review of trial protocols NIHR National School Primary Care Research, 2013-2014, Co-I
• Kyte D, Calvert M, Draper H, Ives J Methodological and ethical issues in health-related quality of life research NIHR National School Primary Care Research, 2011-2014, PI

Research groups and centres

Centre for Patient-Reported Outcome Research (CPROR)

• Invited speaker: Symposium: Measuring what matters to HCPs, patients and service providers. National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference, Glasgow, November 2018
• Appointed visiting Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Appointed Chair: UK National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Psychosocial Oncology and Survivorship CSG subgroup: Understanding and measuring the consequences of cancer and its treatment, 2017.
• Appointed Advisor: NHS England/Macmillan Cancer Support Cancer Dashboard Quality of Life Metric Project, 2017
• Conference organiser steering group: UK National PROMs Conference 2018, University of Birmingham, UK
• Invited workshop co-lead: International Society for Quality of Life Research Annual Conference Improving the Design of Clinical Trials with PROs: Tips for Protocol Design and Review, Berlin 2014, Vancouver 2015, Copenhagen 2016, Philadelphia 2017.
• Invited speaker: The use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROMs) in routine renal care. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., Bad Homburg,
• Germany, 2017
• Invited speaker: The use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROMs) in routine clinical care. The Patient Voice in Ophthalmic Research workshop, Wednesday 12th July, 2017, University of Birmingham, UK.
• Invited speaker: The use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROMs) in routine renal care. LCRN Renal Speciality Meeting, University of Birmingham, UK, 2017
• Research incorporated into European Medicine Agency guidelines on the evaluation of anticancer medicinal products in man and in the prestigious PLOS Progress update 2014/2015, an annual summary of innovations, activities and journal highlights. 
• Invited member of the International Society of Quality of Life Research Taskforce: leading the response to the European Medicines Agency Reflection Paper on the use of patient reported outcome (PRO) measures in oncology studies. Submitted to the EMA – report available on the ISOQOL website with paper published in Quality of Life Research (lead author), 2016.
• Invited speaker: Systematic evaluation of patient-reported outcome (PRO) protocol content and reporting in UK cancer clinical trials: the EPiC study. British Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference 16th & 17th March 2017, Oxford, UK.
• Invited speaker: Introduction to Patient Reported Outcomes in Primary Care. SW-SAPC, Birmingham, 2015.
• Invited Symposium: International Society for Quality of Life Research 21st Annual Conference Monitoring Patient Reported Outcome Alerts in Clinical Trials and Routine Practice: An Expert Panel Discussion of Current Knowledge and Priority Areas for Research, Berlin October 2014.
• Invited member of the International Society of Quality of Life Research Taskforce: Best Practices for PROs in Randomised Clinical Trials. Dr Kyte is a member of the executive operations group leading development of the SPIRIT-PRO Extension, 2014.
• Invited speaker: 4th NIHR Experimental Medicine Research Training Camp. NIHR SPCR Trainees' Annual Event, Oxford 2013.
• Peer reviewer: UK Patient-Reported Outcomes Conference, Oxford, 2017; NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) program; MRC Methodology Research Programme; Yorkshire Cancer Research; British Journal of Cancer; Contemporary Clinical Trials Journal; Quality of Life Research Journal; Digital Health Journal; Research Involvement and Engagement