Miss Bella Harris BMedSc, BSc, MPH

Miss Bella Harris

Institute of Applied Health Research
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Public Health
Institute of Applied Health Research
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Bella works in the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis and Test Evaluation team as a systematic reviewer and previously held an NIHR Research Methods Fellowship. She is also one of the managing editors for the Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) Editorial Team. She graduated from the University of Birmingham with honours degrees in Medical Studies and Psychological Medicine, and most recently the Master in Public Health (MPH) degree.

Bella is currently completing a part-time PhD in medical education.

Qualifications

  • MPH (Health Technology Assessment), University of Birmingham, 2017.
  • BMedSc (Hons) in Psychological Medicine, University of Birmingham, 2013.
  • BSc (Hons) in Medical Studies, University of Birmingham, 2015.

Teaching

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ferrante di ruffano, L, Harris, IM, Zhelev, Z, Davenport, C, Mallett, S, Peters, J, Takwoingi, Y, Deeks, J & Hyde, C 2023, 'Health technology assessment of diagnostic tests: a state of the art review of methods guidance from international organizations', International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 39, no. 1, e14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462323000065

Sumilo, D, Nirantharakumar, K, Willis, BH, Rudge, G, Martin, J, Gokhale, K, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Chandan, J, Okoth, K, Harris, I, Hewston, R, Skrybant, M, Deeks, J & Brocklehurst, P 2022, 'Long term impact of pre-incision antibiotics on children born by caesarean section: a longitudinal study based on UK electronic health records', Health Technology Assessment, vol. 26, no. 30, pp. 1-192. https://doi.org/10.3310/ZYZC8514

Sumilo, D, Nirantharakumar, K, Willis, BH, Rudge, G, Martin, J, Gokhale, K, Thayakaran, R, Adderley, N, Chandan, J, Okoth, K, Harris, I, Hewston, R, Skrybant, M, Deeks, J & Brocklehurst, P 2022, 'Long term impact of prophylactic antibiotic use before incision versus after cord clamping on children born by caesarean section: longitudinal study of UK electronic health records', BMJ, vol. 377, e069704. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-069704

Harris, IM, Mcneilly, H, Benamer, H, Ward, DJ, Sitch, AJ & Parry, J 2021, 'Factors affecting consultant attitudes to undertaking undergraduate medical student teaching in the UK: a systematic review', BMJ open, vol. 11, no. 1, e042653. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042653

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

Taylor-Phillips, S, Berhane, S, Sitch, A, Freeman, K, Price, M, Davenport, C, Geppert, J, Harris, I, Osokogu, O, Skrybant, M & Deeks, J 2020, 'Information given by websites selling home self-sampling COVID-19 tests: an analysis of accuracy and completeness', BMJ open, vol. 10, no. 11, e042453. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042453

Harris, IM, Lee, KC, Deeks, J, Moore, D, Moiemen, N & Dretzke, J 2020, 'Pressure‐garment therapy for preventing hypertrophic scarring after burn injury', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2020, no. 1, CD013530. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013530

Cochrane COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group, Dinnes, J, Deeks, J, Adriano, A, Berhane, S, Davenport, C, Dittrich, S, Emperador, D, Takwoingi, Y, Cunningham , J, Beese, S, Dretzke, J, Ferrante di Ruffano, L, Harris, I, Price, M, 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 (Review)', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 8, CD013705. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013705.

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

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

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

Pearce, E, Jolly, K, Harris, IM, Adriano, A, Moore, D, Price, M & Ross, J 2021, 'What is the effectiveness of community-based health promotion campaigns on chlamydia screening uptake in young people and what barriers and facilitators have been identified? A mixed-methods systematic review', Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055142

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, Wang, 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

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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