Miss Sophie Beese BSc, MPH

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Senior Systematic Reviewer

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 9107
Email: s.beese@bham.ac.uk

Address: Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and Prediction Models
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Sophie is a senior systematic reviewer in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation, and Prediction Models team. She has extensive experience in evidence synthesis across a range of evidence types and clinical areas, as well as in meta-analysis (including network meta-analysis) and broader research methods.

Sophie is also actively involved in a wide range of teaching and engagement activities.

Qualifications

MPH (Health Technology Assessment), University of Birmingham, 2017
BSc (Hons) Forensic and Applied Biology, University of Worcester, 2014

Biography

Sophie joined the University of Birmingham in 2016 as a Data Manager in the Primary Care Trials Unit working on multiple studies in the anticoagulant group. She shortly obtained a competitively funded Research Methods Fellowship in Systematic Reviews and completed a Master’s in Public Health at University of Birmingham.

She works in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation, and prediction Models team, whilst studying part-time for her doctoral degree. She has led and worked on various evidence synthesis projects across a range of clinical areas including type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases and cardiovascular surgery. Sophie has been involved in a wide range of projects including health technology assessments, reviews of effectiveness, test accuracy and risk factors, and more recently, qualitative focus groups and interviews.

She has experience in working alongside patient and public involvement groups, as well as being actively involved in community and engagement events for the public and students of all ages. Sophie also manages the Evidence Synthesis Forum, a quarterly seminar series hosted by the Evidence Synthesis team.

Teaching

MBChB (Evidence based medicine and research methods)
MPH (Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis, Dissertation)
MPH (Dubai)
MSc Clinical Trials

Research

Projects involving evidence synthesis; systematic reviews, scoping reviews, umbrella reviews, meta-analyses and network meta-analyses.

Most recent projects include:

Type 1 diabetes – “Effectiveness and acceptability of interventions to preserve beta cells in patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes”. A project comprising of a systematic review and network meta-analysis, scoping review, and qualitative interviews and focus groups. Breakthrough T1D

Other activities

Completed Aurora programme - Advance HE's leadership development initiative for women
STEM Ambassador
Organiser of the Evidence Synthesis Forum

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Beese, S, Saygin Avsar, T, Price, M, Quinn, D, Lim, HS, Dretzke, J, Okeke Ogwulu, D, Barton, P, Jackson, L & Moore, D 2024, 'Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Destination Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Economic Evaluation', Health Technology Assessment, vol. 28, no. 38, pp. 1-237. https://doi.org/10.3310/MLFA4009

Saygın Avşar, T, Jackson, L, Barton, P, Beese, S, Lim, HS, Quinn, D, Price, M & Moor, DJ 2024, 'Cost-effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) as destination therapy in the UK: An economic modelling study', PLOS One, vol. 19, no. 12, e0312912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312912

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group 2021, 'Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 3, CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2

Beese, S, Harris, I, Dretzke, J & Moore, D 2019, 'Body image dissatisfaction in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review', BMJ Open Gastroenterology, vol. 6, no. 1, e000255. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2018-000255

Liu, X, Solebo, AL, Faes, L, Beese, S, Braithwaite, T, Round, M, Panthagani, J, Kale, AU, McNally, TW, Abdulla, D, Keane, P, Moore, D & Denniston, A 2019, 'Instrument-based tests for measuring anterior chamber cells in uveitis: a systematic review', Ocular Immunology & Inflammation, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2019.1640883

McNally, TW, Liu, X, Beese, S, Keane, PA, Moore, DJ & Denniston, AK 2019, 'Instrument-based tests for quantifying aqueous humour protein levels in uveitis: a systematic review protocol', Systematic Reviews, vol. 8, no. 1, 287. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1206-2

Liu, X, McNally, TW, Beese, S, Downie, LE, Solebo, AL, Faes, L, Husain, S, Keane, PA, Moore, D & Denniston, A 2019, 'Non-invasive Instrument-based Tests for Quantifying Anterior Chamber Flare in Uveitis: A Systematic Review', Ocular immunology and inflammation.

Harris, IM, Beese, S & Moore, D 2019, 'Predicting future self-harm or suicide in adolescents: a systematic review of risk assessment scales/tools', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 9, e029311. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029311

Harris, IM, Beese, S & Moore, D 2019, 'Predicting repeated self-harm or suicide in adolescents and young adults using risk assessment scales/tools: a systematic review protocol', Systematic Reviews, vol. 8, no. 1, 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1007-7

Review article

Beese, SE, Price, MJ, Tomlinson, C, Sharma, P, Harris, IM, Adriano, A, Quinn, LM, Gada, R, Horgan, TJ, Maggs, F, Burrows, M, Nirantharakumar, K, Thomas, GN, Andrews, RC, Moore, DJ & Narendran, P 2025, 'A systematic review and network meta-analysis of interventions to preserve insulin-secreting beta cell function in people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: results from randomised controlled trials of immunomodulatory therapies', BMC medicine, vol. 23, no. 1, 351. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04201-z

Saygin Avsar, T, Jackson, L, Barton, P, Beese, S, Okeke Ogwulu, D, Lim, HS, Quinn, D, Price, M & Moore, D 2025, 'Cost Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) as Destination Therapy: A Systematic Review', PharmacoEconomics - Open, vol. 9, pp. 351-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-025-00564-4

Narendran, P, Tomlinson, C, Beese, S, Sharma, P, Harris, I, Adriano, A, Maggs, F, Burrows, M, Nirantharakumar, K, Thomas, N, Price, MJ, Andrews, RC & Moore, DJ 2022, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to preserve insulin-secreting β-cell function in people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: results from intervention studies aimed at improving glucose control', Diabetic Medicine, vol. 39, no. 1, e14730. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14730

Deeks, J, Dinnes, J, Takwoingi, Y, Davenport, C, Spijker, R, Taylor-Phillips, S, Adriano, A, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Van De Bruel, A, McInnes, MDF, Stuyf, T, Domen, J, Horn, S, Yang, B, Langendam, M, Ochodo, E, Guleid, F, Holtman, G, Verbakel, J, Stegeman, I, Salameh , JP, McGrath , TA, van der Pol , CB, Frank , RA, Prager , R, Hare , SS, Dennie , C, Jenniskens, K, Korevaar , DA, Cohen , JF, van de Wijgert, J, Damen , JAAG, Agarwal, R, Baldwin, S, Berhane, S, Herd, C, Kristunas, C, Quinn, L & Scholefield, B 2020, 'Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2', Cochrane Library, vol. 2020, no. 6, CD013652. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013652

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, Dinnes, J, Deeks, JJ, Adriano, A, Berhane, S, Davenport, C, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Takwoingi, Y, Cunningham, J, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, IM, Price, MJ, Taylor-Phillips, S, Hooft, L, Leeflang, MMG, Spijker, R & Van De Bruel, A 2020, 'Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen and molecular‐based tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 8, CD013705. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013705

Yang, B, Vali, Y, Sharifabadi, ADS, Harris, I, Beese, S, Davenport, C, Hyde, C, Takwoingi, Y, Whiting, P, Langendam, M & Leeflang, MMG 2020, 'Risk of bias assessment of test comparisons was uncommon in comparative accuracy systematic reviews: an overview of reviews', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 127, pp. 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.08.007

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