Professor Tom Marshall MB ChB, MSc, PhD, MRGP, FFPH

Professor Tom Marshall

Institute of Applied Health Research
Professor of Public Health and Primary Care

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7832
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+44 (0)121 414 7878
Email
t.p.marshall@bham.ac.uk
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@TomPMarshall
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Address
Primary Care Clinical Sciences
Institute of Applied Health Research
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT

Tom Marshall is a Professor of Public Health and Primary Care. His main medical speciality is in Public Health Medicine but he also has trained in General Practice and has studied Health Economics.

Tom has over 70 peer reviewed publications to date, over 35 as first author and a significant number as sole author. His research publications cover a number of related areas.

- Cardiovascular disease prevention and in particular organising primary care services to improve the eifficiency of cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care.

- Patient preferences in relation to taking medication to prevent cardiovascular diseases.

- The analysis of electronic primary care records to understand primary health care, prescribing and epidemiology.

- The use of statistical process control for quality improvement in health care.

- Factors influencing General Practitioner decision making in relation to cardiovascular prevention

- The use of electronic primary care records to assist earlier identification of chronic diseases including: bowel cancer, patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease; left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Tom has contributed to local, national and international media in relation to his research, particularly in relation to prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Qualifications

  • Professor of Public Health and Primary Care
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (UK), 2005
  • PhD in Public Health: An economic evaluation of cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care, University of Birmingham, 2005.
  • Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (UK), 1997.
  • MSc. Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1995
  • Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1994.
  • MSc. Health Economics (distinction), University of York, 1992.
  • MB ChB University of Edinburgh, 1987. 

Teaching

Postgraduate supervision

A number of areas including:
- cardiovascular epidemiology and the management of cardiovascular disease in UK primary care
- economic modelling of cardiovascular prevention in primary care
- early diagnosis using data in electronic primary care records
- investigation of clinical decision-making in primary care
- overtreatment in primary care
- data and computer science use of electronic primary care records

Research

My research is mainly in primary care. I have particular interests in the design of efficient strategies for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care. I also am interested in early diagnosis of cancer using information held in electronic patient records. Other interests include clinical decision making in primary care, cardiovascular epidemiology, managment of cardiovascular diseases and overtreatment. Much of my research makes use of the use of electronic primary care records and I hold a licence to undertake research using the THIN database. I am also interested in making links with data and computer scientists to exploit electronic pratient records for research.

 

Other activities

  • Former member of the editorial board of the Health Technology Assessment journal.
  • Currently a reviewer for many grant awarding bodies and academic journals.
  • Former member of the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant awarding committee.
  • Currently a member of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research grant awarding committee

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Crowe, F, Zemedikun, D, Okoth, K, Adderley, N, Rudge, G, Sheldon, M, Nirantharakumar, K & Marshall, T 2020, 'Comorbidity phenotypes and risk of mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease in the UK', Heart, vol. 106, no. 11, 2019-316091, pp. 810-816. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316091

Finnikin, S, Willis, BH, Ryan, R, Evans, T & Marshall, T 2020, 'Factors predicting statin prescribing for primary prevention: an historical cohort study', British Journal of General Practice .

Finnikin, S, Willis, BH, Ryan, R, Evans, T & Marshall, T 2020, 'Factors predicting the prescribing of statins for the primary preventing of cardiovascular disease: an historical cohort study', British Journal of General Practice .

Sainsbury, C, Wang, J, Gokhale, K, Acosta-Mena , D, Dhalla , S, Byne , N, Chandan, J, Anand, A, Cooper, J, Okoth, K, Subramanian, A, Bangnash, M, Taverner, T, Hanif, W, Ghosh, S, Narendran, P, Cheng, KK, Marshall, T, Gkoutos, G, Toulis, K, Thomas, GN, Tahrani, A, Adderley, N, Haroon, S & Nirantharakumar, K 2020, 'Sodium-glucose-co-transporter-2 inhibitors and susceptibility to COVID-19: a population-based retrospective cohort study', Diabetes, obesity & metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14203

Okoth, K, Chandan, J, Marshall, T, Thangaratinam, S, Thomas, GN, Nirantharakumar, K & Adderley, N 2020, 'The association between the reproductive health of young women and cardiovascular disease in later life: An umbrella review', BMJ, vol. 371, m3502, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3502

Keene , SJ, Adab, P, de Vries, F, Franssen, FME, Sitch, A, Martin, J, Marshall, T & Jordan, R 2020, 'The stability of the ADO score among UK COPD patients from The Health Improvement Network', ERJ Open Research.

Marshall, T 2020, 'Tonsillectomy: a critical view', Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 236-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2020.03.009

Qadi, O, Lufumpa, N, Adderley, N, Bem, D, Marshall, T & Kokab, F 2020, '‘Patients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions towards the initiation of preventive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies’', BJGP Open.

Roshandel, G, Khoshnia, M, Poustchi, H, Hemming, K, Kamangar, F, Gharavi, A, Ostovaneh, M, Nateghi, A, Majed, M, Navabakhsh, B, Merat, S, Pourshams, A, Nalini, M, Malekzadeh, F, Sadeghi, M, Mohammadifard, N, Sarrafzadegan, N, Naemi-Tabiei, M, Fazel, A, Brennan, P, Etemadi, A, Boffetta, P, Thomas, GN, Marshall, T, Cheng, KK & Malekzadeh, R 2019, 'Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (PolyIran): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial', Lancet, vol. 394, no. 10199, pp. 672-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31791-X

Sumilo, D, Nichols, L, Ryan, R & Marshall, T 2019, 'Incidence of indications for tonsillectomy and frequency of evidence-based surgery: A 12-year retrospective cohort study of primary care electronic records', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 69, no. 678, pp. e33-e41. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X699833

Duarte, R, Stainthorpe, A, Mahon, J, Greenhalgh, J, Richardson, M, Nevitt, S, Kotas, E, Boland, A, Thom, H, Marshall, T, Hall, M & Takwoingi, Y 2019, 'Lead-I ECG for detecting atrial fibrillation in patients attending primary care with an irregular pulse using single-time point testing: a systematic review and economic evaluation', PLoSONE, vol. 14, no. 12, e0226671. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226671

Bowen, M, Marwick, S, Marshall, T, Saunders, K, Burwood, S, Yahyouche, A, Stewart, D & Paudyal, V 2019, 'Multimorbidity and emergency department visits by a homeless population: a database study in specialist general practice', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 69, no. 685, pp. E515-E525. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X704609

Aiyegbusi, OL, Kyte, D, Cockwell, P, Marshall, T, Dutton, M, Walmsley-Allen, N, Slade, A, McMullan, C & Calvert, M 2019, 'Patient and clinician perspectives on electronic patient-reported outcome measures in the management of advanced CKD: a qualitative study', American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.02.011

Adderley, N, Nirantharakumar, K & Marshall, T 2019, 'Temporal variation in the diagnosis of resolved atrial fibrillation and the influence of performance targets on clinical coding: cohort study', BMJ open, vol. 9, no. 11, e030454. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030454

Duarte, R, Stainthorpe, A, Greenhalgh, J, Richardson, M, Nevitt, S, Mahon, J, Kotas, E, Boland, A, Thom, H, Marshall, T, Hall, M & Takwoingi, Y 2019, 'The clinical and cost effectiveness of lead-I electrocardiogram (ECG) devices for detecting atrial fibrillation using single-time point testing in primary care: a systematic review and economic evaluation', Health Technology Assessment.

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Expertise

Prevention of heart disease